Late in the Day (6 page)

From the literary heft of Angela Carter to the searing power of Octavia Butler,
Sisters of the Revolution
gathers daring examples of speculative fiction's engagement with feminism. Dark, satirical stories such as Eileen Gunn's “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” and the disturbing horror of James Tiptree Jr.'s “The Screwfly Solution” reveal the charged intensity at work in the field. Including new, emerging voices like Nnedi Okorafor and featuring international contributions from Angelica Gorodischer and many more,
Sisters of the Revolution
seeks to expand the ideas of both contemporary fiction and feminism to new fronts. Moving from the fantastic to the futuristic, the subtle to the surreal, these stories will provoke thoughts and emotions about feminism like no other book available today.

Contributors include: Angela Carter, Angelica Gorodischer, Anne Richter, Carol Emshwiller, Eileen Gunn, Eleanor Arnason, Hiromi Goto, James Tiptree Jr., Joanna Russ, Karin Tidbeck, Kelley Eskridge, Kelly Barnhill, Kit Reed, L. Timmel Duchamp, Leena Krohn, Leonora Carrington, Nnedi Okorafor, Octavia Butler, Pamela Sargent, Rose Lemberg, Susan Palwick, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Vandana Singh.

“The VanderMeers are a literary power couple.”

—Boing Boing

My Life, My Body

Marge Piercy

ISBN: 978-1-62963-105-9

128 pages

In a candid and intimate new collection of essays, poems, memoirs, reviews, rants, and railleries, Piercy discusses her own development as a working-class feminist, the highs and lows of TV culture, the ego-dances of a writer's life, the homeless and the housewife, Allen Ginsberg and Marilyn Monroe, feminist utopias (and why she doesn't live in one), why fiction isn't physics; and of course, fame, sex, and money, not necessarily in that order. The short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy's work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism.

Also featured is our Outspoken Interview, in which the author lays out her personal rules for living on Cape Cod, finding your poetic voice, and making friends in Cuba.

“Marge Piercy is not just an author, she's a cultural touchstone. Few writers in modern memory have sustained her passion, and skill, for creating stories of consequence.”

—
Boston Globe

“As always, Piercy writes with high intelligence, love for the world, ethical passion and innate feminism.”

—Adrienne Rich

“One of the most important poets of our time.”

—
Philadelphia Inquirer

“Piercy's writing is as passionate, lucid, insightful, and thoughtfully alive as ever.”

—
Publishers Weekly

Report from Planet Midnight

Nalo Hopkinson

ISBN: 978-1-60486-497-7

128 pages

Nalo Hopkinson has been busily (and wonderfully) “subverting the genre” since her first novel,
Brown Girl in the Ring
, won a Locus Award for SF and Fantasy in 1999. Since then she has acquired a prestigious World Fantasy Award, a legion of adventurous and aware fans, a reputation for intellect seasoned with humor, and a place of honor in the short list of SF writers who are tearing down the walls of category and transporting readers to previously unimagined planets and realms.

Never one to hold her tongue, Hopkinson takes on sexism and racism in publishing in “Report from Planet Midnight,” a historic and controversial presentation to her colleagues and fans.

Plus …

“Message in a Bottle,” a radical new twist on the time travel tale that demolishes the sentimental myth of childhood innocence; and “Shift,” a tempestuous erotic adventure in which Caliban gets the girl. Or does he?

And Featuring: our Outspoken Interview, an intimate one-on-one that delivers a wealth of insight, outrage, irreverence, and top-secret Caribbean spells.

“A genuine vitality and generosity … one of the more important and original voices in SF.”

—
Publishers Weekly

“Out-of-the-ordinary science fiction.”

—
Kirkus Reviews

“The plot and style get an early grip on you, the reader, and you don't let go till story's end. Hopkinson is a genuine find!”

—
Locus