“Monsters Come Howling in Their Season”

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Title“Monsters Come Howling in Their Season”
Year for Search2019
AuthorsTurnbull, Cadwell
Secondary TitleThe Verge Better Worlds
Date PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
KeywordsAfrican American author, Male author, US Virgin Islands author
Annotation

The story is set on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of a Category 5 hurricane (Wind speed of 137 knots; 254 km/h; 158 mph). In response to previous devastating storms, St. Thomas has become part of the world cooperative movement with “grassroots consensus politics, direct democracy, and cooperative institutions that make up any good solidarity economy” plus housing, consumer, and producer cooperatives. And it has established a strong AI, known as Common, as a public resource.

URLAn AI combats hurricane season in “Monsters Come Howling in Their Season” - The Verge
Info Notes

An author Q&A is available on the site
Illustration

Illus. Corey Brickley
Author Note

The African American author was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He teaches creative writing at North Carolina State University where he earned his MFA and an MA in Linguistics.
Full Text

2019 Turnbull, Cadwell. “Monsters Come Howling in Their Season.” Illus. Corey Brickley. The Verge Better Worlds (January 23, 2019). An AI combats hurricane season in “Monsters Come Howling in Their Season” - The Verge. An author Q&A is available on the site.

The story is set on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the aftermath of a Category 5 hurricane (Wind speed of 137 knots; 254 km/h; 158 mph). In response to previous devastating storms, St. Thomas has become part of the world cooperative movement with “grassroots consensus politics, direct democracy, and cooperative institutions that make up any good solidarity economy” plus housing, consumer, and producer cooperatives. And it has established a strong AI, known as Common, as a public resource. The African American author was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He teaches creative writing at North Carolina State University where he earned his MFA and an MA in Linguistics.