Podcasts about Rivers Solomon

En este décimo programa de la segunda temporada hablamos en profundidad de las distopías y lo hacemos en compañía de una autora invitada: Enerio Dima. También hacemos un repaso a las finalistas de los Premios Kelvin 505 y del último número de la revista de La Nave Invisible. Tripulantes: Presenta Andrea, con Laura Organa, Carmen y Enerio Dima. Distopías mencionadas: El cuento de la criada (Margaret Atwood), La saga de Maddaddam (Margaret Atwood), Los juegos del hambre (Suzanne Collins), Todo va a mejorar (Almudena Grandes), relatos de Xia Jia, Only ever yours (Louise O'Neill), An unkindness of ghosts (Rivers Solomon), Los bonsais gigantes (Lucía Baquedano), La quinta estación (N. K. Jemisin), El dador de recuerdos (Louis Lowry), Buscando el azul (Louis Lowry), Fuimos elegidos (Veronica Roth), artículo “Past and future worlds Queer and Non-binary Dystopian Narratives” (Katie Hogan).

Philippa interviews Saara El-Arifi about her latest book CURSEBOUNDSaara's three book recommendations are:The Deep by Rivers Solomon.The Fifth Season by N. K. JemisinThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our gift to you on this very special Christmas and Hanukkah twofer is our final episode of the year: a discussion of Rivers Solomon's latest novel, Model Home. Join us for a truly haunting discussion about family dynamics, gender exploration, and the difference between cobbler and pie. In the new year, we'll be releasing our annual ‘faves' episode where we cover the things we loved most in 2024, and then on January 21st we'll publish our first bookpisode of 2025 on Nicola Yoon's One of Our Kind. DON'T FORGET to enter our giveaway by 2/4 — go to our instagram for instructions — and if you've got some cash to spare, subscribe to our Patreon for $3 a month! Thanks for being a goalie this year. We love you. TOC0:30 – Welcome! Giveaway info!4:30 – Intro. Questions and the pie vs cobbler debate11:03 – Book intro14:00 – The twist28:35 – Gender and body stuff 42:00 – Eudora and her impact1:02:00 – Racism1:09:19 – Elijah1:16:14 – Ratings!1:18:00 – What's up next??

POP! goes our 200th episode! Join the Book Squad (plus Ben) and special guest Samantha Allen, author of Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet, to talk about the 2007 Hugh Grant/Drew Barrymore romcom Music & Lyrics. We discuss our personal connections to the film, the romance, the music, and what might not hold up in 2024. Then we interview Samanatha about her new novel! It's a fun Q and A you don't want to miss!Tune in for our next Bookpisode on 12/24 where we'll be covering Model Home by Rivers Solomon. And then it's time for everyone's favorite episode: The Best of 2024 Othersode! That'll be hitting your feeds on 1/7/25. Keep an eye on our Instagram for more official information about our 200th Episode Giveaway, and go buy Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! TOC::30–welcome Ben and Samantha!!13:40– our history with the movie22:00– do drew Barrymore and Hugh grant have chemistry?36:30–problematic elements and weird things59:11– interview with Samantha Allen, author of Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet1:49:29–what's up next?

We're off to the sad botanical garden for our ONE HUNDREDTH (!) Bookpisode about Hum by Helen Phillips. We talk about climate change, artificial intelligence, human connection (or lack thereof) and, of course, the ultimate villain: capitalism! Then we get into some special 100th episode feedback and give a quick blog update. Our next Othersode will be about Music & Lyrics, and we'll be joined by special guest Samantha Allen, author of Roland Rogers Isn't Dead Yet. That's on 12/10! And then, our holiday gift to you is our next Bookpisode on Model Home by Rivers Solomon dropping on 12/24! Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe, Goalies!TOC:30 – Icebreaker and happy 100th bookpisode13:00 – Book intro14:58 – Climate change23:50 – Late stage capitalism and ads40:58 – What happened at the botanical gardens56:35 – Human connection and cosmetic procedures1:11:15 – Epilogue1:18:15 – Ratings1:23:50 – Listener feedback! 1:31:50 – What's on the pod? What's up next?

Gabby Beans performs this suspenseful novel about a Black nonbinary protagonist who is haunted by the events that occurred at their childhood home. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile's Kendra Winchester discuss this tale of suburban horror from Rivers Solomon. After years of living in the UK, Ezri finds themself on a plane back to the U.S. to visit their parents in their suburban home outside Dallas, Texas. There, Ezri finds their parents dead and begins trying to reconstruct their last moments.  Read our review of the audiobook at our website. Published by Macmillan Audio.  Discover thousands of audiobook reviews and more at AudioFile's website.      Support for our podcast comes from Dreamscape, an award-winning audiobook publisher with a catalog that includes authors L.J. Shen, Freida McFadden, and Annie Ernaux. For more information, visit dreamscapepublishing.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Jason Blitman talks to Rivers Solomon about their latest book, Model Home, discussing its unique spin on the haunted house genre and the layers of personal and family dynamics within. Guest Gay Reader Margaret Cho shares anecdotes from her eclectic career and childhood experiences growing up in a gay bookstore, all while reflecting on her love for reading. Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honor List and winning a Firecracker Award, Solomon's debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, was a finalist for Lambda, Hurston/Wright, Otherwise (formerly Tiptree), and Locus Awards. Solomon's second book, The Deep, based on the Hugo-nominated song by the Daveed Diggs–fronted hip-hop group clipping, was the winner of the 2020 Lambda Award and was short-listed for the Nebula, Locus, Hugo, Ignyte, Brooklyn Library Literary, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy Awards. Their work appears in Black Warrior Review, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Guernica, Best American Short Stories, Tor.com, Best American Horror and Dark Fantasy, and elsewhere. A refugee of the transatlantic slave trade, Solomon was born on Turtle Island but currently resides on an isle in an archipelago off the western coast of the Eurasian continent.Margaret Cho Comedian. Actor. Musician. Advocate. Entrepreneur. Five-time Grammy and Emmy nominee.  Margaret Cho's strong voice has been lighting the path for other women, other members of underrepresented groups, other performers, to follow. Her recent television appearances – guest star on Season 2 of The Flight Attendant (HBO Max), guest star on Season 2 of Hacks (HBO Max) and two Netflix is a Joke comedy specials: Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration and Jane Fonda & Lily Tomlin: Ladies Night Live – have expanded an already wide-ranging career, and her role as the ‘mother hen' in the well-reviewed movie Fire Island solidifies why we all love Margaret in the first place. As a comedian Margaret has been named one of Rolling Stone magazine's 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time, one of Vogue magazine's Top 9 Female Comedians of all time, while CNN chose her as one of the 50 People Who Changed American Comedy.  Thankfully, Margaret has more stories to tell, and her production company, Animal Family Productions, has multiple scripted shows in development for 2022 and beyond.BOOK CLUB!Use code GAYSREADING at checkout to get first book for only $4 + free shipping! Restrictions apply.http://aardvarkbookclub.comWATCH!https://youtube.com/@gaysreadingBOOKS!Check out the list of books discussed on each episode on our Bookshop page: https://bookshop.org/shop/gaysreading MERCH!Purchase your Gays Reading podcast merchandise HERE! https://gaysreading.myspreadshop.com/ FOLLOW!@gaysreading | @jasonblitman CONTACT!hello@gaysreading.com

Book reviewer Suzanne Perez says Rivers Solomon's newest novel, 'Model Home,' confronts heavy topics like race, class, identity and mental health alongside a constant hum of psychological dread.

