Anthologies of African American Writing

Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora

"Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora" . Ed. Sheree R. Thomas. New York: Warner Books, 2000. xiv+427 pp.

Introduction: Looking for the Invisible -- Sister Lilith / Honorée Fanonne Jeffers -- The Comet / W.E.B. Du Bois -- Chicago 1927 / Jewelle Gomez -- Black No More (excerpt from the novel) / George S. Schuyler -- separation anxiety / Evie Shockley -- Tasting Songs / Leone Ross -- Can You Wear My Eyes / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Like Daughter / Tananarive Due -- Greedy Choke Puppy / Nalo Hopkinson -- Rhythm Travel / Amiri Baraka -- Buddy Bolden / Kalamu ya Salaam -- Aye, and Gomorrah ... / Samuel R. Delany -- Ganger (Ball Lightning) / Nalo Hopkinson -- The Becoming / Akua Lezli Hope -- The Goophered Grapevine / Charles W. Chesnutt -- The Evening and the Morning and the Night / Octavia E. Butler -- Twice, at Once, Separated / Linda Addison -- Gimmile's Songs / Charles R. Saunders -- At the Huts of Ajala / Nisi Shawl -- The Woman in the Wall / Steven Barnes -- Ark of Bones / Henry Dumas -- Butta's Backyard Barbecue / Tony Medina -- Future Christmas (excerpt from the novel The Terrible Twos) / Ishmael Reed -- At Life's Limits / Kiini Ibura Salaam -- The African Origins of UFOs (excerpt from the novel) / Anthony Joseph -- The Astral Visitor Delta Blues / Robert Fleming -- The Space Traders / Derrick Bell -- The Pretended / Darryl A. Smith -- Hussy Strutt / Ama Patterson -- Racism and Science Fiction / Samuel R. Delany -- Why Blacks Should Read (and Write) Science Fiction / Charles R. Saunders -- Black to the Future / Walter Mosley -- Yet Do I Wonder / Paul D. Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid -- The Monophobic Response / Octavia E. Butler.

• "Dark Matter: Reading the Bones", ed. Sheree R. Thomas (2005), a sequel to this volume.

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