Celu Amberstone
Celu Amberstone (born 1947), sometimes seen as Celu Amberston, is a Canadian writer of fantasy and science fiction.
Early life and education
Celu Amberstone is of Cherokee and Scots-Irish ancestry. She is blind, from prenatal exposure to rubella. She holds a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology and a master's degree in health education.[1]
Career
Books by Amberstone include Blessings of the Blood: A Book of Menstrual Lore and Rituals for Women (1991),[2] Deepening the Power: Community Ritual and Sacred Theatre (Beach Holme Publishing 1995),[3] and The Dreamer's Legacy (Kegedonce Press 2012).[4] Her short story "Refugees" appears in So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004), edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan.[5] "Refugees" was also excerpted in Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (2012), edited by Grace L. Dillon.[6] The story has been the subject of several scholarly articles, as an example of Indigenous Futurism.[7][8][9][10]
Personal life
Amberstone lives in Victoria, British Columbia.[1]
References
- 1 2 "On Writing, with Celu Amberstone" Open Book Ontario (May 8, 2012).
- ↑ Celu Amberston, Blessings of the Blood: A Book of Menstrual Lore and Rituals for Women (Beach Holme Publishing 1991). ISBN 9780888782991
- ↑ Celu Amberston, Deepening the Power: Community Ritual and Sacred Theatre (Beach Holme Publishing 1995). ISBN 9780888783578
- ↑ Celu Amberstone, The Dreamer's Legacy (Kegedonce Press 2012). ISBN 9780978499891
- ↑ N. A. Hayes, "Review of So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan" Pop Matters (June 21, 2004.
- ↑ Grace L. Dillon, Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (University of Arizon Press 2012). ISBN 9780816529827
- ↑ Joy Sanchez-Taylor, "Interplanetary Diaspora and Fourth World Representation in Celu Amberstone's 'Refugees'" Extrapolation 58(1)(2017): 77-94.
- ↑ Grace Dillon, "Miindiwag and Indigenous Diaspora: Eden Robinson's and Celu Amberstone's Forays into 'Postcolonial' Science Fiction and Fantasy" Extrapolation 48(2)(2007): 219-243.
- ↑ Agnieszka Podruczna, "The Diaspora in Space: The Question of Home, Ancestry and Heritage in Celu Amberstone’s 'Refugees'" TransCanadiana 6(2013): 263-273.
- ↑ David T. Fortin, "Indigenous architectural futures: Potentials for post-apocalyptic spatial speculation" Beyond Architecture: New Intersections and Connections (2014): 475-483.
External links
- Celu Amberstone at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Celu Amberstone at the Kegedonce Press website.