I’m still reading — and enjoying Moondancer Drake’s Ancestral Magic. Until I get the chance to do an actual review, here’s a couple of fabulous signal boosts. :)
Ahem!
Delux_Vivens linked to Inside the Favelas
Linda Addison has a new collection out, entitled How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop continues to wow
Nisi [...]
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This here is a new series designed to boost the profile of SF authors of color. First up, we have a few signal boosts: I meant to post this yesterday, but work things got in the way. Then the ever-wonderful Cleolinda posted the long, long post I was going to write and said everything I was going to say. So I’ll keep mine short. I suggest you click over to Cleolinda’s blog for the full story. Seriously. In the wake of the Fuck You Jim Butcher post a lot of the “It’s fantasy, don’t get offended” rhetoric is circulating again. Nothing new, but I’m a little perplexed by the argument that using real racial slurs (like Injun or Tar Baby) for fictional characters means that those real slurs are [...] Newer readers of this blog may not be aware that, in addition to being angry and black and female, I also write fiction. Science fiction and fantasy, in particular. Several years ago I attended a 6-week intensive writing workshop called Clarion West, which is an organization that brings together promising new writers with amazing and [...] (crossposted from my personal blog) Brazilian fantasy action flick Besouro available to watch at this link People often tell me that they had no idea from reading posts here on the ABW that I also write fiction and have a secret second life. And I often forget that people here may not even follow my other blog, so I don’t always cross post certain news that I really should. In an [...] Looking at this list, I’m starting to think the SF/F community just might be changing for the better (finally): Right now on my hard drive I have a huge virtual stack of fiction, poetry and essays by writers of color. We’re talking award-nominated and award-winning stories by some of the fanciest writers of color to ever set pen to paper. Don’t believe me? Here’s the list: Judgment of Swords and Souls by Saladin Ahmed |
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