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</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(251,2,7)">Please do not reply to this message. If you have any questions, <span class="gmail-s1">p</span>lease contact <a href="mailto:meredithirby@berkeley.net"><span class="gmail-s2">meredithirby@berkeley.net</span></a>.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">This week, we wanted to highlight the works of <span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(39,14,98)"><b>Nnedi Okaorafor</b></span>, <span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(95,15,55)"><b>akwaeke emezi</b></span>, and <span class="gmail-s3" style="color:rgb(176,127,5)"><b>P. Djeli Clark</b></span> - three incredible Black authors who are all pushing the boundaries of genre and storytelling in compelling ways. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Students and staff can check out the books below from the BHS Library, and find audiobook versions through BPL via </span><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Hoopla</b><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> and </span><b style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Libby</b><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">:</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br></p><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="240"><col width="235"><col width="253"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:22pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(53,28,117);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4"><b style="color:rgb(39,14,98);font-family:Arial">Nnedi Okorafor</b> </font></span></p><br>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus and Lodestar Awards, Nigerian-American <a href="https://nnedi.com/"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,233)"><b>Okorafor</b></span></a> is known for mind-melting world building and <a href="https://twitter.com/nnedi/status/1430298750992338945"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">hilarious Twitter takes</span></a>. A self-described Africanfuturist, her gritty, unconventional fantasy and sci-fi stories feature complex female leads and tackle the most pressing issues of our time. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">Need more from this genius? Checkout this </span><a href="https://lithub.com/reading-women-discuss-afrofuturism-and-africanfuturism/" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">discussion about Africanfuturism</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> or read about </span><a href="https://www.tor.com/2021/07/27/exploring-nnedi-okorafors-africanfuturist-universe/" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,233)">how all of her books somehow exist in the same universe</span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br></p><br></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(53,28,117);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:275px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/i7fPNz6vj1mnqLsInA47CZ43EUr0j622u66RXX79h71HD31flTphx7bwqc2uhx7Ji3ob2lff7cqCyvDZoAu4CnGr9yY0znfkkah-QVLELMColZkPKgQiQKiPvjjjMKsSV3k7Pop2" width="226" height="275" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(53,28,117);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:213px;height:311px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ehy7VnfAj9pmf7iHo92hidmeRWaa1okCEM3LX6qJ635B_canXOs3_63gLxOtsX-BPGDbwvFgS-HheFr1ADABAftC6Vsbip7u0nnVhaqNBq78ts284_zw43v45L-XpEdlNJ00tHaq" width="213" height="311" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(53,28,117);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:208px;height:313px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/99X80q6ASYcEplzFGdzxd4PspvWQNZFuiTbeoSdUM-uQJMFfZwEs1e45seZKLGhfqKv5qxrYkp16vuZ9U5TqRXlmDPNnE__ekGFTxvrdGsN_k3iyNeubUKsJUlmoY8mPG6su4wHW" width="208" height="313" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(53,28,117);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:215px;height:308px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4ySIHjFcu2YKnE2M4JfDFzSFeyn5OR8tvIt4EN90ccY69CYvAFTeOwfAudAgrrkmtjxtKklr3ol4WNaP1wanuYe_MuVeR28b3bJ-FoYJsIfepEnO1hWqW9XPV-hRlmtw1uz4vD25" width="215" height="308" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:243.785pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">For Horror Fans: <i>After the Rain </i>is a graphic novel adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor’s terrifying short story “On the Road.”</p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);min-height:17px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(19,19,19)">From <a href="https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/01/06/after-the-rain-graphic-novel-review/"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(0,0,233)"><b>Nerds of Color</b></span></a>: </span>“It makes Nigeria a real and lived in place, while also making it mythically fantastic. But best of all, it tells a great horror story that relies on expert story-crafting, not just cheap gore and easy scares.“</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>Binti </i>is a fantastic interstellar adventure that follows an impressive central character.