Meg Wolitzerpresents a show of stories about replacements and stand-ins.  While we tend to crave the original, sometimes a substitute can bring more happiness than the “real” thing.  In Steve Almond's “A Happy Dream,” read by Phil LaMarr, a young man assumes a new identity in pursuit of love.  In “A Brief Note on the Translation of Winter Women, Written by the Collective Dead, Translated by Amal Ruth,” a writer speaks for those who have passed.  The “real” author is Rivers Solomon, and the reader is TL Thompson.  In “Saying Goodbye to Yang,” by Alexander Weinstein, a robot child and its human family learn about love all at once. The reader is Tony Hale.

For the next two episodes, we are going to talk about books we are excited to read coming out in the last quarter of the year. Of course, as you can imagine, Corene and Virginia are going to bring two very different sets of books to the table today. Books mentioned in this episode: Overstaying by Ariane Koch, translated by Damion Searls, Real Ones by Katherena Vermette, The Stone Door by Leonora Carrington, Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim, translated by Anton Hur, Model Home by Rivers Solomon, We Came to Welcome You by Vincent Tirado, The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C. M. Waggoner, Question 7 by Richard Flanagan, Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim, The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine by Mario Levrero, translated by Annie McDermott and Kit Schluter, and The Little Sparrow Murders by Seishi Yokomizo, translated by Bryan Karetnyk.

This time, we read stuff NOT for TBC, listened to music, watched TV and movies, and played video games! After a failed guest episode, we had to fill the schedule so we decided to do another recap of the non-TBC books, music, and video games we've enjoyed so far this year like we did at the end of last year. If this is your first time listening to this show, maybe choose another episode because today we're talking about our personal media consumption so far in 2024, so you'll (mostly) hear about things we actually liked for once. Musings and derailments in this episode include: our love for the Hendrick's seasonal collection and the Polar Summer Seasonal 2024 flavor line-up; can sexy clowns enter into the Clown Registry? the best and only use for AI; heavy metal doctors; sneaking Andrew Tate into trad metal playlists on YouTube; and Skibidi Toilet Trees. *Local primaries and the general election are both coming up fast! Head to vote.org to check your voter registration, register to vote, preview your next ballot, or request a mail-in or absentee ballot.* Books (3:35): Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Grave Goods & A Murderous Procession from The Mistress of the Art of Death series by Ariana Franklin What My Bones Know by Samantha Foo Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinneman Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe The Serpent's Tale by Ariana Franklin The Deep by Daveed Diggs, Rivers Solomon, and William Hutson Egg: A Dozen Ovatures by Lizzie Stark Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha A Fool and His Money by Anne Wroe Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud  Music (48:40): Heavy Music: Ulcerate - Cutting The Throat Of God Vitriol - Suffer And Become Aborted - Vault Of Horrors Wormed - Omegon Entheos - “All for Nothing” Gaerea Vulvodynia Wormhole Smothered Sun Pathogenic Cognitive Ice Giant Leylines Crypt Sermon - The Stygian Rose Savage Oath - Divine Battle Writhen Hilt - Ancient Sword Cult RHÛN - Conveyance in Death Hulder - Verses in Oath Houle - Ciel Cendre et Mis​è​re Noire Myth Carver - “Crimson Terrain” & “King of the Pyre” Triumpher - Storming the Walls Demon Chrome - Hung, Drawn, and Quartered The Watcher - Your Turn to Die Electronic, Pop, & Other: Emil Rottmayer oDDling  Hotel Pools A.L.I.S.O.N. Jim Kirkwood Maggie Rogers Sabrina Carpenter Obscurest Vinyl - “I Glued My Balls To My Butthole Again” & “You Look Like You Could Use a Fuckin' Lamp” Vivid Bloom - Out of Focus Glass Beams - Mahal Movies/TV (1:29:40): House of the Dragon, Delicious in Dungeon, Fallout, The Boys, Great Pottery Throwdown, The Acolyte, Fargo, Blue Eye Samurai, Dune Part Two, Mad Max: Furiosa, Late Night with the Devil Video Games (1:59:50): Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, Gobsmacked

SORROWLAND by Rivers Solomon THE WANGS VS. THE WORLD by Jade Chang Bailey and Dillon are back, baby! Now that the crew has re-assembled, Toby can introduce us to a new friend in Rivers Solomon, and Bailey can finally review the Jade Chang book she read two months ago. Plus, Dillon shares his latest reads, Andrew witnesses an unexpected fight, and we all leave Toby by the side of the road. Enjoy!

Die Wajinru, ein mythisches Meeresvolk, leben unter Wasser. Ihre Vorfahren waren schwangere Frauen, die während des transatlantischen Sklavenhandels über Board geworfen wurden und deren Kinder überlebten. Doch an diese traumatische Vergangenheit erinnert sich nur eine von ihnen: die “Historian” (Geschichtsträgerin) namens Yetu. Für sie wiegt die Last des Erinnerns jedoch zu schwer - sie flieht vor ihrem Volk an die Meeresoberfläche…  Doch ist es eine Befreiung, sich von der eigenen Vergangenheit zu lösen? Diese Frage stellt Rivers Solomon in “The Deep” (Sage, Gallery Press, 2019). Die Geschichte knüpft am transatlantischen Sklavenhandel an, stellt jedoch grundsätzlich Fragen zur Kultur des Erinnerns. Anders als die Wajinru, deren Geschichte von nur einer Person getragen wird, ist das Buch "The Deep" selbst ein kollektives Projekt. Den Song zum Buch findet ihr hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EnPFsk4lOo

