How Long 'til Black Future Month?, by N.K. Jemisin - part I

Join us as we discuss the first half of Jemisin's short story collection! For this meeting, we'll be discussing stories from the beginning up through "The Evaluators". Publisher's description: **Three-time Hugo Award winner and NYT bestselling author N. K. Jemisin challenges and delights readers with thought-provoking narratives of destruction, rebirth, and redemption that sharply examine modern society in her first collection of short fiction, which includes never-before-seen stories.** 'Marvelous and wide-ranging.' -- Los Angeles Times "Gorgeous" -- NPR Books "Breathtakingly imaginative and narratively bold." -- Entertainment Weekly Spirits haunt the flooded streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In a parallel universe, a utopian society watches our world, trying to learn from our mistakes. A black mother in the Jim Crow South must save her daughter from a fey offering impossible promises. And in the Hugo award-nominated short story "The City Born Great," a young street kid fights to give birth to an old metropolis's soul." If you don't have a physical copy of the book, you can find a copy of it here: [https://tinyurl.com/md32dsx4](https://tinyurl.com/md32dsx4) Our plan is to meet at Dokdabang Cafe (독수리 다방) in Sinchon, which is on the 8th floor of the building indicated on the map linked to on this page. The address of Dokdabang is 36, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03776. Below are Kakao Maps and Naver Maps links to the cafe: [https://kko.kakao.com/-U2GDIbg1b](https://kko.kakao.com/-U2GDIbg1b) [https://naver.me/G7KDxJuu](https://naver.me/G7KDxJuu) If you plan to attend this meeting and would like updates you can join our ‘Reading Modern Lit active’ OpenChat on KakaoTalk. Feel free to leave and return to this chat based on your activity. The purpose of this chat is to better gauge who plans to attend our meetings as there are often no-shows. Reading Modern Lit (active) [https://open.kakao.com/o/gaqP0Hre](https://open.kakao.com/o/gaqP0Hre)