Something More and More 
WisCon Guests of Honor Series
Limited Edition of 175
Something More and More is published in conjunction with the appearance of Nisi Shawl as the Guest of Honor at WisCon 3r, May
26-30, 2011 Madison, WI
He manifested relatively whole, unrotted. Post one of his many
surgeries, with makeup evening out the white patches on his poor
skin. But beautiful. His song shimmered in the blackness, sweet
and silver, ice and snow. About mirrors. Rianne reached out with
insubstantial arms and held the mojo toward his chopped up face...
—from “Pataki”
Something More and More collects stories about hoodoo women and musicians,
and essays about reading, crowns, and the work of Octavia E. Butler. It
also includes a new interview of Nisi by Eileen Gunn, in which she talks about
editing, being edited, and the competing charms of writing and making music.
...Music is essential and powerful in my life, and, I believe, in the
world as well. At one point I had to choose which to concentrate on:
music or writing. This was in my mid-thirties. I thought I was a bit long in the tooth for a music career, plus bands are so bumpy and full
of egos. Writing you can do more or less on your own—you don’t
have to, but you can. Music is so seductive, though—the payoff is
more immediate, feeling the resonance of a guitar next to your heart,
being inside the sound at the same time the sound is inside you...
—from Eileen Gunn’s “Interview with Nisi Shawl”
Nisi Shawl reads from Something More, May 29, 2021.
ISBN: 978-1-933500-75-1 (13 digit)
Publication Date: Jun 2011
paperback 116 pages
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