John Hartigan is an anthropologist who works in Spain, Mexico, and Peru. His next novel, Between Wind & Water, is an epic about the Spanish Armada wrecking on the coasts of Ireland in 1588. His most recent ethnography is Shaving the Beast: Wild Horses and Ritual in Spain. Hartigan posts updates on The Last Cohort and his forthcoming projects in his newsletter, Hartigan's Hypnagogia, free on Substack hartiganj.substack.com/