{"id":1476,"date":"2025-08-28T17:07:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=1476"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:11:03","slug":"after-omelas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/after-omelas","title":{"rendered":"After Omelas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1026\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover-210x215.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>After Omelas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>by Clive Knights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the profound short story by Ursula K Le Guin titled &#8220;The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas&#8221;, Clive Knights created 61 original interpretive collages, a selection of which accompanied a new fine press, handmade limited edition of the story, recently published by No Reply Press. Here all 61 collages are presented in full colour alongside an introductory text and a long form essay on the cultural significance of collage authored by Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/clive-knights-In_brown_bags_tied_up_with_string-210x210.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>In brown bags tied up with string<\/em> by Clive Knights<br>11&#8243;x11&#8243;; paper collage; 2022. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><br><em>After Omelas<\/em><br>by Clive Knights<br>8.5&#8243;x8.5&#8243;; 168 pages<br>ISBN 9798282782646<br>$25 USD<br>Published by <a href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/5nlc6vo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fragmented Editions<\/a>, Portland, Oregon, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase the book from Amazon <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/5nlc6vo\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> or directly from the author (and receive an original collage) by sending a DM on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/knightsclive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@knightsclive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Clive Knights<br \/>\nFragmented Editions, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1477,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/after-omelas-cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8O04t-nO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1510,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476\/revisions\/1510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}