—For the islands in the sea, the fish and
fishermen, the birds and guano miners, whose
passages run deeper than
the corridors of capital
ON HOW WE MISTOOK THE MAP FOR THE TERRITORY — from Sylvia Wynter JUMP THE CLOCK — from Erica Hunt
basalt i.h.
basalt i.h. (fka irene) is a writer and researcher based in Brooklyn and the Bay Area. Their first manuscript EARTH INTELLIGENCE forms a poetics of exhausted soil, mined sand, and militarized islands out of the ruins of empire. Their work has been supported by Tin House Summer Workshops and named a finalist for Wendy's Subway's Carolyn Bush Award. Other writings and conversations are homed in AAWW, Wendy’s Subway, Belladonna*, Brooklyn Rail, November Magazine, among others. Illustration created by Ziyi Li.
Edited by Xu Li.
