Softness Nnedi Okorafor Rainey’s There’s No Time Like

Rainey’s There’s No Time Like the Present continues to upend grand science fiction gestures with a deep desire to understand the emotional lives of the common man (nerd)

Devastated at the loss of his friend

" — Gary Panter - Rozz Tox

this handsome hardcover edition is filled with annotated scripts

preppy white guys weren’t about preference

Softness Nnedi Okorafor Rainey’s There’s No Time LikeBy Jean Oberlander. Published by Common Threads Press. Softcover, 32 pages, Prose with Monochrome Illustrations, 2025 Unravelling the semantics of the ugly jumper, the ratty cardigan and the squishy mittens. Softness is a poetic reflection on hand knitting and the neglected objects that give us nourishment. A straggly jumper, shrunken in a hot wash. A frayed sleeve, mended with different wool. A garish sweater, coffee stained but decidedly unwashed,