Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.
You will never forget them..
Witches and scientists, sisters and lovers, priestesses and rebels: the heroines of A Phoenix First Must Burn shine brightly.
Filled with Stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters in which you cannot help but see yourself reflected.
A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between.
Evoking Beyonc \'s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler\'s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals.
McKinney, Danielle Paige, Rebecca Roanhorse, Karen Strong, Ashley Woodfolk, and Ibi Zoboi.
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Marcelle Corrie, Somaiya Daud, Charlotte Nicole Davis, Justina Ireland, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, L.
With Stories by: Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie, Patrice Caldwell, Dhonielle Clayton, J.
Sixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic