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Black to the Future Book Club: Grievers
About the Book: A tale of what happens when we can no longer ignore what has been lost in this world.Grievers is the story of a city so plagued by grief that it can no longer function. Dune’s mother is patient zero of a mysterious illness that stops people in their tracks—in mid-sentence, mid-action, mid-life—casting them into a nonresponsive state from which no one recovers. Dune must navigate poverty and the loss of her mother as Detroit’s hospitals, morgues, and graveyards begin to overflow. As the quarantined city slowly empties of life, she investigates what caused the plague, and what might end it. In anguish, she follows in the footsteps of her late researcher father, who has a physical model of Detroit’s history and losses set up in their basement. She dusts the model off and begins tracking the sick and dying, discovering patterns, finding comrades in curiosity, conspiracies for the fertile ground of the city, and the unexpected magic that emerges when the debt of grief is cleared.
About the Club: Welcome to the Kramers Afrofuturism Corner, where we read Black fantasy, magical realism, science fiction, and more! Our discussions will center the spirit of Sankofa, the practice of looking towards the future to help understand our past. Join us to talk and think about Blackness in all its dimensions. Feel free to grab a drink at the bar to enjoy during our book club.
