adrienne maree brown Fables and Spells

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Fables and Spellsis a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is browns most beloved story, The River, as well as the two sequel tales of her Water Trio. The remaining sixty-seven pieces explore moments of beauty, conflict, and transformation that also weave deep, radical lessons. With narrative fables of speculative fiction and spells that play with the lines between poetry, instruction, song, and chant,Fables and Spellsdemonstrates how good writing can engage the present while providing expansive visions of the possible worlds humans can build.adrienne maree browns previous work includesOctavias Brood,Emergent Strategy, theNew York Timesbest-sellingPleasure Activism,We Will Not Cancel Us,Holding Change, andGrievers. brown grows transformative ideas in public through her writing and art; she is a poet changing the world. She is the writer-in-residence at Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute.