
Jeané D. Ridges
Quintessential Ingredients
tea tree oil
wonderin
tenderness
oniony, peppery yellow grits or crispy, aromatic roasted red potatoes (when the South ain't blazin)
pluriversal being & dreaming*
*If ya need a more bio-shaped thingy: Jeané D. Ridges is a poetic storyteller, food serenader, ecos admirer living with systemic lupus, abundant with Southern melanin. They’re grateful for the space—together nurturing one another as well as our craft—offered by Voodoonauts, Fellowship of the Griots, the Carbon Collective, Southern Esesu Endeavor, Roots. Wounds. Words., and who they affectionately claim as the Shenaniganders. They love copyediting, because tending through orientation around the essence, logics, and flow of a story helps receivers stay immersed, and they love doing so at khōréō for the ways its stories engage them and embrace the possibilities of diaspora. Tales/verse and how to connect: jeanedridges.carrd.co | @jdridges (bsky).
Stories
"Recipes for the Course of Living" (Tale) — Worlds of Possibility's February 2025 Issue
"Confessional to Lay My Body Down" (Verse) — beestung Issue #19
"Prep Luay" is also in Worlds of Possibility's first anthology
"Prep Luay" (Tale) — Worlds of Possibility's June 2023 Issue
[inhale\exhale\inhale\exhale\inhale\exhale] (Essay) — Apparition Lit Issue #21: Dread
"Resuscitation" (Verse) — Anathema #17: The Poetry Issue
"Vanishings\Evokings\ Lingerings\Breath" (Visual Verse | Breathwork-Exploration) — Neon Door's Exhibit Nudity
"Voyagings" (Tale) — Anathema Issue #14