{"id":74657,"date":"2026-02-15T22:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/?p=74657"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:36:13","slug":"ring-shout-february-reading-selection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/2026\/02\/15\/ring-shout-february-reading-selection\/","title":{"rendered":"Ring Shout: February Reading Selection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-74659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/rings.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"334\"><strong>Ring Shout<\/strong>, the 2021 Nebula Award winner by P. Dj\u00e8l\u00ed Clark is our February reading group selection. Books are in stock now and discounted 15%. Because of the late arrival of books we will meet at Book Beat or online a week later than usual on <strong>Wednesday, March 4<\/strong> at <strong>7 PM<\/strong>. A link to the online zoom meeting will be sent on the day of the meeting. If you&#8217;d like to receive notices send us your name and email and we&#8217;ll add you to our reading group list. Meetings are free and open to the public.The Book Beat reading group has been meeting monthly since the late 90s to discuss quality world lit in translation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Dj\u00e8l\u00ed Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan&#8217;s reign of terror<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination&#8230;Clark\u2019s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.\u201d \u2014<em>The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Named a Best of the Year Pick by NPR | Library Journal | Book Riot | LitReactor | Bustle | Polygon | Washington Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeverishly inventive period adventure\u2026. At once rousing, boisterous, and clever.\u201d \u2014<em>Kirkus Reviews<\/em>, starred review<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReaders will be both captivated and entertained by this fast-paced alternate history, which doubles as a meditation on the all-consuming power of hate and violence.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Publishers Weekly<\/em>, starred review<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a story of Black female power, drawn from both the old and new worlds, a tale that honors the Black American experience in all its complexity, and yet also delivers in its Lovecraftian delight.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014<em>Library Journal<\/em>, starred review<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebookbeat.com\/backroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/clark.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\">Born in New York and raised mostly in Houston, P. DJ\u00c8L\u00cd CLARK (he\/him) spent part of his childhood in Trinidad and Tobago, the homeland of his parents. He is the author of the novel <em>A Master of Djinn<\/em> and the novellas <em>Ring Shout,<\/em> <em>The Black God\u2019s Drums<\/em>, and <em>The Haunting of Tram Car 015<\/em>. He has won the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and been nominated for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and Sturgeon Awards. He is also a founding member of FIYAH Magazine of <em>Black Speculative Fiction<\/em> and an infrequent reviewer at <em>Strange Horizons.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ring Shout, the 2021 Nebula Award winner by P. 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