Bonus Episode: Read After Burning

Published: March 26, 2021, 1:18 p.m.

In this bonus episode, the One World team shares an excerpt of Maria Dahvana Headley’s short story called “Read after Burning,” from the audiobook of A People’s Future of the United States, a spectacular collection of speculative fiction from 25 extraordinary writers, edited by Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams. In this excerpt from "Read After Burning," the main character is born into a broken, oppressive world where books and stories are being destroyed. Despite witnessing and enduring countless horrors and injustices, the narrator still finds hope and a way to survive through ingenuity and imagination. To get the full story and/or the whole collection, visit www.penguinrandomhouse.com