not to be a nerd but the university of manitoba is putting out a book next month which is an english translation of a recent french book on pre-christian inuit third-gender embodiment, reincarnation, and magic, and the author worked for thirty years with elders who not only fully remembered the pre-christian period and oral histories and folklore but also knew knud rasmussen, and this is so astoundingly up my alley im screaming
The Descent of Monsters (The Tensorate Series) (2018)
Y Yang continues to redefine the limits of silkpunk fantasy with their Tensorate novellas, which the New York Times lauded as “joyously wild.” In this third volume, an investigation into atrocities committed at a classified research facility threaten to expose secrets that the Protectorate will do anything to keep hidden
You are reading this because I am dead.
Something terrible happened at the Rewar Teng Institute of Experimental Methods. When the Tensorate’s investigators arrived, they found a sea of blood and bones as far as the eye could see. One of the institute’s experiments got loose, and its rage left no survivors. The investigators returned to the capital with few clues and two prisoners: the terrorist leader Sanao Akeha and a companion known only as Rider.
Investigator Chuwan faces a puzzle. What really happened at the institute? What drew the Machinists there? What are her superiors trying to cover up? And why does she feel as if her strange dreams are forcing her down a narrowing path she cannot escape?
JY YANG is the author of The Black Tides of Heaven and The Red Threads of Fortune. They are also a lapsed journalist, a former practicing scientist, and a master of hermitry. A queer, non-binary, postcolonial intersectional feminist, they have over two dozen pieces of short fiction published. They live in Singapore where they work as a science communicator, and have a MA in creative writing from the University of East Anglia.
For various reasons involving limited internet access and me forgetting my laptop charger and therefore only being able to use it for essential work, I read a lot on the boat and entertained myself by making notes on the new/new-to-me books. So have some brief book recs, and responses, and, for a couple, whatever the exact opposite of a rec is.
Hi tumblr! Since my most popular post by far was this Read Across the United States map, I felt I should stop acting like the US comprises the entire world and make an equivalent map of wlw books for the countries of the world. This list includes novels, anthologies, and memoirs that take place, and often are written by natives of, countries across the world. And again, I need some help filling in the blanks. Some areas of the world I really struggled with, and others I could see were replete with options, but the only lists I found were in the native language (sorry to say I’m a stereotypical monolingual American).
The Flywheel by
Erin Gough, Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough, A Story of Now by Emily
O’Beirne, Points of Departure by
Emily O’Beirne, Here’s The Thing by
Emily O’Beirne, The Monkey’s Mask by Dorothy Porter, About A Girl by
Joanne Horniman, May Day Mine by
Verity Croker, Not-So-Straight Sue by Cheyenne Blue, Clancy of the Undertow by Christopher Currie, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Austria : Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Bangladesh : Bright Lines by Tanwi Nandini Islam
Belgium : The Princess Deception by Nell Stark, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Canada : Landing by Emma Donoghue, That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston, The Dirt Chronicles by Kristyn Dunnion, Gravity by Leanne Lieberman, The Young in One Another’s Arms by Jane Rule, After the Fire by Jane Rule, 96 Hours by Georgia Beers, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
China : When Fox Is A Thousand by Larissa Lai, Women of the Silk by Gail Tsukiyama, Seventh Day of the Seventh Moon by Ken Liu, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Cuba :
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Cyprus :
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Denmark :
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Egypt :
A Smokeless Flame by Aziza Amador,
A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar, Felucca Dreams by Natalie Debrabandere,The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
England : Another Life Altogether by Elaine Beale, The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters, Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters, Affinity by Sarah Waters, The Night Watch by Sarah Waters, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal by Jeanette Winterson, I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif, Because of Her by K. E. Payne, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Finland: The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta, Fair Play by Tove Jansson
France : The Last Nude by Ellis Avery, Last Words From Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Germany : The Music Box by Elaine Atwell, Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Greece : My Best Friend, Maybe by Caela Carter
Hong Kong : Fool for Love by Harper Bliss
India : Love Bi The Way by Bhaavna Arora, Babyji by Abha Dawesar, Kari by Amruta Patil, Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir, Out! Stories from the New Queer India by Minal Hajratwala, Facing the Mirror: Lesbian Writing from India by Ashwini Sukthankar, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Iran : If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan, The Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
Ireland : Hood by Emma Donoghue, Stir-Fry by Emma Donoghue, Fionn:
Defence of Ráth Bládhma by Brian O’Sullivan, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Israel : A Small Country About to Vanish by Victoria Avilan, The Rosebush Murders by Ruth Shidlo, Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman, Dearest Anne by Judith Katzir, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Italy : Summer Heat by Harper Bliss, Sword of the Gladiatrix by Faith L. Justice
Jamaica : The Other Side of Paradise by Staceyann Chin, Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn, Bliss by Fiona Zedde, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Bareed Mista3jil, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Malawi :
Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani
Mexico :
The Two Mujeres by Sara Levi Calderon, Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar De Alba, Sor Juana’s Second Dream by Alicia Gaspar De Alba, 24/7 by Yolanda Wallace,
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
New Zealand : Tahuri by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Dare Truth or Promise by Paula Boock,
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Norway : The Four Winds by Gerd Brantenberg, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Pakistan : Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall
Palestine : Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman
Peru : The Copper Egg by Catherine Friend
Philippines : Before the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Revolution by Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, Women Loving: Stories & A Play by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
Portugal : Seasons of Love by Harper Bliss
Saudi Arabia : The Others by Seba al-Herz
Scotland : Valhalla by Ari Bach, Once the Clouds Have Gone by K.E. Payne, Four Steps by Wendy Hudson, The Crazy Jig: Gay and Lesbian Writing from Scotland by Joanne Winning
Slovenia :
The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
South Africa : The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif,
Black Bull, Ancestors and Me: My Life As a Lesbian Sangoma by Nkunzi Kandile Nkabinde, The Invisible Ghetto: Lesbian and Gay Writing from South Africa by Matthew Krouse, Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell, Porcupine by Jane Bennett, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba,
Not Yet Uhuru by Dolar Vasani, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Spain : The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend, The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Sri Lanka : The Vintage Book of International Lesbian Fiction by Naomi Holoch and Joan Nestle
Syria : Cinnamon by Samar Yazbek
Taiwan : Last Words from Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin
If you haven’t seen Black Panther yet, stop reading this right now and go buy a ticket. If you have, and you’re craving more African fantasy, more girl inventors, or more badass female warriors, you’ve come to the right place. Black Panther truly had it all–a beautiful African-inspired setting, a power struggle between two princes, an all female army, a thread of social and political commentary, and a shirtless Michael B. Jordan…the list goes on! If you’re feeling the Black Panther-shaped hole in your heart right now, let us fill it with these 6 amazing reads! Wakanda Forever.
Nnedi Okorafor’s YA fantasy is a modern classic, and its Nigerian setting and story steeped in African lore is everything you need after leaving Wakanda. Akata Witch blends mythology, fantasy, history, and magic into a compelling tale that will keep readers spellbound. Sunny is kind of like Shuri–the kid sister figure that you do not want to mess with. The best part? Its sequel, Akata Warrior, is now available too!
“The elevator pitch was an “Indigenous Mad Max: Fury Road.” I
think that really captures the pacing and the sensibility of the book.
This is an all-out breakneck apocalyptic adventure with a primary cast
of Navajo characters, and it takes place wholly on the Navajo
reservation.”
Well hell, I’m SOLD. Book comes out June 26th from @sagapress.
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