![]() ![]() ![]() You can read an exclusive excerpt from An Unkindness of Ghosts here, and below, we talk with Rivers Solomon about the process of constructing the HSS Matilda, the importance of writing corporealness and body movement into a story, and more. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer, Aster learns there may be a way to improve her lot-if she’s willing to sow the seeds of civil war. On its way, the ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster. For generations, Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. If she were truly a monster, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remains of her world.Īster lives in the lowdeck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. She’s used to the names she only wishes there was more truth to them. ![]() Its protagonist, Aster, has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. Rivers Solmon’s debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, will be released from Akashic Books on October 3. ![]()
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