Between Starshine and Clay
Jasmyne GilbertBetween Starshine and Clay is a weekly meditation on myth and culture by Jasmyne D. Gilbert
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 76 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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Introducing: The Polaris Cypher
During the spring of 2026, a small group of curious, adventurous, courageous, and kind Black folks gathered to discuss three poignant and powerful works of speculative fiction: Kindred by Octavia Butler, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Daught...
While I was away
Honestly, I don’t even remember all the books and media I sat with in June and July because I was too busy living and enjoying the hell out of it, which is, frankly, a welcome turn of fortune for me. 1 However, there are now 200+ unread ema...
Is this Black feminist bibliomancy?
I treat Black feminist speculative fiction as holy texts. In other words, there is nothing you can do to convince me that reading Beloved or Kindred isn’t like reading the Bible. Octavia already showed us she was a prophet. Today’s inquiry...
Garden of Stars: May 2026
What I Read
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
I just re-read Kindred for my dissertation and an outdoor study group I’m leading (more on that soon). After reading so much Morrison over the past year—ornate, lyrical—Butler’s direct, no-h...
Garden of Stars: April 2026
Highly curated musings, field notes, and web-based wayfaring on egregores, ancestor communication, and 20-teens musical delights
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