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Fables and Spells : Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry by Adrienne Maree Brown (2022, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherA + K Press
ISBN-101849354502
ISBN-139781849354509
eBay Product ID (ePID)20050413227
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Book TitleFables and Spells : Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry
Number of Pages248 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFeminism & Feminist Theory, Short Stories (Single Author), Science Fiction / General
Publication Year2022
GenreSocial Science, Fiction
AuthorAdrienne Maree Brown
Book SeriesEmergent Strategy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
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Reviews"The 70 short stories and poems that make up Brown's phenomenal debut collection (after the novella Grievers ) explore social justice through an Afrofuturist lens...It's a masterful mix of genre and form that showcases Brown's range and skill. This should be required reading for anyone looking for Black feminist speculative literature." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "adrienne maree brown is a force of nature, a stream of wisdom, and an oracle for our times. Luminous creativity permeates this work. While acknowledging the deep despair the world grapples with, adrienne maree brown reminds us that all of nature is adaptive and that witching is, and always has been, the way to alchemize the complexities we are confronted with. These spells are cast with our wellness centered and our humanity uplifted." -- Chani Nicholas, New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This " Fables and Spells is potent ancestral cartography. It is a deep well of truths, musings, maps, medicine, and healing extended from adrienne's ancestral throughline connecting to our own, amplifying the ways we engage in witching for love, liberation, and change." -- Omisade Burney-Scott, author of Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause "I felt such a deep connection to myself and my community while reading Fables and Spells . It gave me permission to feel like I knew it all and also nothing ... like I'm tapped into an energy so rich and abundant but also so depleted and tired. The stories reminded me that we all have the capacity to heal and destroy." -- Juju Bae, host of A Little Juju Podcast "What an exquisite gift this cauldron of Fables and Spells is ! adrienne maree brown re-enchants our practices of deep listening and spell crafting, calling us to drink deeply and imagine more wildly. A prophetic voice for our time, adrienne (once again!) channels mycelial and celestial wisdom into remedies in the form of radical tales that guide the way to the world we dream of and grief and praise songs that help us realign with life itself. Full of both urgency and a sense of deep time, this is a book for our altars and our go bags in a world on fire, one you will return to again and again, the pages stained with potion and candlewax." -- Dori Midnight, community care practitioner, "adrienne maree brown is a force of nature, a stream of wisdom, and an oracle for our times. Luminous creativity permeates this work. While acknowledging the deep despair the world grapples with, adrienne maree brown reminds us that all of nature is adaptive and that witching is, and always has been, the way to alchemize the complexities we are confronted with. These spells are cast with our wellness centered and our humanity uplifted." -- Chani Nicholas, New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This " Fables and Spells is potent ancestral cartography. It is a deep well of truths, musings, maps, medicine, and healing extended from adrienne's ancestral throughline connecting to our own, amplifying the ways we engage in witching for love, liberation, and change." -- Omisade Burney-Scott, author of Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause "I felt such a deep connection to myself and my community while reading Fables and Spells . It gave me permission to feel like I knew it all and also nothing ... like I'm tapped into an energy so rich and abundant but also so depleted and tired. The stories reminded me that we all have the capacity to heal and destroy." -- Juju Bae, host of A Little Juju Podcast "What an exquisite gift this cauldron of Fables and Spells is ! adrienne maree brown re-enchants our practices of deep listening and spell crafting, calling us to drink deeply and imagine more wildly. A prophetic voice for our time, adrienne (once again!) channels mycelial and celestial wisdom into remedies in the form of radical tales that guide the way to the world we dream of and grief and praise songs that help us realign with life itself. Full of both urgency and a sense of deep time, this is a book for our altars and our go bags in a world on fire, one you will return to again and again, the pages stained with potion and candlewax." -- Dori Midnight, community care practitioner, "adrienne maree brown is a force of nature, a stream of wisdom, and an oracle for our times. Luminous creativity permeates this work. While acknowledging the deep despair the world grapples with, adrienne maree brown reminds us that all of nature is adaptive and that witching is, and always has been, the way to alchemize the complexities we are confronted with. These spells are cast with our wellness centered and our humanity uplifted." -- Chani Nicholas, New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This "I felt such a deep connection to myself and my community while reading Fables and Spells . It gave me permission to feel like I knew it all and also nothing ... like I'm tapped into an energy so rich and abundant but also so depleted and tired. The stories reminded me that we all have the capacity to heal and destroy." -- Juju Bae, host of A Little Juju Podcast, "adrienne maree brown is a force of nature, a stream of wisdom, and an oracle for our times. Luminous creativity permeates this work. While acknowledging the deep despair the world grapples with, adrienne maree brown reminds us that all of nature is adaptive and that witching is, and always has been, the way to alchemize the complexities we are confronted with. These spells are cast with our wellness centered and our humanity uplifted." -- Chani Nicholas, New York Times bestselling author of You Were Born For This " Fables and Spells is potent ancestral cartography. It is a deep well of truths, musings, maps, medicine, and healing extended from adrienne's ancestral throughline connecting to our own, amplifying the ways we engage in witching for love, liberation, and change." --Omisade Burney-Scott, author of Black Girl's Guide to Surviving Menopause "I felt such a deep connection to myself and my community while reading Fables and Spells . It gave me permission to feel like I knew it all and also nothing ... like I'm tapped into an energy so rich and abundant but also so depleted and tired. The stories reminded me that we all have the capacity to heal and destroy." -- Juju Bae, host of A Little Juju Podcast "What an exquisite gift this cauldron of Fables and Spells is ! adrienne maree brown re-enchants our practices of deep listening and spell crafting, calling us to drink deeply and imagine more wildly. A prophetic voice for our time, adrienne (once again!) channels mycelial and celestial wisdom into remedies in the form of radical tales that guide the way to the world we dream of and grief and praise songs that help us realign with life itself. Full of both urgency and a sense of deep time, this is a book for our altars and our go bags in a world on fire, one you will return to again and again, the pages stained with potion and candlewax." --Dori Midnight, community care practitioner
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number6
Dewey Decimal818.608
Table Of ContentFABLES 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.
SynopsisFables 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., "The 70 short stories and poems that make up Brown's phenomenal debut collection (after the novella Grievers ) explore social justice through an Afrofuturist lens...It's a masterful mix of genre and form that showcases Brown's range and skill. This should be required reading for anyone looking for Black feminist speculative literature." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review Fables and Spells is a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is brown's most beloved story, "The River," as well as the two sequel tales of her Water Trio. The remaining sixty-seven pieces explore moments of beauty, conflict, and transformation that also weave deep, radical lessons. With narrative "fables" of speculative fiction and "spells" that play with the lines between poetry, instruction, song, and chant, Fables and Spells demonstrates how good writing can engage the present while providing expansive visions of the possible worlds humans can build. adrienne maree brown's previous work includes Octavia's Brood , Emergent Strategy , the New York Times best-selling Pleasure Activism , We Will Not Cancel Us , Holding Change , and Grievers . brown grows transformative ideas in public through her writing and art; she is a poet changing the world. She is the writer-in-residence at Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute.
LC Classification NumberPS3602
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