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Susan Ramirez

"Breaking news: you are not the center of any universe. Not the actual universe. Not the literary universe. None universes is the total sum of which you are the center."

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Reactor · How Not to Be All About What It’s Not All About: Further Thoughts on Writing About Someone Else’s Culture and Experience - ReactorThis essay is a sequel to Charlie Jane Ander’s essay, “Never Say You Can’t Survive: When Is It Okay To Write About Someone Else’s Culture or Experience?” (published October 6, 2020) And Gladly Wolde I Lerne I teach an average of 70 writing classes a year—overseas, online, in local library meeting rooms. Most of these […]
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Paul Semel

Eight years after releasing the iconic steampunk novel "Everfair," author Nisi Shawl has returned to that story's realm for an AfroRetroFuturism / mycopunk sequel, "Kinning." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
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Hoochie Daddy

Book 29: “New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color” edited by #NisiShawl.

Read this after learning a Mastodon mutual is in it. Tend to have a hard time with short story collections, but this one slowly grew on me. I loved the author bios and having a better sense of what informed their pieces, especially as POC authors in this genre. “New Suns” makes up for some of its less successful parts by gathering these voices together into a greater whole.

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Cover illustration of the back of a Black woman’s head. She’s wearing an elaborate headdress that’s both traditional and technological, wires intertwined with her braids along with planetary jewelry. “Introduction by LEVAR BURTON. Including stories by INDRAPRAMIT DAS, E LILY YU, REBECCA ROANHORSE, ANIL MENON, JAYMEE GOH, and many others.
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