Desert Books

[cereus_sphinx]

(this post inspired by this series of posts on my Kemetic blog)

So when we're talking about "representation" in books (and movies and...)

I think that one of the most important types of representation in books for me, personally are desert books.  Even more than trans or disabled characters, for example.

No matter where you are in the United States

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[lb_lee]

We actually grew up in Texas, so we developed a lust for forest in part BECAUSE of growing up in--well, it wasn't quite DESERT, but it was pretty close.

If you're interested in comic books, a lot of the Hernandez Brothers' "Love and Rockets" take place in the Mexican desert--particularly the "Heartbreak Soup" arcs. Also, if you'll pardon the shameless advertising, my story world of Infinity Smashed is divided between rainy New Zealand forest and Arizona desert city.

I guess it's no surprise I don't associate "light" with purity, healing, or niceness. I just associate it with BURNING. Darkness is the pleasant place, for me!

--Rogan