Visionary fiction and poetry from bestselling author adrienne maree brown.
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adrienne maree brown is a writer living in Detroit. Her previous work includes Octavia's Brood, Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, We Will Not Cancel Us and publication of her visionary fiction in The Funambulist, Harvard Design Review, and Dark Mountain. Her work is informed by more than two decades of social justice movement work as a facilitator. She is the writer-in-residence at Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute.
Klappentext
Fables and Spells, a gathering of adrienne maree brown's short stories and poems, is a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is her most beloved story, "The River," as well as the two sequel tales of her Water Trio. The remaining fourteen tales and nineteen poems explore moments of beauty, conflict, and transformation that weave deep, radical lessons into the folds of the fantastical. Reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans lead to surprising biological changes. An found audio fragment from the year 2067 shows the triumph over competition and death by those who understand that "our roots are intertwined." Her "spells" play on the edge of poetry with directives, chants, and world-bending efforts to engage the present towards a different future.
adrienne maree brown sometimes calls herself a fiction writer temporarily writing nonfiction, a poet trying to change the world. Fables and Spells brings fans of her work-and all lovers of speculative fiction and poetry-brilliant, new visions of change and possibility.
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FABLES
The River (Octavia's Brood) {water trio 1}
Call the Water {water trio 2}
Harness the Water {water trio 3}
A Moment of Integration
The Inches
Enclaves
2067: Transcript of found audio
Levels
The Place in the Sky
Named
In the Blackness
The Promised Land
Every Other World
Bubbles
Resegregation
Marla and the Creation Committee
Conversations with a Dinosaur
SPELLS
as go the birds
a meditation for jordan davis
authenticity chant
spell for grief or letting go
waning
trust the people
if your can't see the small
in the corona
post pandemic
being with shadows
for george floyd: fire
toyin
juneteenth spell
black august haikus
we are no longer surprised
the coming out spell
this massive rage
oh great mystery
what is unveiled? the founding wound.