Crow-centered empathy: Nayler’s Palaces of the Crow explores animal minds

Vox’s Future Perfect profile ties Ray Nayler’s new novel Palaces of the Crow to his earlier work on animal minds and crow cognition, arguing that Nayler uses interspecies interactions—especially crow–human relations and WWII-era survival with crow guidance—to advocate empathy, mutual aid, and a care-based economy across species; the piece also links Nayler’s ideas to Kropotkin and Nagel and recounts a zoo visit that shaped his thinking.