</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"There's more vivid imagination in a page of Nnedi Okorafor's work than in whole volumes of ordinary fantasy epics." ― Ursula Le Guin</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 15pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 20px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">(<i>Binti</i> is also about to be <a href="https://afropunk.com/2020/01/nnedi-okorafor-binti-hulu/"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">adapted for a series on Hulu</span></a>!)</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The electrifying third book in the series that started with <i>Akata Witch</i>, named one of <i>Time</i> magazine’s “100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time”. </p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px 0px 29.3px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">“With <i>Akata Woman</i>, Okorafor does what she does best, drawing on African mythology and folklore, being free with her rhythm and language, telling a classic hero’s journey set far from the Western canon of fantasy, while always staying readable, aware, intelligent and playful.” —Tor.com</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(95,15,55)"><b style=""><font size="4">akwaeke emezi</font></b></p><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="249"><col width="244"><col width="283"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:22pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><br><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(58,11,36)"><a href="https://www.akwaeke.com/"><b>emezi</b></a></span> considers their work to exist in the “liminal spaces”, writing stories that defy all attempts at categorization. Their award winning debut <i>Freshwater </i>and YA novel<i> Pet </i>could be considered fantasy, but also feel like magical realism mixed with a sci-fi fictional future. </p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Raised in Aba, Nigeria, emezi’s work unapologetically centers the lives of the most marginalized, <a href="https://www.them.us/story/toni-morrison"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">as evidenced by their favorite line by Toni Morrison</span></a>: <i>"I stood at the border, stood at the edge, and claimed it as central. Claimed it as central, and let the rest of the world move over to where I was.”</i></p><br></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(116,27,71);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:250px;height:280px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/QI_0kk0Aw_SEbeXLpPylWM6AAt-3ngokaSHrpAYn0Lhrxv-SAMt8tLVZueclOF7YjwtFP5ZcQc25Qg9vr5zOX_9R54_BN-XcSA97Bk3brysBmlqxnuiIg_1eqG_czucfptFZHh4z" width="250" height="280" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(116,27,71);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:341px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6k1yIIFDzgisNtFgR-1uwritKH2ejIOYAvP1-FOAyIpx6SzDbBsEj6oGJFXQac7ZaNwUrWjtPXH3aNprf6WXutzjW0NfZzJAZcJpgTVRy6GKZ53VCujU1yPFgY1ihE-YiOOprfy9" width="226" height="341" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(116,27,71);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:339px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/G8v-pkWy1H5dxh2rTFwBO9pwsvRK8jqNZZlfHzzmHfCkEKt4ShxA5EV6cAtYAflcTOu6QMZpQ1mmQfrBQIlAGsO3dnqBeyccMyVbNxHgqZw_6_2gEYywCQeysNawMA4GPFhMAbST" width="226" height="339" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(116,27,71);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:340px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3DnImptoTzFse9o2KzgEhS6Odm7u1gSCM5GNjyWLIOKaxj-XIp8j-XXNzy1JZwA16Ts8eiiuAo_s5MwWkxSEeZzV9LY9ImK3atdOpXrMIKQP0bPw9kcjHb5a44C24LIA36Oql9KF" width="226" height="340" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(24,25,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)"><i>Bitter </i>is the follow up to emezi’s award-winning<i> </i><a href="https://www.tor.com/2020/07/07/we-are-each-others-harvest-akwaeke-emezis-pet/"><span class="gmail-s2" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>Pet</i></span></a>, a genre-defying story about a t</span>ransgender teen named Jam living in a world where adults refuse to acknowledge the existence of monsters. </p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span class="gmail-s3" style="color:rgb(24,25,26)">Read <a href="https://www.tor.com/2022/02/09/excerpts-bitter-by-awkaeke-emezi/"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">excerpt of Bitter</span></a> here! </span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">Propulsively readable, teeming with unforgettable characters, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48595550-the-death-of-vivek-oji"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>The Death of Vivek Oji</i></span></a> is a novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations—a dramatic story of loss and transcendence that will move every reader.</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden">
