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Best podcasts about Samuel R Delany

Latest podcast episodes about Samuel R Delany

Pod45
Episode 21: Samuel Delany

Pod45

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 88:02


Pod45 returns with a discussion on, in, and around our recent cluster Samuel R. Delany's Improbable Communities. Contemporaries co-editor Francisco Robles hosts a conversation with cluster editor Blake Stricklin, and cluster contributors Y Howard, Kirin Wachter-Grene, Rebekah Sheldon, and Christopher Breu.

Eating the Fantastic
Episode 254: Craig Laurance Gidney

Eating the Fantastic

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 97:21


Toast writer/editor Craig Laurance Gidney as we discuss how meeting Samuel R. Delany led to his attending the Clarion Writing Workshop, the influence of reading decadent writers such as Verlaine and Rimbaud, why he kept at trying to get published when so many of his peers stopped, the many ways flaws can sometimes make a story more interesting, our shared love of ambiguity, the reason there must be beauty entwined with horror, why he's a vibes guy rather than a plot guy, the time Tanith Lee bought him a pint and how that led to him coediting her tribute anthology, what he learned from his years editing a flash fiction magazine, and much more.

The Infinite Library
Episode 39 - "Nova" Samuel R. Delany

The Infinite Library

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 119:22


Groovy Baby! We close out our Spring 2025 Season by discussing Samuel R. Delany's "Nova". We discuss Delany's place in the history of sci-fi, archetypes, and the role of time in writing. As always, we hope you enjoy our conversation.

A Meal of Thorns
A Meal of Thorns 20 – AMONG OTHERS with Archita Mittra

A Meal of Thorns

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 57:02


Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB's Patreon!Credits:Guest: Archita MittraTitle: Among Others by Jo WaltonHost: Jake Casella BrookinsMusic by Giselle Gabrielle GarciaArtwork by Rob PattersonOpening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John BroughReferences:Eliza Chan's Fathomfolk & Archita's reviewSue Lynn Tan's ImmortalLavanya Lakshminarayan's Interstellar Megachef & The Ten Percent ThiefMichael Nieva's Dengue BoyIsaac Fellman's Notes from a RegicideUrsula K. Le Guin's The Lathe of HeavenErnest Cline's Ready Player OneStranger ThingsJ.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the RingsJame Tiptree, Jr.Samuel R. Delany's Babel-17List of books mentioned in Among OthersAnne Rice Vampire ChroniclesC.S. Lewis's Chronicles of NarniaLe Guin's “Why Are Americans Afraid of Dragons?” from The Language of the NightKurt Vonnegut's Cat's CradleLe Guin's The Dispossessed and Delany's Trouble on TritonWalton's Informal History of the HugosC.J. Cherryh's Gate of IvrelArchita's reviews @ Strange Horizons & LocusArchita on Twitter, Bluesky, InstagramArchita's Locus year-endCasella's Locus year-endJared Pechaček's The West Passage, Casella's review, and of course Jared's A Meal of Thorns episode on E.R. Eddison's Mistress of Mistress

Auckland Libraries
Other Worlds : Robots and Monsters

Auckland Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 23:49


In this episode of Other Worlds, we delve into the fascinating world of robots and monsters, and the intersection of science fiction writing and pop culture. Robots and monsters have clearly captivated the imagination of writers and artists for centuries, to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. We discuss magazines with evocative cover art, 19th and 20th century classics like Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' and Frank Herbert's 'Dune', and objects like the Blade runner origami unicorn and a gorilla soldier from Planet of the Apes. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibition For recommended reads visit: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-reads Books mentioned in the podcast: Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 1. London: Atlas, January 1950. Mary Shelley, with engravings on wood by Lynd Ward. Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. Phillip K. Dick. Do androids dream of electric sheep? London: Rapp & Whiting, 1969. Blade runner origami unicorn, 2007. On loan from a private collection. Frank Herbert, with illustrations by John Schoenherr. Dune world. From: Analog science fact, science fiction. New York: Street & Smith Publications, December 1963. Samuel Butler. Erewhon, or, Over the range. London: Trübner, 1872. Arthur C. Clarke. 2001, a space odyssey. London: Arrow, 1968. Pierre Boulle, translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Monkey planet. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975. Samuel R. Delany, cover illustration by Jack Gaughan. The jewels of Aptor. New York: Ace Books, 1962. John Wyndham, cover illustration by Richard Powers. Re-birth. New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/ Image credit: Astounding science fiction, vol. 7, no. 1. London: Atlas, January 1950. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.

Auckland Libraries
Other Worlds : Colonisation

Auckland Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 20:08


In this episode of Other Worlds, we discuss colonisation, a theme explored through science fiction writing. Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Renee Orr. We talk about how writers have used science fiction to explore very real and complex aspects of human society and history, and, how the themes of invasion, colonisation, language and cultural difference come up again and again in speculative fiction. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibition For recommended reads visit: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-reads Books mentioned in the podcast: Alaisea Fa'alafi Iosefa. Malaga I le vanimonimo = A trip to space. Los Angeles: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, 1980. Liu Cixin. 三体. II, 黑暗森林 / 刘慈欣著. San ti. II, Hei an sen lin. The three-body problem II: The dark forest. Chongqing: Chongqing chu ban she, 2008. Ursula K. Le Guin. The left hand of darkness. London: Macdonald Science Fiction, 1969. Octavia Butler. Dawn. London: Victor Gollancz, 1987. Samuel R. Delany. Babel 17. London: Victor Gollancz, 1967. Tīhema Baker. Turncoat. Wellington: Lawrence and Gibson, 2023. Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/ Image from: Alaisea Fa'alafi Iosefa. Malaga I le vanimonimo = A trip to space. Los Angeles: National Dissemination and Assessment Center, 1980. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.

