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Day 20 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: a body more tolerable, mythical poetry by writer/activist/drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social), an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer author from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Day 20 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: a body more tolerable, mythical poetry by writer/activist/drag queen jaye simpson (@jayesimpson.bsky.social), an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer author from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson's poetry keens: with grief, with rage, with tenderness, with love
Day 19 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SON OF A TRICKSTER, a coming-of-age novel full of myths and legends, by Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Jared is barely holding it together. The last thing he needs is his grandmother saying he's not human--or the talking ravens
November 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Day 19 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SON OF A TRICKSTER, a coming-of-age novel full of myths and legends, by Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla and Heiltsuk First Nations. Jared is barely holding it together. The last thing he needs is his grandmother saying he's not human--or the talking ravens
Day 18 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: DRAGONFRUIT, CHamoru author Makiia Lucier's captivating YA fantasy full of hope. In a dazzling world where a seadragon's egg can undo your greatest sorrow, a chance encounter allows Hanalei to return from exile--but adventure awaits her and Tamarind's last prince
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Day 18 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: DRAGONFRUIT, CHamoru author Makiia Lucier's captivating YA fantasy full of hope. In a dazzling world where a seadragon's egg can undo your greatest sorrow, a chance encounter allows Hanalei to return from exile--but adventure awaits her and Tamarind's last prince
Day 17 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: A GIRL CALLED ECHO, a graphic novel by katherena vermette, a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory (w/ Scott B. Henderson (illustrator) and Donovan Yaciuk (colorist)). Time traveling Echo finds herself in the Pemmican Wars, among her ancestors...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Day 17 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: A GIRL CALLED ECHO, a graphic novel by katherena vermette, a Michif (Red River Métis) writer from Treaty 1 territory (w/ Scott B. Henderson (illustrator) and Donovan Yaciuk (colorist)). Time traveling Echo finds herself in the Pemmican Wars, among her ancestors...
Day 16 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: LIAR'S TEST, a political YA fantasy by Ambelin Kwaymullina, an Aboriginal writer of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Bell is in the Queen's Test, and if she wins, she can rectify the colonization of her people. If only it were that easy
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Day 16 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: LIAR'S TEST, a political YA fantasy by Ambelin Kwaymullina, an Aboriginal writer of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Bell is in the Queen's Test, and if she wins, she can rectify the colonization of her people. If only it were that easy
Day 15 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: WHEN TWO FEATHERS FELL FROM THE SKY, a wonderfully strange literary novel by Margaret Verble, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Two Feathers is a Wild West show horse-diver on loan to the Glendale Park Zoo--but soon after she arrives, the hauntings start
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Day 15 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: WHEN TWO FEATHERS FELL FROM THE SKY, a wonderfully strange literary novel by Margaret Verble, an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Two Feathers is a Wild West show horse-diver on loan to the Glendale Park Zoo--but soon after she arrives, the hauntings start
Day 14 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: TERRA NULLIUS, the acclaimed novel by author Claire G. Coleman (@clairegcoleman.bsky.social), who identifies with the South Coast Noongar people. Coleman's science fiction debut deftly, devastatingly explores colonialism and displacement, inherent humanity and hope
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Day 14 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: TERRA NULLIUS, the acclaimed novel by author Claire G. Coleman (@clairegcoleman.bsky.social), who identifies with the South Coast Noongar people. Coleman's science fiction debut deftly, devastatingly explores colonialism and displacement, inherent humanity and hope
Day 13 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SUPER INDIAN VOLUME 1, a kickass comic by author/illustrator Arigon Starr (@arigonstarr.bsky.social), an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. Hubert was an ordinary Reservation boy until he ate tainted commodity cheese. Now he's a hero for his people!
November 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Day 13 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SUPER INDIAN VOLUME 1, a kickass comic by author/illustrator Arigon Starr (@arigonstarr.bsky.social), an enrolled member of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. Hubert was an ordinary Reservation boy until he ate tainted commodity cheese. Now he's a hero for his people!
