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Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements

Title
Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements / edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown ; foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas.
Publication
  • Oakland, CA : AK Press ; [New York?] : Institute for Anarchist Studies, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Imarisha, Walidah
  • brown, adrienne maree
  • Thomas, Sheree R.
  • Institute for Anarchist Studies, issuing body.
Description
296 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
"Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to explore the connections between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change. The visionary tales of Octavia's Brood span genres -- sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical realism -- but all are united by an attempt to inject a healthy dose of imagination and innovation into our political practice and to try on new ways of understanding ourselves, the world around us, and all the selves and worlds that could be. The collection is rounded off with essays by Tananarive Due and Mumia Abu-Jamal, and a preface by Sheree Renée Thomas" --
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword Sheree Renée Thomas -- Introduction Walidah Imarisha -- Revolution shuffle Bao Phi -- The token superhero David F. Walker -- the river adrienne maree brown -- Evidence Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- Black angel Walidah Imarisha -- The long memory Morrigan Phillips -- Small and bright Autumn Brown -- In spite of darkness Alixa Garcia -- Hollow Mia Mingus -- Lalibela Gabriel Teodros -- Little brown mouse Tunde Olaniran -- Sanford and sun Dawolu Jabari Anderson -- Runway blackout Tara Betts -- Kafka's last laugh Vagabond -- 22XX: one-shot Jelani Wilson -- Manhunters Kalamu ya Salaam -- Aftermath LeVar Burton -- Fire on the mountain Terry Bisson -- Homing instinct Dani McClain -- children who fly Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -- Star Wars and the American imagination Mumia Abu-Jamal -- The only lasting truth Tananarive Due -- Outro adrienne maree brown.
Call Number
Sc D 15-1231
ISBN
  • 9781849352093 (paperback)
  • 1849352097 (paperback)
LCCN
2014958844
OCLC
  • 890180259
  • 890180259
Title
Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements / edited by Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown ; foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas.
Publisher
Oakland, CA : AK Press ; [New York?] : Institute for Anarchist Studies, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Imarisha, Walidah, editor.
brown, adrienne maree, editor.
Thomas, Sheree R., writer of foreword.
Institute for Anarchist Studies, issuing body.
Research Call Number
Sc D 15-1231
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