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calling spec poets of color!
(Also posted to foc_u; sorry for overlap).
...A little orc horde help?
I'm co-editor of Stone Telling, a literary/speculative poetry zine dedicated to boundary-crossing and multi-perspective poetry. Nearly half the poems in our last few issues have been by poets of color; we're pretty pleased with this, though we can always do better ( Read more... ) -
from comiccon 2011
The Racialicious/Racebending panel vid is up. -
more steampunk @ tor.com
The Problem With “Asian Steampunk”It’s not that the phrase “Asian Steampunk” is intrinsically flawed. It’s just that the range of concepts displayed in “Asian Steampunk,” whether fiction, gaming, or costumes, are so so... limited. You’d never catch “Western Steampunk” limiting itself to cowboys, hard-boiled detectives, and British bobbies. Why then ( Read more... ) -
rachel luttrell
her new cd is out. promo includes bonus adorable son.
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tobias buckell kickstarting the apocalypse ocean.
One of the most frequent questions I get is 'when will you write a sequel to Crystal Rain/Ragamuffin/Sly Mongoose.' The truth is, I have most of the outline for the fourth book already written, as well as a chunk of the opening already done. And I think it would be great to see it fully written ( Read more... ) -
"Doctor Who and Race" - new anthology
An Australian academic, Dr Lindy Orthia, has a CFP out for contributions to a new anthology on Doctor Who and race. She's looking for personal reflections as well as academic essays, for a mixed academic and non-academic audience. I thought some members of this comm might be interested in contributing (and of course reading eventually!) It comes ( Read more... ) -
janelle on tour
Janelle Monáe, the Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer and performer, and one of today’s hottest emerging artistic entrepreneurs with her own record label known as The Wondaland Arts Society, has signed on to headline the seventh biannual Campus Consciousness Tour (CCT ( Read more... ) -
and the ya world makes strides for diversity... not.
We are published authors who co-wrote a post-apocalyptic young adult novel. When we set out to find an agent for it, we expected to get some rejections. But we never expected to be offered representation… on the condition that we make a gay character straight, or cut him out altogether ( Read more... )
