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Book recs: black science fiction
As february and black history month nears its end, if you're a reader let's not forget to read and appreciate books by black authors the rest of the year as well! If you're a sci-fi fan like me, perhaps this list can help find some good books to sink your teeth into.
Bleak dystopias, high tech space adventures, alien monsters, alternate dimensions, mash-ups of sci-fi and fantasy - this list features a little bit of everything for genre fiction fans!
For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!
If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
Something massive and alien crashes into the ocean off the coast of Nigeria. Three people, a marine biologist, a rapper, and a soldier, find themselves at the center of this presence, attempting to shepherd an alien ambassador as chaos spreads in the city. A strange novel that mixes the supernatural with the alien, shifts between many different POVs, and gives a one of a kind look at a possible first contact.
Nubia: The Awakening (Nubia series) by Omar Epps & Clarence A. Hayes
Young adult. Three teens living in the slums of an enviromentally ravaged New York find that something powerful is awakening within them. They’re all children of refugees of Nubia, a utopian African island nation that sank as the climate worsened, and realize now that their parents have been hiding aspects of their heritage from them. But as they come into their own, someone seeks to use their abilities to his own ends, against their own people.
The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Novella. After having failed at establishing a new colony, starship Calypso fights to make it back to Earth. Acting captain Jacklyn Albright is already struggling against the threats of interstellar space and impending starvation when the ship throws her a new danger: something is hiding on the ship, picking off her crew one by one in bloody, gruesome ways. A quick, excellent read if you want some good Alien vibes.
Dawn (Xenogenesis trilogy) by Octavia E. Butler*
After a devestating war leaves humanity on the brink of extinction, survivor Lilith finds herself waking up naked and alone in a strange room. She’s been rescued by the Oankali, who have arrived just in time to save the human race. But there’s a price to survival, and it might be humanity itself. Absolutely fucked up I love it I once had to drop the book mid read to stare at the ceiling and exclaim in horror at what was going on. Includes darker examinations of agency and consent, so enter with caution.
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson*
Utterly unique in world-building, story, and prose, Midnight Robber follows young Tan-Tan and her father, inhabitants of the Carribean-colonized planet of Toussaint. When her father commits a terrible crime, he’s exiled to a parallel version of the same planet, home to strange aliens and other human exiles. Tan-Tan, not wanting to lose her father, follows with him. Trapped on this new planet, he becomes her worst nightmare. Enter this book with caution, as it contains graphic child sexual abuse.
Rosewater (The Wormwood trilogy) by Tade Thompson
In Nigeria lies Rosewater, a city bordering on a strange, alien biodome. Its motives are unknown, but it’s having an undeniable effect on the surrounding life. Kaaro, former criminal and current psychic agent for the government, is one of the people changed by it. When other psychics like him begin getting killed, Kaaro must take it upon himself to find out the truth about the biodome and its intentions.
Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh
Young adult. A century ago, an astronomer discovered a possibly Earth-like planet. Now, a team of veteran astronauts and carefully chosen teenagers are preparing to embark on a twenty-three year trip to get there. But space is dangerous, and the team has no one to rely on but each other if - or when - something goes wrong. An introspective slowburn of a story, this focuses more on character work than action.
The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
After the planet Sadira is left uninhabitable, its few survivors are forced to move to a new world. On Cygnus Beta, they work to rebuild their society alongside their distant relatives of the planet, while trying to preserve what remains of their culture. Focused less on hard science or action, The Best of All Possible Worlds is more about culture, romance and the ethics and practicalities of telepathy.
Mirage (Mirage duology) by Somaiya Daud
Young adult. Eighteen-year-old Amani lives on an isolated moon under the oppressive occupation of the Valthek empire. When Amani is abducted, she finds herself someplace wholly unexpected: the royal palace. As it turns out, she's nearly identical to the half-Valthek, and widely hated, princess Maram, who is in need of a body double. If Amani ever wants to make it back home or see her people freed from oppression, she will have to play her role as princess perfectly. While sci-fi, this one more has the vibe of a fantasy.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Life on the lower decks of the generation ship HSS Matilda is hard for Aster, an outcast even among outcasts, trying to survive in a system not dissimilar to the old antebellum South. The ship’s leaders have imposed harsh restrictions on their darker skinned people, using them as an oppressed work force as they travel toward their supposed Promised Land. But as Aster finds a link between the death of the ship’s sovereign and the suicide of her own mother, she realizes there may be a way off the ship.
Where It Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon
The planet Swazembi is a utopia of color and beauty, the most beautiful of all its citizens being the Rare Indigo. Lileala was just named Rare Indigo, but her strict yet pampered life gets upended when her beautiful skin is struck by a mysterious sickness, leaving it covered in scars and scabs. Meanwhile, voices start to whisper in Lileala's mind, bringing to the surface a past long forgotten involving her entire society.
Eacaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus duology) by Nicky Drayden
Seske is the heir to the leader of a clan living inside a gigantic, spacefaring beast, of which they frequently need to catch a new one to reside in as their presence slowly kills the beast from the inside. While I found the ending rushed with regards to plot and character, the worldbuilding is very fresh and the overall plot of survival and class struggle an interesting one. It’s also sapphic!
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah*
In a near future America, inmates on death row or with life sentences in private prisons can choose to participate in death matches for entertainment. If they survive long enough - a rare case indeed - they regain their freedom. Among these prisoners are Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker, partners behind the scenes and close to the deadline of a possible release - if only they can survive for long enough. As the game continues to be stacked against them and protests mount outside, two women fight for love, freedom, and their own humanity. Chain-Gang All-Stars is bleak and unflinching as well as genuinely hopeful in its portrayal of a dark but all to real possible future.
Parable of the Sower (Earthseed duology) by Octavia E. Butler*
In a bleak future, Lauren Olamina lives with her family in a gated community, one of few still safe places in a time of chaos. When her community falls, Lauren is forced on the run. As she makes her way toward possible safety, she picks up a following of other refugees, and sows the seeds of a new ideology which may one day be the saviour of mankind. Very bleak and scarily realistic, Parable of the Sower will make you both fear for mankind and regain your hope for humanity.
Binti (Binti trilogy) by Nnedi Okorafor
Young adult novella. Binti is the first of the Himba people to be accepted into the prestigious Oomza University, the finest place of higher learning in all the galaxy. But as she embarks on her interstellar journey, the unthinkable happens: her ship is attacked by the terrifying Meduse, an alien race at war with Oomza University.
War Girls (War Girls duology) by Tochi Onyebuchi
In an enviromentally fraught future, the Nigerian civil war has flared back up, utilizing cybernetics and mechs to enhance its soldiers. Two sisters, by bond if not by blood, are separated and end up on differing sides of the struggle. Brutal and dark, with themes of dehumanization of soldiers through cybernetics that turn them into weapons, and the effect and trauma this has on them.
The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds duology) by Micaiah Johnson
Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s a catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying. As such she has a very special job in traveling to these worlds, hoping to keep her position long enough to gain citizenship in the walled-off Wiley City, away from the wastes where she grew up. But her job is dangerous, especially when she gets on the tracks of a secret that threatens the entire multiverse. Really cool worldbuilding and characters, also featuring a sapphic lead!
The Fifth Season (The Broken Eart trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin*
In a world regularly torn apart by natural disasters, a big one finally strikes and society as we know it falls, leaving people floundering to survive in a post apocalyptic world, its secrets and past to be slowly revealed. We get to follow a mother as she races through this world to find and save her missing daughter. While mostly fantasy in genre, this series does have some sci-fi flavor, and is genuinely some of the best books I've ever read, please read them.
The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings*
In an alternate version of our present, the witch hunt never ended. Women are constantly watched and expected to marry young so their husbands can keep an eye on them. When she was fourteen, Josephine's mother disappeared, leveling suspicions at both mother and daughter of possible witchcraft. Now, nearly a decade and a half later, Jo, in trying to finally accept her missing mother as dead, decides to follow up on a set of seemingly nonsensical instructions left in her will. Features a bisexual lead!
The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
South African-set scifi featuring gods ancient and new, robots finding sentience, dik-diks, and a gay teen with mind control abilities. An ancient goddess seeks to return to her true power no matter how many humans she has to sacrifice to get there. A little bit all over the place but very creative and fresh.
The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson*
Young adult. Young artist June Costa lives in Palmares Tres, a beautiful, matriarchal city relying heavily on tradition, one of which is the Summer King. The most recent Summer King is Enki, a bold boy and fellow artist. With him at her side, June seeks to finally find fame and recognition through her art, breaking through the generational divide of her home. But growing close to Enki is dangerous, because he, like all Summer Kings, is destined to die.
The Blood Trials (The Blood Gifted duology) by N.E. Davenport
After Ikenna's grandfather is assasinated, she is convinced that only a member of the Praetorian guard, elite soldiers, could’ve killed him. Seeking to uncover his killer, Ikenna enrolls in a dangerous trial to join the Praetorians which only a quarter of applicants survive. For Ikenna, the stakes are even higher, as she's hiding forbidden blood magic which could cost her her life. Mix of fantasy and sci-fi. While I didn’t super vibe with this one, I suspect fans of action packed romantasy will enjoy it.
Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
1960s classic. Rydra Wong is a space captain, linguist and poet who is set on learning to understand Babel-17, a language which is humanity's only clue at the enemy in an interstaller war. But Babel-17 is more than just a language, and studying it may change Rydra forever.
Pet (Pet duology) by Akwaeke Emezi
Young adult novella. Jam lives in a utopian future that has been freed of monsters and the systems which created and upheld them. But then she meets Pet, a dangerous creature claiming to be hunting a monster still among them, prepared to stop at nothing to find them. While I personally found the word-building in Pet lacking, it deftly handles dark subjects of what makes a human a monster.
