Description |
xxi, 370 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Lay of light and anger / Stewart C Baker -- Night bazaar for women becoming reptiles / Rachael K Jones -- Wake / James Mapes -- Black as thread / Jessie L Kwak -- Woven womb / C. A McDonald -- Prothalamion / Tracy Manaster -- Kingdom of the belly / Michelle Ruiz Keil -- Ib & Nib and the ice berries / Stevan Allred -- Old souls / Fonda Lee -- Ones who don't walk away / Rene Denfeld. |
Summary |
"Named for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spirit of Le Guin's hometown, Portland, Oregon, while paying tribute to her enduring vision. In stories that range from fantasy to sci fi to realism, some of Portland's most vital voices have come together to celebrate Le Guin's lasting legacy and influence on that most subversive of human faculties: the imagination. Fonda Lee's "Old Souls" explores the role of violence and redemption across time and space; Rachael K. Jones's "The Night Bazaar for Women Turning into Reptiles" touches on gender oppression and a woman's right to choose; Molly Gloss's "Wenonah's Gift" imagines coming-of-age in a post-collapse culture determined to avoid past wrongs; and Lidia Yuknavitch's "Neuron" reveals that fairy tales may, in fact, be the best way to understand the paradoxes of science. Other contributors include Curtis Chen, Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Juhea Kim, Tina Connolly, David D. Levine, Leni Zumas, Rene Denfeld, and Michelle Ruiz Keil, with a foreword by David Naimon, co-author (with Le Guin) of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing"-- Provided by publisher. |
Subject |
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
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Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018 -- Influence.
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Genre |
Short stories.
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Added Author |
DeFreitas, Susan, 1977- editor.
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Baker, Stewart C.
Lay of light and anger.
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Jones, Rachael K., 1985-
Night bazaar for women becoming reptiles.
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Mapes, James.
Wake.
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Kwak, Jessie L.
Black as thread.
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McDonald, C. A.
Woven womb.
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Manaster, Tracy.
Prothalamion.
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Keil, Michelle Ruiz.
Kingdom of the belly.
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Allred, Stevan, 1952-
Ib & Nib and the ice berries.
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Lee, Fonda.
Old souls.
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Denfeld, Rene.
Ones who don't walk away.
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ISBN |
9781942436485 (paperback) |
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