#auntlute

[sistahscifi]

Join Sistah Scifi TOMORROW Thursday, September 19, 2025 at 630PM PST for a virtual thought-provoking discussion exploring the world of African American horror through an Afrofuturist lens. Details at @SistahScifi | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events.

Afrofuturist Nightmares: Reimagining African American Horror

The event will feature Michele Tracy Berger, Tananarive Due, Justin C. Key, and Tamika Thompson discussing their latest short story collections. The discussion will be moderated by Isis Asare.

📚 Michele Tracy Berger has a voice like no one else. —Julia Rios, Hugo Award-winning editor

📚 I make no secret of the fact that I am a huge Tananarive Due fan. — LeVar Burton

📚 Justin C. Key has written “an electrifying collection that would make Octavia E. Butler smile.”

— Ebony Magazine

📚 Tamika Thompson is a master of subtly building a story to shocking revelations.

— Dark Dispatch

@zomgjulia @Levar.Burton @OctaviaEButler @ebonymagazine @dark.dispatch @AuntLute @akashicbooks @harperbooks

@bergermichele2005 @TananariveDue @justinckey @tamikadthompson @IsisAsare

[tejanahistorias]

In honor of Latino Bookstore Month in May, we are spotlighting landmark and classic titles of the Tejana Experience that are novels, memoirs, and essays. You can find more information about the libros here: https://bookshop.org/lists/tejana-historias

L-R First Row: Tejanaland: A Writing Life in Four Acts by Teresa Palomo Acosta (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2021); Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza (30th Edition) by Gloria Anzaldúa (San Francisco: Aunt Lute, 2022); Forgetting the Alamo, or, Blood Memory: A Novel by Emma Pérez (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009).

L-R Second Row: Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood En La Frontera (Updated Edition) by Norma E. Cantú (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015); Nepantla: Essays from the Land in the Middle (Reprint) by Pat Mora (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008)

L-R Third Row: Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me? : A Novel by Bárbara Renaud González (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009); Los Cedros: A Tejana Memoir by Dorotea Reyna  (McAllen, Tex.: FlowerSong Press, 2024); Desert Blood: The Juárez Murders by Alicia Gaspar de Alba (Houston, Tex.: Arte Publico Press, 2005)

Check out or request at your local library: https://www.zotero.org/groups/4887225/tejana_historias_reading_list/

@gloriaanzalduaofficial @lachuy33 @norma.cantu @anabarbararenaud  @aliciagaspardealba2016 @tamupress @auntlute @utexaspress @unmpress @flowersongpress @artepublico  

#tejanahistorias

[bookhoarding]

Do you believe in the power of radically reading? Do you want to help support a 40+year-old feminist press? We’re looking for new board members at Aunt Lute! If you’re interested, drop me a DM at Bianca [@] auntlute DOT com.

[auntlute]

You have one week left to support Aunt Lute Books. Please consider donating even a few dollars to our 40th anniversary fundraiser, or share our fundraiser with others. Head over to the link in bio to donate now.

https://www.mightycause.com/story/Zbwo0g 

[ID: stack of books with numbers on side, arrow points above $1,000 and reads $3,941. Text says “One week left.”]

[manicdpress]

Day 2 @baybookfest Come on out, the #weather is #fine! #bookstagram @auntlute #books too! (at Martin Luther King Jr, Civic Center Park)

[hehenipples-blog]

OMG guys, aunt lute just got a tumblr. And we'll be able to post on it all sorts of things, and repost your awesome things, YOU KNO. Please spread the word and follow it--tomorrow there's going to be a really sweet fat activist blog event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our anthology Shadow on a Tightrope, and we'll be up and live after that as a real internet presence. 

THANKS

Aunt Lute Books is a nonprofit multicultural womens press based in San Francisco, California. For...

[sistahscifi]

LA! Sistah Scifi & eclectuals are bringing you to the future. Spoiler alert, it's utopia.

Black Utopias: Imagining Futures Through Literature is the needed literary balm in this time of craziness. During our in-person event, we will explore how Black writers envision alternative futures, radical possibilities, and transformative narratives.

Panel: Michele Tracy Berger (Doll Seed: Stories), Justin C. Key (The World Wasn't Ready for You), and Chantelle Adanna Agbro (My Soul Told on Me), Moderator: Professor Meryah A. Fisher, professor of African Studies and Hip-Hop at Cal State Dominguez

Learn more at @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com

@eclectuals @auntlute @juctinckey @harperbooks @chantelleadanna @bergermichele2005 @meryahcology

@welcometothemusicboxinc @atl_the_music_box_inc

#BlackUtopias #SistahScifi #Eclectuals #Afrofuturism #BlackSpeculativeFiction #BlackAuthors #DollSeed #TheWorldWasntReadyForYou #LAEvents #FutureIsBlack #SpeculativeFiction #BlackCreatives #UtopianVisions

[sistahscifi]

Michele Tracy Berger will be a panelist at Shadows and Light: Exploring Black Horror and Black Healing this Sunday! Berger director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University. Her short stories have appeared in FIYAH: Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction, @MidnightandIndigo, and @ApexBookCompany to name a few. She is the author of Doll Seed (@AuntLute, 2024)

