Review of Rosalind’s Siblings
Rosalind’s Siblings, edited by Bogi Takács (Atthis Arts, 2023), is an anthology of stories and poetry about scientists of marginalized genders, inspired by the erasure of Rosalind Franklin’s scientific discoveries and inspirations. The stories and poetry are wide ranging across genres and themes, though all with the central core of science and gender.
Favorites of mine in this collection were “Collecting Ynes” by Lisa M. Bradley, which combines a catalogue of plants with the magical realism story of a woman and her life in relation to these varied plants. I also really enjoyed Cameron Van Sant’s “LDR,” a slightly surreal story of a transmasc astronaut on Venus. Finally, “Singing Goblin Songs” by Leigh Harlen was a lovely tale of a botanist and non-binary lepidopterist figuring out what was going on with odd moths with the help of a local little girl.
These are only a few of the marvelous stories in Rosalind’s Siblings. I enjoyed the whole anthology, though these stories stood out above the rest for me personally. If you like reading about scientists regardless of gender, this is an anthology well worth picking up!
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