Actor, producer, and screenwriter Lena Waithe reads Rivers Solomon's “This Is Everything There Will Ever Be,” which was published in issue no. 243 of the Review. The story, dark and uplifting by turns, is a portrait of “just another late-forties dyke entirely too into basketball, dogs, and memes.” This episode was produced and sound designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by Ernst Reijseger. Additional Links: theparisreview.org/fiction/7963/this-is-everything-there-will-ever-be-rivers-solomon rivers-solomon.com/ Subscribe to the Paris Review

Depuis la fin des années 60, les études féministes et sur le genre se sont développées, et, aux Etats-Unis, ont adopté le nom de “gender studies” dès les années 80. Recherches universitaires portant sur les rapports sociaux issus de la partition du monde social et symbolique en deux catégories, homme et femme, supposément issues d'une réalité naturelle, ces travaux intellectuels se fondent sur la décorrélation entre sexe et genre. Ils remettent en question le déterminisme biologique qui assignerait les individu·e·s, dès leur naissance, au masculin ou au féminin et à tout l'attirail social qui va avec. Ce, en fonction de critères censément biologiques, qui font pourtant abstraction de réalités patentes que sont l'existence de personnes trans et intersexes. Parallèlement, depuis les années 70, la science-fiction, jusqu'ici plutôt empreinte de récits masculinistes et de normes très genrées, a vu se développer en son sein, grâce un certain nombre d'auteur·ice·s comme Joanna Russ, John Varley, James Tiptree Jr. ou Ursula K. Le Guin, une profonde remise en question de ces normes. Et quel meilleur domaine que la science-fiction, au fond, pour cultiver ce trouble dans le genre ? De par son rapport privilégié aux sciences, la SF est également un domaine idéal pour explorer les rapports des savoirs biologiques à ces notions de genre, de sexuation, pour élargir le champ des possibles et des idées reçues, combattre les dogmes. Des auteur·ice·s contemporain·e·s comme Rivers Solomon, Saul Pandelakis, Lizzie Crowdagger, Margaret Killjoy, Becky Chambers, Sabrina Calvo et tant d'autres, offrent un aperçu particulièrement riche et diversifié des proposition de la SF à cet égard, et brouillent non seulement les normes de genre mais aussi les binarismes de tout poil, et la notion même de “nature”, si propice à l'essentialisation. Aujourd'hui, alors que les offensives réactionnaires et transphobes instrumentalisent une certain vision de la biologie pour justifier des discours discriminatoires, haineux et oppressifs, que nous apprend la science-fiction sur ces questions qui engagent non seulement la rigueur et la responsabilités des sciences, mais aussi des préoccupations éminemment politiques ? Avec Sabrina Calvo, PandovStrochnis et Saul PandelakisAnimation : Gaby Dans le cadre de la 11e édition du festival Les Intergalactiques le dimanche 16 avril 2023.Captation aussi disponible en vidéo sur notre chaîne YouTube. Site internet du festival :https://intergalactiques.net

Imagine a version of the spaceship from Wall-E, but with racial and class divisions that mirror those in our own society. That's a (dramatically oversimplified) one-line summary of what's going on in this week's book. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/overdue and get on your way to being your best self. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Advertise on OverdueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you looking for a compelling reimagining of The Little Mermaid? For our May 2023 Unabridged Book Club pick, we're discussing Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea. Jen and Ashley share our thoughts about this YA lit fantasy book.   We share our book pairings, including Tomi Adeyemi's Children of Blood and Bone (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm) and Rivers Solomon's The Deep, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes (Bookshop.org | Libro.fm).     We are continuing with our Patreon campaign. Sign up today to support us and to get a bonus episode; those Patreon exclusives release on the first day of each month!   Visit the Unabridged website for our full show notes and links to the books mentioned in the episode. Interested in what else we're reading? Check out our Featured Books page.     Want to support Unabridged?   Follow us @unabridgedpod on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. | Join our Unabridged Podcast Reading Challenge. | Visit our curated list of books at Bookshop.org. | Become a patron on Patreon. | Check out our Merch Store. | Visit the resources available in our Teachers Pay Teachers store.  

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors. With over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/facebook-gbm/facebook-economic-impact/good-ideas-deserve-happy-customers.html), Oprah  Magazine (https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/), BookRiot (https://bookriot.com/black-bookstores-after-summer-protests/), Buzzfeed (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ariannarebolini/black-bookstores-black-authors-books),  VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/17/oakland-black-business-fund-finds-corporate-partners-and-issues-grants/), and Facebook's Boost My Business (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=334145808260989). Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster. Tune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand! Where to find Isis? www.sistahscifi.com (http://www.sistahscifi.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/isisasare/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sistahscifi/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sistahscifi/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/SistahScifi) On TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@sistahscifi) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSxlNWhm49onoIvCtm1ih8w) What's Isis reading? Skin Folk: Stories (https://a.co/d/iBE1syn) by Nalo Hopkinson The Fishermen (https://a.co/d/3zQXxDv) by Chigozie Obioma The Other Black Girl (https://a.co/d/inqiGFs) by Zakiya Dalila Harris What's Isis watching? Good Trouble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Trouble_(TV_series)) The Last of Us (https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us) What's Isis listening to? Therapy for Black Girls Podcast (https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/) Float (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_h_9_cF9M) by Janelle Monáe Other topics of interest: Keta, Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keta) Lovers and Friends Show (https://wolfeondemand.com/film/869/Lovers-Friends-Show-Season-1) Ujamaa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujamaa) and the theme House @ Stanford University (https://resed.stanford.edu/neighborhoods/neighborhoods/neighborhood-r/neighborhood-r-houses/lagunita-ujamaa) Bronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C. (https://dcist.com/story/23/01/27/first-look-bronze-h-street-dc-afrofuturism-african-caribbean-food/) African Folktales Reimagined (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/african-folktales-reimagined-short-films-launch-date-announced) Brave New World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World) by Aldous Huxley and on Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World_(2020_TV_series)) Logan's Run (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(film)) Octavia E. Butler (https://www.octaviabutler.com) An Unkindness of Ghosts (https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-an-unkindness-of-ghosts-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=01daeaacc&_ss=r) by Rivers Solomon Beauty in Truth Documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker:_Beauty_in_Truth) Pariah Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pariah_(2011_film)) Uhura (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyota_Uhura) on Star Trek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek) Marcus Books, Oakland (https://www.marcusbooks.com/) American Writers Museum (https://americanwritersmuseum.org/) Northwest African American Museum (https://www.naamnw.org/) Special Guest: Isis Asare.

