Prophecies of Possibility: A Ripening of the Next World – Jamie Figueroa

Jamie Figueroa is Boricua (Afro-Taíno) by way of Ohio and a
long-time resident of northern New Mexico. She is the author of the
novel Brother, Sister, Mother, Explorer. In this narrated essay,
Jamie considers the kind of world she wants to inhabit and the
stories that will make it so. Confronted with narratives of
catastrophe and colonialism that restrict her spirit, she summons
the imagination, sovereignty, and courage needed to restory herself
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