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Book Review: The City We Became - N. K. Jemisin

By @edent · Book Review N. K. Jemisin · 2 comments · 550 words

A book cover featuring looming text over a city skyline.

Five New Yorkers must band together to defend their city in the first book of a stunning new series by Hugo award-winning and New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin. Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's […]

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Book Review: How Long 'til Black Future Month? - N. K. Jemisin

By @edent · Book Review N. K. Jemisin Sci Fi · 450 words

A young black woman stares off into the distance. Her amazingly styled hair is filled with geometric shapes.

In the first collection of her evocative short fiction, Jemisin equally challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption. In these stories, Jemisin sharply examines modern society, infusing magic into the mundane, and drawing deft parallels in the fantasy realms of her imagination.

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