Homeless, plagued by nightmares from an abusive childhood, nineteen-year-old Tyler Bishop does whatever he can to escape his pain. Drugs, alcohol, everythingοΏ½s gameοΏ½at least until handsome Dean Henderson struts into his life and shows him a better way. For two years, DeanοΏ½s love and friendship give
Here in the (Middle) of Nowhere
β Scribed by Anastacia-Renee
- Book ID
- 112876799
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780063221680
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In this bold hybrid collection of poetry, flash fiction, and Afrofuturism sci-fi, the award-winning interdisciplinary writer and author of Side Notes from the Archivist explores what happens when god is a Black woman in a town. What happens when there are multiple universes in the middle of nowhere?
And what if in each universe there reigned other Black woman gods? One million versions of god, and one million saints to watch over us? And what if this Black woman god were placed here on earth?
These are just a few of the questions Anastacia-ReneΓ© asks in this daring and mind-bending hybrid collection. Hers is a universe of striking varietyβmonsters, nontraditional saints, witches, zombies, the couple in the apartment next door, the wise elders from down the block, and gods watching over us allβas well as community and connectedness.
With a prose storyline and characters that connect through family, time, and place,...
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