LeVar Burton Reads

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"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 1 Nov 17, 2020

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A young woman in a future Nigeria finds herself in a deadly pollen storm, alone but for her smart home.

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Miniseries Coming November 17 Nov 10, 2020

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LeVar announces a special three-part series featuring one of his favorite authors!

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"Little Man" by Michael Cunningham Oct 27, 2020

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A 200-year-old gnome desperately wants to become a father.

"Little Man" is from A WILD SWAN AND OTHER TALES by Michael Cunningham, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu.
Text copyright © 2015 by Mare Vaporum Corp. Used by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, © 2015 by Mare Vaporum Corp

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"The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson Oct 20, 2020

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A recently widowed woman vanishes overnight.

Content advisory: violence, death

“The Story We Used to Tell” is from DARK TALES by Shirley Jackson, published by Penguin Classics, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.

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"A Good Friday" by Barbara Jenkins Oct 13, 2020

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A chance encounter in a bar leads to an eventful Good Friday for a devout woman and a playboy.

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"Low Energy Economy" by Adrian Tchaikovsky Oct 06, 2020

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An asteroid miner on a solo space mission finds his sense of purpose.

This story appears in the anthology CONSOLATION SONGS.

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"Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life" by Rebecca Roanhorse Sep 29, 2020

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A young Black girl in 1880s New Mexico territory seeks vengeance, risking life and love in the process.

Content Advisory: violence, death

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"Dune Song" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa Sep 22, 2020

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A young girl must negotiate her own path out of a strict community in a post-disaster desertland. Visit www.suyidavies.com for more information on Suyi's work, including his novel DAVID MOGO, GODHUNTER.

Content Advisory: physical violence

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"Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo" by Ana Hurtado Sep 15, 2020

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A woman discovers her grandmother is being haunted by unearthly spirits. Find more of Ana Hurtado's work at www.anahurtadowrites.com.

Content Advisory: Death, discussion of suicide

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"Cricket" by Kenneth Yu Sep 08, 2020

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A family is both delighted and troubled by the visitation of a peculiar insect. "Cricket" was published in Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology.
Content advisory: violence

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