Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements | 
pickThe best thing about short story collections is that there is always at least one in them that I love. There were actually a few in this that were excellent. Of course there were also a few I didn't get at all. But that's ok, not every story works for every person. My daughter already called dibs to borrow this from me. I think she will enjoy (most of) it.
pickSo frickin dope. Very enriching for a sci-fi fan.
Feb TBR! Planning on participating in 2 readathons this month (#contemporaryathon and #tometopple ) and picking up books relevant to Black History Month, as well as my usual mood-reading. #tbr
"Seeking escape from the constraints of her life when she was twelve, Octavia [Butler] started watching a movie called _Devil Girls From Mars_, and she had the epiphany so many of us have experienced: "Hell, I can write better than that!" Thank goodness for bad science fiction movies."
-Tananarive Due, "The Only Lasting Truth: The Theme of Change in the Works of Octavia Butler"
This book led me to another one that's now on my list--Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson. I'm so excited to read it. I love when books lead me to other books ☺
February TBR! I‘m #currentlyreading The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin as well as Good and Mad and Five Feet Apart, and I‘ve got a good stack to pick from once I finish those. Have you guys read any of these?
pickI really enjoyed this collection of speculative fiction focusing on the genre‘s intersection with social justice. It was written by activists & authors alike, but with very few exceptions, the work was strong enough that I couldn‘t tell who the not-authors were as I read. (It also broke my #readersblock!! 🙌🏻)
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Favorite stories: Black Angel, The Long Memory, Small & Bright, Hollow, Children Who Fly
I have had #readersblock since the beginning of November and it‘s the worst. Three perfectly lovely books, each with an interesting and unique voice.... but I can‘t get myself to read them. It‘s unbearably frustrating.
So. I‘m going to put the stack on hold for a little while and switch gears with this collection of #shortfiction from social justice movements that follows the tradition of one of my all time favorite authors. 🤞🏻 this works!
Today's Google graphic in honor of Octavia Butler's 71st birthday is giving me life. 💕
Day 6 of @bookriot #riotgrams is short stories - check out OCTAVIA‘S BROOD for stories at the intersection of science fiction and social justice.
Yippee! The shirts I ordered from #BookRiot arrived today! 😄 #BadassBroadsofSFF
It's the end of Summer Reading at the library- happy day to me! Now for some short stories and ice cream to celebrate.
Thank you so, so much, @ReadingsByTheC, for the way generous and super thoughtfully curated #summersantagoespostal gifts!!! I truly adore them all. The books are a wonderful mix of titles that have been on my radar (Crooked Heart, which took me a second to recognize because I hadn't yet seen the paperback cover; and Octavia's Brood - social justice sci fi = 😍😍😍) ⬇️
A book of speculative fiction short stories and the tiniest piece of breakfast brownie because it's so rich that's all I can consume at one go.
Today's swim class read. Also it's the kindergartener's first day of spring break and my preschooler's last day of school before his spring break next week. Next week is going to be a tiring one!!
Sometimes all you need is a bowl of steaming hot rice porridge and a book of short stories
I got dragged out to a wrap party for a TV show by my neighbor who is on the crew. And the entire time I just wanted to be home reading.
Finally back home in bed...
my reading goals for 2017 include completing a few reading challenges (#LitsyAtoZ, #ReadHarder, and the PopSugar Challenge), read more diversely, & writing short reviews of all the books I read 📚
#readJanuary
This isn't from Octavia's Brood - it's from Adrienne Maree Brown (one of the editors of Octavia's) instagram. It's from a solstice poem she wrote. 😍❄️🔥
Love independent book stores. I found this title in the Sci-Fi section. I'm looking forward to reading these stories inspired by Octavia Butler.
"No one explained how herding up Asian and Arab Americans based on the color of their skin, seizing their property, and then forcibly incarcerating them without trial in work camps could be in their best interest. But then again, history had shown conclusively that the American public didn't need a complicated explanation as much as they needed a clear enemy to blame." - Bao Phi (Revolution Shuffle)
Squeeee! Early birthday gifts to myself. Do you ever get so excited about new books that you want to roll around on them? Um, yeah, me neither... 'cause that would be totally weird. Heh heh heh... #diversebooks
feeling sick is no fun but at least I've got lots of books to keep me company 🤒📚📖
I'm just starting this short story collection, but as it was named after Octivia Butler & focuses on social justice and visionary tales, I'm sure these stories will be filled with lots of #unforgettablewomen
#booktober #shortstories #octiviabutler
Social justice speculative fiction or visionary fiction!✊💜
#diversebooks #speculativefiction #socialjustice
here are two speculative fiction collections that are #outofthisworld for #booktober - Octavia's Brood is still in my TBR pile but I read Sisters of the Revolution this year and enjoyed it 📚
Went to the library to return a book, with the best intentions of going home emptyhanded to start making inroads into the mountain of books on my shelf. Came home with 4 more books. Of course.
Ginger inspects my purchases from the Baltimore Book Festival.
I'm revisiting this powerhouse of a book tonight. Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Movements is an amazing collection inspired by the teaching of Octavia Butler. The stories create worlds where race, sexuality, ability/disability, gender, violence and class are radically reimagined. 💓
Starting this finally.
Busboys and Poets is a restaurant in DC that has a Politics and Prose shop in the front and I'm still amazed I didn't just hand the guy my wallet and tell him to keep it. Amazing staff, delicious food, and so many awesomely diverse books 😍
Diversity Friday. This book of Science Fiction Short Stories from Social Movements is inspired by the works and teachings of Octavia Butler. It is such an important contribution to visionary fiction. I can't recommend this book and the broader social project these folks are working on enough. BLM.
