I’ll be attending ICFA (the conference for the international association for the fantastic in the arts) in Orlando this March. My schedule, for those that would appreciate it: Thurs, March 16, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. — (Creative) Editing Beyond the Western World Neil Clarke, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Cecilia Tan Thursday March […]
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Good morning, peoples. Advice wanted from readers & writers! So, I have a pretty urgent need to amp. up the writing cash flow around here if I want to keep paying my staff (who keep me sane with managing social media, designing books, etc. and so on, so I can focus on writing and making).
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Lovely of Locus to do a feature about the SLF’s Portolan Project! This is where most of my volunteer time goes (well, aside from school board), and it’s great to get some more visibility for what we’re trying to do — expand access to creative and lit. education…to the world! If you end up trying
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Got a lovely note from an ESL teacher this morning, asking for permission to distribute and teach my poem, “Homesick,” to her class. She’d seen it when I was posting about the South Asia Institute‘s “Testimonies on Paper,” exhibit. I particularly love the idea of ESL students encountering this poem, and hopefully finding it resonant
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If anyone feels like throwing in a few bucks into the fundraiser for this Pakistani speculative fiction project, here’s the link — they could use a bit of help. Bringing out professional writers to teach their students is a new element of the project, and a financial strain for the organizers, especially with flight costs
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Recorded another episode of our podcast this morning with Benjamin Rosenbaum — mostly posting this so I can show off how much more vibrant my Zoom background looks, with Kavi’s painting hanging on the office wall. Today was sort of a grab bag episode — Ben and I haven’t talked in a while, so we
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Quick note that I’ll be serving on the World Fantasy Awards jury, for my sins. A lot of reading ahead of me this semester… https://file770.com/2023-world-fantasy-awards-judges…/
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Last night, Kevin and I went to the opening reception for “Testimonies on Paper” at the South Asia Institute. It was honestly so cool, to see my poems displayed like this, along with the artwork by Zarina that they were in conversation with. Her piece, “Atlas of My World IV” I find particularly moving —
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Quick note about an upcoming exhibit featuring some of my poetry: Testimonies on Paper: Art and Poetry of South Asian Women, at the (relatively new) South Asia Institute in Chicago (1925 S. Michigan Ave.). I’m excited they’ll be featuring my work as part of this! This is the website with all the information: https://www.saichicago.org/exhibition/testimonies-on-paper and
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VARIETY: “Stephen Colbert [et al.] to Produce ‘Chronicles of Amber’ TV Series Adaptation” https://variety.com/…/stephen-colbert-chronicles-of…/ Variety reports that the team is still looking for a writer. (Hey, Stephen — pick me! I loved Amber. ) (Okay, I shouldn’t be the lead writer, because I’m way too inexperienced, but boy, I’d love to be in the writer’s
