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Gifted
Written by: Maia Brown-Jackson
Paperback | Pages: 98
Ebook | Pages: 92
Size: 5.5w x 8.25h
ISBN: 9781969098024; 9781969098031
Publication Date: 02/24/2026
About The Book
Gifted by Maia Brown-Jackson lives at the junction of dystopian fantasy, feminist manifesto, and poetic narrative. Skillfully blending the genres of mythology, science fiction, romance, and horror with the sarcastic narration of Death and a Greek chorus, and imbued with the energy of modern YA Lit. Gifted's self-aware heroine openly defies the cliche of being the "chosen one" and instead seeks to find her self-worth as more than merely a hero. In this speculative and repressive future, eerily reminiscent of the crisis of our present, Brown-Jackson asks her reader to question the role they've been assigned in life.
Gifted asks us to consider, when faced with a cause in which we truly believe, what might we be willing to sacrifice?
Praise for Gifted:
“Gifted is not a poetry book. It’s a war cry wrapped in silk. It’s a myth dug up from under your ribcage. It’s a broken mirror and a lit match and the softest fucking whisper of hope you have ever felt brushing your cheek just when you were sure you couldn’t go on. And it is, I will say this with the fervour of someone absolutely losing it in a back pew of some velvet-lit queer church, one of the most extraordinary poetry collections I have ever read. Period. Full stop. Send the chorus home. Burn the scripts. Replace the book on the altar. We’ve got some screaming to
do.”
—Ryan Stephen Thornton, author of Salt-Rimmed Breath on Jazz-Thigh Gospel
“Gifted felt like delving into an epic poem. The promise of the characters, setting, themes wereall beautifully delivered upon.… Gifted made me think about my own life, my own pains, andwhat an ending means. This was a raw, empowering story of surviving sacrifice told through atruly unique poetic style.”
—Christian Ochoa, founder of comicalfoods publishing