Bonus AKA I haven’t read these yet but they seem really cool
Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes
Alternate history in which Africans colonized South America while vikings colonized the North. The vikings sell abducted Celts and Franks as slaves to the South, one of which is eleven-years-old Irish boy Aidan O'Dere, who was just bought by a Southern plantation owner.
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Young adult dystopia. Ellie lives in a future where humanity is under the control of the alien Ilori. All art is forbidden, but Ellie keeps a secret library; when one of her books disappears, she fears discovery and execution. M0Rr1S, born in a lab and raised to be emotionless, finds her library, and though he should deliver her for execution, he finds himself obsessed with human music. Together the two embark on a roadtrip which may save humanity.
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
Lelah lives in future Botswana, but despite money and fame she finds herself in an unhappy marriage, her body controlled via microchip by her husband. After burying the body of an accidental hit and run, Lelah's life gets worse when the ghost of her victim returns to enact bloody vengeance.
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith
Young adult. Fen de la Guerre, living in a quarantined Gulf Coast left devestated by storms and sickness, is forced on the run with a newborn after her tribe is attacked. Hoping to get the child to safety, Fen seeks to get to the other side of the wall, she teams up with a scientist from the outside the quarantine zone.
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
A neo-victorian alternate history, in which a part of Congo was kept safe from colonisation, becoming Everfair, a safe haven for both the people of Congo and former slaves returning from America. Here they must struggle to keep this home safe for them all.
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Space opera. Enitan just wants to live a quiet life in the aftermath of a failed war of conquest, but when her lover is killed and her sister kidnapped, she's forced to leave her plans behind to save her sister.
Honorary mentions AKA these didn't really work for me but maybe you guys will like them: The City We Became (Great Cities duology) by N.K. Jemisin, The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull, The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole
#nella talks books#lagoon#nubia the awakening#the scourge between stars#xenogenesis#midnight robber#rosewater#do you dream of terra two?#the best of all possible worlds#mirage#an unkindness of ghosts#where it rains in color#escaping exodus#chain gang all stars#parable of the sower#binti#war girls#the space between worlds#the fifth season#the women could fly#the prey of gods#the summer prince#the blood trials#babel 17#pet
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Shoreline Shenanigans (Ft. My Splatoon Agents)
Thanks for reading! Now that you’ve made it to the end, here’s some info about my agents and this comic!:
Agent 3/Captain 3’s name is Marissa
Agent 4’s name is Fleetway
Agent 8’s name is Mark
I actually have names for the Octolings seen in Mark’s unit! The elite’s name is Jacklyn, and from left to right, the others are Lee, Harper, and Priscilla.
This comic was made before Splatoon 3 was announced I believe, which is why the art is a little lacking here. Otherwise, I’m still very proud I made a whole comic as big as this!
#s.g.’s art#splatoon#splatoon 2#oc art#splatoon oc#splat ocs#splat oc: mark#splat oc: marissa#splat oc: fleetway#agent 8#agent 3#agent 4#male agent 8#comic art
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As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced with constant threats of starvation and destruction in the treacherous minefield of interstellar space, Jacklyn's crew has reached their breaking point. As unrest begins to spread throughout the ship’s Wards, a new threat emerges, picking off crew members in grim, bloody fashion.
Jacklyn and her team must hunt down the ship’s unknown intruder if they have any hope of making it back to their solar system alive.
#book: the scourge between stars#author: ness brown#genre: horror#genre: sci fi#genre: novella#genre: lgbt#year: 2020s
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My Favorite Bit: Ness Brown Talks About THE SCOURGE BETWEEN STARS
Ness Brown is joining us today to talk about their novel, The Scourge Between Stars. Here’s the publisher’s description:
As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced with constant threats of starvation and destruction in the treacherous…
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Title: The Scourge Between Stars
Author: Ness Brown
Genre/s: science fiction, thriller
Content/Trigger Warnings: murder, gore, death, sexual assault (implied)
Summary (from publisher’s website): As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced with constant threats of starvation and destruction in the treacherous minefield of interstellar space, Jacklyn’s crew has reached their breaking point. As unrest begins to spread throughout the ship’s Wards, a new threat emerges, picking off crew members in grim, bloody fashion.
Jacklyn and her team must hunt down the ship’s unknown intruder if they have any hope of making it back to their solar system alive.
Buy Here: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-scourge-between-stars/18835221
Spoiler-Free Review: I remember coming across the announcement for this novella early this year, and knew I HAD to read it, because I’m a fan of things like Event Horizon and Dead Space, where horror intersects with scifi. (Though tbh I had to watch the former in broad daylight with the volume on low, and I haven’t played the latter because it scares me too much. Yes I’m a scaredy-cat why do you ask?)