Greetings Glocal Citizens! For this two-part conversation, I catch up with Oakland-based serial cultural entrepreneur, Isis Asare. Born in Harlem, New York to Ghanaian parents Isis, a fellow Stanford University alum, has called New York, Houston, Ghana (as a Peace Corps volunteer), Seattle, and now Oakland, California home at various times in her life. She once described herself as using her over-priced education, love of technology, and acumen for experimentation to hack Hollywood. And this is where her first entrepreneurial enterprise—Sistah Sinema emerged. With Sistah Sinema her goal was to be a part of a movement to create a global market for independent film fostering deep, engaging discussions about the difficult issues of gender, sexuality, race, and class. In 2015 she successfully exited by selling the platform to community investors. With over a decade of finance and business development experience at Fortune 500 companies such as T-Mobile, Microsoft, Shutterfly, and Amazon, in 2019 she went on to launch Sistah Scifi, the first Black-owned bookstore focused on Afrofuturism, Indigenous Futurism, Science Fiction, and Fantasy in the United States. Between 2019 and 2020, Sistah Scifi sales increased tenfold through expanding physical book selection; launching private label shirts, sweatshirts, and bags; and offering audiobooks and ebooks. Sistah Scifi has been featured in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/facebook-gbm/facebook-economic-impact/good-ideas-deserve-happy-customers.html), Oprah  Magazine (https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a33497812/black-owned-bookstores/), BookRiot (https://bookriot.com/black-bookstores-after-summer-protests/), Buzzfeed (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ariannarebolini/black-bookstores-black-authors-books),  VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/17/oakland-black-business-fund-finds-corporate-partners-and-issues-grants/), and Facebook's Boost My Business (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=334145808260989). Sistah Scifi has also hosted author interviews with John Jennings, NK Jemisin, LL McKinney, Jewelle Gomez, and Nisi Shawl to name a few. Sistah Scifi has developed strong collaborations with major international publishers such as Hachette/Orbit, Akashic, Abrams, Macmillan/Tor.com, and Simon and Schuster. Tune in to hear even more exciting now and nexts for Isis and the Sistah Scifi brand! Where to find Isis? www.sistahscifi.com (http://www.sistahscifi.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/isisasare/) On Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/sistahscifi/?hl=en) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/sistahscifi/) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/SistahScifi) On TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@sistahscifi) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSxlNWhm49onoIvCtm1ih8w) What's Isis reading? Skin Folk: Stories (https://a.co/d/iBE1syn) by Nalo Hopkinson The Fishermen (https://a.co/d/3zQXxDv) by Chigozie Obioma The Other Black Girl (https://a.co/d/inqiGFs) by Zakiya Dalila Harris What's Isis watching? Good Trouble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Trouble_(TV_series)) The Last of Us (https://www.hbo.com/the-last-of-us) What's Isis listening to? Therapy for Black Girls Podcast (https://therapyforblackgirls.com/podcast/) Float (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_h_9_cF9M) by Janelle Monáe Other topics of interest: Keta, Ghana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keta) Lovers and Friends Show (https://wolfeondemand.com/film/869/Lovers-Friends-Show-Season-1) Ujamaa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujamaa) and the theme House @ Stanford University (https://resed.stanford.edu/neighborhoods/neighborhoods/neighborhood-r/neighborhood-r-houses/lagunita-ujamaa) Bronze Restaurant - Washington, D.C. (https://dcist.com/story/23/01/27/first-look-bronze-h-street-dc-afrofuturism-african-caribbean-food/) African Folktales Reimagined (https://about.netflix.com/en/news/african-folktales-reimagined-short-films-launch-date-announced) Brave New World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World) by Aldous Huxley and on Television (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World_(2020_TV_series)) Logan's Run (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan%27s_Run_(film)) Octavia E. Butler (https://www.octaviabutler.com) An Unkindness of Ghosts (https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-an-unkindness-of-ghosts-hardcover?_pos=1&_sid=01daeaacc&_ss=r) by Rivers Solomon Beauty in Truth Documentary (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker:_Beauty_in_Truth) Pariah Film (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pariah_(2011_film)) Uhura (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyota_Uhura) on Star Trek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek) Marcus Books, Oakland (https://www.marcusbooks.com/) American Writers Museum (https://americanwritersmuseum.org/) Northwest African American Museum (https://www.naamnw.org/) Special Guest: Isis Asare.

Are you ready? Because we're ready! This week the Abyss gang takes a long look at the ocean and imagine the stories under there as they check out Rivers Solomon's The Deep. Before they dive in, they discuss Creed III, Rich finally finishes Stephen Markley's The Deluge, The Secret of Ventrilquism by Jon Padgett, The Consultant, V. Castro's Aliens: Vasquez, Re/Member, and Little Demon. It's time now to listen and learn.    Buy The Deep by Rivers Solomon

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon is a 2017 science fiction novel about the class and race structure on a generation ship making its way through the universe toward the promised land. It features a well drawn main character and a lot of confusing world mechanics, so hang on, because we have some questions. Content Warnings (for the novel and the episode): physical violence, sexual assault, self-harm, suicide Next time we'll be reading So Lucky by Nicole Griffith, find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph: The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon

Aujourd'hui, le livre qu'on croque, c'est un roman young-adult afro-futuriste, Nos jours brûlés, le tome 1 d'une trilogie de Laura Nsafou. Un roman qui se situe en 2049 et parle de Soleil qui ne réapparaît pas, de Grande Nuit, d'Eclaireur et d'une quête autour d'une cité perdue. Un livre à l'ambiance envoûtante, avec une héroïne attachante et combative. ***Vous avez lu Nos jours brûlés ou d'autres livres de Laura Nsafou ? Vous avez aimé et vous aussi cette histoire de Grande Nuit vous angoisse d'avance ? Vous avez lu d'autres livres afro-futuristes ?
De mon côté, j'ai lu plusieurs romans de Rivers Solomon, notamment L'incivilité des fantômes, qui est de la science fiction assez "classique" dans son histoire de base : on se retrouve sur un vaisseau spatial où se trouvent les derniers humains, qui ont fui le désastre qui a lieu sur Terre. Il y a plusieurs étages qui correspondent à plusieurs strates sociales, le racisme, le classisme et la violence en général se retrouvent sur ce huit-clos spatial. C'est un roman qui prend aux tripes et qui m'a marqué. Je le conseille plutôt aux adultes. Vous voulez partager votre avis ? N'hésitez pas, je suis joignable par mail à lacroqueusedelivres@gresille.org ou sur Instagram @lacroqueusdelivrespodcast tout attaché. Les informations sont dans la description de l'épisode. A très vite, pour découvrir un nouveau livre à croquer... ou à dévorer !***Livre chroniqué : Nos jours brûlés tome 1, Laura Nsafou, Editions Albin Michel, 2021Livres mentionnés :
La fille aux mains magiques, de Nnedi Okorafor, Editions ActuSF, 2021L'incivilité des fantômes, Rivers Solomon, Editions Aux forges du Volcain, 2021 ***Musique du générique :Credits: Not The King - Ice Tea - Royalty Free Vlog Music — Music By Not The KingMusiques d'ambiance pour l'extrait lu :Musique Mystérieuse Libre de Droit : Ancient Rite - Kevin Macleod | Musique Libre de Droit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBCU4j44Q_8Et Musique Gratuite Africaine libre de droit africa music no copyright : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNJ8Jr2SahE&list=PLVKuEw3EY8ju0F-0Hq32c-h3jCt785hej&index=2