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(24,24,24);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(19,19,19);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px">emezi's debut novel </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35412372-freshwater?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=QceP9mKcVJ&rank=1" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><b><i>Freshwater</i></b></span></a><span style="color:rgb(19,19,19);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px"> tells the semi-autobiographical story of the protagonist, Ada, who is an ogbanje (an Igbo evil spirit). Emezi explores their Igbo heritage's spirituality and gender alongside those of Western construction.</span> </span></p><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;margin-left:0pt"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="246"><col width="239"><col width="265"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:22pt"><td colspan="2" style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(107,78,2)"><b style=""><font size="4">P. Djèlí Clark</font></b></p><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(53,53,53);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner <a href="https://pdjeliclark.com/about/"><span class="gmail-s1" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(107,78,2)"><b>P. Djèlí Clark</b></span></a><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(107,78,2)"><b> </b></span>is one of the most exciting speculative fiction writers out there, and his books are on our auto-purchase list. </p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><br></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, Clark spent the formative years of his life in the homeland of his parents, Trinidad and Tobago. His work often involves inventive alternate histories and center non-White locales, leads, and cultures. </p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38)">Want to learn more? Checkout this <a href="https://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/blogs/lapl/interview-author-p-djeli-clark-0"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(107,78,2)">interview</span></a> and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/02/18/694930932/tram-car-015-is-a-delightful-ride"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(107,78,2)">book review</span></a> of one of his other fantastic novellas. </p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(191,144,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:232px;height:250px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/T1nbca5oRghaElhdkMAeOtCs4XPV2KHr-IlOKAF743rn_S13bNuSqNEf0UrH1Vcp7joZHFwb_8xvwrqWTXavhliXIgb8mJdXi2gn5PKAOwt869PvzfwbJmoTYYkdh_RywsNlU0j8" width="232" height="250" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(191,144,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:214px;height:345px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/sxNbYIa_PnDGwm8m9rmYHWrNOM3fvCjZ8QLpbclytW5a41V_3V5wVkxEIQs7lcNha3FYl2kG1daXL3n5M6I3lJVg_QJt6vTYWf3s0FAScaUh2xJvh9nmkTMLwXgxrs_Dx0phGpxT" width="214" height="345" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(191,144,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:213px;height:340px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/nZydnmkm001GP7f593Q-kU9G69XLNbpOFuc6lvaHVJhFIeqMrJt-ATNSBK1qlNoGPtHH16Ov-O-Raf6VMHPM5jOabfPwUKZxz4dfN4VqZU8UKwsBbQWbFNkdO1WHVS4aAN3PH99N" width="213" height="340" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(191,144,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:222px;height:341px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/OW6alGu-BB87icyssRHG18Z4g9g-_83vy27vLaNeCcqDyI9obRJqTurAUfIex4y9ZE6R0MVdUUmcNFrZpLiQntTfUNDXhTdVtYSTzCFO5lhbXA5-CkW7go--bC3zNI1D44kGs6DB" width="222" height="341" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">If you loved <i>Watchmen</i> and <i>Lovecraft Country</i>, you should check out <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49247242-ring-shout?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=YKhFC0ZBU4&rank=1"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>Ring Shout</i></span></a>: </span>a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror.</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Clark’s debut novella: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38118138-the-black-god-s-drums?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NacVSLFrxc&rank=1"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>Black God’s Drums</i></span></a><i> </i></span>is an action-packed story set in an alternate New Orleans of orisha, airships, and adventure.</p><br></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="text-decoration-line:underline;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52504334-a-master-of-djinn?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=M2EickxYRY&rank=1"><i>A Master of Djinn</i></a></span> is everything readers have come to hope for and expect from Clark: fascinating characters, snappy dialogue, and thrilling adventures all set in a gorgeously reimagined, magically infused Cairo of a century ago.