“A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock”

Title“A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock”
Year for Search2024
AuthorsJohnson, Alaya Dawn(b. 1982)
Secondary TitleClarkesworld
Volume / EditionNo. 210
Date PublishedMarch 2024
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

The story is set in a future in which Texas has seceded from the United States and basis much of its economy on prison labor, almost entirely, Black, Chicana/o, and Indigenous. It is written as if by a young woman writing a report for future generations on the development of the River Underground that helps free prisons and lead them to safety south of the border, as far as Patagonia. The focus is on two women prisoners and their lives both in prison and working with the Fiver Underground after ut helped them escape.

Additional Publishers

Audio version read by Kate Baker https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_03_24c/

URLhttps://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_03_24/ Audio version read by Kate Baker https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_03_24c/
Author Note

African American female author (b. 1982)

Full Text

2024 Johnson, Alaya Dawn (b. 1982). “A Brief Oral History of the El Zopilote Dock.” Clarkesworld, no. 210 (March 2024). https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/johnson_03_24/ Audio version read by Kate Baker https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/audio_03_24c/

The story is set in a future in which Texas has seceded from the United States and basis much of its economy on prison labor, almost entirely, Black, Chicana/o, and Indigenous. It is written as if by a young woman writing a report for future generations on the development of the River Underground that helps free prisons and lead them to safety south of the border, as far as Patagonia. The focus is on two women prisoners and their lives both in prison and working with the Fiver Underground after ut helped them escape. African American female author.