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Notes on the State of Virginia: Journey to the Center of an American Document, Query VI

ByKiki Petrosino

This is the fourth installment of a year-long journey through Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia. **Query VI: “Productions mineral, vegetable and animal”A notice of the mines and other subterraneous riches; its trees, plants, fruits, &c.At root, Jefferson’s Notes on the State of Virginia is a carefully curated syllabus, a structured list of…

“Digging out weapons in the arsenal of language” : An Interview with Meena Kandasamy

“Digging out weapons in the arsenal of language” : An Interview with Meena Kandasamy

ByJohn Rufo

Meena Kandasamy is a writer based in India and London. She writes poetry and fiction, translates, and often uses social media to discuss issues of social justice. She describes her own work as maintaining “a focus on caste annihilation, linguistic identity and feminism.” She has published two collections of poetry: Touch and Ms Militancy. Her…