Serendib Writing

Raindrops

Raindrops I am curled up in bed, reading against his chest, and I must have made some noise because he asks what’s up. That triggers a flood of words — the book is full of relationship stuff, and it’s good but also making me think about things, and I’m a little frustrated with a friend …

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Question on Natasha Pulley

Quick lit. question — does anyone know if Natasha Pulley identifies as trans? I’m just finishing _The Half Life of Valery K_, and there are a few lines towards the end that indicate the protagonist might be trans. I think I’ve read all of Pulley’s novels at this point, and while the setting of each …

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Teaching at Berkeley

This will be fun — I’ve been invited to present at Berkeley as part of a 3-day program about speculative fiction from around the world. I’ll be presenting about South Asian and South Asian diaspora speculative fiction and will lead a discussion about one or two particular short stories (suitable for young adult readers). It’s …

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Editing Beyond the Western World

Panel: (Creative) Editing Beyond the Western World — we had a good discussion with myself, Mimi Mondal, and Neil Clarke, even though Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Cecilia Tan had to join us by Zoom. Cecilia kindly wrote up a brief blog post summarizing some of the discussion: https://blog.ceciliatan.com/archives/4555 The panel was followed by me and …

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