Auckland Libraries
Other Worlds : Empty City

Auckland Libraries

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 13:33


In this episode of Other Worlds, we explore the theme and concept ‘The Empty City'. This theme stretches across time, art, literature, and imagination as we examine the many ways that the empty city, or the city emptied of its people, has been represented in science fiction. Joining Sue Berman to discuss this theme is Other Worlds exhibition curator Andrew Henry. Visit the onsite exhibition and join us in a series of events and activations: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-exhibition For recommended reads visit: www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Other-Worlds-reads Books mentioned in the podcast: Gustave Doré and Blanchard Jerrold. London: a pilgrimage. London: Grant, 1872. Europa's fate, or, The coming struggle: a history lesson in New Zealand A.D. 2076. London: Griffith and Farran, 1875. Nevil Shute. On the beach. Melbourne: Heinemann, 1957. Craig Harrison. The quiet earth. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. New worlds SF, vol. 49, no. 152. London: Roberts & Vinter, July 1965. Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Music credit: https://www.melodyloops.com/tracks/space-harmony/ Image credit: Cover image from Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren. New York: Bantam Books, 1975. Produced by Sue Berman and JL.

The Virtual Memories Show
Episode 621 - Mia Wolff

The Virtual Memories Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 84:14


With THE EMPTY LOT (Fantagraphics Underground), artist Mia Wolff brings together 100 paintings from more than 40 years of her oeuvre. We talk about how she found the thread & structure for the book, the patterns that emerged as she re-ordered the pieces and stitched them together with new illustrations, comics and prose pieces, and how you can make a joyride of a monograph by introducing your cat into the scene. We get into her dream of catspiders that inspired her for decades, the game of exquisite corpse she's been playing with Jim Woodring, and her history in art and side trips into a trapeze act with a circus and teaching martial arts. We also discuss the graphic novel she's working on and how that art parallels her painting, why The Empty Lot has an afterword in the form of a page-by-page tour-conversation with Samuel R. Delany, her love of transparency & translucency and why her paintings of water are so magical, the tension of her pitch meeting with Gary Groth, and a lot more. Follow Mia on Bluesky and Instagram • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

Getting Lit
*PREVIEW* Dhalgren (Rare Candy Gain of Fiction 30 feat. Matt Sini and E Rathke)

Getting Lit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 44:41


This is a cross post from Rare Candy's Gain of Fiction series featuring yours truly as well as former guest Eddy Rathke, hosted by Glen and Psi from RC. We look at Samuel R. Delany's classic and very wild science fiction experimental novel, Dhalgren.To access the full episode as well as Getting Lit Podcast's aftershow, Back Matter, go to patreon.com/gettinglit.Enjoy!Follow Rare Candy: https://rarecandy.substack.com/And Eddy: https://radicaledward.substack.com/

UFO Paranormal Radio & United Public Radio
The Authors Quill Guest Winner Ms Carina Zhang Storm Humbert & Chris Arias

UFO Paranormal Radio & United Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 138:45


Rhode Island School of Design student Carina Zhang is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning them a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and their winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. The awards event will be April 25th at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California. Carina (Jiayun) Zhang is a US-based Chinese artist studying at the Rhode Island School of Design. Their expertise lies in interdisciplinary creative health works, encompassing projects for educational institutions, hospitals, galleries, and publications. Carina strives to improve cultural humility in illustrations, explore the therapeutic aspect of the art-making process in clinical use, and use storytelling to bring joy to the world. Best known for celebrating the whimsical minds and lovely imperfections of life, their artistic journey revolves around the core principles of play and therapy, employing a kaleidoscope of colors and diverse mediums to give voice to their emotions. As Carina grows alongside their art, they aspire for their art to resonate with the intricacies of the human heart, and honor the beauty within its multifaceted nature. Through their creations, they invite you to embrace the joyful dance of life and revel in the magnificence of our shared complexity. Storm Humbert is a science fiction and fantasy writer from a small town called Fayette (literally a one stoplight town) in northwest Ohio near the Michigan border. He did his undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University, where he earned a degree in English literature with minors in creative writing and theater. For two years after he finished his bachelor's degree, Storm worked odd jobs ranging from newspaper editing to creating animated digital advertisements (and basically anything in between). Storm later earned an MFA from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he had the opportunity to study under Samuel R. Delany, Don Lee, and other great instructors. He has taught a variety of writing classes at Temple University and Sienna Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. He currently lives in Michigan with his wife, Casey, cats: Chicken Nugget (Nugget for short) and Honey Mustard, and is a professional legal writer, while he continues his own writing. Storm is also currently teaching a workshop at his local library in Westland, and local writers can sign up here https://westlandlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17672&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/03/16. Chris Arias of Cartago, Costa Rica is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest and was honored among the twelve winning artists and twelve winning writers at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California on April 28th 2023. Chris created illustrations for the story, "The Fall of Crodenra M" by T.J. Knight--a Writers of the Future winner. The story and illustration along with the other writers' and illustrators' stories and art is published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 which was officially released on May 16th 2023. Chris Arias was born in 1997 in Cartago, Costa Rica, in a small farming town on the slopes of an extinct volcano. Chris has been passionate about art ever since he could hold a pencil in his right hand. He was inspired by the fantastic stories about goblins, witches, knights, and dragons that his mother told him during their long walks through the local mountains and forests.

