SCIFI CLASS 9: Glass Bottle Trick by Nalo Hopkinson

We have been in and out of this world. Now we are making our way back home. Let's re-center ourselves.

This week we will be discussing Glass Bottle Trick (2000) by Nalo Hopkinson.

Nalo Hopkinson "was born in Jamaica and grew up in Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Canada, where she lived since age sixteen...Hopkinson has gained universal acclaim as one of the most impressively original authors to emerge in years...Now she presents Skin Folk, a richly vibrant collection of short fiction that ranges from Trinidad to Toronto from fantastic folklore to frightening futures, from houses of deadly humans to realms of dark sexuality. Powerful and sensual, disturbing and triumphant, these tales explore the surface of modern existence...and delve under the skin of eternal legends".
                                                                                        -- From Skin Folk (2001)

The Glass Bottle Trick is a short story in the collection Skin Folk. The story confronts issues of race, class, gender, reproductive issues, superstition, and magic.