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Whispers from the cotton tree root: Caribbean fabulist fiction | Nalo Hopkinson

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The lushness of language and the landscape, wild contrasts, and pure storytelling magic abound in this anthology of Caribbean writing. Steeped in the tradition of fabulism, where the irrational and inexplicable coexist with the realities of daily life, the stories in this collection are infused with a vitality and freshness that most writing traditions have long ago lost. From spectral slaving ships to women who shed their skin at night to become owls, stories from writers such as Jamaica Kincaid, Marcia Douglas, Ian MacDonald, and Kamau Brathwaite pulse with rhythms, visions, and the tortured history of this spiritually rich region of the world.

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elizabethlk

Whispers from the cotton tree root: Caribbean fabulist fiction | Nalo Hopkinson

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We're all done with our most recent Lite Reads selection The Glass Bottle Trick by Nalo Hopkinson! This Caribbean-set dark fantasy story was chosen especially for Black History Month, and I was personally a big fan of it. Fukk review through in the link below. Be sure to let me know what you thought of this story in the comments. New BHM selection shortly.

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-IP

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elizabethlk

Whispers from the cotton tree root: Caribbean fabulist fiction | Nalo Hopkinson

Our new #LiteReads selection, chosen with #BlackHistoryMonth in mind, is The Glass Bottle Trick by Nalo Hopkinson! This is a dark fantasy story from 2000 written by one of the modern masters of speculative fiction. You can find links to read it through our full intro post on the blog (link below). I hope you enjoy the story. Be sure to let me know what you think in the comments!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-Ip

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