United Public Radio
The Authors Quill Guest Winner Ms Carina Zhang Storm Humbert & Chris Arias

United Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 138:45


Rhode Island School of Design student Carina Zhang is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest earning them a trip to Hollywood for a week-long master-class workshop, an awards event and their winning art will be published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40. The awards event will be April 25th at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California. Carina (Jiayun) Zhang is a US-based Chinese artist studying at the Rhode Island School of Design. Their expertise lies in interdisciplinary creative health works, encompassing projects for educational institutions, hospitals, galleries, and publications. Carina strives to improve cultural humility in illustrations, explore the therapeutic aspect of the art-making process in clinical use, and use storytelling to bring joy to the world. Best known for celebrating the whimsical minds and lovely imperfections of life, their artistic journey revolves around the core principles of play and therapy, employing a kaleidoscope of colors and diverse mediums to give voice to their emotions. As Carina grows alongside their art, they aspire for their art to resonate with the intricacies of the human heart, and honor the beauty within its multifaceted nature. Through their creations, they invite you to embrace the joyful dance of life and revel in the magnificence of our shared complexity. Storm Humbert is a science fiction and fantasy writer from a small town called Fayette (literally a one stoplight town) in northwest Ohio near the Michigan border. He did his undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University, where he earned a degree in English literature with minors in creative writing and theater. For two years after he finished his bachelor's degree, Storm worked odd jobs ranging from newspaper editing to creating animated digital advertisements (and basically anything in between). Storm later earned an MFA from Temple University in Philadelphia, where he had the opportunity to study under Samuel R. Delany, Don Lee, and other great instructors. He has taught a variety of writing classes at Temple University and Sienna Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. He currently lives in Michigan with his wife, Casey, cats: Chicken Nugget (Nugget for short) and Honey Mustard, and is a professional legal writer, while he continues his own writing. Storm is also currently teaching a workshop at his local library in Westland, and local writers can sign up here https://westlandlibrary.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=17672&backTo=Calendar&startDate=2023/03/16. Chris Arias of Cartago, Costa Rica is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest and was honored among the twelve winning artists and twelve winning writers at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California on April 28th 2023. Chris created illustrations for the story, "The Fall of Crodenra M" by T.J. Knight--a Writers of the Future winner. The story and illustration along with the other writers' and illustrators' stories and art is published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 which was officially released on May 16th 2023. Chris Arias was born in 1997 in Cartago, Costa Rica, in a small farming town on the slopes of an extinct volcano. Chris has been passionate about art ever since he could hold a pencil in his right hand. He was inspired by the fantastic stories about goblins, witches, knights, and dragons that his mother told him during their long walks through the local mountains and forests.

Narrated
244: Author Interviews from Boskone 61

Narrated

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 36:22


This week, Lisa shares her experiences at Boskone including discussions with Naseem Jamnia, Michael Green Jr., and David Gerrold. Boskone 61  Lensman (Series) by E.E. "Doc" Smith: Triplanetary [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Naseem Jamnia: [Newsletter] / [Instagram] / [Website] The Bruising of Qilwa [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   The White Guy Dies First: 13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Sleepaway - 2025 Release [Website] His Dark materials (Series): The Amber Spyglass (Book 3) [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] The Dark Is Rising [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible]   Harry Potter (Series) [Overdrive/Libby]  / [Audible] / [Libro.fm] Natalie Naudus  The Saint of Bright Doors [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Victory City [Libro.fm] / [OverDrive/Libby] / [Audible] Emily Woo Zeller  Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands written by Stephen King, narrated by Frank Muller [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Vico Ortiz  Michael Green Jr.: [Website] / [Instagram] / [TikTok] / [Twitter] The End of Nobility - 3 May 2024 [Website] Lynit  Enders Game written by Orson Scott Card, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Harlan Ellison, Gabrielle de Cuir [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] Dhalgren written by Samuel R. Delany, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] David Gerrold: [Patreon] ”The Trouble with Tribbles” [IMDb] The World of Star Trek [goodreads] “Ganny Goes to War” - Analog:March/April 2024 Hella written by David Gerrold, narrated by Travis Baldree [Libro.fm] / [Overdrive/Libby] / [Audible] When HARLIE Was One written and narrated by David Gerrold [Audible]

thinkfuture with kalaboukis
911 AI Mind Reading: The Future of Omniscience

thinkfuture with kalaboukis

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 8:04


https://thinkfuture.com | https://aidaily.us | In this intriguing episode, we explore the groundbreaking advancements in AI technology that enable reading human thoughts. A company called DeWave has developed a method to transform brainwaves into text, offering phenomenal benefits, particularly for individuals who struggle with traditional communication. The host delves into the potential of this technology to revolutionize our interaction with AI, envisioning a world where every question in our mind is instantly answered by AI, akin to Samuel R. Delany's sci-fi concept in "Stars in My Pocket like Grains of Sand." However, this concept raises critical concerns about privacy, misinformation, and the integrity of the information fed back into our minds. The episode provocatively questions the ethical boundaries of this AI development, highlighting both its transformative potential and the pressing need to discern truth from falsehood in the AI-assisted omniscient future. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinkfuture/support

