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Kiini Ibura Salaam

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New Orleans, The United States

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Children's, Speculative Fiction, Writing Guides

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Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her debut novel—When the World Turned Upside Down—is a middle grade story of four friends leaning into community during the time of COVID. Written under the pen name K. Ibura, it is her first book for children. Her speculative fiction and essays have been included in such publications as the Dark Matter, Mojo: Conjure Stories, and Colonize This! anthologies, as well as Essence, Utne Reader, and Ms. magazines. She is the author of two short story collections for adults: Ancient, Ancient, winner of the 2012 James Tiptree, Jr. award and When the World Wounds. Her micro-essays on writing can be found at kiiniibura.com or in her Notes From the Trenches ebook seri ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 2,537 ratings · 354 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Colonize This young women of color on today's feminism by Cherríe L. Moraga, Daisy Hernández (Goodreads Author), Kiini Ibura Salaam (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 3,282 ratings — published 2002 — 12 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
	Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), W.E.B. Du Bois, Kalamu ya Salaam 4.17 avg rating — 1,471 ratings — published 2000 — 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
	Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond by Bill Campbell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Edward Austin Hall (Editor), Junot Díaz (Contributor) 3.94 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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
	Dark Matter: Reading the Bones by Sheree Renée Thomas (Editor), Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author), Henry Dumas 4.10 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 2004 — 10 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
	Ancient, Ancient 3.87 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	When the World Wounds 3.79 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	On The Psychology of Writing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	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
	On the Struggle to Self-Promote: Notes From the Trenches (Vol. 2) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	On the Push to Produce Work (Notes From the Trenches, #3) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	On Finding Your Voice (Notes from the Trenches, #4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Kiini Ibura Salaam's Blog: Whispers and Roars

What Are You Privileging?

I’m hesitant to write this post because I don’t want to be a dream killer. For anyone who is still waking up full of creative energy and possibility, who skips over to the page or the canvas full of ideas and fascination, thrilled to spend hours playing with your new visions, this post is not for you. That’s how it all starts—this artist path. At least that’s how it started for me. Hours of writin Read more of this blog post »

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Series by Kiini Ibura Salaam

Notes From the Trenches (4 books)
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“It may be blood that sustains human life, but it is the potent nectar that ensures the continuation of the life cycle.”
― Kiini Ibura Salaam, Ancient, Ancient

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“It always came to this. A demand, a need to know that the tenderness in the air was reciprocal, Still, she would not speak. She preferred to focus on enjoying the tingly feelings.”
― Kiini Ibura Salaam, Ancient, Ancient

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