Thu, 05/13/2021
LAWRENCE – For a decade, using the pen names Rose and then R.B. Lemberg, Renee Perelmutter has created a fantastic literary universe concerned with issues and told from the viewpoint of gender fluidity.
That growing collection of poems, stories and short novels is set in what the University of Kansas associate professor and director of Jewish studies calls the Birdverse – a universe of humans who worship an avian deity – and it is striking a chord with contemporary readers.
For the second time now a Birdverse book, in this case the novella “The Four Profound Weaves,” (Tachyon Publications, 2020) has been shortlisted for perhaps the most prestigious award in the field of sci-fi and fantasy – the Nebula given by the Science Fiction Writers of America. “The Four Profound Weaves” is also a finalist for this year’s Ignyte and Locus awards.