New Books Network
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature" (Penn State UP, 2023)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 47:40


Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature (Penn State UP, 2023) is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature's role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically, we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics―a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences―and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz's analysis focuses on Mennonite literature―including Sofia Samatar's short story collection Tender and Miriam Toew's novel Women Talking―but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany's novel The Mad Man, alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz's arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. Daniel Shank Cruz (they/multitudes) is a queer, disabled boricua who grew up in New York City and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Multitudes is the author of Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community, also published by Penn State University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Literary Studies
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature" (Penn State UP, 2023)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 47:40


Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature (Penn State UP, 2023) is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature's role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically, we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics―a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences―and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz's analysis focuses on Mennonite literature―including Sofia Samatar's short story collection Tender and Miriam Toew's novel Women Talking―but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany's novel The Mad Man, alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz's arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. Daniel Shank Cruz (they/multitudes) is a queer, disabled boricua who grew up in New York City and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Multitudes is the author of Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community, also published by Penn State University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Critical Theory
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature" (Penn State UP, 2023)

New Books in Critical Theory

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 47:40


Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature (Penn State UP, 2023) is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature's role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically, we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics―a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences―and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz's analysis focuses on Mennonite literature―including Sofia Samatar's short story collection Tender and Miriam Toew's novel Women Talking―but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany's novel The Mad Man, alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz's arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. Daniel Shank Cruz (they/multitudes) is a queer, disabled boricua who grew up in New York City and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Multitudes is the author of Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community, also published by Penn State University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/critical-theory

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies
Daniel Shank Cruz, "Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature" (Penn State UP, 2023)

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 47:40


Ethics for Apocalyptic Times: Theapoetics, Autotheory, and Mennonite Literature (Penn State UP, 2023) is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and the shift toward fascism in global politics. Using the lens of Mennonite literature and their own personal experience as a culturally Mennonite, queer, Latinx person, Daniel Shank Cruz investigates the age-old question of what literature's role in society should be, and argues that when we read literature theapoetically, we can glean a relational ethic that teaches us how to act in our difficult times. In this book, Cruz theorizes theapoetics―a feminist reading strategy that reveals the Divine via literature based on lived experiences―and extends the concept to show how it is queer, decolonial, and equally applicable to secular and religious discourse. Cruz's analysis focuses on Mennonite literature―including Sofia Samatar's short story collection Tender and Miriam Toew's novel Women Talking―but also examines a non-Mennonite text, Samuel R. Delany's novel The Mad Man, alongside practices of haiku and tarot, to show how reading theapoetically is transferable to other literary traditions. Weaving together close reading and personal narrative, this pathbreaking book makes a significant and original contribution to the field of Mennonite literary studies. Cruz's arguments will also be appreciated by literary scholars interested in queer theory and the role of literature in society. Daniel Shank Cruz (they/multitudes) is a queer, disabled boricua who grew up in New York City and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Multitudes is the author of Queering Mennonite Literature: Archives, Activism, and the Search for Community, also published by Penn State University Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Eating the Fantastic
Episode 214: Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Eating the Fantastic

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 77:54


Feast on crab fried rice with Nina Kiriki Hoffman as we discuss the way a ghost story which left her wanting more led to her taking her writing more seriously, her early reactions to reading Robert A. Heinlein and Ursula K. Le Guin, how the Clarion workshop convinced her she could have a career as a writer, the way she wanted to grow up to be a combination of Ray Bradbury and Zenna Henderson, what she learned about characterization from Samuel R. Delany while at Clarion, the major difference she saw between the horror and science fiction communities during the early days of the Internet, how my perception of the arc her career was affected not by what she wrote but by what she sold, the lesson Ellen Datlow taught her which she passes on to her students, and much more.

New Books Network
Eileen Myles, "Pathetic Literature" (Grove Press, 2022)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 31:59


“Literature is pathetic.” So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction to Pathetic Literature (Grove Press, 2022), a breathtaking mishmash of pieces ranging from poems to theater scripts to prose to anything in between, all exploring the so-called “pathetic” or awkwardly-felt moments and revelations around which lives are both built and undone. An utterly unique collection composed by the award-winning poet and writer, a global anthology of pieces from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up-and-coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word “pathetic”. Hal Coase is a PhD candidate at La Sapienza, University of Rome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Literature
Eileen Myles, "Pathetic Literature" (Grove Press, 2022)

New Books in Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 31:59


“Literature is pathetic.” So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction to Pathetic Literature (Grove Press, 2022), a breathtaking mishmash of pieces ranging from poems to theater scripts to prose to anything in between, all exploring the so-called “pathetic” or awkwardly-felt moments and revelations around which lives are both built and undone. An utterly unique collection composed by the award-winning poet and writer, a global anthology of pieces from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up-and-coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word “pathetic”. Hal Coase is a PhD candidate at La Sapienza, University of Rome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

