by Kristine Madera | Apr 16, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together By Heather McGhee Book Review by Kristine Madera The core message of this well-researched book is that the often invisible, race-centered policies of the US government, state/local...
by Kristine Madera | Mar 19, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson Banned Book Review by Kristine Madera Monday’s Not Coming is a YA novel that dives right into the murky question of what happens when a child, particularly a Black girl, disappears. When Claudia’s best friend...
by Kristine Madera | Feb 27, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys Book Review by Kristine Madera I picked up this book because speculative writer Ruthanna Emrys organized some of her future Earth around watershed communities, an idea I find interesting in terms of living in a more...
by Kristine Madera | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction by Annalee Newitz Book Review by Kristine Madera Part pop science, part muse for science fiction and other speculative writers, this gem of a book was a quick breeze through the various...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia, New Earth Solutions
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Book Review by Kristine Madera Not quite on the run, Rosemary Harper flees her family’s infamy in the human colony on Mars by joining the crew of the Wayfarer, a jalopy of a ship that tunnels wormholes through...