This week we read the classic noir novel, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. We love it for subverting typical noir tropes and tackling American machismo at the same time. March's promopt for the 2023 Bookstore Challenge is to read a book by an author with a disability or about disability. Becca's pick, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, is up first. And then we will be reading So Lucky by Nicola Griffith. You can find both at your local bookstore or library (at least one of them is available on Hoopla) and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2023, you can find Instagram graphics for your story or grid in this Google Drive folder. You can also join us on The StoryGraph, The Bookstore Challenge 2023. Website | Patreon

Meg Wolitzer presents a show of stories about replacements and stand-ins.  While we tend to crave the original, sometimes a substitute can bring more happiness. In Steve Almond's “A Happy Dream,” read by Phil LaMarr, a young man assumes a new identity in pursuit of love.  In “A Brief Note on the Translation of Winter Women, Written by the Collective Dead, Translated by Amal Ruth,” a writer speaks for those who have passed.  The “real” author is Rivers Solomon, and the reader is TL Thompson.  In “Saying Goodbye to Yang,” by Alexander Weinstein a robot child and its human family learn about love all at once. The reader is Tony Hale.

This week, Meka, Shannon, Kristin, and Natalia discuss science fiction. Titles mentioned include: Becky Chambers, A Long Way To a Small Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts J.N. Chaney & Jonathan Yanez, Orion Colony (Orion Colony #1) Beth Revis, Across the Universe (Across the Universe #1) Martha Wells, All Systems Red (Murderbot Diaries #1) Neal Shusterman, Unwind (Unwind #1) Brandon Sanderson, Skyward (Skyward #1) Jenna Black, Replica (Replica Trilogy #1) Matt Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl #1) Alechia Dow, The Kindred Jessie Mihalik, Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion #1) Ann Aguirre, Grimspace (Sirantha Jax #1) You can always contact the Book Bistro team by searching @BookBistroPodcast on facebook, or visiting: https://www.facebook.com/BookBistroPodcast/ You can also send an email to: TheBookBistroPodcast@gmail.com For more information on the podcast and the team behind it, please visit: http://anchor.fm/book-bistro

Rivers Solomon & Michael Roch reviennent sur le genre science-fictif de l'afro-futurisme !  Il était une fois l'afro-futurisme ! L'Afro Futurisme est un courant artistique et aussi littéraire qui a été remis en avant avec la franchise Black Panther au cinéma en 2018. Le terme a été inventé par l'auteur américain Mark Dery , dans son essai “Black to the Futur » pour designer un mouvement de contre culture noire qui existe depuis les années 60 ou la science-fiction n'est jamais bien loin.  Pour Marc Dery, l'afro futurisme est : l'appropriation de la technologie et de l'imagerie de la science-fiction par les Afro-Américains. On pense alors à l'apparition de personnages comme Black Panther ou encore du lieutenant Uhura dans Star Trek dans la pop culture. Mais le terme est aussi controversé. L'autrice américaine Nnedi Okorafor expliquait  dans une longue interview dans le journal Le Point  : "Je crois qu'il y a plusieurs définitions. Depuis la sortie du film Black Panther, c'est un mot à la mode. Pour moi, cela correspond à tout ce qui vient de l'Afrique et de la culture noire. Si on s'attache à l'essence de ce terme, je dirais que c'est la définition d'un homme blanc qui décrit les visions futuristes d'auteurs afro-américains. Je trouve assez réducteur de ne situer cette expression qu'aux États-Unis alors qu'elle concerne également l'Afrique. L'afro-futurisme est devenu un mot marketing grâce au succès de Black Panther. Je me fiche d'appartenir à ce genre littéraire car je me vois comme une Nigériane-Américaine. Je considère que mes origines ont été volées à l'Afrique". 

In Solomon's Future Fable, we join a pack of wolves to discover the importance of community. Rivers Solomon is an award-winning author, self-proclaimed gender malcontent and keen bird watcher, whose novel An Unkindness of Ghosts featured in the Aesop Queer Library last year. Their most recent novel Sorrowland was released in 2021.

This episode we're talking about Audiobook Fiction! We discuss narrators vs casts, sound effects, music, adaptations, footnotes, and more! Plus: How do you picture the hosts in your mind when you listen to us? You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, narrated by a full cast Coasting Trade by Robin McGrath, narrated by Robert Joy, Rick Boland, and Anita Best  Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell, narrated by Tanya Eby The Sentence by Louise Erdrich Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, narrated by Nancy Wu What Are You Going Through by Sigrid Nunez, narrated by Hillary Huber Other Media We Mentioned The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Hexagonal Phases (Wikipedia) The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) (Wikipedia) What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund Welcome to Nightvale (podcast) Mostly Void, Partially Stars: Welcome to Night Vale Episodes #1 by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor 99% Invisible (podcast) The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars and Kurt Kohlstedt The Anthropocene Reviewed (podcast) The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green The Princess Bride by William Goldman Control (video game) Control || Talking Simulator Nimona by N.D. Stevenson Nimona by N.D. Stevenson, narrated by Rebecca Soler, Jonathan Davis, and Marc Thompson The Stanley Parable (Wikipedia) (it's not quite as narrated as Matthew and Jam implied) Official website Gadsby (novel) by Ernest Vincent Wright (Wikipedia) “does not include any words that contain the letter E” A Void by Georges Perec (Wikipedia) “entirely without using the letter e” War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff My Brain is Different: Histoires of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders by MONNZUSU Project X: Challengers - Seven Eleven by Tadashi Ikuta and Namoi Kimura Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, narrated by Ray Porter The Sandman (audiobook version) Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, narrated by Marin Ireland  House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Links, Articles, and Things Episode 133 - Flash Fiction Episode 108 - Visual Novels Serre - Kinda bilingual anglos play French-language Visual Novel Episode 027 - Non-Fiction Audiobooks Audie Awards Turns Out Not Everyone Can Picture Things In Their Mind And Sorry, What? Lowly Worm (Wikipedia) Let's Play (Wikipedia) Oulipo (Wikipedia) 24-hour comic Episode 047b - Terrible Stories by Matthew (you have been warned) Episode 142 - Sequels and 2022: The Year of Book Two ISO 8601 (Wikipedia) (date standard) June Is #audiomonth: Narrator Trading Cards Giveaway Two-Fisted Library Stories (Twitter bot)  Digital Accessible Information System (Wikipedia) 20 Fiction Audiobooks written & read by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors and Narrators Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen, narrated by Catherine Ho Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley, narrated by Isabella Star LaBlanc The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich, narrated by the author Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson, narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, narrated by Emily Woo Zeller The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe, Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, Sheree Renée Thomas; narrated by Janelle Monae and Bahni Turpin Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley, narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori, narrated by Nancy Wu Binti by Nnedi Okorafor, narrated by Robin Miles War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi, narrated by Adepero Oduye The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka, narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama The Beadworkers by Beth Piatote narrated by the author, Christian Nagler, Fantasia Painter, Drew Woodson, Phillip Cash Cash and Keevin Hesuse Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma, narrated by Soneela Nankani, Sunil Malhotra and Vikas Adam An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, narrated by Cherise Boothe Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto, narrated by Risa Mei The Strangers by Katherena Vermette, narrated by Michaela Washburn On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, narrated by the author Zone One by Colson Whitehead, narrated by Beresford Bennett The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson, narrated by Kyla Garcia Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu, narrated by Joel de la Fuente Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, September 20th when we'll be discussing the winner of our “we all read the same book” poll and discussing Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart! Then on Tuesday, October 4th we'll be talking about the genre of Fictional Biographies!

