#Cebo Campbell

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Sky Full of Elephants: A Novel

By Cebo Campbell.

[maxthetruman]

i was tagged by @baodurs to share 9 books i want to read in 2025! thank you <3

Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

Biography of X by Catherine Lacy

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

Monstrilio by Gerardo Samano Cordova

Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

tagging @sapphicaeris @kirnet @arklay @greaterhorrors @lesbomination @doomedyuri and any other mutuals who are readers pls do this and say i tagged you <3

btw follow me on storygraph im sertuna there

[aeide]

9 books I plan to read in 2025

tagged by the lovely @b-plot-butch! unfortunately:

but if I DID read, my list would be:

1. sargassa (sophie burnham). an alternate universe / sci-fi / speculative fiction tale of a world in which the roman empire still exists. written by a fellow debut author who is also a lovely person. I started reading this a few days ago and it's excellent so far, but then I got distracted by dragon age: inquisition so RIP 2 me.

2. sky full of elephants (cebo campbell). I heard about this book on the nh local npr station, which listed it as one of their favorite books of 2024 (along with my book!). all I know about it is that the premise involves all of the white people walking into the nearest body of water, and the librarian who was talking about it compared it to station eleven, one of my favorite books ever.

3. james (percival everett). it's been on my list forever, but due to aforementioned inability to read, I still haven't gotten around to it. but he is a phenomenal writer, and he wrote one of the only two medea retellings I didn't hate, so I want to get to this one.

4. by the fire we carry (rebecca nagle). I tend to have a severe allergy to non-classics related non-fiction, since I have to read so much of it for my job, but rebecca nagle is such a role model of mine, and native american law is also a deep interest of mine, so I must read this one.

5. there are rivers in the sky (elif shafak). tbh I have no idea what it's about, but it has a gorgeous cover and it was recommended to me by someone who loved my book, and I think it is related to the epic of gilgamesh somehow, so I want to try it.

6. gilgamesh (sophus helle translation). speaking of gilgamesh. like all books I own, I've had this forever but not gotten around to it. sophus helle was supposed to do a talk at my university this semester but the event was rescheduled, so hopefully I will now actually read this before the event (famous last words).

7. love is a war song (danica nava). I'm not a big romance reader, but the second romance book I've ever read was the truth according to ember, which was danica's debut (and the first traditionally published native american romance novel!), and it was so fun that I'm very much looking forward to her second book. also a fellow debut and also really lovely.

8. the message (ta-nehisi coates). one of the few other people who can get me to read non-fiction.

9. fire exit (morgan talty). I have no idea what this one's about either (I tend to prefer going into books totally unaware), but it has been recommended to be a billion times, so I want to see why.

tagging (no pressure): @leofrith, @artschoolglasses, @findusinaweek, @alethiometry, @lionofchaeronea, @greekmythcomix

[sistahscifi]

What does it mean to live beyond the white gaze?

Author @cebocampbell joins @simonandschuster’s Vice President of Multicultural Marketing, Sienna Farris, to discuss his new novel SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS, which interrogates what it means to be Black in a world with no white people.

Cebo Campbell will join Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday November 20th to discuss his debut novel with @IsisAsare and cohosts @ConjuringLiteracy and @TheBlerdLibrary. Bring your questions; this discussion will be lit!!

https://sistahscifi.com/pages/events

#skyfullofelephants #cebocampbell #sistahscifi #scifi #postapocalyptic

@simonbooks-blog

[madamcjda3rd]

"my past does not make the sum of me. I'm free to move on and let my life lessons put the wind behind the rest of my life" - Cebo Campbell, Sky Full of Elephants.

[musingsofmonica]

September 2024 Diverse Reads

September 2024 Diverse Reads

•”The Fallen Fruit” by Shawntelle Madison, September 03, Amistad Press, Historical/Science Fiction/Time Travel/Cultural Heritage/African American & Black/Women/

•”Where They Last Saw Her” by Marcie R. Rendon, September 03, Bantam, Thriller/Suspense/ Mystery & Detective/Women Sleuths/Cultural Heritage/Native American & Aboriginal

•”Sky Full of Elephants” by Cebo Campbell, September 10, Simon & Schuster, Literary/Science Fiction/Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic/Magical Realism/Cultural Heritage/African American & Black

•”Reservoir Bitches: Stories” by Dahlia de la Cerda,  translated by Julia Sanches & Heather Cleary, September 10, Feminist Press, Science Fiction/Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic/Short Stories/Feminist/Women/World Literature/Mexico

•Rejection” by Tony Tulathimutte, September 17, William Morrow & Company, Literary/Coming of Age/Humor/Satire/Short Stories/Novel in Stories

•”Entitlement” by Rumaan Alam, September 17, Riverhead Books, Literary/Psychological/Family/Life/Social Themes

•”We Came to Welcome You” by Vincent Tirado, September 03, William Morrow & Company, Horror/Thriller/Psychological/Cultural Heritage/Diversity & Multicultural/LGBTQ 