As it turned out, this novella is more Alien than Event Horizon, which was not what I was hoping for, but it’s still an amazing read regardless! The prose reads very cinematic, and the novella format makes it feel like you’re more watching a fast-faced scifi thriller film than reading a story. I did find myself wishing that there’d been a bit more time devoted to developing some of the other characters, like Jolie and Michiko (especially Michiko, who seems like a total badass), as well as exploring the sociopolitical dynamics of the people onboard the ship, but I understand that there’s just not enough room for that sort of storytelling and development in the novella. If this’d been a novel though...
Regardless, the way the novella developed Jack and especially Watson over the course of the story hit a nice sweet spot for the format: enough that they felt fleshed-out, but without eating up too much of the action and the thrills of the plot’s main events. To be honest I found the circumstances around Watson’s creation and its (their?) relationship with Otto Watson a lot creepier and freakier than all the intruder on the ship, but then again isn’t that usually the case? Unknown intruder, you can kill, but there’s just something entirely terrifying about what goes on in other people’s heads - and how they enact what goes on in there.
So overall, this was definitely a fun, quick read that made for a good break between the historical romantic fluffiness of my ongoing Pink Carnation reread. I find myself wishing that there’d been more to it, that some aspects of it had been explored a bit more, but that’s mostly just me wanting more of this fabulousness. I hope Ness Brown puts out something longer soon; I like the way they tell a story, and I like the stories they tell.
Rating: four and a half knocks on the hull
#book review#book reviews#science fiction#thriller#scifi#sff#novella#the scourge between stars#ness brown#books
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A couple OCs from my world, ~20 years apart.
All 4 are from an organization called the Red Venators (a subsection of the Venators focused on hunting Demons and Devils).
Nicholas Veshin and Jacklyn Frey began as Venators in the squad of Commander Osgrey Saul, before becoming captains and taking squads of their own.
After Osgrey's death, the 2 became commanders. That rank was earned in a joint mission between their squads in which they defeated 3 Demons of high enough level.
Cornin Scar is the founder of the Red Venators, but having witnessed copious amounts of death in his lifetime, he put down his axe and locked himself in his chambers for years, leaving Veshin and Frey with the responsibilities of running the Red Venators' Keep.
The tattoos symbolize their rank - tiger stripe tattoos (as seen in Osgrey in the first image and Veshin and Frey in the second) symbolize commander/striped rank, and the full black tattoos (as seen in Cornin) symbolize founder/painted rank.
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jacklyn "jack" sparrow
once upon a time oc; she/her, queer; captain of the black pearl; portrayed by zoe saldana. this character only has one canon and that is the main canon. some notes on this character:
Under the original Storybrooke curse, Jack is a woman known as Ivory Finch who runs a bait + boat repair shop out by the docks. Think Willy from Stardew Valley energy.
Emma Swan takes the place of Elizabeth Swann in this instance.
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where they are now, 5 / 6
and now to the relatively normal side of the Banks family.
transcript & author's note below the cut.
transcript :
The Banks Home. Prescott Square, Copperdale.
Moodlet: Happy +5. Good In-Laws. From spending time with Jacklyn. Candy never expected to wind up with such a good mother-in-law! Spending time with her makes Candy feel lucky to have married into such a loving family... despite their quirks.
Spend time with Grandma.
Nightmare! Avery had a bleak nightmare about achieving everything she ever wanted in life. Good thing that'll never happen!
Internet searches: "fuck fuck f," "should i go to uni," "gpa needed for britechester," "how to form a band," and "poison ivy x reader."
author's note : this update has been separated into 2 parts, but is mostly focused on the kids rather than mikhail and candy, as we'll be immediately catching up with them in the first scene of chapter 2.
obviously there's a strong bias in focusing on avery here, as one of the two overarching plots of chapter 2 will be focused on her. however, let's discuss all the kids.
julien is now the captain of the football team and at the top of the senior class at copperdale high. while he and avery used to be bound at the hips, they aren't exactly getting along anymore. he is still dating javier, one of his classmates, and they are very happy together. overall, julien is popular, sporty, smart, and under way too much pressure to maintain it all.
avery herself is a straight-A student—one who is now desperately struggling to maintain those grades. focusing on her work is difficult, and she's feeling the stress of her impending future. she is a member of the school theater and excels there. she only has a couple of friends at school and struggles to fit in.
cameron (not shown in this post), the youngest of the bunch, is still in elementary school with middle school coming up fast. he has a smart mouth, but he's a fun-loving kid who idolizes avery much in the same way avery idolized (idolizes?) julien. right now, all he cares about is having a good time.
grandmother jacklyn, of course, materializes onto any family lot i play every single time shows up frequently and is very involved in her family. she and caleb regularly helped out with the grandkids when they were young, so the family is very tight-knit. if you're new to this story and are confused as to why she looks so young for a grandmother:
#ts4#sims 4#the sims 4#ts4 story#sims story#show us your story#returning dawn#chapter 1#candy banks#jacklyn banks#julien banks#avery banks#sorry that nightmare popup took me out like it nailed avery's fears in one go huh lmao#queue
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Captain Jacklyn Rhodes Turnaround
Turnaround art of Captain Rhodes going off of my first drawing of her. One thing that stands out that I want to rectify later is that her cane is on the wrong hand.