Suit up and get ready to dive into the immersive, melodramatic, character-driven world of space opera! Books mentioned on this episode: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell, Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, and An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

The Middletown Juneteenth celebration is an event you won't want to miss! Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. In today's episode, Jae and Christy chat with Erica Hunter of the Middletown Ujima Alliance. The MUA works collaboratively to foster an authentic sense of diversity, equity, and inclusion in an effort to uplift, build and restore unification within the Middletown community. Erica is a lifelong Middletown resident whose vision for our community stands to make Middletown an even greater place to be. Thank you so much for listening.https://www.culture21.net/https://www.culture21.net/donationshttps://www.facebook.com/MiddletownUjimaAlliance/https://shilohonline.com/6888-2/Book RecommendationsThe Deep by Rivers Solomon, audio read by Daveed DiggsJubilee by Margaret Walker  The 1619 Project: A new Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with 36 poems and works of fictionThis podcast uses music by Ashutosh, under a creative commons license:Time by ASHUTOSH | https://soundcloud.com/grandaktMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

April is Autism Awareness month!!! This is something so near and dear to the Little Sleep Ladies and so this week they picked up books by Autistic Authors! Aliza read "The Deep" by Rivers Solomon and Marissa read "Even If We Break" by Marieke Nijkamp! This month we are encouraging our Sleepy Readers to learn about Autistic Authors, and books with Autistic Characters! Take the time to support these wonderful people!ALSO Please please please try picking up a nonfiction book, or doing some research on Autism! Learn about how different other people can be and how OKAY that is !

A crash landing leads to a discovery. Episode written by Rivers Solomon. The Vela is a Realm production. Listen away.  For more shows like this, visit realm.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On an icy planet, the search for information brings new leads.  Episode written by Rivers Solomon. The Vela is a Realm production. Listen away.  For more shows like this, visit realm.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendan and Lilly talk about Rivers Solomon's Sorrowland, and very unique sci-fi horror novel. Let us know what you thought, if you disagree with our thoughts, or what you want us to read next! dmbbtchbookclub@gmail.com. Intro and Outro song: https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/happy-days License code: MHHOTNMMGSKYH2YW

This past month there were two incidents within the Indie Bookstore Community that hurt the BIPOC and Trans communities. Ryan, Hillary, and Jo take this opportunity to recommend some of their favorite books by and about BIPOC & Trans folks! Gibson's Bookstore is a safe space for you.  Click the link to purchase the book from our store, or click the (audiobook) link to get the audiobook on Libro.fm. Thank you for shopping local! Books Mentioned During This Episode RECENT READS Ryan, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/ryan-elizabeth-clark People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (audiobook) Beach Read (audiobook) Survive the Night by Riley Sager (audiobook) The Lost Girls by Jessica Chiarella (audiobook) Final Girls Support Group by Grady Hendrix (audiobook - read by Friday the 13th Final Girl, Adrienne King!) Horrorstor  My Best Friend's Exorcism (audiobook) The Heathens by Ace Atkins (audiobook) While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory (audiobook) For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing (audiobook) Cackle by Rachel Harrison (October 5th, 2021) (audiobook) Hillary, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/hillary Landslide by Michael Wolff (audiobook) Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby (audiobook) The Stand by Stephen King (audiobook) Jo, https://www.gibsonsbookstore.com/jo Matrix by Lauren Groff (audiobook) The Project by Courtney Summers (audiobook) BOOKS BY AND ABOUT BIPOC & TRANS FOLKS Ryan Once & Future by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook) Sword in the Stars by A.R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy (audiobook) Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender (audiobook) Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (audiobook) Lost in the Never Woods (audiobook) Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee (audiobook) Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (audiobook) Take a Hint, Dani Brown (audiobook) Act Your Age, Eve Brown (audiobook) Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (audiobook) Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (audiobook) Hillary Thinking Again: A Diary by Jan Morris (audiobook) Allegorizings  The Natural Mother of the Child by Krys Malcolm Belc (audiobook) Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (audiobook) Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan (audiobook) She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders (audiobook) Fairest by Meredith Talusan (audiobook) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (audiobook) Jo Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (September 28th, 2021) (audiobook) Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon (audiobook) The Deep (audiobook) Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi (audiobook) Pet (audiobook Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey (audiobook) Magic for Liars (audiobook) The Echo Wife (audiobook) Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters (audiobook) Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg  OTHER BOOKS MENTIONED Charlie Jane Anders (audiobooks) Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone (audiobook) OTHER LINKS Shop The Laydown Gibson's Bookstore Website Purchase Gift Certificates!  Browse our Website by Category! Donate to the Bookstore! Check out our Events Calendar! Gibson's Instagram The Laydown Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Use the code LAYDOWN for 3 audiobooks for the price of 1!  Email us at thelaydownpodcast@gmail.com

Join us for this special episode as part of the recorded episode showcase for Storytelling Podcast Week. This episode is brought to you by Jennifer “Macey” Mace of the Be the Serpent podcast. … Episode 74: Darling, It's Better Down Where It's Wetter (https://betheserpent.podbean.com/e/episode-74-darling-its-better-down-where-its-wetter/) On this week's episode, we're talking about mermaids, sirens, selkies, and other moist ladies who may or may not want to eat your whole face off! Guess what: The sea is terrifying! Fuck the sea! Tentpoles this week are The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant, and the Studio Ghibli movie Ponyo. Transcription The transcript for this episode is available here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/19_w7Ny3-H1g0P0He4HWNE3c2FbDnGJuPjc-dlJGLxzo/edit). Thanks as always to our most excellent scribblin' scribes for their hard work. ... Storytelling Podcast Week is brought to you by Podbean. We're a podcast hosting and monetizing platform and home to over 500,000 podcasts, and we also offer the ability to livestream directly from the app to your audience with Podbean Live, where podcasts come to life! You can also start your own live stream for free on Podbean and to get your first 30 days of hosting for free use the code “story”!

