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p a u s e by J.R. Carpenter Thirza Clout and the life of anPublished 31st January 2026 p a u s e. by J. R. Carpenter is an expansive, durational meditation on land, language, and attention, unfolding through the sensory and political textures of Treaty 6 Territory. Informed by Indigenous thought, ecological intimacy, and the formal constraints of fragmentation, the work balances lyric perception with reflective rigor. Carpenter maps the rhythms of walking, listening, and witnessing across shifting seasons,