Rhodes first design idea was giving Elle Driver a cool mannequin peg leg.
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AND WE’RE BACK!
By: Katie Schadler
Fall Mainstage Show: Men on Boats
(except without men on boats)
“Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. MEN ON BOATS is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition, when a one-armed captain and a crew of insane yet loyal volunteers set out to chart the course of the Colorado River.”
Based on Jacklyn Backhaus’ play Men on Boats, the actors who play these ten valiant explorers are “anything and everything but white and male” and “the historical moment of their journey is viewed with a critical lens.”
Find the longer synopsis of the play here.
Director of Bucknell’s Men On Boats Professor Anjalee Deshpande Hutchinson shares an important note to the actors, stage crew, and audience:
One of the most interesting elements of this text is the playwright's explicit guidelines for all productions that all of the white male characters in the play be portrayed through actors who identify as anything but heteronormative white men. This interesting juxtaposition offers unique insight into the story and asks a poignant question - who gets to tell our stories moving forward? How does the telling change our understanding of what happened? The play also examines what the cartography of the American West meant for Native Americans. Towards this end we have hired cultural consultant Sierra Pete, who will help the cast and crew understand the significance of the work in relation to the lived experiences of Native Americans. Ms. Pete, an artist who is deeply influenced by her Native American background, culture and identity, is also the Costume Shop Manager in the costume studio at Bucknell. Ms. Pete will be co-designing the costumes for our production as well. In this way we hope to create a culturally sensitive portrayal of what these Men on Boats actually did and who they disadvantaged along the way.
Support your students/peers in the upcoming production:
Men On Boats Cast List:
John Wesley Powell - Paige Gilmartin
William Dunn - Katheryn Brown
John Colton Sumner - Joselyne Busato
Oramel 'OG 'Howland/Chief Tsauwait - Maya Gurung
Seneca Howland/The Bishop - Harper Dick
Frank Goodman/Mr. Asa - Caroline Pritchard
George Young Bradley - Yasmine Adam
William Robert Hawkins - Tseday Robinson
Andrew Hall - Libby Hoffman
Old Shady - Madison Buckley
First Year & Transfer Student Show: University: A New Generation
“University: A New Generation is a series of short plays that follows students from orientation to graduation day as they discover the joys and uncertainties of college life. From the pressures of academic excellence to the quest for self-discovery, the characters grapple with identity, relationships, and the forever-changing landscape of the modern world. Each student brings a unique point of view and set of goals, fueling the rich assemblage of the university experience. With compelling dialogue and charged storytelling, the play takes on pertinent social issues such as mental health, gender stereotypes, and the clash between tradition and progress. Through its relatable characters, thought-provoking themes, and vibrant energy, this play invites audiences to reflect on their own personal journeys through/with higher education and challenges them to envision a future where education becomes a catalyst for change and growth.”
I am absolutely thrilled and deeply honored to be directing University: A New Generation. I am super excited to work with this talented group of First-Year students in their first production on the Bucknell stage. What makes this project even more special is that it's centered around the college experience itself. The opportunity to explore and celebrate the very essence of what it means to be a college student, while watching the first-year actors cultivate their own college journeys is very fulfilling.
Bucknell junior and director Alice Jackins shares her thoughts on the upcoming show:
As a director, I'm particularly excited about the creative possibilities we have in store. From scene work that dives deep into the nuances of college life, superpowers, abstract composition, and dance, we're aiming to infuse the production with moments of pure magic and heart.
This project is not just about putting on a show; it's about creating a memorable and transformative experience for our young actors and the audience alike. My goal is to create a tight-knit community among the actors, while also helping them find their place within the broader arts space at Bucknell.
Support your students/peers in the upcoming production:
University: A New Generation Cast List:
Abby Campion – Activist 5, Joey, Wags
Addyson Powell - Activist 4, Josie
Alexandra Schajer - Jean, Her
Antek Nowacki - Professor, Bogie
Bryson Fuhrer - Teacher, Jackson
Cassandra Smith - Girl #2, Keely
Cheatra Chheang - Activist 3, Kenna, Pish
Clara Henry - Angel, Donella
Defne Gumus - Activist 6, Woman R, Pepper
Gabriella Cappelloni - Girl #1, Madeline
Giselle Mayer - Girl #3, Tina
Jaela Rivera - Placard Lady, Chloe
Julia Piccolino - Activist 1, Lo-Lo
Lizzie Hopper - Activist 2, Shi
Quincy Saadeh - Pink, Woman C
Trevor Seymour- Football Player, Curtis, Gordo
Tyler McMasters - Guy, Carl, Him
William Sullivan - Klon, Mock
Zoe Fleury - Girl, Ellen, Woman L
Finding Home in University with Anjalee
By: Katie Schadler
For theatre professor and director Anjalee Deshpande Hutchinson, this is a monumental year for several reasons: Not only is Anjalee celebrating her twentieth year as an educator and her fifteenth year at Bucknell, but this fall, Bucknell Theatre will be putting on the production University: A New Generation, an updated version of the first play she ever directed.