On this episode of The Writer and the Critic your hosts, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond waste no time in diving straight into their discussion of The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay [3:20] and Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon [47:50]. Also recommended is the novella The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson & Jonathan Snipes, which Ian reviewed for Locus. If you've skipped ahead to avoid spoilers, please come back at 1:23:10 for final remarks. Next month, the two books up on the slab will be: All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma You Know You Want This: Cat Person and other stories by Kristen Roupenian Read ahead and join in the spoilerific fun!

In this final episode of the season, we look at stand out reads from 2021 so far, featuring a conversation with Mphuthumi Ntabeni, author of The Wanderers. Jess's favourite picture book of the year so far is The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen, while the book that has meant most to Colin this year is The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr, and Luami's stand out read is a spec fic novel, Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. Hosted by Vasti Calitz. Produced by Andri Burnett.

Happy Pride month!! We're kicking off the festivities with Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon. It's a sci-fi style thriller with a lot going on and we get into all the details. Movie Pairings: The Village Unbreakable Song Pairings: Lotus Eater by Opeth Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land by Marina

Melinda and Allie discuss some Sci-Fi for January, as well as some non-fiction picks, lots of barking dogs, technical issues, and as always, booze! This month's Sci-Fi reads include Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon. The non-fiction reads this month were How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Dr. Yuvall Noah Harari, Educated by Tara Westover, and She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Live Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/novelswithnightcaps/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/novelswithnightcaps/support

Happy Wednesday! Today Hallie is joined by Bree (@fictionbybree) to discuss The Deep by Rivers Solomon. The two touch on how important this story is and how anyone can learn something from this novella. Hallie and Bree talk about the impact if generational trauma on the black community, a major theme in this week's book, and the importance of having a strong community/ support system. The two also have a quick segue about Bree's own writing as well as which show in The Vampire Diaries universe ranks as their number one. Enjoy! Be sure to rate and review to let us know how you're liking the show! Follow us on socials! Read It, Next on Instagram Twitter: @ReadItNext Email: readitnextpodcast@gmail.com The Deep on Goodreads Music courtesy of Faith Sanchez. Check out her work here! Instagram F A I T H Youtube --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week I talk about the New Moon in Aquarius via my new favorite book The Deep by Rivers Solomon. Which leads to a conversation about trauma and the body, individuation, collective trauma and the fixed cross as a whole. If you wanna get to know me and why this podcast exists, check out Episode 1 and/or Episode 4. Your support is much appreciated! If you wanna support the podcast AND get powerful, rad and regular tools for self growth go here: www.patreon.com/aquarianspirals Questions? Comments? Wanna submit an astro question? Email me: amanda@aquarianspirals.com Wanna schedule a session for lots of juicy evolutionary astro insight? That's here! Guidelines for questions: Please provide your birth date, place and time alongside your consent to read those deets aloud on the show (or just say you'd rather I not share your specific chart information). You're also welcome to send questions about being an 'empath,' depth psychology, dream work, ritual, alternative relationship styles or anything else you think is in my wheel house. Upcoming classes can be found here: www.aquarianspirals.com/classes or here www.aquarianspirals.com/astrocircles Want in on that Portland School of Astrology astro conference I mention? Bam! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/aquarianspirals/support

A story for a different generation. This week we read a classic tale by one of America's most prolific writers. A Farewell to Arms takes us through a staccato-like telling of a soldier during WWI in the Italian Army. Next Week we dive headfirst into The Deep by Rivers Solomon.

We talk about the Rivers Solomon's thought provoking and gut punching "An Unkindness of Ghosts". But we promise there are no spooks! Some rough discussion topics though (Body manipulation, sexual assault and rape). Topics discussed: - The pneumatics of power - The revolutionary potential of food - Afropessimism - Racialization - Midwives - Gendered Racism External reading referenced: - Article about Afropessimism: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/07/20/the-argument-of-afropessimism - More critical view on Afropessimism: https://www.academia.edu/44499560/Nick_Mitchell_The_View_from_Nowhere_On_Frank_Wildersons_Afropessimism_Spectre_November_2020_ - Desert: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/anonymous-desert

I sat down with Rivers Solomon, author of our October book club selection, AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS.We discuss Rivers's writing process, geek out over history, and explore their powerful debut novel. AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS tackles issues like race, identity, gender, and poverty. It is a beautiful and haunting, queer sci-fi novel that uses Afro-futurism to convey a journey that's truly out of this world. Shonda Rhimes called it "a difficult work that pays off; the rare kind of book that stays with you for years." It definitely will.Support the show (http://ericcervini.com)

In this episode of A Book and A Dream, Megan O'Russell speaks to author Suzanne van Rooyen on topics ranging from the struggle of switching from writing short stories to novels to the importance of LGBTQ+, genderqueer, and transgender representation in books. From finding a book that reflects your journey to using fiction to become a better ally, this interview is one you will not want to miss.Links from episode:Myth and Storm: https://amzn.to/3ibatVrSuzanne van Rooyen: https://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-van-Rooyen/e/B0061NT89EFB: https://www.facebook.com/SuzannevanRooyenAuthorIG: https://www.instagram.com/suzanne_writer/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/Suzanne_WriterSuzanne's Books:I Heart Robot: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Robot-Suzanne-van-Rooyen-ebook/dp/B075V7WL1Q/The Other Me: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Me-Suzanne-van-Rooyen-ebook/dp/B01HL3WBDM/Scardust: https://www.amazon.com/Scardust-Suzanne-van-Rooyen-ebook/dp/B01AGHEO6C/Obscura Burning: https://www.amazon.com/Obscura-Burning-Suzanne-van-Rooyen-ebook/dp/B073Q9LWSV/Note: Not all books are young adult. Don't forget to read the blurbs before gifting these books to your favorite Tweens!Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender: https://amzn.to/30bpQa4 Pet by Akwaeke Emezi: https://amzn.to/2Gk6Zm4Anna-Marie McLemore: https://www.amazon.com/Anna-Marie-McLemore/e/B00W2GDN2MInvisible Boys by Holden Sheppard: https://amzn.to/36clTFXThe Tensorate Series by JY 'Neon' Yang: https://amzn.to/3cEiHEc(Dark Themes) The Deep by Rivers Solomon: https://amzn.to/368VskJ(Not YA) Danielle Cain series by Margaret Killjoy: https://amzn.to/3mZ5hHFI Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver: https://amzn.to/2EDxHpsThe Salvagers series by Alex White: https://amzn.to/3kPBMX9