New Books in Poetry
Eileen Myles, "Pathetic Literature" (Grove Press, 2022)

New Books in Poetry

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 31:59


“Literature is pathetic.” So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction to Pathetic Literature (Grove Press, 2022), a breathtaking mishmash of pieces ranging from poems to theater scripts to prose to anything in between, all exploring the so-called “pathetic” or awkwardly-felt moments and revelations around which lives are both built and undone. An utterly unique collection composed by the award-winning poet and writer, a global anthology of pieces from lesser-known classics by luminaries like Franz Kafka, Samuel R. Delany, and Gwendolyn Brooks to up-and-coming writers that examine pathos and feeling, giving a well-timed rehab to the word “pathetic”. Hal Coase is a PhD candidate at La Sapienza, University of Rome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry

Fantastic Books and How to Read Them
.EXE: Chapters 15-19 with Robin

Fantastic Books and How to Read Them

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 94:30


Four crimes have been committed at the Hale household and Cadence and Chance are avidly pursuing the culprit. They're able to get into Felix's room where they discover a secret docu-chip with letters from an old flame. Cadence uses her skills to acquire EO documents about Desdemona and search Dr. Merton's bag. They also dig deeply into Verity's past and dig around in the cider pot, but all this evidence seems unimportant when Minerva is added to the list of victims. Brisbois arrests Minerva's husband, Solomon, but Sam and Ana are convinced he's making a huge mistake, so they reveal their final predictions for next episode, which will cover the conclusion of .EXE. Other topics include: death, robot emotions, sentience, social constructs, The Wind in the Willows, Story Cubes, books vs. e-books, Samuel R. Delany's "Stars in my Pocket like Grains of Sand," grief, and tattoos. -- Thank You to Our Sponsors: Spotify For Podcasters Audible free trial (for USA listeners) available at: audibletrial.com/fanbookspod -- Website: www.fantasticbookspod.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/fantasticbookspod (or follow @fantasticbookspod) Facebook: www.facebook.com/fantasticbookspod Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/FantasticBooksPod -- Buy ".EXE" by Robin Jeffrey here. -- Published by Goldenrise Media. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fantasticbooks/message

New Books Network
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Science Fiction
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond

New Books in Science Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

Recall This Book
111* Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond (JP)

Recall This Book

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Literary Studies
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond (JP)

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

New Books in Literature
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond

New Books in Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond

New Books in LGBTQ+ Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 28:58


John Plotz talked with Samuel Delany, living legend of science fiction and fantasy back in 2019. You probably know him best for breakthrough novels like Dhalgren and Trouble on Triton, which went beyond “New Wave” SF to introduce an intense and utterly idiosyncratic form of theory-rich and avant-garde stylistics to the genre. Reading him means leaving Earth, but also returning to the heady days when Greenwich Village was as caught up in the arrival of Levi-Strauss and Derrida to America as it was in a gender and sexuality revolution. Recall This Book loves him especially for his mind-bending Neveryon series: did you know that many consider his 1984 novella from that series, “The Tale of Plagues and Carnivals,” (set both inside the world of Neveryon and along Bleecker Street in NY) the first piece of fiction about AIDS in America? He came to Wellesley's Newhouse Center for the Humanities to talk about Afrofuturism, but also carved out two little chunks of time for this conversation. On August 6, 2019, an article based on this podcast interview appeared in our partner publication, Public Books Discussed in this episode: The Neveryon Series, “Racism and Science Fiction,” Triton (also referred to as The Trouble on Triton), “Aye, and Gomorrah,” “Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones,” Samuel R. Delany In Milton Lumky Territory, Confessions of a Crap Artist, Mary and the Giant, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick “The Science Fiction of Roe vs. Wade,” Palmer Rampell Library of America Volumes, Ursula K. Le Guin (Delany disses them!) A Little Earnest Book Upon a Great Old Subject, William Wilson I Will Fear No Evil and By His Bootstraps, Robert A. Heinlein The Fifth Season Novels, N.K. Jemisin More than Human and The Dreaming Jewels, Theodore Sturgeon The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein Read the episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Two Chairs Talking
Episode 93: Yesterday's Tomorrows

Two Chairs Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 94:38


David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Click here for more info and indexes. Image generated by Wombo Art.

Two Chairs Talking
Episode 93: Yesterday's Tomorrows

Two Chairs Talking

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 94:38


David and Perry take the Hugo Time Machine back to 1970, the year that The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin won the Best Novel Hugo. David has a bone to pick, and Perry discusses the latest Indiana Jones movie. Introduction (03:46) General News (10:01) Hugo Voting ballot (04:53) Locus Awards 2023 (03:49) Death of Cormac McCarthy (01:13) Hugo Time Machine 1970 (01:13:46) Heicon '70 Convention (04:11) Short Stories (12:28) Deeper Than the Darkness by Gregory Benford (00:46) Winter's King by Ursula K. Le Guin (00:40) Not Long Before the End by Larry Niven (01:46) Passengers by Robert Silverberg (01:17) Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany (05:19) Other possible nominees (02:12) Novellas (10:18) We All Die Naked by James Blish (00:10) A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (01:26) Dramatic Mission by Anne McCaffrey (01:01) To Jorslem by Robert Silverberg (01:22) Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (03:41) Other possible nominees (02:11) Novels (46:38) Macroscope by Piers Anthony (05:07) Up the Line by Robert Silverberg (03:23) Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad (06:11) Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (10:44) The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (18:30) Other possible nominees (02:34) What we've been watching (06:15) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (06:09) Windup (00:21) Image generated by Wombo Art.

