She Continues
In reading Alkistis Dimech and Peter Grey’s The Brazen Vessel, I have found myself venturing off onto adjacent tracks from where they’ve been going in the collection. One section that especially caught my attention came in “The witches’ dance” where they write of the “contrariwise” movement of many pre-modern dances, which they associate with the […] … Continue reading…Witches’ Mirror
I want to explore who can act as an “ancestor.” In doing so, I find myself having to carefully consider many of my words because “ancestry” can be a very triggering and loaded concept. In the commonplace sense, we usually approach “ancestor” with a focus on genetic inheritance and on those most proximately responsible for […] … Continue reading…Ancestor Lines
My grandmother died back in 2004. I was poor, lived elsewhere in the state, wasn’t even in grad school yet. I also didn’t do the funeral at the time because the family drama between her sons and daughters was intense and stupid and infuriating. It’s her house that I’ve dreamt of often over the years, […] … Continue reading…Cemetery Day