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Brian Robert Middlemiss (20 July 1930 - 5 June 2020). David and Perry talk about the shorter fiction nominees for the 2020 Hugo Awards, and then take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1962, when Stranger in a Strange Land won Best Novel. Dedication to Brian Middlemiss (03:26) Awards season (00:46) Nebula Awards (01:40) Locus Awards (02:10) Hugos 2020 Short Fiction (00:41) Hugo Voting Package (01:16) Novelettes (14:56) Away With the Wolves by Sarah Gailey (01:23) For He Can Creep by Siobhan Carroll (01:35) Emergency Skin, by N.K. Jemisin (02:09) The Blur in the Corner of Your Eye by Sarah Pinsker (01:58) The Archronology of Love by Caroline M. Yoachim (02:49) Omphalos by Ted Chiang (04:42) Short Stories (11:24) Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon (01:02) And Now His Lordship Is Laughing by Shiv Ramdas (01:49) As the Last I May Know by S.L. Huang (01:21) A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde (01:31) Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island by Nibedita Sen (02:06) Do Not Look Back, My Lion by Alix E. Harrow (03:24) The Hugo Time Machine~1962 (01:01) Special awards (02:26) Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy~Donald Tuck (01:31) Novels (29:28) Second Ending by James White (03:32) Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye (04:06) Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison (03:10) Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak (05:16) Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (13:03) Short Fiction (12:06) Status Quo by Mack Reynolds (01:49) Lion Loose by James H. Schmitz (01:24) Scylla's Daughter by Fritz Leiber (01:31) Monument by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (02:32) Hothouse series by Brian W. Aldiss (04:26) Other categories (02:12) Windup (01:20) Photo by Bill Kasman on Flickr

Perry and David discuss the upcoming Hugo Awards, and David discusses with Rob Gerrand their mutual love of the work of Jack Vance. Hugo Award nominees 2020 (34:18) Fiction categories (01:24) Novel category (00:28) The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley (03:33) The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders (04:26) Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (03:11) Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (03:43) The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (00:45) A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine (00:48) Hugo Voting Package (00:31) The Deep by Rivers Solomon (01:01) To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers (01:23) Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang (01:23) The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark (01:09) In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire (01:10) This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (03:17) David's Reading (08:23) The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel (04:04) Tom's Midnight Garden by Philipa Pearce (04:03) Interview with Rob Gerrand (35:02) About Jack Vance (01:37) Rob's introduction to Vance (00:27) Tschai tetralogy (00:37) Demon Princes novels (04:30) David's introduction to Vance (00:29) The Dragon Masters (01:31) Demon Princes series (02:37) Bad Ronald (00:16) The View from Chickweed's Window (02:08) Big Planet (01:05) Emphyrio (00:23) The Blue World (00:45) Lyonnesse (04:14) Vance Integral Edition (05:38) Ebooks based on the VIE (01:53) The Languages of Pao (01:44) Lyonnesse (01:21) Vance's Crime Novels (01:46) SF Writers and crime writing (00:16) Frederick Brown (00:19) Madball~Frederick Brown (00:15) Night of the Jabberwock~Frederick Brown (00:03) The Screaming Mimi~Frederick Brown (00:16) The Fabulous Clipjoint~Frederick Brown (00:13) Windup (02:41) Image based on the illustrations by Jack Gaughan to “The Dragon Masters” by Jack Vance, Galaxy August 1962.

We're chatting all things audiobooks this episode, with special guest Elisabeth Jewell! Special thanks to Libro.fm for supporting this podcast!  Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through Gibson's Bookstore. All of the audiobooks sampled in this episode are starred in the list below!  Join the movement to support Gibson's Bookstore this holiday season by giving audiobooks from Libro.fm. Choose specific audiobooks to gift or select from 1, 3, 6, or 12 month memberships.   Gift any 3, 6, or 12 month audiobook membership and as a thank you for supporting Gibson's Bookstore, you'll receive Audiobook of the Year and #1 New York Times bestseller, Circe by Madeline Miller as our gift to you. Gibson's Bookstore Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Email us at thelaydownpodcast(at)gmail(dot)com  You can now use the code “LAYDOWN” for 3  audiobooks for the price of 1! Click this link to redeem! Or at checkout, use offer code: LAYDOWN Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store, or click the "Libro.fm" link to get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Current Reads: Kelso- The Continental Divide by Alex Meyers The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan* (Libro.fm) Elisabeth- The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) by Roshani Chokshi (Libro.fm) The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson* (Libro.fm) Ryan- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow* (Libro.fm)  Hillary- His Dark Materials  The Golden Compass*   The Subtle Knife The Amber Spyglass La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust Volume 1) by Philip Pullman* (Libro.fm) The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Volume 2) by Philip Pullman (Libro.fm) Audiobook Recommendations: Kelso- On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong* (Libro.fm) Elisabeth- Pride by Ibi Zoboi* (Libro.fm) City of Brass by S A Chakraborty* (Libro.fm) Ryan- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz* (Libro.fm) Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter (Libro.fm) Wanderers by Chuck Wendig (Libro.fm) The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern* (Libro.fm)(Event!) The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Libro.fm) Hillary- The Deep by Rivers Solomon, David Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes* (Libro.fm) Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling* (Libro.fm) Midnight Riot (Rivers of London #1) Ben Aaronovitch* (Libro.fm) Upcoming Events: Gibson's Book Club discusses Cold Comfort Farm Mitch Albom, presented with Northeast Delta Dental Erin Morgenstern presents The Starless Sea

Wherein I go over the moon for one of my favorite authors, N.K. Jemisin, discuss our book of the month, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, let you in on my favorite games from Gen Con, and interview Grady Hendrix, author of My Best Friend's Exorcist, Horrorstor, and the upcoming We Sold Our Souls. Originally uploaded on September 18th 2018.