This rich collection displays narratives of courage, from women in an African forest challenging deep-rooted cultural expectations to hard-eyed urban men in American housing projects resisting a hostile world. With vision and authenticity, Dark Matter: Reading the Bones divines greater insight into the stunning variety of the black literary tradition. The interests of black writers are manifold their voices, themes, and aesthetics are as diverse as the homeland of their ancestors. Thomas delves further into this inspirational wellspring with a new volume of great stories that illuminate our world…Įxpanding the fields of fantastic fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, this exciting collection of stories, essays, and interviews combines classic tales from great authors with original pieces from emerging black writers. An innovative and landmark collection, it presented some of the most profound, moving, and entertaining speculative fiction from the African diaspora. The critically acclaimed, award-winning anthology Dark Matter was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a Washington Post Book World "Rave" Book of the Year. Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora
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