Before Anjalee ever put on the director hat, she was an actor. She acted all throughout middle school and high school until she received an undergraduate arts scholarship where she would major in theatre. Anjalee originally never wanted to be a director. Like many of us who think we are set on what we do and don’t like at the beginning of our undergraduate academic journeys, it wasn’t until she took a directing class as a requirement for her major did she end up falling in love with it.
(First: A photo of Anjalee's original cast from her college production of University. Second: A picture of Anjalee and Jenn Rae Moore, her stage manager from that 1991 production. Ms. Moore is now an Equity stage manager who mostly works on Broadway.)
During her final year in college, Anjalee landed her first directing project for a play called University, which she describes as a collection of vignettes about transitioning into adulthood and finding the new family we choose while at university. The concept is intriguing in the sense that college students are played by actors who are also college students and yet might vastly differ from their characters. Because her college had an arena theater, Anjalee enjoyed opening up her cast to different angles on stage to make the storyline understandable and entertaining for the audience regardless of where someone was sitting. This show became responsible for forging many long lasting friendships she continues to maintain today.
After she graduated both physically and artistically from university, Anjalee went on to pursue freelanced acting and directing. After receiving some attention for her performance in a film that was chosen for the Sundance film festival, Anjalee secured an agent and management team. However, despite living in New York, what we perceive as being a fairly open-minded place to be, Anjalee faced many obstacles as a South Asian American woman trying to “make it” in the industry. Not only was she constantly confined to being cast in stereotypical Indian roles, but her managers even made her change her name to "Anjalee Desh" to make it easier to pronounce and thus, get hired in a white-washed, white-dominated industry.
Right before she was eligible to get her equity card, which would have potentially opened doors to “Broadway big” opportunities, Anjalee made the life-altering decision to transition away from acting and immerse herself into directing. She noted here how difficult it was to land sustainable or authentic role roles as an actor of color at that time. But in her new directing position, it was not about the money: She was working with Asian-American writers, blending forms of poetry and dance, and creating in a workshop atmosphere with a community of artists. No longer performing, Anjalee had the opportunity to take control of the story in a different way. To her, this was home.
After getting her MFA at Northwestern, Anjalee has worked on numerous projects outside of Bucknell that include acting, directing, and writing two books on acting technique. Since she has been at Bucknell, she has also directed outside productions such as Harvest, a play by Manjula Padmanabhanat about a play about harvesting human organs from people in developing nations and The Night Diary, adapted by Alumna Mukta Phatak, class of 2018 from the middle school book on the Indian/Pakistani Partition by Veera Hiranandani. Her outside work often focuses on South Asian stories.
While she has enjoyed working with professional actors, Anjalee has found there to be a lot of pressure for many of these actors to succeed commercially which can inhibit the ability to take creative risks. Thus, she has mostly loved working with undergrads whose “imaginations have yet to develop ceilings.” At Bucknell, she has enjoyed watching her students evolve between Acting 1, 2 and 3 learning to make their own authentic artistic choices. She also mentions her love-hate relationship with her devising classes and productions: the amazing work that is produced and yet the intense intimacy of the process as they navigate interpersonal conflict within creative, shared spaces. As a professor at Bucknell, Anjalee is not only seeking to foster opportunities for student growth, but also, always striving to learn from her students as well.
In this full-circle year for Anjalee, she could not be more excited to be passing on the director’s hat to junior Bucknell student and “community builder” Alice Jackins who will be directing the playwright's updated version of Anjalee’s first ever directing project: University, by Jon Jory.
“One of the best parts of Bucknell Theatre is working with a community of intelligent young artists, like Alice, who are passionate about the craft and aim to approach it through expanded mindsets.” Because for Anjalee, and hopefully for many other young, passionate artists at Bucknell, this is the time to fall in love with University.
Bucknell Theatre Says ’Ray Consent!
By Grace Woodhouse
On the first Friday of the year, student and faculty directors, choreographers, and technical artists in the Department of Theatre & Dance gathered for a workshop focused on learning about and honing techniques for promoting safety, consent, and boundaries as we work creatively this semester.
I feel grateful to have attended the workshop and already find myself implementing some of the skills we practiced in rehearsals. The training began with a lesson on how to safely exist in the T & D spaces, understanding that humans fall down, run into things, and generally experience pain every now and then. Heath Hansum, Theatre Co-director, gave us the rundown on where to find the first aid station and how to help in more severe situations. We also learned about lighting and temperature control in Tustin (which was much appreciated because up until now, I’ve always guessed and been wrong!).
