Talk Like a Man (Outspoken Authors) [SIGNED]

Nisi Shawl

ISBN 10: 1629637114 / ISBN 13: 9781629637112

Published by PM Press, Oakland CA, 2020

About this Item

"Flat signed" (no inscription or personalization) by author Nisi Shawl on the title page (and she crossed through her printed name.) Copyright 2020, but actually published in December 2019 per the Internet SF Database. This book is in fine condition, as new. Its binding is tight and square, with no reading creases in the spine or hinges. The trade paper covers are unmarked and unworn. Pages are unworn and -- other than the author's signature -- unmarked. As with all Space Age Book purchases, I will ship this book in a moisture proof zip-loc bag, padded in bubble wrap, inside a sturdy box to assure it reaches its proud new owner in the same condition as my description.

Seller Inventory # 001270

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Talk Like a Man (Outspoken Authors) [SIGNED]
• Publisher: PM Press, Oakland CA
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1629637114
• ISBN 13: 9781629637112
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

Nisi Shawl’s steampunk-flavored alternate history of the “Belgian” Congo, Everfair, has taken the science fiction and fantasy world by storm. No surprise there. Their swift, sure, and savvy short stories had already established them as a cutting-edge Afrofuturist icon whose politically charged fiction is in the grand feminist tradition of Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Suzy McKee Charnas.

In these previously uncollected stories, Shawl explores the unexpected possibilities and perils opened up by SF&F’s new intersectionality. In Shawl’s side-slippery world, sex can be both commerce and worship, complete with ancient rites, altars, and ointments (“Women of the Doll”); a virtual reality high school is a proving ground for girlpacks and their unfortunate adversaries (“Walk like a Man”); and a British rock singer finds an image in a mirror that reflects both future hits and ancient horrors (“Something More”). Also included is a presentation at a southern university, in which they patiently (and gleefully) deconstructs the academic and arcane intersections between ancient rites and modern tech. Ifa, anyone?

Plus:
Our Outspoken Interview with Shawl, in which unapologetics are proffered, riddles are unraveled, and icons are, as always, clasted.

About the Author

Nisi Shawl is an African American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known for their science fiction and fantasy stories and novels dealing with race, gender, and sexual orientation. They live in Seattle, where they also write on political and cultural matters for the Seattle Times. Even before Shawl’s steampunk-flavored alternate history of the “Belgian” Congo, Everfair, took the sci-fi world by storm, their short stories had already established them as a cutting-edge black writer whose politically charged fiction is in the grand feminist tradition of Ursula Le Guin, Octavia Butler, and Joanna Russ.