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Tyler and Erika hear from an artist who uses composted deer bodies in her work, plus a hunter-artist making deep connections between herself, her audience, and the animals she kills. And then we find a connection of our own by scraping the flesh from a deer hide in Erika’s backyard. Along the way: deer stories, poetry, and more. Show Notes: The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors is available through books.catapult.co/books/the- age-of-deer/. The poet Mike Sikkema is at grcc.edu/faculty-staff/directory/michael-sikkema. The artist Madison Creech is at madisoncreech.com. More info about Madison’s collaboration with Erika is at wayback.archive-it.org/org- 2034/20230517015736/https://uncw.edu/cabartgallery/exhibitions/madisoncree ch__pressrelease.pdf. Lots more recordings of the poet George Oppen are at writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Oppen.php. The artist, writer, and hunter Christie Green is at christiegreen.net. The book Erika used to learn how to tan deer hides is Deerskins into Buckskins: How to Tan with Brains, Soap or Eggs, by Matt Richards. The Virginia Audio Collective is at virginiaaudio.org.