The Past is Red

TitleThe Past is Red
Year for Search2021
AuthorsValente, Catherynne M[organ](b. 1979)
Pagination151pp.
Date Published2021
PublisherTordotcom
Place PublishedNew York
ISBN Number978-1-250-30113-0
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

The story is set on Garbagetown, a floating island of garbage the size of the former Texas inhabited by refugees from the flooded continents. Her 2016 “The Future Is Blue” is reprinted as Part I (1-32, and in her “Afterword” (147-50) the author explains how that story inspired Part II, “The Past Is Red” (12-146). The main character is the same in both parts.

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Author Note

(b. 1979)

Full Text

2021 Valente, Catherynne M[organ] (b. 1979). The Past is Red. New York: Tordotcom. 151 pp. Public

The story is set on Garbagetown, a floating island of garbage the size of the former Texas inhabited by refugees from the flooded continents. Her 2016 “The Future Is Blue” is reprinted as Part I (1-32, and in her “Afterword” (147-50) the author explains how that story inspired Part II, “The Past Is Red” (12-146). The main character is the same in both parts. The female author was born Bethany L. Thomas and also publishes under that name.