Scholarly texts, non-fiction titles and historical books teach us a lot about how to resist. But so can fiction. If we look closely enough, sometimes, we might even be able to see a new world being born, right there between the pages. Here's six recently published titles that do exactly that! While it's not a complete list, I hope it helps you dream of what might come next.
SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW by Gabriella Buba
- resisting colonization
- building infrastructure
- galvanizing community
- knowing when it’s time to let all hell rip loose
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LEGENDBORN by Tracy Deonn
- changing existing power structures from the inside
- reckoning with the sins of the past
- finding your power and strength
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THE WOMEN COULD FLY by Megan Giddings
- transcending the confines of a dystopia
- out-maneuvering the enemy
- the power of carving out our own communities
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THE BRUISING OF QILWA by Naseem Jamnia
- strategic navigation of sociopolitics
- understanding the full cost of prejudice
- the power and safety of found family and supportive communities
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BABEL by R.F. Kuang
- exploration of how imperalism taints everything
- sometimes violence is the only answer
- when someone shows you who they are, believe them
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borrow a copy at Free Library of Philadelphia
TIME'S AGENT by Brenda Peynado
- inherent dangers of capitalism
- the necessity of safeguarding our talent from being commodified
- reckoning with the harm we’ve done ourselves
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borrow a copy at Free Library of Philadelphia