Sistah Scifi Series: Nalo Hopkinson and Michele Tracy Berger

Sistah Scifi Series: Nalo Hopkinson and Michele Tracy Berger

(virtually) and discuss their upcoming short story collections - and , respectively - as part of our recurring event, Sistah Scifi Series.

(Tachyon, 2024)

[STARRED REVIEW] “A commanding short story collection.” —Foreword

Caribbean-Canadian author Nalo Hopkinson (Brown Girl in the Ring, The Salt Roads, Falling in Love with Hominids) returns with a long-awaited new collection of her deeply imaginative short fiction that offers striking journeys to far-flung futures and fantastical landscapes. Hopkinson is at the peak of her powers, moving effortlessly between art, folklore, science, and magic. In her first stories since 2015, a woman and her cyborg pig eke out a living in a future waterworld; two scientists contemplate the cavernous remains of an alien lifeform; and an artist creates nanotechnology that asserts Blackness where it is least welcome.

(Aunt Lute, 2024)

"Michele Tracy Berger has a voice like no one else."—Julia Rios, Hugo Award-winning editor

A dazzling debut collection of speculative short fiction. These fifteen stories invite you to get comfortable in the dark, to consider freedom and sacrifice, trust and betrayal, otherness, and safety. Marisol, an aspiring jewelry artist is haunted by a fast-food icon. Chevella, a self-aware doll, finds herself in 1950s America playing a key role in the Civil Rights Movement. Lindsay, a Black girl in 1970s America “wins” an extraterrestrial in a national contest only to find her family’s life upended. Chelsea and Jessa, two sisters, fight about what a strange child means for their family. A meat grinder appears in a magical forest and chaos ensues.

About San Francisco Public Library African American Center: The African American Center on the third floor of the Main Library welcomes students, researchers and anyone interested in learning more about the historical, political and cultural experiences of African Americans in California and beyond. In addition to housing a collection of circulating and reference materials that span a range of subject areas, the Center also partners with other library departments and community organizations to sponsor exhibits and programs that are free to the public.

About Aunt Lute Books: Aunt Lute Books is an intersectional, feminist press dedicated to publishing literature by those who have been traditionally underrepresented in or excluded by the literary canon. Core to Aunt Lute’s mission is the belief that the written word is critical to understanding and relating to each other as humans.Through the sharing of stories, we strengthen ties across cultures and experiences, and at the same time honor the hurt, loss, and harm incurred through structural power imbalances, prejudiced and gendered systems, and ancestral trauma. We uplift these voices in order to build a more just future.

About Tachyon Publications: Founded in 1995, Tachyon Publications LLC is a publisher of smart science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as mysteries, memoirs, young adult, and literary fiction. We champion the creative storytelling of authors who inspire us through intelligent prose and imaginative worlds. Our titles are consistently unique, thought-provoking, and entertaining.

About Sistah Scifi: Established in 2019, is the first Black owned bookstore focused on science fiction and fantasy in the United States as validated by the American Booksellers Association. Located primarily in cyberspace, the bookstore launched three Sistah Scifi Book Vending Machines in and .

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