Fables and Spells is a vibrant selection of visionary works, both previously published and brand new. Included here is brown’s 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 Spells demonstrates how good writing can engage the present while providing expansive visions of the possible worlds humans can build.
adrienne maree brown’s previous work includes Octavia’s Brood, Emergent Strategy, the New York Times best-selling Pleasure Activism, We Will Not Cancel Us, Holding Change, and Grievers. 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.
Table of Content
FABLES
The River (Octavia’s Brood) {water trio 1}
Call the Water {water trio 2}
Harness the Water {water trio 3}
A Moment of Integration
The Inches
Enclaves
2067: Transcript of found audio
Levels
The Place in the Sky
Named
In the Blackness
The Promised Land
Every Other World
Bubbles
Resegregation
Marla and the Creation Committee
Conversations with a Dinosaur
SPELLS
as go the birds
a meditation for jordan davis
authenticity chant
spell for grief or letting go
waning
trust the people
if your can’t see the small
in the corona
post pandemic
being with shadows
for george floyd: fire
toyin
juneteenth spell
black august haikus
we are no longer surprised
the coming out spell
this massive rage
oh great mystery
what is unveiled? the founding wound.
About the author
adrienne maree brown is a writer living in Detroit. Her previous work includes Octavia’s Brood, Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism, We Will Not Cancel Us and publication of her visionary fiction in The Funambulist, Harvard Design Review, and Dark Mountain. Her work is informed by more than two decades of social justice movement work as a facilitator. She is the writer-in-residence at Emergent Strategy Ideation Institute.
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