Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler

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Book details

  1. Print length
    434 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Twelfth Planet Press
  4. Publication date
    1 Aug. 2017
  5. Dimensions
    13.34 x 2.46 x 20.32 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1922101443
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1922101440
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Luminescent Threads celebrates Octavia E. Butler, a pioneer of the Science Fiction genre who paved the way for future African American writers and other writers of colour.

Original essays and letters sourced and curated for this collection explore Butler’s depiction of power relationships, her complex treatment of race and identity, and her impact on feminism and women in Science Fiction.

Follow the luminescent threads that connect Octavia E. Butler and her body of work to the many readers and writers who have found inspiration in her words, and the complex universes she created.

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'Letters to Tiptree does what any book like this should do, which is inspire readers to pull the works of the author being celebrated off the shelf and put them immediately into the to-read pile' - Strange Horizons

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K. Ceres Wright
K. Ceres Wright
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Daughter to a U.S. Army father, K. Ceres Wright has lived in Anchorage, AK; Chicago, IL; Baltimore, MD; Frankfurt, Oberursel, and Munich, Germany; Seoul, Korea; and the Washington Metropolitan Area. She attended undergraduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park, with a double major in economics and finance, then worked for 10 years as a credit and treasury analyst before deciding to change careers.

Wright received her Master's degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Greensburg, PA, and Cog was her thesis novel for the program. Wright's science fiction poem, "Doomed," was a nominee for the Rhysling Award, the Science Fiction Poetry Association's highest honor. Her work has appeared in Hazard Yet Forward; Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction; Many Genres, One Craft; Far Worlds; Diner Stories; The Dark God's Gift; FictionVale's Pick Your Punk (February 2015), and The 2008 Rhysling Anthology.

Visit her website at http://www.kcereswright.com and find her on Twitter @KCeresWright.

K. Tempest Bradford
K. Tempest Bradford
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K. Tempest Bradford is an award-winning teacher, media critic, and author of fantasy and science fiction steeped in Black Girl Magic. Her debut middle grade novel Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion is now out from FSG for Young Readers.

Tempest’s short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies and magazines, including In The Shadow of the Towers and Strange Horizons. Her media criticism and essays on diversity and representation have been published at NPR, io9, Ebony Magazine, and more.

She teaches classes and gives talks on representation and creating diverse narratives for Writing the Other and has been invited to teach at Clarion West, LitReactor, universities, and entertainment companies.

She’s the recipient of the 2020 LOCUS Special Award for Inclusivity and Representation Education and the 2022 Lemonade Award. She’s been nominated for FIYAH Magazine‘s IGNYTE Community and Ember Awards.

Please visit her website at KTempestBradford.com

Additional authors: Jennifer Marie Brissett, Monidipa Mondal and 4 more
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Product Information

Publisher Twelfth Planet Press
Publication date 1 Aug. 2017
Language ‎English
Print length 434 pages
ISBN-10 1922101443
ISBN-13 978-1922101440
Item weight ‎490 g
Dimensions 13.34 x 2.46 x 20.32 cm
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    I miss Ms Butler

    Reviewed in the United States on 26 December 2018
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    And so do all of the contributing authors.

    Reading the book reminded me of all we have lost and all we still have.

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    For those who loved her and miss her these letters awaken the kindred ...

    Reviewed in the United States on 12 March 2018
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    Thoughtful letters to the late Octavia E. Butler. For those who loved her and miss her these letters awaken the kindred spirit we all share.

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    Read It

    Reviewed in the United States on 18 August 2018
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    Great tribute to a great lady. Highly recommended.

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