Читать книгу Nine Bar Blues - Sheree Renée Thomas - Страница 3

“Sheree Renée Thomas gives us a whirlpool of poem and story, a ‘wild and strangeful breed’ of cosmology that maps each star from Machu Picchu to Congo Square, from Legba to Medusa.”

—Tyehimba Jess, author of Olio, winner 2017 Pulitzer Prize

“Through the lyrical lens of Thomas, this extraordinary collection carries us into the ancient, past and future of cosmic beings and humans enhanced by power inherited or genetic engineering. Filled with mesmerizing stories of a mysterious hole swallowing a town, night’s refusal to lift over a river city, mutating water, hunger for Freedom, downloaded souls, music, music, music and so much more. An amazing book worthy of re-reading.”

—Linda D. Addison, author of How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend, recipient of the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award

“Nine Bar Blues is a song of deep folklore and apocalyptic myth. Here in these pages are women seized with second sight. There is loss and longing, days without sun and nights without dream…the balm of music and unfathomable magic.”

—Sandra Jackson-Opoku, author of The River Where Blood is Born, winner American Library Association’s Best Fiction of the Year Award

“Sheree Renee Thomas continues to demonstrate why she is one of the preeminent voices, a true griot, of the Black Speculative Tradition. With her well-crafted stories, her latest offering, Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future, will join the great tradition and pantheon of writers such as Walter Mosley’s Futureland and Jewelle Gomez’s The Gilda Stories.

—Reynaldo Anderson, co-founder of the Black Speculative Arts Movement

“Nine Bar Blues is a wondrous, musical delight. There’s a transporting magic in every story, no, every page of this book. Be prepared to be stunned and to feel joy in equal measure.”

—Rion Amilcar Scott, author of Insurrections, winner 2017 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize