From the acclaimed author of Stories of Your Life and Others—the basis for the Academy Award –nominated film Arrival—comes a groundbreaking new collection of short fiction: nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories. These are tales that tackle some of humanity’s oldest questions along with new quandaries only Ted Chiang could imagine. In “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate,” a portal through time forces a fabric seller in ancient Baghdad to grapple with past mistakes and second chances. In “Exhalation,” an alien scientist makes a shocking discovery with ramifications that are literally universal. In “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom,” the ability to glimpse into alternate universes necessitates a radically new examination of the concepts of choice and free will.
Including stories being published for the first time as well as some of his rare and classic uncollected work, Exhalation is Ted Chiang at his best: profound, sympathetic—revelatory.
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Nick Flynn, "I WILL DESTROY YOU" w/ Kai Carlson-Wee
Nefertiti Austin, "MOTHERHOOD SO WHITE"
R. Zamora Linmark, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING WILDE AT HEART"
Fariha Róisín, "HOW TO CURE A GHOST" w/ Fatimah Asghar
Jen Wang, "STARGAZING"
DRAWING POWER Discussion
Attica Locke, "HEAVEN, MY HOME"
USC PhD Writers of Color
Jacqueline Woodson, "RED AT THE BONE" w/ Kara Brown
Annalee Newitz, "THE FUTURE OF ANOTHER TIMELINE" w/ Sean Carroll
Zenobia Neil, "THE QUEEN OF WARRIORS"
Jess Row, "WHITE FLIGHTS"
Carolina De Robertis, "CANTORAS"
Jennifer Croft, "HOMESICK" w/ Marisa Silver
Mina Javaherbin, "MY GRANDMA AND ME"
Anthony McCann, "SHADOWLANDS" w/ Brian Evenson, "Song for the Unraveling of the World"
Yesika Salgado, "HERMOSA"
Susan Steinberg, "MACHINE" w/ Sarah Manguso
Drew Minh, "NEON EMPIRE"
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