Medieval Archives - Genesis Brand

Lauren Groff Spins a Dreamy Novel of Determined Love and Fierce Feminism in Medieval England

September 8, 2021Lydia Livingston

Lauren Groff’s Matrix (out now) opens on a bitter winter day in England, 1158. Nun-to-be Marie is alone, shivering, and riding out of the forest towards her new home, a “pale and aloof” abbey overlooking a valley leached of life.… Continue Reading →

For an Epic Queer Fantasy in Medieval China, Explore the World of “She Who Became the Sun”

July 15, 2021Lydia Livingston

She Who Became the Sun, the striking debut novel by Shelley Parker-Chan out July 20, makes it official: it’s a very, very good time to be a fantasy fan. A genre in which anything is possible should be a genre… Continue Reading →