{"product_id":"the-tongue-i-dream-in-1","title":"The Tongue I Dream In","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Sheree Renée Thomas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePM Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9\/15\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: \u003cspan id=\"pd-product-id\"\u003e9798887441955\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe tongue Sheree Renée Thomas dreams in is soft and sharp, ethereal and down-home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book of poems, stories, and essays draws together examples illustrating a mind immersed in Black legends and white myths, and in the growing realization of our place in the world and time, and in irresistible pull of the future: starships, floods, dancers twinned by crystal-filled caverns, and iridescent crops of living retribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her interview, Thomas explores the intricate intersections of poetry and activism and underscores the way she inhabits them. Taste with this book's tongue the salty sweetness of her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A gift for longtime Thomas fans and an ideal introduction for new comers.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"A master of the craft and a true literary alchemist, Thomas blends the joys and sorrows of action, diaspora, spirituality, culture, and love into absolute gold.\" --Daniel José Older, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"A delightful journey connecting theAfrican diaspora's rich and wearied past to our hopeful futures, \u003ci\u003eTheTongue I Dream In\u003c\/i\u003e is Sheree Renée Thomas's love letter to the genre and anyone who ever looked to the stars in wonder. The poetry dazzles, the prose lingers, and the essays are a window into the brilliance of one of today's most influential voices in speculative fiction. This was wonderful, and I am better for having read it.\" --Justin C. Key, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hospital at the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheree Renée Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is a multiple award-winning author, poet, and editor. She curated World Fantasy Award-winning anthologies \u003ci\u003eDark Matter 1\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2 \u003c\/i\u003eand was the first to introduce W.E.B. Du Bois's science fiction to speculative fiction readers. She's associate editor of \u003ci\u003eObsidian: Literature \u0026amp; the Arts in the African Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e and senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy \u0026amp; Science Fiction.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in Memphis, Tennessee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53951042486555,"sku":"Tongue I Dream In","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9798887441955.jpg?v=1789503625","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-tongue-i-dream-in-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}