The Ones Who Post About Omelas, with Ty Phelps

Sources Cited:

"The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and “The Day Before the Revolution” from The Wind's Twelve Quarters, by Ursula K. Le Guin. William Morrow, 1975. (Ty says he thinks his edition is the 2004 trade paperback.) Publisher Website.

The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. Harper and Row, 1974. Publisher Website.

“The Ones Who Stay and Fight” from How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin. Hatchette Book Group, 2018. Publisher Website.

“A True Utopia: An Interview With N. K. Jemisin,” by Abigail Bereola. Dec 3, 2018. The Paris Review.

You can visit with Ty some more and see what he’s up to at https://typhelps.com/!!!

What we recommended this episode:

“The Ones Who Stay and Fight” from How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin. Hatchette Book Group, 2018. Publisher Website.

A Children’s Bible, by Lydia Millet. W.W. Norton, 2020. Publisher Website. (I wrote about A Children’s Bible for the Ploughshares Blog what feels like a lifetime ago, if you’re curious to learn more!)

Just about anything by Nnedi Okorafor, who we saw speak in Richmond last year—she was so great! Her website is here, and I am particularly fond of a short story linked there called “The Book of Phoenix,” which was published in Clarkesworld Magazine.

XOXO Happy Reading, my loves!