Girls Who Look Through Glass
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Alex Smith's 'Girls Who Look Through Glass' follows Vonda, a West Philadelphia co-op worker who encounters a ghostly glass woman and is pulled into ancestral, time-bending visions.
The story blends Afrofuturist elements, political critique, and speculative fantasy to explore grief, radicalization, and cultural memory.
Smith uses surreal shifts between contemporary city life and mythic ancestral landscapes to dramatize the protagonist's sudden calling into a larger struggle against forces seeking to erase histories.
The narrative critiques performative liberal politics while centering Black female embodiment and communal histories as sources of power.
Originally appearing in Smith's collection Arc Dust, the piece exemplifies his spoken-word roots and Afrofuturist practice.
The story blends Afrofuturist elements, political critique, and speculative fantasy to explore grief, radicalization, and cultural memory.
Smith uses surreal shifts between contemporary city life and mythic ancestral landscapes to dramatize the protagonist's sudden calling into a larger struggle against forces seeking to erase histories.
The narrative critiques performative liberal politics while centering Black female embodiment and communal histories as sources of power.
Originally appearing in Smith's collection Arc Dust, the piece exemplifies his spoken-word roots and Afrofuturist practice.
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CZM Book Club: Girls Who Look Through Glass, by Alex Smith
