Book Review: Grievers by adrienne maree brown
Though filled with melancholy and exhaustion, Grievers is filled with a regard of simple beauty and hope.
Book Review: Chasing Whispers by Eugen Bacon
African-Australian writer Eugen Bacon … writes poetry that can propel with prose-like narrative, while she constructs prose with a playful, poetic touch: fluid lines that invite readers to dance among possible meanings and interpretations, evocative words that sing out to strike emotional chords.
731. Neptune Frost (2021) — At the Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-731-neptune-frost/SandF_731_Neptune_Frost.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBanger songs, imagining better futures, and Saul Williams, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien listen to the folks at the Hugo Book Club Blog and discuss Neptune Frost! Together, they discuss the film’s creation, how it approaches the musical genre, what its story tells us about our world, and, frankly, so much more in much more specific terms. You really just need to listen to this. Watch the movie, too. Do those things in any order you like! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode! P.S.: Thanks so much to Trish Matson for editing this episode! We appreciate you so VERY much!
Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Tomi Adeyemi brings to life a world where Afrofuturism meets Avatar: The Last Airbender in her stunning debut novel Children of Blood and Bone. This epic fantasy is told in first person from the perspective of three main characters: Zelie, a young Diviner with magic dormant in her blood; Amari, a timid princess who escapes the palace with a priceless treasure; and Inan, Amari’s brother, sent by the tyrannical king to hunt down the girls. Gradually, the three of them learn the truth of the world and must decide whether to work together to shape the future of Orisha.
Book Review: The Binti Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
Binti is a prodigy among her people, the Himba, in a mid-future world constructed by author Nnedi Okorafor. Binti’s desire to go the finest University in the galaxy breaks all sorts of norms. Binti’s like that, though, breaking norms and boundaries as she finds her way to the University, back home, and what happens thereafter. Binti’s story is told in Okorafor’s Binti, Binti: Home and the finale of the trilogy, Binti: Masquerade.
