The Smell of a World that Has Burned

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Dreaming Underground
Winter’s come down leaving the shock of its thumbprint.
Dec 8, 2025 • Chantal James
Slight Return
We can’t go home to the old world.
Sep 10, 2025 • Chantal James
Storm Season
It’s languaging that will pull us through.
Aug 18, 2025 • Chantal James
Sostre in the Asylum
The floods have come.
Jul 25, 2025 • Chantal James
Juneteenth Signifying
A Review of MISBEHAVING AT THE CROSSROADS by Honorée Fannone Jeffers
Jun 21, 2025 • Chantal James
Small Talk with Brothadirt
On this Good Friday I hope you had the plate of fried fish from a church basement I missed out on, if that’s your thing.
Apr 18, 2025 • Chantal James
Time Tripping
A book is a play with spacetime.
Mar 16, 2025 • Chantal James
The Prism of the Real
A Review of THE DREAM HOTEL by Laila Lalami
Mar 4, 2025 • Chantal James
The Smell of a World that Has Burned
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