checksdaa.blogg.se - Love after the End by Joshua Whitehead

This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across Turtle Island. "A bold and breathtaking anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction, edited by the author of Jonny Appleseed.These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through Utopian narratives that detail the vivacity and strength of 2SQness throughout its plight in the maw of settler colonialism's histories.-Adapted from publisher information This groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer) Indigenous writers from across Turtle Island.

A bold and breathtaking anthology of queer Indigenous speculative fiction.

But more than all of that, they guide us back to ourselves and to our relations on a shimmering trail of song and stardust. The stories here are difficult, they're beautiful, they're hilarious and sad and frightening and hopeful. Love after the End is a book we need right now - and well beyond the now.

Alicia Elliott, author of A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Reading Love after the End is like being handed a glass of fresh water in the middle of the desert. Publishers WeeklyĮach of these smart, stunning, imaginative stories has not only fuelled my imagination but also filled my heart, reminding me how dramatically different it is to experience work written with absolute love. Drawing on deep wells of history and experience, these powerful stories are sure to impress.

Many of the stories offer portraits of a dead Earth from which new life springs, and all are ultimately uplifting, hinting at a way forward through the darkness of the present. These stories are a welcome breath of fresh air in the often hyperindividualist, survivalist subgenre of postapocalyptic fiction, and are essential reading for anyone committed to the possibilities of sf as a means to create new and different futures.