Postcards from a Dying World
Episode #113 The Best Science Fiction Novel of 1968 w/ Brian Collins and Lisa Yazsek

Postcards from a Dying World

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2023 100:52


If there is a cursed episode of this podcast it is this one. Sparked by an argument on Twitter started when I declared John Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar the best SF novel of the 20th century. Multiple people responded saying it wasn't their favorite of the year. I invited all the people who weighed in and trying to schedule 4 time zones and five people's schedules proved impossible. So it ended but three people instead six. I tried. Lisa returning two episodes brings it of course and Brian Collins of SF Remembrance blog does a wonderful job helping me guide the conversation on Science Fiction in 1968.  In this episode, we talk about the culture in 1968, the state of the SF community, which books were nominated for the two major awards, where the conventions were held, and deep into the books of that year. Those deep dives include Picnic in Paradise by Joanna Russ, Camp Concentration by Thomas Disch, Nova by Samuel R. Delany, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by PKD, and Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner. You can find my books here: Amazon-https://www.amazon.com/David-Agranoff/e/B004FGT4ZW •And me here: Goodreads-http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2988332.David_Agranoff Twitter-https://twitter.com/DAgranoffAuthor Blog-http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/

Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements
Not Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements: Starboard Vineyard Tours!

Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2023


No appendix today, but we have something else for you. We've started a new podcast, called Starboard Vineyard Tours! It's the same two overthinking goofballs talking about literature, but this time we'll be reading academic works of science fiction studies, which is a field with a lot of depth and some surprising relevance to Moby Dick. Our first episode, on Samuel R. Delany's essay "About 5,750 Words", is up now. We hope you give the show a try!

A Life in Biography
The nature of literary power, who holds it, and how the biographer should understand it.

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2023 52:35


Samuel R. Delany presents the writer as biographical subject and what it is the biographer needs to know about literary world and how reputations are made. But first a discussion of a movie, The Wife

A Life in Biography
Dylan Thomas and why biography matters, with a cameo performance by Marilyn Monroe

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 34:29


The correspondence with Samuel R. Delany continues, with many digressions, but all of them pertaining to biography and the work it can accomplish

A Life in Biography
Samuel R. Delany refuses to give up on Susan Sontag's biographers

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 46:31


The seventh part of what is turning out to be a saga—listened to its entirety it amounts to a class on biography that you can take for free.

A Life in Biography
Round 5 of The Biographer and His Critic

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2023 34:35


I continue the debate with Samuel R. Delany, reading from our correspondence and talking about it. In this episode, Sontag has her say.

A Life in Biography
Round 4: The Biographer and His Critic

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2023 42:00


Samuel R. Delany continues to point out the error of my ways, and I respond with my own letters and commentary.

A Life in Biography
The Biographer and His Critic: Round 3

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2023 49:38


I continue to read and comment on my correspondence with Samuel R. Delany concerning the proper behavior of a biographer.

A Life in Biography
A Collector's Item: A Dialogue About Biography

A Life in Biography

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2023 29:42


The correspondence of Carl Rollyson and Samuel R. Delany, a latter day version of Oscar's Wilde's The Critic as Artist, in the form reminiscent of a Platonic dialogue.

DEATH // SENTENCE
Samuel R. Delany - Dhalgren

DEATH // SENTENCE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2023 91:09


We finally did it. We tackled 'the Ulysses of Science Fiction', all 600 pages of Samuel R. Delaney's magnum opus Dhalgren. We talk about race, sex, Deleuze, Doctor Who, and the bad compromises queer writers had to make in the seventies. Music by GEL

The Book Case
John Boyne Revisits The Past

The Book Case

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 35:12


You may have noticed that most weeks in our ‘rapid fire' questions to featured authors, we ask if they have a favorite author. Little secret: Sometimes we are looking for ideas. A few weeks ago, John Irving told us he would read anything John Boyne has written just because Boyne wrote it. So we got busy reading John Boyne. It turns out he has a new book released just this past November, All the Broken Places, that is a continuation of sorts of a book released many years ago that was made into a terrific movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, that we both saw and admired. All the Broken Places centers around a now 91 year old woman who deals with the shame she feels knowing her father was commandant of Auschwitz, having tried to hide her past for decades. How that haunts her makes for an engrossing read. Thank you to John! Our book store this week is Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.  Books Mentioned in the Podcast: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne All the Broken Places by John Boyne The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne The Absolutist by John Boyne My Brother's Name is Jessica by John Boyne A History of Loneliness by John Boyne Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne The Boy At The Top Of The Mountain by John Boyne A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne The Echo Chamber by John Boyne The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Cider House Rules by John Irving The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier Snow by John Banville The Singularities by John Banville The Sea by John Banville Horse by Geraldine Brooks Clay's Quilt by Silas House Southernmost by Silas House Lark Ascending by Silas House Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond The Date from Hell by Gwenda Bond Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

