{"id":293,"date":"2026-07-28T17:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blakelavia.brownrice.website\/index.php\/listen-short-story-collection\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:51:09","slug":"listen-short-story-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/listen-short-story-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen &#8211; Short Story Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/blakelavia.brownrice.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-1537x2048.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Owlet-Color-scaled.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Listen&#8221; is a collection of illustrated lyrical short stories in which more-than-human species, ecosystems, and entities share their struggle to thrive in a world that is being rapidly transformed by humans. The stories are told from the point of view of the more-than-human people who are the protagonists of each story. From fungi to Snow, from American eel to ragweed, each of the short stories is accompanied by a nonfiction section that adds context to the overall narrative.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While &#8220;Listen&#8221; shares the plight that these more-than-human-people are facing, it also reveals how each entity is working hard to heal the land and water they love. &#8220;Listen&#8221; also invites us, humans, to listen to all our neighbors, human and beyond, and become once again part of the immense tapestry of life that is Planet Earth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blake Lavia is in the process of searching for a publisher for this collection.\u00a0If you are interested in helping publish this collection, you can reach out here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Listen&#8221; is a collection of illustrated lyrical short stories in which more-than-human species, ecosystems, and entities share their struggle to thrive in a world that is being rapidly transformed by humans. The stories are told from the point of view of the more-than-human people who are the protagonists of each story. From fungi to Snow, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-293","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381,"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/293\/revisions\/381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blakelavia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}