The Book of Beasts

Caught by the River · Oct 22, 2026

Elizabeth Sulis Kim’s ‘The Book of Beasts’ removes the distinctions between humans and animals, encouraging us to be less bordered, less exact; more beast, writes Anna Goldreich.

As a child, Elizabeth Sulis Kim felt aware of her place within the world of creatures that she encountered, the bats and birds that flew around her, the cows who lived close by, the cat who would accompany her for walks. She found it ‘impossible not to see a web of life… [she] saw other animals as [her] equals.’ As adulthood approached, and she moved into that strange, self-conscious place of adolescence…