from From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate, Volume Five

From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate is an ongoing series of letters written by composer/multi–instrumentalist N., founding member of a band known as the Molimo m’Atet. Volumes one through four are Bedouin Hornbook, Djbot Baghostus’s Run, Atet A.D. and Bass Cathedral. Volume five is not yet titled

SONG OF THE ANDOUMBOULOU: 40

Asked his name, he said, Stra, short for Stranger. Sang it. Semisaid, semisung. Stronjer? I asked, semisang, half in jest. Stronger

From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. An excerpt from volume four

Mackey Nathaniel. From a Broken Bottle Traces of Perfume Still Emanate. An excerpt from volume four. In: Cahiers Charles V, n°29, décembre 2000. États-Unis : formes récentes de l’imagination littéraire (Travaux de l’Observatoire de Littérature Américaine -ODELA) pp. 175-190