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4">Other new notable reads and authors to watch:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space" style=""> </span></font></p><div dir="ltr" align="left" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="248"><col width="248"><col width="257"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:341px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/6NbwnC_MduB_JXWhtfi9SCWZMWor0b_AX-4I59eiM8OW8M1QbCDjwNJ-1SCZtQ77bv1DwrMeFD8LaHEMCvqpMtAEOEm2uCfCLp8HbosTW7tl-ZaIdS4qZ-SacaBdUnHZwsGUwqqC" width="226" height="341" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:219px;height:349px"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FD5dKvhDVvqGDFxm8zyy7mgUVfB1C3G7BfCfDwuFBNoPQCFGhyTnu878-3n-nFLKJQeKdrVPqKTkEU5wCimEWlK6bA0y4iM_XCnnJXMCi4DjHsPw-en4460yBO6xoulADQXFlpQ2" width="219" height="349" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:343px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/QanlztJic6aKx_hDSQyV9hFN_9FuuagO_zACKIU48Fiam6yeQx2g2u-zwDlluNeKRVW8B3HLZK8l4mHd8itfTveNE2CeAaqRiLcgsIKKtcvltVeexParNdbbf4AkFSu3joBJqT-8" width="226" height="343" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">A <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58437699-ain-t-burned-all-the-bright?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=iWbuLx98wK&rank=14"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">smash-up of art and text</span></a> for teens that viscerally captures what it is to be Black. In America. Right Now. Written by #1 <i>New York Times </i>bestselling and award-winning author Jason Reynolds</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">From <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55748103-no-gods-no-monsters?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3v6CTWAUGa&rank=1"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">P. Djeli Clark</span></a>: </span>A haunting tale of the monsters that live among us, and those who despise them. Turnbull deftly weaves together a story of supernatural beings, otherworldly entities, magic and quantum physics.</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">From the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author and National Book Award finalist <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57994153-star-child?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=97l8LcD9Yc&rank=1"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">Ibi Zoboi</span></a>, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler.</p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:341px"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0gqvN0h1LoOHETkB4GgfKao1OVjDFbqyB467pGSEHGF7YFOq8HtqOHliveweVPo9zw3OIgCoae4kWov9En0euxmkxLPLf-5eovYoo6jisKYJs5-B6UulaKXhBgFgP99POG26aVSg" width="226" height="341" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:226px;height:339px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/PMMDYLb3OrZUIdw1_DsrPPwJKHPxEtMQ7mXb9iPYE89GqpjHMSiUx-J1B20QOXz09AX5J8X_fSY0BS3ocPa_8l8nqD9-zeZuTxccZjeShskg3loPf5H_FtvHzJVcx0emGOQq9jd7" width="226" height="339" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:4pt solid rgb(0,0,0);display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:212px;height:339px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/eNTyNhshMQc_vfsKpf83D3vM3i45za02jB1cjwMzv6o4RA1Kb1_RzO7TrQBDGmTrDYAevl-G-17d0IVF8TGW2noNMtL_XkHckzGeDx7DZY4XaqLIAtQ3tBbWeD8fNpfQXNMz4YLy" width="212" height="339" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:0pt"><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/972217823/the-conductors-is-a-history-buffs-dream-fantasy-novel"><span class="gmail-s1" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>The Conductors</i></span></a> is a history buff's dream fantasy novel. It is also a fantasy geek's dream history novel.<span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">” </span></p><p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);min-height:17px"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">Novella: <a href="https://rollingout.com/2021/05/13/queen-latifah-developing-film-adaption-of-the-magical-novel-the-conductors/"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">Soon to be adapted into film</span></a>!</span></p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font:15px Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="text-decoration:underline;color:rgb(16,60,192)"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52664814"><i>Muted</i></a></span>: Novel in Verse: ripped-from-the-headlines novel of ambition, music, and innocence lost, perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo and Jason Reynolds!</p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(19,19,19)">Be bold. Get seen. Be Heard.</p></td><td style="border-width:1pt;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(255,255,255);vertical-align:top;padding:5pt;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
</p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(13,14,14)">"<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43719523"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)"><i>Riot Baby</i></span></a>, Onyebuchi's first novella for adults, is as much the story of Ella and her brother, Kevin, as it is the story of black pain in America, of the extent and lineage of police brutality, racism and injustice in this country, written in prose as searing and precise as hot diamonds."―<i>The New York Times</i><span class="gmail-s2" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i> </i></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:15px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Also, don’t forget to catch the trailer for Jordan Peele’s new film, <a href="https://twitter.com/jordanpeele/status/1418224340764614656"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(16,60,192)">NOPE</span></a>, this Sunday! </p>
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