The Rich Earth between Us Michelle Murray an American sailor visiting Shanghai

an American sailor visiting Shanghai discovered a gentle Chinese exercise called Jiangan – The Chinese Health Wand

his stoical acceptance of constant pain

and clouds

altering the process of courtship and the geographic trajectory of intimacy in the 21st century

The Rich Earth between Us Michelle Murray an American sailor visiting ShanghaiIn this theory rich study, Shelby Johnson analyzes the works of Black and Indigenous writers in the Atlantic World, examining how their literary production informs "modes of being" that confronted violent colonial times. Johnson particularly assesses how these authors connected to places whether real or imagined and how those connections enabled them to make worlds in spite of the violence of slavery and settler colonialism. Johnson engages with works