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Infinite Constellations: An Anthology of Identity, Culture, and Speculative Conjunctions, Khadijah Queen & K. Ibura, eds. (University of Alabama Press/FC2 978-1-57366-900-9, $24.95, 286pp, tp) March 2023. Cover by danielle c. miles.

Some books speak to us louder than others. Perhaps they remind us of our childhood, or our loves and hurts, our longings, terrors and dreams. I tend to accept a book for review mostly if I think I’ll ...Read More

Ex Marginalia: Essays from the Edges of Speculative Fiction, Chinelo Onwualu, ed. (Hydra House 978-1-957898-00-1, $19.95, 176pp, tp) June 2023. Cover by Ashe Samuels.

I could not look away from the startling cover of a naked, big-breasted brown woman with flowing ash hair wading, unseeing, across turquoise waters laden with flying fish. Where does one begin with Ex Marginalia, this powerfully introspective anthology of essays on writing from ...Read More

New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, ed. (Solaris 978-1-78618-857-1, $16.99, 352pp, tp) March 2023. Cover by Yoshi Yoshitani.

Nisi Shawl’s New Suns 2: Original Specu­lative Fiction by People of Color is a showcase anthology that features some big names and which enters the scene with big shoes to fill, following as it does hot on the heels of its World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, ...Read More