Next, Department Head Dustyn Martincich took over and led us through a set of exercises on Boundary Practice and Consent work, an area that has been tested over the past few years and improved upon in response to trial-and-error. A sentiment of Dustyn’s that stuck out to me is that as a leader, one can never entirely ensure that the people with whom we are working feel comfortable or safe. Thus, the term “safe space” that has been so readily used in recent years is actively being rejected in favor of “brave space.” The idea behind this new phrase is that no matter personal variations in comfort, we can always work to create an environment in which people are encouraged to make brave choices and supported by their community for doing so.
To that end, a significant portion of the workshop was centered around experientially testing how to best integrate boundary setting and respecting into our everyday rehearsal and performance practices in a non-awkward way. Soon, we were bumping knees, shaking elbows, and using a shared consent-based vocabulary composed of “buttons,” “fences,” and “gates.”
If a certain physical interaction felt uncomfortable for one or more parties, Dustyn emphasized the importance of alternatives. Using the phrase “No, but…” as opposed to the typical “Yes, and…” of improvisation is a powerful tool in nurturing a consent-based zone. I left Friday’s workshop feeling informed, excited, and more confident in my ability to prioritize physical and mental safety while continuing to grow artistically.
Arts First: Take Care
By: Abby Campion (’27) and Zoe Fleury (’27)
I’m not sure I’ll ever forget walking into Holmes Hall and feeling the cool air conditioning after the longest morning of my life. I spent hours with my family, my mom refolding my clothes and my dad building all kinds of under-the-bed storage in order to make my room as comfortable as possible. Coming into college, there’s nothing scarier than knowing you’re alone. It was overwhelming, walking into that unknown space. There were so many first-years, faculty members, and mentors. Surely there was no way I could get to know all of these people in only five days, right? Wrong.
For most first-year Bucknellians, being jump started into orientation and then classes right away is nothing short of terrifying. But after going through Arts First, I can confidently say I have made personal connections with every person in the program, giving me the perfect community going into classes and college life. Arts First was truly my first home away from home.
The theme of Arts First 2023 was “Joy and Transformation.” It was all about moments of bliss and growth as we moved into college and then beyond. When I think back on my experience at Arts First, the first word I think of is joy. Joy stretching my chin to the sky during Kelly’s morning warm ups. Joy uplifting my fellow first-years and mentors as they showed their passions and eventually showing mine as well. Joy clutching my teammates’ hands during Hutch’s challenge course. Joy “fire burning on the dance floor” at wacky zumba.
Getting thrown into adulthood within the walls of a new space around entirely new people will inevitably bring about transformation. Being in Arts First is the feeling of vulnerability and security all at once. A quintessential moment of vulnerability, the Mentee Showcase, made me proud to be in the presence of such unique and talented artists, and even more so, that I was one of them. The same feeling of pride for the community I had walked into came while I watched mentors and mentees alike work together on the seemingly impossible “Hutch Challenge Course,” which was quite possibly one of my favorite activities of the entire week. I gained a strong level of trust with my group, as well as a new self-perspective that came with Hutch’s observations and instructions.
Our (and many others’) biggest fear coming into college was not finding people that we clicked with, feeling lonely even in a crowd of many. Connecting with others doesn’t come easily to everyone, but the workshops in Arts First make it impossible not to make relationships with the people around you. It’s possible to connect with people both in activities and even on the way to the next one. When I think about when I made my closest friends, I think of everyone eating ice cream together in a circle on the first night or clearing up the wood after the challenge course. These aren’t complicated activities–rather moments inside or in between that mean a lot to me looking back.
I also think about improvising a frog with an attitude in Anjalee’s devising workshop or playing Kelly’s version of “ship to shore.” In Arts First, connection is a constant. It doesn’t stop when the activities do or even when the day is done. It doesn’t even stop at the students. Now, in both the classroom and the arts department, it is such a comfort to have relationships that we’ve already forged with faculty members. Having professors that we truly trust has made this place feel even more like home. Now, when we see Kelly, Hutch, Anjalee, Joe Scapellato, Dan Temkin, Robert Rosenburg, Rebecca Meyers, and Anna Kell, we say “hello” and know we’ve already lucked out in faculty relationships.
Now, three weeks later, we sit writing this reflecting about that first day in the seats of the Harvey Powers Theater. Zoe compliments Abby’s “alien socks,” which Abby corrects to be “baby Yoda socks.” We might’ve never crossed paths at Bucknell had it not been for Arts First, and now we can’t imagine college life without each other. We both met our very best friends in the program, and not only do we eat lunch and dinner together every day, but mentors frequently join us as well. Even though they’re called “mentors,” they’re genuinely our friends. These friendships are what have reminded us to take care of ourselves, take care of each other, and take care of art. Arts First influenced every aspect of our new lives, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Staff Meeting - Sequel Two
Jacklyn : Aaah finally! Another year, gone and a new one to arise. Why don't we toast to this?
