1984

1984Written 75 years ago, 1984 was George Orwells chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever This 75th Anniversary Edition includes: A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins Valdez, author of Take My Hand, winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary WorkFiction A New Afterword by Sandra Newman, author of Julia:

Sam senses something is off

from the author of The Secret Chord

THE DEFINITIVE EDITION • Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life

aching love letter to stories

traditional gender roles

strict routines

But in a world that is shifting and corroding in frightening ways

an alchemy of romantic elements held in perfect harmony

exploring the quest for transcendence and the desire for love

and the celebrations of her second coming-of-age into a laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays that anyone who’s ever been at a turning point in their life or career can relate to

is an unflinching look at what it means to live and write our own lives

Miranda is assaulted by one of the inhabitants of the islands