How Long 'til Black Future Month?

Everyone talks about how wonderful N.K. Jemisin is at writing brilliant speculative fiction that addresses all too prevalent issues of racism and classism still pervading modern society. Everyone knows she is a goddess of world-building and creates perfectly formed, minutely nuanced cultures and societies. What people don't talk about enough is how well Jemisin writes FOOD. This short story collection features multiple food fantasy stories and guys, they were so vivid I fell right off my diet. The collection also features shorts stories in the worlds of the Dreamblood Duology and the Broken Earth Trilogy which were amazing to revisit. My favorite is probably her response to LeGuin's “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” It's stunning and brilliant and I really wish I'd written it. If you've never read Jemisin before, go ahead and read one of her novel series, but if you're already a fan, these works are bite-sized versions of her usual brilliance.