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Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. They live on a small isle off the coast of the Eurasian continent.

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	The Deep by Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author), Daveed Diggs, William Hutson 3.79 avg rating — 23,894 ratings — published 2019 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Unkindness of Ghosts 3.99 avg rating — 16,026 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sorrowland 3.83 avg rating — 7,422 ratings — published 2021 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Decameron Project by The New York Times (Editor), Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author), Edwidge Danticat 3.60 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 2020 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Is Another Word for Hunger 3.69 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon (Goodreads Author), S.L. Huang (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2019 edition by Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author), Siobhan Carroll, John Chu 3.64 avg rating — 243 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transcendent 3: The Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction by Bogi Takács (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Susan Jane Bigelow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.10 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St. Juju 3.81 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Model Home 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gather the Daughters

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“What is belonging?” we ask. She says, “Where loneliness ends.”
― Rivers Solomon, The Deep

tags: belonging, loneliness

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“Forgetting was not the same as healing.”
― Rivers Solomon, The Deep

tags: forgetting, healing, mermaid, mermaids, rivers-solomon, slavery, the-deep

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“I am a boy and a girl and a witch all wrapped into one very strange, flimsy, indecisive body. Do you think my body couldn't decide what it wanted to be?”
― Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts

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January SCIENCE FICTION -- The following poll decides which two selections will go on to the final round for Science Fiction BOTM for January 2018.

The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

14 votes, 23.0%

The Fireman by Joe Hill

14 votes, 23.0%

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker

12 votes, 19.7%

The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel

9 votes, 14.8%

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

7 votes, 11.5%

Dauntless by Jack Campbell

5 votes, 8.2%

61 total votes

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“A child may not know how to feed itself, or what to eat, yet it knows hunger.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

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“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

tags: awareness, growth

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