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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Oakland, CA : AK Press ; [Albany, NY] : Institute for Anarchist Studies, [2015] Â©2015
Description:	296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Butler, Octavia E. -- Criticism and interpretation. Butler, Octavia E. Science fiction. Social justice -- Fiction. Social change -- Fiction. Speculative fiction. Science fiction. Social change. Social justice. Speculative fiction. Science fiction. Short stories. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Fiction. Science fiction. Short stories.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10357912

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Other authors / contributors:	Imarisha, Walidah, editor. Brown, Adrienne M., editor. Thomas, Sheree R., writer of foreword. Institute for Anarchist Studies, issuing body.
ISBN:	9781849352093 1849352097 9781849352109
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
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 Reneï¿½?e Thomas" --

Table of Contents:

Foreword Sheree Reneï¿½?e 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.