Learn more: @sistahscifi | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-and-light-exploring-black-horror-and-black-healing-tickets-1123298037669

#ShadowsAndLight #BlackHorror #SFPL #TananariveDue #JewelleGomez #JohnJennings #KinitraBrooks #SistahScifi #AfricanAmericanCenter #SanFranciscoEvents #MicheleTracyBerger #DollSeed

@TananariveDue @vampyrevamp @ItsLaDarrion @HayleyDennings @k8dee16 @bergermichele2005 @JohnJenningsArt @tamikadthompson @justinckey @isisasare @sfpubliclibrary 

[sistahscifi]

Join Sistah Scifi TOMORROW Thursday, September 19, 2025 at 630PM PST for a virtual thought-provoking discussion exploring the world of African American horror through an Afrofuturist lens. Details at @SistahScifi | https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events. 

Afrofuturist Nightmares: Reimagining African American Horror

The event will feature Michele Tracy Berger, Tananarive Due, Justin C. Key, and Tamika Thompson discussing their latest short story collections. The discussion will be moderated by Isis Asare.

📚 Michele Tracy Berger has a voice like no one else. —Julia Rios, Hugo Award-winning editor

📚  I make no secret of the fact that I am a huge Tananarive Due fan. — LeVar Burton

📚  Justin C. Key has written “an electrifying collection that would make Octavia E. Butler smile.”

— Ebony Magazine

📚 Tamika Thompson is a master of subtly building a story to shocking revelations.

 — Dark Dispatch

@zomgjulia @Levar.Burton @OctaviaEButler @ebonymagazine @dark.dispatch @AuntLute  @akashicbooks @harperbooks 

@bergermichele2005 @TananariveDue @justinckey @tamikadthompson @IsisAsare

[sistahscifi]

LA! Sistah Scifi & eclectuals are bringing you to the future. Spoiler alert, it's utopia.

Black Utopias: Imagining Futures Through Literature is the needed literary balm in this time of craziness. During our in-person event, we will explore how Black writers envision alternative futures, radical possibilities, and transformative narratives.

Panel: Michele Tracy Berger (Doll Seed: Stories), Justin C. Key (The World Wasn't Ready for You), and Chantelle Adanna Agbro (My Soul Told on Me), Moderator: Professor Meryah A. Fisher, professor of African Studies and Hip-Hop at Cal State Dominguez

Learn more at @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com

@eclectuals @auntlute @juctinckey @harperbooks @chantelleadanna @bergermichele2005 @meryahcology

@welcometothemusicboxinc @atl_the_music_box_inc

#BlackUtopias #SistahScifi #Eclectuals #Afrofuturism #BlackSpeculativeFiction #BlackAuthors #DollSeed #TheWorldWasntReadyForYou #LAEvents #FutureIsBlack #SpeculativeFiction #BlackCreatives #UtopianVisions

[sistahscifi]

Join us on Sunday, January 19, 2025, from 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM at the Main Library's Koret Auditorium for "Shadows and Light," an immersive event exploring Black horror as a medium for healing and empowerment.

Featuring a keynote by acclaimed author Tananarive Due and panels with renowned writers and scholars such as Jewelle Gomez, John Jennings, and Dr. Kinitra Brooks, this gathering delves into the historical contexts of Black horror and its potential as a tool for healing.

This is a unique opportunity to delve into the narratives of the Black Diaspora and social justice through the lens of horror.

Learn more: @sistahscifi | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-and-light-exploring-black-horror-and-black-healing-tickets-1123298037669

#ShadowsAndLight #BlackHorror #SFPL #TananariveDue #JewelleGomez #JohnJennings #KinitraBrooks #SistahScifi #AfricanAmericanCenter #SanFranciscoEvents

@TananariveDue @vampyrevamp @ItsLaDarrion @HayleyDennings @k8dee16 @bergermichele2005 @JohnJenningsArt @tamikadthompson @justinckey @isisasare

@SimonAndSchuster @citylightsbooks @penguinrandomhouse #LabyrinthRoad @SourceBooks @AuntLute @AbramsBooks @harperperennial

@harpercollins

[sistahscifi]

Join us on Sunday, January 19, 2025, from 12:30 PM to 5:30 PM at the Main Library's Koret Auditorium for "Shadows and Light," an immersive event exploring Black horror as a medium for healing and empowerment.

Featuring a keynote by acclaimed author Tananarive Due and panels with renowned writers and scholars such as Jewelle Gomez, John Jennings, and Dr. Kinitra Brooks, this gathering delves into the historical contexts of Black horror and its potential as a tool for healing.

This is a unique opportunity to delve into the narratives of the Black Diaspora and social justice through the lens of horror.