Orchidia, aggressively glaring at her whilst gripping her chair : Mmhmrrr..
Creator : ...
Aunty Susan : O-orchidia dear, why don't you take something to drink too?
Orchidia : ..Pirate scum..Motherf*cking fish smelling little-
Creator : Ahem.
Orchidia : Oh f*ck off, all of this is your fault!
Creator : fair enough.
Aunty Susan : My fellow colleagues, please leave your differences behind and celebrate this newfound beginning?
Jacklyn : What the blue cat said!
Aunty Susan : ...
Aunty Susan : ..I take it back, unleash her.
I gotta find a way to show them visually, I love my three girls.
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Book Review #104 of 2023--
The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown. Rating: 3.5 stars.
Read on August 19th.
Let's just start with me explaining the synopsis so we can all be on the same page for this weird review. The Scourge Between Stars is a novella about a group of humans who are living in a flotilla of generational ships that were originally used to settle a colony on what was supposed to be a habitable planet following humanity's devastation of Earth. However, when the ships arrived they found the planet was just as inhospitable as Earth and voted to attempt the return to Earth with what supplies and fuel they had left. It's generations after those humans stepped back onto their ships and Jacklyn is trying to hide the fact that her father--the captain--has stopped reporting for work and has holed himself up in his bunk. But being the acting Captain gets dicey when they discover they're in an even worse situation than they thought.
I am a HUGE Scifi/Horror lover. (Which is a little weird since I read a Mystery/Horror as well this week and didn't like the Horror aspect.) Just something about being stuck in space with limited supplies and only your wits about you to save your life hits all the right buttons for me. And on that note the author did a great job. I was on the edge of my seat for the entire novella.
However, my common complaint will also fit for this one as well, find it copied and pasted here: the story wasn't long enough for me. I didn't have a chance to really connect with any of our characters. Even our main character fell flat for me which is a shame because I feel like she could be a favorite if she was just fleshed out more. I love the situation she's found herself stuck in and the struggle that she goes through in the novel to maintain control while also absolutely losing her shit about the situations she finds herself in. I just had no real connection to her and didn't really care what happened to her. That's not exactly the feeling you want readers to come away with. I'm realizing that for a story to really impact me I have to have a connection to the characters emotionally. I don't have to like the characters per se, but I need to feel something for them anyway.
Overall, I think this story is a good time and recommend it for other fans of the Scifi/Horror mashup. If you're mainly a character focused reader, I think this one just leans a little too heavily on the plot for you to come away feeling good about your experience reading it.
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Review: The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Author: Ness BrownPublisher: Tor NightfireReleased: April 4, 2023Received: NetGalley
Book Summary:
Jacklyn Albright shouldn’t be in the position to be the acting captain of the Calypso, yet here we are. The Calypso is one of several ships limping home to Earth – where they hope to find a better home than what they left.
The trip has been long (literally centuries) and challenging. Starvation…
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New Book Release: The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
Blurb:
Ness Brown’s The Scourge Between Stars is a tense, claustrophobic sci-fi/horror blend set aboard a doomed generation ship harboring something terrible within its walls.
As acting captain of the starship Calypso, Jacklyn Albright is responsible for keeping the last of humanity alive as they limp back to Earth from their forebears’ failed colony on a distant planet.
Faced with constant…
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You wouldn't know it to look at him, but the little old man in the center of this photo was one of the toughest Jarheads ever.
In 1942 when he was only 14, Jacklyn "Jack" Lucas enlisted in the Marine Corps after convincing the recruiter he was 17.
Posted to a depot unit at Pearl Harbor, Jack was bored and wanted action, so in January of 1945, he rolled up a combat uniform under his arm, sneaked out of camp, and stowed away aboard a Naval Transport that was taking 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, 5th Marine Division to Iwo Jima.
Not knowing what to do with him, the Marine battalion commander busted Jack one rank, then assigned him as rifleman to C Company. A few days later, Jack turned 17.*
The day after landing on Iwo Jima, Jack dove on top of one Japanese grenade then pulled another beneath him. The blast ripped through his body, but saved his comrades.
It took 21 surgeries to save him, and for the rest of his life carried in his body more than 200 large pieces of shrapnel.
On October 5th, 1945, Jack Lucas received the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman in a ceremony on the White House lawn. He is the youngest Marine ever to receive the nation's highest honor.
He then returned to high school.... as a freshman.
After college, Jack entered the Army as a Captain in the 82nd Airborne, and survived a training jump in which neither his main chute nor his reserve chute opened.
Two years before he died in 2008, Jack was honored by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Michael W. Hagee, who presented him with a Medal of Honor ceremonial flag at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C.
It was during that ceremony that this photo was taken.
Semper Fidelis.
Historia Obscurum
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