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BL
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946595
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b700965
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| Title & Author
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Dark matter : : reading the bones /\ edited by Sheree R. Thomas.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Warner Books,, ©2004.
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xii, 400 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0446528609
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: 0446693774
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: 9780446528603
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: 9780446693776
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| Notes
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Sequel to: Dark matter : a century of speculative fiction from the African diaspora.
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| Contents
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Fiction. Ibo landing / ihsan bracy -- The quality of sand / Cherene Sherrard -- Yahimba's choice / Charles R. Saunders -- The glass bottle trick / Nalo Hopkinson -- Desire / Kiini Ibura Salaam -- Recovery from a fall / David Findlay -- Anansi meets Peter Parker at the Taco Bell on Lexington / Douglas Kearney -- The magical Negro / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Jesus Christ in Texas / W.E.B. DuBois -- Will the circle be unbroken? / Henry Dumas -- 'Cause Harlem needs heroes / Kevin Brockenbrough -- Whipping boy / Pam Noles -- Old flesh song / Ibi Aanu Zoboi -- Whispers in the dark / Walter Mosley -- Aftermoon / Tananarive Due -- Voodoo Vincent and the astrostoriograms / Tyehimba Jess -- The binary / John Cooley -- BLACKout / Jill Robinson -- Sweet dreams / Charles Johnson -- Buying primo time / Wanda Coleman -- Corona / Samuel R. Delaney -- Maggies / Nisi Shawl -- Excerpt from Mindscape / Andrea Hairston -- Trance / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Essays. The second law of thermodynamics: transcription of a panel at the 1997 Black speculative fiction writer's conference held at Clark Atlanta University / Jewelle Gomez -- Her pen could fly: remembering Virginia Hamilton / Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu -- Celebrating the alien: the politics of race and species in the juveniles of Andre Norton / Carol Cooper.
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| Abstract
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This rich collection displays narratives of courage, from women in an African forest challenging deep rooted cultural expectations to hard eyed urban men in American housing projects resisting a hostile world.
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Schwarze, ...
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld
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American fiction-- African American authors.
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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Science fiction, American.
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Speculative fiction, American.
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American fiction-- African American authors.
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Fantastische Literatur
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Fantasy fiction, American.
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Science fiction, American.
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Science-Fiction
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Science-Fiction-Literatur
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Speculative fiction, American.
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Schwarze.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.08762
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| LC Classification
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PS648.S3D376 2004
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HU 1982rvk
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| Added Entry
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Thomas, Sheree R.
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