Learn more: @sistahscifi | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shadows-and-light-exploring-black-horror-and-black-healing-tickets-1123298037669

#ShadowsAndLight #BlackHorror #SFPL #TananariveDue #JewelleGomez #JohnJennings #KinitraBrooks #SistahScifi #AfricanAmericanCenter #SanFranciscoEvents

@TananariveDue @vampyrevamp @ItsLaDarrion @HayleyDennings @k8dee16 @bergermichele2005 @JohnJenningsArt @tamikadthompson @justinckey @isisasare

@SimonAndSchuster @citylightsbooks @penguinrandomhouse #LabyrinthRoad @SourceBooks @AuntLute @AbramsBooks @harperperennial

@harpercollins

[sistahscifi]

From Michele Tracy Berger (@bergermichele2005) author of Reenu-You comes Doll Seed: Stories, a short story collection about friendship, family, and the unexpected twists of fate.

Credit to @auntlute “Nussia... I said her name like a wish.” 🌟 Lindsay Fields has always dreamed of having a best friend—someone who truly understands her. When she wins a competition to host Nussia, a teenage alien from another planet, thirteen-year-old Lindsay is over the moon! Now, her family is making history as the first humans—and the first African-American family—to host a Fike alien.

But Nussia isn’t exactly what Lindsay imagined. As Nussia’s presence changes everything in Lindsay’s world, she soon realizes that wishes can come true... but not always in the way you expect.

Sistah Scifi is extremely proud to be a preorder partner for Doll Seed:Stories along with @bookculture, @bookshop_org, @bookworksabq, @barnesandnoble, @cafeconlibros_bk, @flyleafbooks, @mcintyresbooks, @malapropsbookstore, @northtownbooks, @travelinstoryteller, @sistahscifi, @aseatatthetablebooks, @shakespeareandco.

Here is our preorder link: https://sistahscifi.com/products/doll-seed-stories. Better yet, check it out from your local #library!!

#auntlutebooks #indiepublishing #books #bookstagram #SpeculativeFiction #Nussia #Novelette #IndieBooks #consortiumbooks

[sistahscifi]

From Michele Tracy Berger (@bergermichele2005) author of Reenu-You comes Doll Seed: Stories, a short story collection about friendship, family, and the unexpected twists of fate.

Credit to @auntlute “Nussia... I said her name like a wish.” 🌟 Lindsay Fields has always dreamed of having a best friend—someone who truly understands her. When she wins a competition to host Nussia, a teenage alien from another planet, thirteen-year-old Lindsay is over the moon! Now, her family is making history as the first humans—and the first African-American family—to host a Fike alien.

But Nussia isn’t exactly what Lindsay imagined. As Nussia’s presence changes everything in Lindsay’s world, she soon realizes that wishes can come true... but not always in the way you expect.

Sistah Scifi is extremely proud to be a preorder partner for Doll Seed:Stories along with @bookculture, @bookshop_org, @bookworksabq, @barnesandnoble, @cafeconlibros_bk, @flyleafbooks, @mcintyresbooks, @malapropsbookstore, @northtownbooks, @travelinstoryteller, @sistahscifi, @aseatatthetablebooks, @shakespeareandco.

Here is our preorder link: https://sistahscifi.com/products/doll-seed-stories. Better yet, check it out from your local #library!!

#auntlutebooks #indiepublishing #books #bookstagram #SpeculativeFiction #Nussia #Novelette #IndieBooks #consortiumbooks

[sistahscifi]

Sistah Scifi Series at @sfpubliclibrary is back this October!!! Guest authors are Nalo Hopkinson & Michele Tracy Berger!!!!

Berger will discuss her latest collection, Doll Seed: Stories, and be in conversation with the brilliant Nalo Hopkinson. Hopkinson will share insights from her upcoming collection, Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions. Although this is an in-person event, Nalo will join us virtually!

📅 When: Thursday, October 10, 2024, 6pm-8pm

📍 Where: SF Public Library, 100 Larkin St

💸 Cost: FREE!

🌐 Sign-up: https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events

@bergermichele2005 @nalohop

Tagging additional book tour and pre-order partners:

@bookculture, @bookshop_org, @bookworksabq, @barnesandnoble, @cafeconlibros_bk, @flyleafbooks, @McIntyreBooks @malapropsbookstore, @NorthtownBooks, @travelinstoryteller, @sistahscifi, @aseatatthetablebooks, @shakespeareandco

#SpeculativeFiction #AuthorEvent #BookLovers #NaloHopkinson #MicheleTracyBerger #DollSeedStories #IndieBooks #SupportIndieBookstores #consortiumbooks #sistahScifi

@auntlute @tachyonpub @ConsortiumBooks

[sistahscifi]

Today is the kick-off of a the Bay Area book tour for Keep A'Livin' written by Kathya Alexander (published by Aunt Lute).

Stops are today at the #SanFranciscoPublicLibrary in downtown #SanFrancisco and Thursday at Chapter510 in downtown #Oakland. Kathya will be in conversation with fantasy writer Duane Horton for both events!!

Details here: https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events!

Learn more about Keep A'Livin' : https://sistahscifi.com/products/keep-a-livin

#library #SistahScifi #SistahScifiSeries #AuntLuteBooks #KeepALivin #KathyaAlexander #Chapter510 #bayarea #oakland #authorsoftiktok

@chapter510 @auntlute @sanfranciscopubliclibrary