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Literature student at UC Berkeley. I read to understand the world, and I write to make sense of what I read.

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The Silence That Speaks: On Isolation in Station Eleven

Station Eleven Β· Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel builds a world where civilization has collapsed, but what haunts me most is not the pandemicβ€”it is the quiet dignity of people trying to preserve art in a world that no longer needs it.

8/22/2026Β·2 min read