Monique Chinenye Ezeh is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary writer and educator from Macon, Georgia. Monique's main areas of creative work are poetry and nonfiction, and their writing is largely informed by their experiences as a queer, first-generation Nigerian-American from the South.

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What Would Jesus Eat in a Collapsing Ecosystem?

by Monique Ezeh 06-05-2025

Hojai [Assam], Jun 05 (ANI): A man uses a fishing net to catch fish in the flood water at Jamunamukh, in Hojai on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) No Use India.

Walking down a road paved with churches, I approach a large building whose bright orange awning beckons me from down the block. The establishment, Sea Town Fish & Meat Market, is staffed by neighborly workers who call me bebecita when I ask them to weigh my tilapia and salmon. I am there on yet another Friday morning to pick up fresh fish for one of my Lenten devotions: eating fish on Fridays.