MTR Podcasts
Q&A with illustrator Tim Fielder (Dieselfunk Studios)

MTR Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 33:05


Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofutuism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He holds other Afrofuturists such as Samuel R Delany, Octavia Butler, Pedro Bell, and Overton Lloyd as major influences.Tim has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics (‘Dr Dre: Man With A Cold Cold Heart'), The Village Voice, Tri-Star Pictures (‘The Mothership Connection'), to Ubisoft Entertainment (‘Batman: Vengeance).He is known for his graphic novel Matty's Rocket and his TEDx Talk and BLACK ENTERPRISE interview on the subject of Afrofuturism.His projects, Matty's Rocket, INFINITUM, Black Metropolis and High John Conqueror are graphic stories from his company Dieselfunk Studios.Most recently, his work was showcased in a career retrospective exhibition at The Hammonds House Museum. The show was titled Black Metropolis: 30 Years of Afrofuturism, Comics, Music, Animation, Decapitated Chickens, Heroes, Villains, and Negroes. Very soon Tim will be devoting time the the book variant of Black Metropolis which will be his Memoirs.He has also worked as an educator for institutions such as New York University, The School of Visual Arts, New York Film Academy and Howard University in the areas of digital animation, concept design, and illustration. Tim has also been an independent animator on his work-in-progress animated film, ‘Harbinger'.Tim, is an accomplished portrait artist. For decades he has produced illustrations of people from all walks of life from regular folks in the community to Presidents and celebrities. Along with his twin brother Jim, created the art form called Glogging, which showcases his portraits and is implemented in their Youtube and upcoming streaming program called THE DIESELFUNK SHOW.Due to his years as an instructor, Tim is also well versed and incredibly well-spoken in media and news environments making him ideal for marketing and promotional initiatives. Of particular note is his ability to energetically work with large groups of kids during workshops, as well as actively engaging on book tours to promote his projects.Tim hopes to push forward with his art in the emerging digital content delivery systems of the day. Dieselfunk Studios is a multimedia company that specializes in narrative stories told in sequential, app, and virtual formats. We strive to move the form forward in traditional and emerging markets.The artist makes his home with his wife and empty nest in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood of Harlem.The Truth In This ArtThe Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture. Mentioned in this episode:Dieselfunk Studios To find more amazing stories from the artist and entrepreneurial scenes in & around Baltimore, check out my episode directory. Stay in TouchNewsletter sign-upSupport my podcastShareable link to episode ★ Support this podcast ★

Hugo, Girl!
Episode 45- Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Taints & Feints

Hugo, Girl!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2022 77:56


This month we read and discussed Samuel R. Delany's 1984 queer sci-fi masterpiece, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, chosen by our fundraiser winner and friend, Steven! It was wild and it was weird and you should probably give it a shot if you haven't read it. DM: Lori CW/TW: none really, but lots of sex talk so FYI if you're listening with your kids or your parents in the car We've picked our books for Novella-vember:The Word for World is Forest Houston, Houston, Do You Read?The Last of the WinnebagosThe Emperor's Soul Links: Sex With the Six-Legged Strangers Discussing 'Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand' with Dale Cooper Samuel Delany Answers Your Science Fiction Questions! Like Pop Rocks for the Brain by Jo Walton  ________________________ Episode transcripts Music by Eon

Eating the Fantastic
Episode 177: Boys, Beasts & Sam J. Miller

Eating the Fantastic

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2022 89:43


Catch up with Sam J. Miller over khachapuri as we discuss the 1,500 short story submissions he made between 2002 and 2012 (as well as the one story which was rejected 99 times), the peculiar importance of the missing comma from the title of his new collection Boys, Beasts & Men, his technique for reading collections written by others, why the Clarion Writing Workshop was transformative, how Samuel R. Delany gave him permission, the way his novels and short stories exist in a shared universe, the impossibility of predicting posthumous fame, the superpower he developed via decades of obscurity, the differing ideas of what writers block means, and much more.

Chrononauts
Chrononauts Episode 28.2: Souls, Beasts and Squids

Chrononauts

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2022 121:27


Containing matteres in which vars. Elements of the Skull are continued from the Previous part in a Fashion that includes the Metaphysical, the Mysterical and the Tragical. Timestamps: Amado Nervo - "The Soul Giver" (1899) (0:00) George Schuyler - "The Beast of Bradhurst Avenue" (1934) (40:00) Edward Page Mitchell - "Old Squids and Little Speller" (1885) (1:36:25) Bibliography: Canavan, Gerry and Link, Eric Carl - "The Cambridge History of Science Fiction" (2019) Delany, Samuel R - "Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction and Some Comics - A Collection of Written Interviews" (1994) Dery, Mark - "Black to the Future: Interviews with Samuel R. Delany, Greg Tate and Tricia Rose", in "Flame Wars: The Discourse of Cyberculture" (1994) Ferreira, Rachel Haywood - "The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction" (2011) Jet Magazine, December 11, 1952, page 45 Kim, Myungsung - "Afrofuturism, Science Fiction, and the Reinvention of African American Culture" (2017) Hefner, Brooks E. - "Black Pulp: Genre Fiction in the Shadow of Jim Crow" (2021) Schuyler, George - "Black and Conservative" (1966) Syracuse University, George S. Schuyler Papers paper index and biography https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/guides/s/schuyler_gs.htm Villoro, Juan - "The Transmigration of Desire: The Soul-Giver of Amado Nervo", in original Spanish text of "The Soul Giver" at "La Novela Corta" (2017), https://www.lanovelacorta.com/novelas-en-transito/el-donador-de-almas.pdf (in Spanish)

