The Geecologist

A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

Mar 30, 2024 | Fiction | 0 comments

The factory is a large, barn-like structure that houses bolts of fabric, cutting tables, massive sewing machines, and furnaces that provide the steam for pressing. The total effect is rather surreal, especially when one sees Les Africains moving about attending to...
Congo Journey

Congo Journey

Jan 11, 2020 | Non-Fiction, Travel | 0 comments

In her hut in Poto-Poto, the poor quarter of Brazzaville, the feticheuse, smiling at us, knelt on the floor, drew out a handful of cowrie shells from the cloth bag at her waist, and cast them across the raffia mat. Lary Shaffer and I, despite ourselves, leaned forward...