Dreams for a Broken World Paperback / softback
Edited by Julie C Day, Ellen Meeropol
Illustrated by Andy Kehoe
Part of the Dreams series
Paperback / softback
Description
Why collect stories about our Dreams for a Broken World?
Because our world is broken. Our society is rife with injustice and inequality, war and environmental disaster, racism and hatred.
Stories help us imagine other futures. Stories inspire us. When we read, or write, about individuals and communities fighting for justice, we grow to believe in these possibilities. Maybe we even join the characters, breaking through barriers and building new connections.
This anthology draws from both genre and literary traditions to dream together about a more just world. Included here are original stories, reprints, and novel excerpts. The mix of genres, from literary to fantastical, from dark to playful, from speculative to activist, offers perspectives that are varied, imaginative, thoughtful, and provocative.
Our TOC
Dreams for a Broken World brings together twenty-four authors who've generously offered up their work for this project:
Andrew Altschul, Joy Baglio, Innocent Chizarama Ilo, Breena Clarke, Zig Zag Claybourne, Tina Egnoski, Cai Emmons, JoeAnn Hart, Ava Homa, Celine Keating, Aimee Liu, Jan Maher, Usman T. Malik, Benjamin Parzybok, Charles Payseur, Robert V.S. Redick, Veronica Schanoes, Nisi Shawl, Vandana Singh, Lisa Taylor, Sheree Renee Thomas, Marie Vibbert, Cynthia Young, and Sabrina Vourvoulias.
Their work traverses an array of styles, genres, and subject matter. And yet themes connect each of these stories. What does it mean to live in a fractured and uncertain world? How do we face the ugliness? How do we find a better way forward?
Us
Dreams for a Broken World is the second charity anthology in the Dreams series published by Reckoning Press; charity means that all the proceeds from sales are donated to a non-profit doing work to fix our broken world. Julie C. Day is the series editor and was the editor-in-chief of the first anthology, Weird Dream Society (Reckoning Press, 2020). All proceeds from that book benefit RAICES, a nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to under-served immigrant children, families, and refugees.
Ellen Meeropol joins Julie as guest co-editor of this second book in the series, a fundraiser for the Rosenberg Fund for Children. The RFC is a non-profit, public foundations that aids children in the U.S. whose parents are targeted, progressive activists. They also assist youth who themselves have been targeted as a result of their progressive activities.
Can stories change the world? Not alone. But as poet Martin Espada wrote, "Any oppressive social condition, before it can be changed, must be named and condemned in words that persuade by stirring the emotions, awakening the senses."
Naming. Condemning. Stirring. Awakening. That's what we hope these stories will do for all of us.
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Reckoning Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781955360050
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages
- Publisher:Reckoning Press
- Publication Date:01/11/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781955360050
