Jeané D. Ridges—poetic storyteller/editor/food serenader/ecos admirer living with systemic lupus and abundant with southern melanin.

Jeané D. Ridges

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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, editor, food serenader, ecos admirer living with systemic lupus, abundant with Southern melanin whose tales/verse can be found in Anathema: Spec from the Margins, Apparition Lit, beestung, Neon Door, and Worlds of Possibility—including its first anthology. They’re grateful to be an alum and in community with Voodoonauts, Southern Esesu Endeavor, and Roots. Wounds. Words. They love copyediting, because honing through orientation around the mechanics and logics of a story helps receivers stay immersed, and they love doing so at khōréō for the ways its stories engage their mind and embrace the possibilities of diaspora. jeanedridges.carrd.co | @jdridges (bsky/twitter)

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