About the editor. Stevan Allred -- Introduction / Susan DeFreitas -- A Ib & Nib and the hemmens trees / Stewart C. Baker -- The night bazaar for women becoming reptiles / Rachael K. Jones -- The wake / James Mapes -- Black as thread / Jessie Kwak -- A woven womb / C.A. McDonald -- Prothalamion / Tracy Manaster -- The kingdom of the belly / Michelle Ruiz Keil -- Ib & Nib and the ice berries / Stevan Allred -- Old souls / Fonda Lee -- The ones who don't walk away / Rene Denfeld -- The polar explorer / Leni Zumas -- Birds / Benjamin Parzybok -- Homeless Gary Busey / Timothy O'Leary -- Finding Joan / David D. Levine -- Becoming human / Gigi Little -- Bee, keeper / Jason LaPier -- KwaZulu-Natal / Juhea Kim -- Mr. Uncle's favor / Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher -- Ib & Nib and the golden ring / Stevan Allred -- Neuron / Lidia Yuknavitch -- Laddie come home / Curtis C. Chen -- The way things were / Jonah Barrett -- Valuable / Mo Daviau -- Hard choices / Tina Connolly -- When strangers meet / Sonia Orin Lyris -- JoyBe's last dance / Jason Arias -- The taster / TJ Acena -- Let it die / Arwen Spicer -- Each cool silver orb a gift / Nicole Rosevear -- Wenonah's gift / Molly Gloss -- Ib & Nib and the hemmens trees / Stevan Allred -- Contributor's bios -- About the editor.
Summary:
"Named for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin's science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spirit of Le Guin's hometown, Portland, Oregon, while paying tribute to her enduring vision. In stories that range from fantasy to sci fi to realism, some of Portland's most vital voices have come together to celebrate Le Guin's lasting legacy and influence on that most subversive of human faculties: the imagination. Fonda Lee's "Old Souls" explores the role of violence and redemption across time and space; Rachael K. Jones's "The Night Bazaar for Women Turning into Reptiles" touches on gender oppression and a woman's right to choose; Molly Gloss's "Wenonah's Gift" imagines coming-of-age in a post-collapse culture determined to avoid past wrongs; and Lidia Yuknavitch's "Neuron" reveals that fairy tales may, in fact, be the best way to understand the paradoxes of science. Other contributors include Curtis Chen, Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Juhea Kim, Tina Connolly, David D. Levine, Leni Zumas, Rene Denfeld, and Michelle Ruiz Keil, with a foreword by David Naimon, co-author (with Le Guin) of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing"-- Provided by publisher.
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