“Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death”

Title“Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsJemisin, N[ora] K.(b. 1972)
Secondary AuthorsLaValle, Victor(b. 1972), and Adams, John Joseph(b. 1976)
Secondary TitleA People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
Pagination298-306
Date Published2019
PublisherOne World
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number9780525508809 9781789095012
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

A dystopia in which the well-off are trying to control ethnic and racial minorities through fear and hunger. The protagonist is a Black woman who is among those fighting back.

Additional Publishers

 Rpt. in Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya [Divya Srinivasan Breed] (London: Titan Books, 2020), 303-11.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

African American female author (b. 1972)

Full Text

2019 Jemisin, N[ora] K. (b. 1972). “Give Me Cornbread or Give Me Death.” A People’s Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers. Ed. Victor LaValle (b. 1972) and John Joseph Adams (b. 1976) (New York: One World, 2019), 298-306. Rpt. in Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology. Ed. Mur Lafferty and S. B. Divya [Divya Srinivasan Breed] (London: Titan Books, 2020), 303-11. PSt

A dystopia in which the well-off are trying to control ethnic and racial minorities through fear and hunger. The protagonist is a Black woman who is among those fighting back. African American female author.