I’ve already written them back but I wanted to send a postscript, and desisted. I had said: to focus more on coloniality/decoloniality I can’t JUST do Ferreira da Silva. And that I couldn’t see talking about these things without at least referring to Gilmore’s work.
I didn’t say, but am now thinking, hm, maybe I should make this a Louisiana Studies paper. But anyway, what they seem to want is an entirely different piece, and I’m just not convinced about all of this.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
If they want such substantial changes, send the piece somewhere else, as is, unless your heart is set on publishing in the venue that wants changes.
Yes, that would be normal. But it was written for a volume that fell apart, and then requested by this special edition of a journal. I’m rereading it and it is telegraphic. Also it’s a carceral studies, not a literature piece. Originally it was for carceral studies people and it is very sociological. The ones who requested it are law-literature-global south. So it’s like: I don’t quite know what I’m doing, and they also don’t, but maybe I should work with them. I’m going to talk on the phone. But this is going to be more work than planned, that’s for sure … possibly it would be no matter what … so for NOW I’m going with the idea of at least having my foot in the door