Day 12 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: LOVE AFTER THE END, an anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer spec fic edited by Joshua Whitehead, an Oji-nêhiyaw, Two-Spirit member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1) in manitowapow. LOVE's futurisms are stubbornly, gorgeously full of rebirth, hope, and community
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Day 12 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: LOVE AFTER THE END, an anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer spec fic edited by Joshua Whitehead, an Oji-nêhiyaw, Two-Spirit member of Peguis First Nation (Treaty 1) in manitowapow. LOVE's futurisms are stubbornly, gorgeously full of rebirth, hope, and community
Day 11 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: THE ART THIEVES, a near-future YA by Andrea L. Rogers, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. In Rogers' searing work of Cherokee futurism, Stevie's just trying to get by, working at her museum job, navigating climate disasters. But then a boy from the future arrives...
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 11 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: THE ART THIEVES, a near-future YA by Andrea L. Rogers, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. In Rogers' searing work of Cherokee futurism, Stevie's just trying to get by, working at her museum job, navigating climate disasters. But then a boy from the future arrives...
Day 10 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: THIS ACCIDENT OF BEING LOST, a remaking of a decolonized world in story and song by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (@biidaasamose.bsky.social). Simpson's Nishnaabeg storytelling, mixed with speculative elements, absolutely captivates...
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Day 10 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: THIS ACCIDENT OF BEING LOST, a remaking of a decolonized world in story and song by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (@biidaasamose.bsky.social). Simpson's Nishnaabeg storytelling, mixed with speculative elements, absolutely captivates...
Day 9 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: GODLY HEATHENS, an unforgettable YA fantasy by Seminole author H.E. Edgmon. Gem feels like they're a hot, anxious mess, but maybe that's just what it's like to be a god in a human body. Edgmon's prose matches Gem: anxious, raw, gloriously human, gorgeously divine
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Day 9 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: GODLY HEATHENS, an unforgettable YA fantasy by Seminole author H.E. Edgmon. Gem feels like they're a hot, anxious mess, but maybe that's just what it's like to be a god in a human body. Edgmon's prose matches Gem: anxious, raw, gloriously human, gorgeously divine
Day 8 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: HAMMAJANG LUCK by kānaka maoli + hapa haole author Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Day 8 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: HAMMAJANG LUCK by kānaka maoli + hapa haole author Makana Yamamoto (@makana-yama.bsky.social), a swashbuckling, space opera heist novel that's compulsively readable. It's anticapitalist, it's queer af, it's hilarious, and it's unmistakably a love letter to Hawai'i
Day 7 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SHUTTER, Diné author Ramona Emerson's (@reelindian.bsky.social) exquisite, gory crime thriller. Rita Todacheene, a forensic photographer, is preternaturally good at her job--because she can see ghosts. But when one demands justice, Rita's life is in the crosshairs.
November 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Day 7 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: SHUTTER, Diné author Ramona Emerson's (@reelindian.bsky.social) exquisite, gory crime thriller. Rita Todacheene, a forensic photographer, is preternaturally good at her job--because she can see ghosts. But when one demands justice, Rita's life is in the crosshairs.
Sandwiches, salads, soups, and sips.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Sandwiches, salads, soups, and sips.
Next up, another cafe and bookstore: The Book Trader Cafe www.booktradercafe.net#feedyourbody
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Next up, another cafe and bookstore: The Book Trader Cafe www.booktradercafe.net#feedyourbody
Here's what caught my eye:
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Here's what caught my eye:
I love a pithy shelf talker.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I love a pithy shelf talker.
Atticus Bookstore Cafe can fulfill more than one item on your hierarchy of needs.
November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Atticus Bookstore Cafe can fulfill more than one item on your hierarchy of needs.
...and what I grabbed.
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
...and what I grabbed.
A shot of their vast selection...
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A shot of their vast selection...
Off to Possible Futures, which focuses on historically underrepresented voices. www.possiblefuturesbooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Off to Possible Futures, which focuses on historically underrepresented voices. www.possiblefuturesbooks.com
With one of my personal favorite quotes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
With one of my personal favorite quotes.