One good reason to "go out"/order a copy of The Old Drift from an independent bookstore right now. *More* in this thread... thanks @namwalien #BlackWomen #ScienceFiction #SpeculativeFiction https://twitter.com/namwalien/status/1309499716682612743

Read her "whole thread—it’s a model in redistributing power as much as it’s an indictment of a system that consolidates that power, and the resources it confers, for only a select few." 1/2

"This isn’t the first time Serpell has redirected her prize money; in 2015, she split her Caine Prize winnings (£10,000) among the shortlisted authors in an “act of mutiny” against what she described as the prize’s “race-horse” approach to writers." 2/2

One author's response for justice for #BreonnaTaylor ... (see this thread)