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In this eagerly-awaited collection, Kiini Ibura Salaam continues her exploration of the dark, the sensual, and the mysterious with fiction that disturbs, delights, and dazzles. The five stories and one novella collected in When the World Wounds examine the tumultuous nature of the human condition through such wild imaginings as sensual encounters with deer, escapism in a d
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This was cool - detailed review and also interview coming soon IY"H. IT HAS A NOVELLA ABOUT THE 2005 NEW ORLEANS FLOOD *runs around in circles and flails hands*
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I wanted to like it more, but unfortunately, most of the short stories were misses for me. I did enjoy "Because of the Bone Man" and "The Malady of Need."
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Nov 29, 2016
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TBR, based on strong recommendation by Bogi Takacs, and particularly for novella "Because of the Bone Man."
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Kiini Ibura Salaam has a gift for inflecting her stories with strangeness that's physical - deeply tied to her characters experience of the worlds they inhabit. Sensual and clever and entirely unique.
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I loved The Malady of Need, The Taming, and Hemmie's Calenture - not so much The Pull of the Wing, Volcano Women, or Because of the Bone Man.
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Loved Hemmies Calenture and Because of the Bone man
"Because of the Bone Man" was wonderful, none of the other stories really stuck with me.
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A weird collection. Really focused on sensory details. Not my thing.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me a copy of this book as a Goodreads Giveaway!
The final novella ('because of the Bone Man') in this collection is brilliant, speaking of belonging and identity as attached to meaning and purpose. It's beautifully written, too.
Unfortunately, I found the other stories in this book to be less thoughtful and more carnal than my taste.
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The final novella ('because of the Bone Man') in this collection is brilliant, speaking of belonging and identity as attached to meaning and purpose. It's beautifully written, too.
Unfortunately, I found the other stories in this book to be less thoughtful and more carnal than my taste.
A good book for people who like to explore facets of the 'id.' ...more
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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: Conj
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