Experiments in Imagining Otherwise

Every broken window is a new opportunity. Every burnt ember is construction material.

‘An extraordinary book … A joy to read and to think with.’ — The New Statesman

‘Offer[s], above all else, hope for humanity … should be required reading for everyone.’ — The Guardian

‘Expansive and generous.’ — TANK

‘A groundbreaking and necessary read.’ — Book Riot

‘I felt my brain spark and spin with possibility and confrontation … in all its bright, rich generosity, it reminds me that our reality is all a fiction.’ — gal-dem

‘One of the most interesting and inspiring feminist thinkers working in Britain today, Olufemi here cements her reputation as a powerful literary voice as well as a key political theorist.’ — Red Pepper

‘Reading this book encouraged me and made me feel less alone … I cannot recommend this book enough.’ — Bad Form

‘A necessary intervention … to go beyond the experiential and into the experimental.’ — LSE Review of Books

‘Intelligent, brave and challenging.’ — Totally Dublin

‘What is given is the act of giving itself—an invitation to think.’ — Review 31

‘Lola’s writing crackles kindness and oozes fury. Above all, it is direct … Everybody needs to read this book.’ — SPAM

‘A manifestation, not a manifesto ... Genreless, genreful … a living gift with which to make gifts of life.’ — periodicities

‘Lola’s writing ... makes me embrace feeling like a dreamer.’ — Zoé Samudzi, co-author of As Black as Resistance

‘A balm that soothes the soul and eases the heart ... an open invitation through the portal ... into the otherwise.’ — Gail Lewis, co-founder of the Organisation for Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD)

‘Reading this book wrought magic in my spirit. I am floored! I am flying! … Here is some breath-giving medicine for this gasping historic moment. Here are some weapons for lovers, for feminists.’ — Sophie Lewis, author of Abolish the Family and Full Surrogacy Now

‘Reminds us once more: the light is within us!’ — Imani Robinson, writer and curator

‘I was blown away ... It’s rare to come across a voice so committed to challenging every convention ... with such generosity, clarity and freshness of tone.’ — Preti Taneja, author of Aftermath and We That Are Young

‘Alive with ideas, jokes, dreams, rage and wisdom.’ — Sita Balani, co-author of Empire’s Endgame

Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and CREAM/Stuart Hall Foundation researcher from London. Her work focuses on the uses of the feminist imagination and its relationship to futurity, political demands and imaginative-revolutionary potential. She is the author of Experiments in Imagining Otherwise and Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power , the co-author of A FLY Girl’s Guide to University , and a member of ‘bare minimum’, an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective.