Sun, Sep 07
|Collected Works Bookstore
Karen Chase, Two Tales: Jamali Kamali and ZundelState
Two stories that explore love and beauty in the context of fear and threats. The book has a large following in India, but "Two Tales" has never before been published in North America, until now.
Date, Time & Location
Sep 07, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Karen will be in conversation with her son, Matthew Chase-Daniel, co-founder of Axle Contemporary and host of the radio show Coffee & Culture.
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom here.
Pre-order Two Tales (Guernica Editions) from CWB online here ($18.95), paperback) or call the store to order (505) 988-4226.
Jamali Kamali is a book-length poem about two men who lived in 16th century India. Little about them is known but they are buried together in a small tomb in Delhi. For hundreds of years, the story that these men were lovers has been passed down through the generations. Jamali Kamali is a fictional account of their love, longing, separation, and death.
ZundelState, a novella in verse, takes place a thousand years in the future in a repressive land where history is banned, and dreaming has vanished. Joe, a lover of history, is rebellious and secretive. Marianna is a model worker…