2011: Sirens deconstructed monsters and the monstrous feminine—and how frequently society deems both femininity and a refusal to conform to feminine “ideals” monstrous. Here are 10 magnificent monster books (with more books/info here: sirensconference.org/news/2020/10/s…): 1/
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1. LIAR by Justine Larbalestier: “I was born with a light covering of fur. After three days it had all fallen off, but the damage was done. My mother stopped trusting my father because it was a family condition he had not told her about. One of many omissions...” #SirensAtHome
2. MONSTRESS: AWAKENING by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda: “It took three years to find a name. Another two years to find the person. And now I’m here.” #SirensAtHome
3. SAWKILL GIRLS by Claire LeGrand: “Everyone knows about the island of Sawkill Rock: The silly old legends of its healing waters, which are impossible to altogether dismiss when one considers the people of Sawkill themselves—their hard white teeth and supple limbs.”#SirensAtHome
4. STRANGE THE DREAMER by Laini Taylor: “On the second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky. Her skin was blue, her blood was red.” #SirensAtHome
5. THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI by Helene Wecker: “The Golem’s life began in the hold of a steamship. The year was 1899; the ship was the Baltika, crossing from Danzig to New York. The Golem’s master, a man named Otto Rotfeld, had smuggled her aboard...” #SirensAtHome
6. THE LUMINOUS DEAD by Caitlin Starling: “She’d never gone this deep. Gyre wriggled her armored body another centimeter into the crevice, then eased her bag of gear after her. The plating on the back of her calf scraped over the stone, and she winced at the noise.” #SirensAtHome
7. THE MERE WIFE by Maria Dahvana Headley: “Say it. The beginning and end at once. I’m facedown in a truck bed, getting ready to be dead. I think about praying, but I’ve never been any good at asking for help. I try to sing. There aren’t any songs for this...” #SirensAtHome
8. TROUBLE THE SAINTS by Alaya Dawn Johnson: “Seven. That’s what we’re starting with. I woke with the dream late on a Thursday night, sometime in July. It’s a good one, as far as sevens go. The angel joker for the zero, plus seven of spades...” #SirensAtHome
9. WHO FEARS DEATH by Nnedi Okorafor: “My life fell apart when I was sixteen. Papa died. He had such a strong heart, yet he died. Was it the heat and smoke from his blacksmithing shop? It’s true that nothing could take him from his work, his art.” #SirensAtHome
10. WILDER GIRLS by Rory Power: “Something. Way out in the white-dark. Between the trees, moving where the thickets swarm. You can see it from the roof, the way the brush bends around it as it rustles to the ocean.” #SirensAtHome
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