Calcutta: orange moon and midnight blue,
a glamor spun from ordinary charcoal,
from raw silk and soot, from sapphire
and mustard seed, pressed by hand
into a sacred fabric that clothes the self
and leaves the body naked.
– From “Place Names and Coverings,” by Saudamini Siegrist
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Contributors: Dusty Cooper, Caroline Cottom, Elen Cox, Dennis Scott Herbert, Katherine Minott, Benjamin Sabin, Saudamini Siegrist, Jada Yee