FABLES AND SPELLS : collected and new short fiction and poetry

Fables and Spells is a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is brown's most beloved story, "The River," as well as the two sequel tales of her Water Trio. The remaining sixty-seven pieces explore moments of beauty, conflict, and transformation that also weave deep, radical lessons. With narrative "fables" of speculative fiction and "spells" that play with the lines between poetry, instruction, song, and chant, Fables and Spells demonstrates how good writing can engage the present while providing expansive visions of the possible worlds humans can build. adrienne maree brown's previous work includes Octavia's Brood , Emergent Strategy , the New York Times best-selling Pleasure Activism , We Will Not Cancel Us , Holding Change , and Grievers . brown grows transformative ideas in public through her writing and art; she is a poet changing the world. She is the writer-in-residence at Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute. Fables and Spells , a gathering of adrienne maree browns short stories and poems, is a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is her most beloved story, The River, as well as the two sequel tales of her Water Trio. The remaining fourteen tales and nineteen poems explore moments of beauty, conflict, and transformation that weave deep, radical lessons into the folds of the fantastical. Reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans lead to surprising biological changes. An found audio fragment from the year 2067 shows the triumph over competition and death by those who understand that our roots are intertwined. Her spells play on the edge of poetry with directives, chants, and world-bending efforts to engage the present towards a different future. adrienne maree brown sometimes calls herself a fiction writer temporarily writing nonfiction, a poet trying to change the world. Fables and Spells brings fans of her workand all lovers of speculative fiction and poetrybrilliant, new visions of change and possibility. Visionary fiction and poetry from bestselling author adrienne maree brown