Queer Words Podcast
Samuel R. Delany

Queer Words Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2022 20:16


Wayne Goodman in conversation with Samuel R. Delany (known affectionately to his friends as "Chip"), educator, memoirist, essayist, and critic who has penned dozens of titles

New Books Network
Outdated Futures

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 16:44


Saronik talks with Manish Melwani about outdated visions of the future and stale science fiction ideas that just won't die. Manish is a Singaporean writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in 2014, and then completed a master's thesis at NYU entitled Starports, Portals and Port Cities: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Empire's Wake. (That's where he met Saronik.) Manish has published several short stories, with several more—and a novel—on the way. They talk about science fiction's imperialist heritage and how going to Mars is just a distraction from the imaginative (and literal) dead end our civilization faces. They also throw shade on Cecil Rhodes and certain tech moguls who have completely missed the point of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. Manish's perspective has been shaped by many other writers and theorists including: John Rieder's work on Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction, Samuel R. Delany's seminal essays, Alec Nevala-Lee's Astounding, a group biography of John W. Campbell and other figures from the Golden Age of science fiction, and Kim Stanley Robinson's recent climate sci-fi oeuvre. Further reading includes Joanna Russ's We Who Are About To, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, Chen Qiufan's The Waste Tide, Malka Older's Centenal Cycle, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri, and Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland. Image created by Saronik Bosu using open source vectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

High Theory
Outdated Futures

High Theory

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 16:44


Saronik talks with Manish Melwani about outdated visions of the future and stale science fiction ideas that just won't die. Manish is a Singaporean writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in 2014, and then completed a master's thesis at NYU entitled Starports, Portals and Port Cities: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Empire's Wake. (That's where he met Saronik.) Manish has published several short stories, with several more—and a novel—on the way. They talk about science fiction's imperialist heritage and how going to Mars is just a distraction from the imaginative (and literal) dead end our civilization faces. They also throw shade on Cecil Rhodes and certain tech moguls who have completely missed the point of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. Manish's perspective has been shaped by many other writers and theorists including: John Rieder's work on Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction, Samuel R. Delany's seminal essays, Alec Nevala-Lee's Astounding, a group biography of John W. Campbell and other figures from the Golden Age of science fiction, and Kim Stanley Robinson's recent climate sci-fi oeuvre. Further reading includes Joanna Russ's We Who Are About To, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, Chen Qiufan's The Waste Tide, Malka Older's Centenal Cycle, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri, and Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland. Image created by Saronik Bosu using open source vectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in Science Fiction
Outdated Futures

New Books in Science Fiction

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 16:44


Saronik talks with Manish Melwani about outdated visions of the future and stale science fiction ideas that just won't die. Manish is a Singaporean writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in 2014, and then completed a master's thesis at NYU entitled Starports, Portals and Port Cities: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Empire's Wake. (That's where he met Saronik.) Manish has published several short stories, with several more—and a novel—on the way. They talk about science fiction's imperialist heritage and how going to Mars is just a distraction from the imaginative (and literal) dead end our civilization faces. They also throw shade on Cecil Rhodes and certain tech moguls who have completely missed the point of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. Manish's perspective has been shaped by many other writers and theorists including: John Rieder's work on Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction, Samuel R. Delany's seminal essays, Alec Nevala-Lee's Astounding, a group biography of John W. Campbell and other figures from the Golden Age of science fiction, and Kim Stanley Robinson's recent climate sci-fi oeuvre. Further reading includes Joanna Russ's We Who Are About To, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, Chen Qiufan's The Waste Tide, Malka Older's Centenal Cycle, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri, and Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland. Image created by Saronik Bosu using open source vectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-fiction

New Books in Literary Studies
Outdated Futures

New Books in Literary Studies

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2022 16:44


Saronik talks with Manish Melwani about outdated visions of the future and stale science fiction ideas that just won't die. Manish is a Singaporean writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He attended the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop in 2014, and then completed a master's thesis at NYU entitled Starports, Portals and Port Cities: Science Fiction and Fantasy in Empire's Wake. (That's where he met Saronik.) Manish has published several short stories, with several more—and a novel—on the way. They talk about science fiction's imperialist heritage and how going to Mars is just a distraction from the imaginative (and literal) dead end our civilization faces. They also throw shade on Cecil Rhodes and certain tech moguls who have completely missed the point of Iain M. Banks' Culture novels. Manish's perspective has been shaped by many other writers and theorists including: John Rieder's work on Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction, Samuel R. Delany's seminal essays, Alec Nevala-Lee's Astounding, a group biography of John W. Campbell and other figures from the Golden Age of science fiction, and Kim Stanley Robinson's recent climate sci-fi oeuvre. Further reading includes Joanna Russ's We Who Are About To, Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future, Chen Qiufan's The Waste Tide, Malka Older's Centenal Cycle, Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri, and Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation edited by Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Christopher Wieland. Image created by Saronik Bosu using open source vectors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies