Kicking off another year, looking back on 2016 in my writing life–and what I might hope for in 2017.
For the Good of the Order: Writing Goals 2017
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Christopher Columbus: Our Original Invader from Mars
Originally written in 2013, this is the final chapter in a three-part installment on Christopher Columbus beginning with The Other Explorers and Hunting Prestor John in the End Times. This post ponders how the destruction of the Americas, and the accompanying legacies of colonialism and slavery, help shape the fears of our popular imaginings–including science fiction.
Appropriating The Self- Revisiting The Africa of Our Imaginations
In the wake of a controversy over who the culture of an entire continent belongs to within the context of its far-flung descendants (many quite involuntarily flung at that), I revisit a set of blog posts I wrote several years ago regarding speculative fiction, world building, “appropriation” and the Africa of our imaginations. Can one appropriate the self?
…Wished Away to the Cornfield
This blog’s been deserted for almost two months. Seems I got wished away to the cornfield by Anthony again…that kid is a gem. Will try and make my way back soon.
Whispers: *Think good thoughts.*
Early Black Writers, Speculative Fiction and Confronting Racial Terror
In the bleakest of moments African-American writers have turned to literature to confront racial terror and the trauma it could induce–turning to poetry, personal narratives, plays and novels. Sometimes, they even dreamed of the fantastic.
Phenderson Djèlí Clark 