Darwin’s Wonders

Chapter 3: Darwin’s Zoophytes

How coral polyps disturb our notion of the individual

Sep 6

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March 2026

Chapter 2: How Barnacles Do It

On life in the sea and the difficulty of classifying a moving thing

Mar 8

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February 2026

Chapter 1: The Darwinian Grotesque

Hybrid creatures, open bodies, and a world in motion

Feb 19 • Michael Steimel

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October 2025

Intro: A Journey into the Wild

Darwin is grotesque, the world is a coral. Let's go.

Oct 5, 2025 • Michael Steimel

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Bibliography

These are the authors and books that inspired Darwin's Wonders

Oct 1, 2025 • Michael Steimel

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September 2025

Outtake: The Birth of the Grotesque

A five-minute detour into the history of the grotesque

Sep 17, 2025 • Michael Steimel

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January 2025

Outtake: The World Estranged - Wolfgang Kayser's Theory of the Grotesque

A five-minute esay on how the grotesque disrupts our normality

Jan 4, 2025 • Michael Steimel

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