•”Misinterpretation” by Ledia Xhoga, September 03, Tin House Books, Literary/Psychological/Women/Family Life/Marriage & Divorce/World Literature/New York/Albania  

•”Vilest Things” by Chloe Gong, September 10, S&S/Saga Press, Fantasy/Action & Adventure

Fantasy/Romantic/Asian Futurism

•”This World Is Not Yours” by Kemi Ashing-Giwa, September 10, Tor Nightfire, Horror/Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction/Space Exploration/Alien Contact/LGBTQ 

•”Colored Television” by Danzy Senna, September 03, Riverhead Books, Literary/Family Life/Racial Identity/Cultural Heritage/African American & Black/Women

•”Songs for the Brokenhearted” by Ayelet Tsabari, September 10, Random House, Literary/Historical/Family Life/World Literature/New York/Yeman

•”The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's” by 

Hanna Alkaf, September 24, Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, YA/Thriller/Suspense/Supernatural/Dark Academia/Social Themes/Girls & Women/People & Places/Asia

•”The Beauty of Us” by Farzana Doctor, September 17, ECW Press, Contemporary/School & Education/Boarding School & Prep School/Social Themes/Girls & Women

•“We're Alone: Essays” by Edwidge Danticat, September 03, Graywolf Press. Personal Memoir/Essays/Short Essays/Essay Collection/Reportage/Ethnic Studies/Environmental Conservation & Protection/Caribbean & Latin American/Haiti

•”The Cottage Around the Corner” by D. L. Soria, September 03, Random House Worlds, Contemporary/Romance/Romantic Comedy/Fantasy

•”When Haru Was Here” by Dustin Thao, September 03, Wednesday Books, Contemporary/Romance/Social Themes/Death, Grief, Bereavement/LGBTQ

•”Adam & Evie's Matchmaking Tour” by Nora Nguyen, September 24, Avon Books, Contemporary/Romance/Romantic Comedy/Women/Cultural Heritage/Asian American/World Literature/Vietmam

•“We'll Prescribe You a Cat” by Syou Ishida, travel by E Madison Shimoda, September 03, Berkley Books, Contemporary/Family Life/Animals/World Literature/Japan

•”We Need No Wings” by Ann Dávila Cardinal, September 10, Sourcebooks Landmark, Contemporary/Magical Realism/Family Life/Death/Women/Cultural Heritage/Hispanic & Latino/World Literature/Spain 

[dandelion-network]

I finished Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell, a speculative fiction novel released this year in September. It took me about 3 days to get through, not a long book at all. I'm having difficulty articulating the plot of the story so I recommend just reading it on your own. It is a story created for a discussion of Black identity and the Black experience in the United States - both through trauma and joy.

I'm having difficulty in articulating my feelings about the story in general and I mean that neutrally. I don't know how I feel about the ending. There's some gender essentialism in there from some characters that rubs me the way but it is reflective of our reality. The book does a good jump of not shying away from people's faults and harmful beliefs.

It's a book I wish I read it as part of a book discussion.

White people might feel uncomfortable reading it and I highly encourage white people to seek out stories that may make them uncomfortable. Everyone should, just as a challenge to ourselves for potential growth and further understanding of each other.

It's a good book, full of beautiful imagery and depictions of Black cultures and Black people. Really loved the connections between Blackness and the cosmos.

[inconsequesntialmusings]

From the book “Violet in some Places” by Cebo Campbell

[sistahscifi]

Happy book birthday to Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell!!!

Thank you SOOO much to all the Sistah Scifi Siblings that preordered signed hardcover editions from us!! Our gratitude is boundless; your order will ship by 09/17. 

https://sistahscifi.com/products/sky-full-of-elephants-a-novel

Credit to @simonbooks In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black? @cebocampbell’s debut novel SKY FULL OF ELEPHANTS offers a post-racial apocalyptic world in which a father and daughter set out on a road trip south toward what is now called the Kingdom of Alabama—where everything they thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. 

#skyfullofelephants #cebocampbell #sistahscifi #magicalrealism 

[madamcjda3rd]

"Better is a direction" - Cebo Campbell, Sky Full of Elephants

[dandelion-network]

I started Cebo Campbell's Sky Full of Elephants today and wow. Halfway through and I can already tell it's going to be a favorite. The imagery is very poetic and the story being about the hunt and desperation for identity is hittin hard. It's also a fast read. I imagine I'll have it finished by the end of the 3-day weekend.

[sistahscifi]

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What does it mean to be Black in a world without white people? In this captivating novel, a cataclysmic event leaves Charlie Brunton, a Black professor at Howard University, and his estranged daughter, Sidney, navigating a radically changed America. As they journey across the “post-racial” landscape, they confront new realities, their identities, and the power of community. Dive into this heartwarming tale of healing, self-discovery, and the redefinition of Black identity. Available now!

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