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The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox

By Nisi Shawl
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Brief Description
A long forgotten Beat poet brought back to life in utterly fantastical fashion. In beautifully vivid journal entries, Black poet Mardou Fox chronicles her 1950s and '60s experiences with the Beat Generation—and her adventures in the mysterious, otherworldly realm "over the fence." Characters based on star... Read More
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A long forgotten Beat poet brought back to life in utterly fantastical fashion.

In beautifully vivid journal entries, Black poet Mardou Fox chronicles her 1950s and '60s experiences with the Beat Generation—and her adventures in the mysterious, otherworldly realm "over the fence." Characters based on star Beat authors like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac fight alongside Mardou or battle against her as she challenges racism and sexism to win happiness, freedom, and respect for her work. Are the answers she's seeking shrouded in the mists of magic?

The Day and Night Books of Mardou Fox is inspired by the true story of Alene Lee, whose crucial role is often left out of Beat Generation lore.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798986614663

Publisher: Rosarium Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 October 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Rosarium Publishing

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 120

Collections

Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Nisi Shawl Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About the Author

Nisi Shawl's first novel, Everfair, wasa finalist for the 2016 Nebula Award. In 2009 their Aqueduct storycollection Filter House received the Otherwise Award. They havepublished three other short fiction collections--Something More andMore (Aqueduct, 2010), A Primer to Nisi Shawl (Dark Moon Books,2017), and Talk Like a Man (PM Press, 2019). Shawl is, with CynthiaWard, the author of Writing the Other: A Practical Approach(Aqueduct, 2005), and has edited numerous anthologies, including theWorld Fantasy Award-winning New Suns: Speculative Fiction by Peopleof Color (Solaris, 2019), Strange Matings: Science Fiction, Feminism,African American Voices, and Octavia E. Butler with Rebecca Holden(Aqueduct, 2013), and Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delanywith Bill Campbell (Rosarium, 2015).

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