The only one I can remember was about a lizard that fell to Earth from the Animal World in the sky. When I was a child, someone had given me a calendar filled with indigenous stories. But then I noticed that she has since published another novel that has been rapidly racking up awards and critical acclaim. While searching for September’s book, I decided to search for Little Badger, originally intending to review Elatsoe. Later, I co-read the Love After the End anthology edited by Joshua Whitehead with Angela of the Literature Science Alliance which featured her story post-climate change apocalyptic short story “Story For a Bottle”, which was one of my favourites in the collection. I have been hearing the name Darcie Little Badger floating around the literary landscape for about two years now, ever since her first novel Elatsoe was listed in Time Magazine’s collection of the 100 best fantasy books of all time. Sometimes the perfect book just happens to find you, ticking all the boxes you want for a review even before you knew those boxes needed to be ticked. Originally published in the Sunday, September 4th, 2022 edition of the Stabroek News
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