This was a good short story collection. You can definitely tell that Jemisin was experimenting with various devices and structures in this book. Each story pulled inspiration form somewhere but still that that amazing N.K. Twist to it that made it feel so original. I’d choose a couple of these for lesson plans if I was still teaching, specifically the ones that play with plot structure!

Some of my favorites were :

1. The City Born Great (I can’t wait to read The City We Become because of this story)
2. The Effluent Engine (needs to be a book or movie ASAP)
3. Valedictorian (this NEEEDS to be a novel. PLEASE NK!!)
4. The Evaluators
5. The Elevator Dancer (perfection)
6. Cuisine does Memoires (I got over an argument with my husband because of this one.)
7. The You Train (What NYer wouldn’t like this one?)