The Ephemera Collector: A Novel [Paperback]

The year is 2035, and Los Angeles County is awash in a tangelo haze of wildfire smoke. Xandria Anastasia Brown spends her days deep in the archives of the Huntington Library as the curator of African American Ephemera and associate curator of American Historical Manuscripts, supported by an array of AI personal assistants and health bots. Descended from a family of obsessive collectors who took part in the Great Migration, Xandria grew up immersed in African American ephemera and realia: boots worn by Negro Troopers during the Civil War, Black ATA tennis rackets, bandanas worn by the Crips....A tenacious curator fights to save her beloved library and a new, groundbreaking archive in this epic Afrofuturist debut. A gripping saga. Ambitious . . . Jackson has arranged An ambitious homage to Octavia Butler, this stunning near-future mosaic novel from debut author Jackson melds prose, poetry, memos, advertisements, and dream journal doodles... Jackson is an exciting new voice in Afrofuturism. The scope of Jacksons debut is breathtaking, from gripping suspense to serene contemplation to the scientific presentation of articles of history and imagination. Highly recommended for those who seek to understand the past and reimagine the future. A daring Afrofuturist debut that just scratches the surface of its own astonishing futures. Both a masterful formal experiment and an exhilarating science fiction epic, A transcendent map through the afropast, the afropresent and, of course, the afrofuture. I guarantee youve never read anything like it. Brilliant, bioluminescent work. Reading A great novel. ...