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Cuisine des Mémoires and other stories

How Long 'Til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin

February 14, 2021 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

LeVar Burton is a national treasure. As the originator of Reading Rainbow, Geordi LaForge on Star Trek TNG and the creator of one of my favorite podcasts, LeVar Burton Reads, I have spent a not insignificant amount of time with him, and for that I’m grateful to him. And now, I have to take it a step further because he introduced me to the amazing creativity of N.K. Jemisin. He first read “Playing Nice with God’s Bowling Ball” for a live event and interviewed Jemisin […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: how long til black future month?, Levar Burton Reads, n.k. jemisin, short stories

cheerbrarian's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: how long til black future month?, Levar Burton Reads, n.k. jemisin, short stories ·
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Once upon a time I didn’t think I could write short stories.

How Long Til Black Future Month? by NK Jemisin

April 10, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

I was a little leery of this one for two distinct reasons. One, when an author tells us in the first pages that they don’t like or know how to write short stories…uh oh. And two, I might be one of the few people who didn’t particularly enjoy The Broken Earth (first) book(s). I might go back to them now, because I did enjoy this one. I was worried of getting my time wasted with what I misperceived as a possible dilettante attitude about short […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: how long til black future month?, NK Jemisin

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:183 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: how long til black future month?, NK Jemisin ·
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