Second paragraph of third section:

The voice of Gloria Chang. “He’s back.”

A short story from the 2020 Hugo packet, about a Syrian scientist trying to enter the USA with his ideas about the empirically demonstrable connection between the soul and the body. Short but clear. You can get it here.

This was the shortest unread book on my shelves (virtual and physical) acquired in 2020. Next on that list is Zeitgeber, by Greg Egan.