6/30/2023 0 Comments Trashlands by alison stine![]() ![]() ![]() In her stolen free hours, she does something that seems impossible in this Coral makes art. She’s stuck in Trashlands, a dump named for the strip club at its edge, where the local women dance for an endless loop of strangers and the club's violent owner rules as unofficial mayor.Īmid the polluted landscape, Coral works desperately to save up enough to rescue her child from the recycling factories, where he is forced to work. In the region-wide junkyard that Appalachia has become, Coral is a “plucker,” pulling plastic from the rivers and woods. ![]() Global powers have agreed to not produce any new plastics, and what is left has become garbage is currency. Dick Award, comes a resonant, visionary novel about the power of art and the sacrifices we are willing to make for the ones we loveĪ few generations from now, the coastlines of the continent have been redrawn by floods and tides. "This thought-provoking apocalypse noir fires on all cylinders.” – Publishers Weekly starred review From the author of Road Out of Winter, winner of t "This thought-provoking apocalypse noir fires on all cylinders.” – Publishers Weekly starred reviewįrom the author of Road Out of Winter, winner of the 2021 Philip K. Enter to win 1 of 15 advance reader copies of Trash Lands by Alison Stine! ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez![]() ![]() Lizzie betrays them, with disastrous results. ![]() In the summer of 1852, the summer friends and a trusted slave, Philip, meet a Quaker woman and talk together about escaping. There is even a nearby resort for more prosperous blacks. She wants her freedom and plants seeds in the others, who begin to question their own acceptance of their deeply compromised lives.įree black men and women are employed at the hotel. One year a spirited and angry newcomer who calls herself Mawu joins them. They meet yearly in the free state of Ohio at the summer resort Tawawa House. Three black slave women-Lizzie, Sweet and Reenie-have achieved a certain social status in the complex world of American antebellum plantation society: they are “mistresses” of their owners, with attitudes toward them ranging from deep hatred to what verges on love. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Challenge accepted by amanda abram![]() ![]() And she thought if it was proven to me that we were meant to be together, then I would want to take our relationship to the next level. ![]() She was convinced whatever algorithm those nerds in Computer Club were using to run our answers against was going to reveal that she and I were perfect for one another. I knew exactly what Grace was doing in making me take this test. Like maybe when I was in my late thirties or forties. At eighteen years old, why should I? I’d have plenty of time later in life to settle down and choose a woman to spend eternity with. ![]() I just didn’t want to be in long-term relationships with them. She wanted to be, but she knew how I felt about stuff like that. Okay, maybe the term “girlfriend” was a little strong. I was taking this test for one reason and one reason only: my girlfriend was making me. I stared down at the test lying on the desk in front of me and rolled my eyes so hard I think I might have strained something. ![]() |