"Salaam treats words like the seductive weapons they are. She wields them to weave fierce, gorgeous stories that stroke your sensibilities, challenge your preconceptions and leave you breathless with their beauty."--Nalo Hopkinson, Author of the Nebula nominated novel The New Moon's Arms Kiini Ibura Salaam's short stories (and the characters who inhabit them) are vital, fantastic in all senses of the word, audacious and tender."--Kelly Link, author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated collection Get In Trouble In this eagerly-awaited collection, Kiini Ibura Salaam continues her exploration of the dark, the sensual, and the mysterious with fiction that disturbs, delights, and dazzles. The five stories and one novella collected in When the World Wounds examine the tumultuous nature of the human condition through such wild imaginings as sensual encounters with deer, escapism in a dystopic prison, and volcano women. In "The Taming," a lupine creature is trapped by beasts whose nefarious nature is beyond their prey's understanding. In "Hemmie's Calenture," a woman escaping enslavement is thrust into a war between gods. "The Pull of the Wing" is the prequel to Salaam's wildly popular Of Wings, Nectar, and Ancestors trilogy. "Because of the Bone Man" transports readers to the desolate landscape of post-Katrina New Orleans and the struggle of the city's culture bearers to carry on. A welcome follow-up to Salaam's award-winning Ancient, Ancient, When the World Wounds is perceptive and engaging as it examines our world's callous and perilous landscapes while tickling the imagination and startling the senses. "Kiini Ibura Salaam is a natural-born storyteller and a gorgeous writer who chooses her characters and words with the care and skill of a poet. Her stories are transformative, wise and vivid with the quality of fantasy and fable. I loved reading this!"--Sherre Renee Thomas, Editor of the World Fantasy Award winning anthology Dark Matter: Reading the Bones "Salaam's collection...introduces readers to alternate worlds built around magic, sensuality, sexuality, and the search for emotional comfort, however tenuous...Salaam's unusual settings and lonely characters will call to readers who hunger for sex, identity, or just a place to belong." --Publishers Weekly Kiini Ibura Salaam's first collection Ancient, Ancient (Aqueduct Press, 2012) won the James Tiptree Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Co-op is available. Media: A trailer for the book itself plus multiple videos for select poems will be produced. Galleys and Reviews: Galleys will be made and review copies sent to Rolling Stone, Vice, New York Times, Dark Matter, Locus, Asimov's Fantasy and Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and more. Video: Professional videos for both a single poem from the collection and a trailer for the general book will be made. Different celebrities and authors from both the TMR family and Salaam's circles will be contacted to participate.We will also be approaching several celebrities and writers to record and/or blurb Salaam's writing: People Salaam will contact that are acquaintances: Jack Womack (writer) Walter Mosely (writer) Jeff VanderMeer (writer/editor) Nnedi Okorafor (writer) Nalo Hopkinson (writer) Kelly Link (writer) Sofia Samatar (writer) Saul Williams (poet/musician) People TMR/TMB will approach Meshell Ndegeocello (musician) Erykah Badu (musician) Kehinde Wiley (painter) Kara Walker (painter) Helen Oyeyemi (writer) Wangechi Mutu (visual artist) Meshell Ndegeocello (musician) Erykah Badu (musician) Touring: Salaam performs regularly live and has appeared on television and radio. Online: Salaam has her own wedpage, twitter, and Facebook page. For the past ten years, Kiini has written/blogged the KIS.list, an e-column that explores the writing life. Social Media: *TMB and TMR use all social media platforms regularly to post reviews, excerpts and profiles related to TMB authors. We also have sent exclusive audio downloads of select authors to our Vault subscription service. This download is always accompanied by blurbs, photos, links to relevant sites, and author bio. *Third Man Books Twitter 2,358 Followers *Third Man Records Twitter 118k Followers *Third Man Records FB 135,830 Likes *Third Man Records.com receives an average 3500 visits per day *Third Man Records Instagram has 64k Followers *Third Man Books.com is housed within ThirdManRecords.com

About the Author
Kiini Ibura Salaam is a writer, painter, and traveler from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her first collection Ancient, Ancient (Aqueduct Press, 2012) won the James Tiptree Jr. Award, was short listed for the William L. Crawford Award, and was selected by Locus magazine for their 2012 Recommended Reading List. Her fiction has appeared in Dark Matter, Mojo: Conjure Stories, Unconventional Fantasy and many other anthologies. Her nonfiction has been published in Colonize This!, Utne Reader, and Ms. among other publications. She documents her observations on the writing life in the Notes From the Trenches ebook series. She lives in Brooklyn, and snapshots of her work can be found at kiiniibura.com.


Book Information
ISBN 9780991336159
Author Kiini Ibura Salaam
Format Paperback
Page Count 258
Imprint Third Man Books
Publisher Third Man Books
Weight(grams) 340g