STAND ON ZANZIBAR
A CANCER TALE IN THE INNIS MODE
StoryWorlds with Junot Díaz
“So howled out for the world to give him a name. The indark answered with wind.” ― Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren :: Reflections on fiction and worldbuilding, on diasporas and elsewheres.
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