An Earnest Blackness - by Eugen Bacon (Paperback)

Name: An Earnest Blackness - by Eugen Bacon (Paperback)
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In this debut collection of personal essays, Eugen Bacon offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, and (mis)recognition as she explores the untapped possibilities of speculative fiction.
Author(s): Eugen Bacon
124 Pages
Literary Collections, Essays

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In this debut collection of personal essays, Eugen Bacon offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, and (mis)recognition as she explores the untapped possibilities of speculative fiction. Using a variety of analytic, narrative, and anecdotal techniques, Bacon shares her experiences as an African Australian woman, mother, and writer who occupies a liminal space that is "betwixt" worlds and genres. She also considers work by "other" writers-ranging from Roland Barthes and Jorge Luis Borges to Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, and Sheree Renée Thomas-in an effort to chart a path towards greater social and cultural truth. Literary, adventurous, and insightful, Bacon excavates the world(s) that not only construct contemporary authorship but the fluid nature of identity itself.

An Earnest Blackness received the British Fantasy Award for best work of nonfiction. It was also a finalist for the Locus and Ditmar Awards.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .29 Inches (D)

Weight: .31 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 124

Genre: Literary Collections

Sub-Genre: Essays

Publisher: Anti-Oedipus Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Eugen Bacon

Language: English

Street Date: November 1, 2023

TCIN: 1012322377

UPC: 9798986547954

Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-4332

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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