Mojo: Conjure Stories.Edited by Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born December 20, 1960) is a Jamaican-born writer and editor who lives in Canada. Her science fiction and fantasy novels (Brown Girl in the Ring, Midnight Robber, The Salt Roads) and short stories such as those in her collection Aspect/Warner Books, April 2003 $13.95, ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-446-67929-1 Mojo: Conjure Stories further establishes the award-winning writer Nalo Hopkinson as a key player in the genre of speculative fiction In her latest collection, the Jamaican-born editor notes "the word 'mojo' ... refers to a small cloth bag with magical contents that is kept on a person as protection; but more generally, 'mojo' can simply mean magic.... And yes, it's tricky powerful, and dangerous if not used wisely." The 19 stories are testaments to this kaleidoscopic definition. The talented mix of writers hails from various corners of the African Diaspora The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. , and they bring with them tales fashioned from diverse points of their collective history. Their contributions take us on a range of journeys that track the core of our supernatural sensibilities. The mojo tales are variedly frightening, mysterious, tongue-in-cheek, curious, exciting, didactic and deceptively simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple , but almost always interesting. The believer or nonbeliever in the supernatural may be inclined to grab hold of their mojo or leave the night light on--just in case. |
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