Celu Amberstone Explained

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, including the lecture "Early America through the Lens of Science Fiction" by Laura M. Stevens of the University of Tulsa at her lecture in Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Personal life

Amberstone lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

External links

• • Celu Amberstone at the Kegedonce Press website.

Notes and References

1. http://www.openbookontario.com/news/writing_celu_amberstone/ "On Writing, with Celu Amberstone"
2. Celu Amberston, Blessings of the Blood: A Book of Menstrual Lore and Rituals for Women (Beach Holme Publishing 1991).
3. Celu Amberston, Deepening the Power: Community Ritual and Sacred Theatre (Beach Holme Publishing 1995).
4. Celu Amberstone, The Dreamer's Legacy (Kegedonce Press 2012).
5. 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.
6. Grace L. Dillon, Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (University of Arizona Press 2012).
7. Joy Sanchez-Taylor, "Interplanetary Diaspora and Fourth World Representation in Celu Amberstone's 'Refugees'" Extrapolation 58(1)(2017): 77-94.
8. 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.
9. Agnieszka Podruczna, "The Diaspora in Space: The Question of Home, Ancestry and Heritage in Celu Amberstone's 'Refugees'" TransCanadiana 6(2013): 263-273.
10. David T. Fortin, "Indigenous architectural futures: Potentials for post-apocalyptic spatial speculation" Beyond Architecture: New Intersections and Connections (2014): 475-483.
11. Laura M. Stevens, "Early America through the Lens of Science Fiction" lecture, Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany: OK June 27, 2019.