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| Title Statement | A phoenix first must burn: sixteen stories of black girl magic, resistance, and hope / edited by Patrice Caldwell. |
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| Additional Contributors | Caldwell, Patrice |
| Publication | New York: Viking,2020. |
| Extent of Item | 354 pages |
| ISBN | 1984835653 9781984835659 |
| Other Number | 3712396 |
| General Notes | Short stories. |
| Contents | When life hands you a lemon fruitbomb / Amerie -- Gilded / Elizabeth Acevedo -- Wherein Abigail Fields recalls her first death and, subsequently, her best life / Rebecca Roanhorse -- The rules of the land / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- A hagiography of starlight / Somaiya Daud -- Melie / Justina Ireland -- The Goddess provides / L. L. McKinney -- Hearts turned to ash / Dhonielle Clayton -- Letting the right one in / Patrice Caldwell -- Tender-headed / Danny Lore -- Kiss the sun / Ibi Zoboi -- The actress / Danielle Paige -- The curse of love / Ashley Woodfolk -- All the time in the world / Charlotte Nicole Davis -- The witch's skin / Karen Strong -- Sequence / J. Marcelle Corrie. |
| Summary | Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | African American girls--Fiction |
| Blacks--Fiction | |
| Fantasy fiction, American | |
| Science fiction, American | |
| Magic--Fiction | |
| Short stories, American | |
