Podcast appearances and mentions of sheree ren

It's episode 208 and time for us to talk about our Reading Resolutions for 2025! We discuss our love of spreadsheets, the churn of books in public libraries, literacy, unschooling, and more!  You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray

Sharifah and Jenn talk awards season, including some Hugos chat, reminisce about their childhoods courtesy of a Where the Wild Things Are update, talk about current reading faves, and more. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! It's happening, readers — we're bringing paperbacks! Whether you hate carrying around bulky hardcovers, you're on a budget, you want a wider range of recommendations, or all of the above, you can now get a paperback subscription from TBR, curated just for you by one of our Bibliologists. You can also gift it (and the holidays, they are coming). Get all the details at mytbr.co. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Ursula K. Le Guin Prize 2023 Winner announced Books Are My Bag Reader Awards Shortlist [Locus] Hugo Award Winners [Book Riot] Hugo controversies [MetaFilter] Ignyte Award eligibility Michelle Obama to Narrate Where the Wild Things Are Audiobook [AP News + Book Riot] Teddy Ruxpin [Wikipedia] Books Discussed A Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard (cw so far: emotional abuse, harm to children) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (cw: child abuse, homophobia, ritual suicide) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight Mentioned Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice (Feb 2024 US) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our esteemed guest, Sheree Renée Thomas, was kind enough to visit us and drop some knowledge. More info on her below! Sheree is a New York Times bestselling, two-time World Fantasy Award-winning author and editor. A 2023 Octavia E. Butler Award honoree and a 2022 Hugo Award Finalist, she is the author of Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future, a Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Finalist, Marvel's Black Panther: Panther's Rage novel, and she collaborated with Janelle Monáe on “Timebox Altar(ed)” in The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer. Sheree co-edited Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction and is an NAACP Image Award Nominee and Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Sheree lives in her hometown, Memphis, Tennessee, near a mighty river and a pyramid. Support F&SF: https://fandsf.com/ Find Sheree ONLINE: https://www.instagram.com/shereereneethomas/ https://www.shereereneethomas.com/ https://twitter.com/blackpotmojo  Leslye Penelope's podcast 'My Imaginary Friends': https://lpenelope.com/podcast/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/afronauts-podcast/message

In this episode from May of 2022, Steve and Tananarive talk to author and editor Sheree Renée Thomas about her journey with Afrofuturism -- from editing the groundbreaking DARK MATTER in 2000 to writing a short story in Janelle Monáe's MEMORY LIBRARIAN and Thomas's Marvel novel, BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE. As the editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, she also talks about do's and don'ts when submitting short stories.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Share crispy spinach with Sheree Renée Thomas as we discuss how to prevent being an editor interfere with being a writer (and vice versa), the way a serendipitous encounter with Octavia Butler's Kindred caused her to take her own writing more seriously and a copy of Black Enterprise magazine spurred her to move to New York, how her family's relationship with Isaac Hayes nourished her creative dreams, the advice she gives young writers about the difference between the fantasy and reality of a writers life, how  realizing the books she thought were out there weren't launched her editing career, the rewards and challenges of taking over as editor for a 75-year old magazine, why she reads cover letters last, and much more.

If you haven't read any short stories in a while, it's a great time to get back into them. A ton of truly excellent books of short speculative fiction came out recently, and wondrous new tales are appearing in magazines all the time. We talk about some of our favorite new books of short stories — and we offer some tips for writing some short fiction yourself. Works mentioned: All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight  New Suns 2, ed. Nisi Shawl White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link Falling in Love With Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson Drinking From Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker Evil Flowers by Gunnhild Øyehaug The Wishing Pool by Tananarive Due Never Too Old to Save the World: A Midlife Calling Anthology, edited by Alana Joli Abbott and Addie J. King  Sunday Morning Transport Escape Pod Podcast Starship Sofa Podcast Asimov's Science Fiction  The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Analog Science Fiction Lightspeed Magazine Uncanny Magazine Strange Horizons Tor.com Clarkesworld Magazine NIghtmare Magazine Show notes: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes

S'abonner à la Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/ibm1nD   Dominique Fils-Aimé est autrice compositrice interprète. Après un passage très remarqué à l'émission The Voice Québec où elle termine demi-finaliste, Dominique sort un premier EP, puis une trilogie d'album aux influences blues, jazz, soul et funk. Il lui aura fallu du temps, un passé de psyhchologue, un burn-out et une lente reconstruction avant de s'autoriser à enfin faire de la musique son métier. Aujourd'hui, je vous emmène dans son univers, on y parle de toutes les peurs qu'il faut dépasser pour oser s'exprimer, oser laisser la place à sa créativité, proposer un univers artistique unique et complexe, pour enfin s'autoriser à être soi.  Avec douceur et bienveillance, je vous souhaite une bonne écoute...  Références: - L'interview de Dominique Fils-Aimé pour le podcast Joy Sound  - The Art Of Noticing, la newsletter de Rob Walker  - Toxicity, System of a Down - Afrodisiac, Brandy  - Petite philosophie de l'improvisation, Ibrahim Maalouf   - Comment improviser sa vie, podcast Vlan! - la batteuse Salin Cheewapansri  La recommandation de livre:  Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Renée Thomas  Musique citée et entendue dans cet épisode:  - Feeling Good, Nina Simone, reprise par Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Nameless, © Ensoul Records  - Birds, Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Nameless, © Ensoul Records  - Where There Is Smoke, Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Stay Tuned!, © Ensoul Records  - There Is Probably Fire, Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Stay Tuned!, © Ensoul Records  - Strange Fruit, Billie Holliday, reprise reprise par Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Nameless, © Ensoul Records  - Old Love, Dominique Fils-Aimé, © Ensoul Records   - Home to Me, Dominique Fils-Aimé, issu de l'album Three Little Words, © Ensoul Records  Dans la Zone, vous retrouverez votre dose bi-hebdo de refléxions et partages sur la créativité, l'entrepreunariat et le bien-être avec des femmes inspirantes et brillantes issues des diasporas non-occidentales. En espérant que chaque épisode vous incitera à plonger vous aussi dans votre zone de génie

Every week, we will be highlighting a panel from TBRCon2023, looking back on the amazing variety of panels that we had the honor of hosting. This week, join moderator Adrian M. Gibson and authors Malka Older, Sheree Renée Thomas, Lincoln Michel, Samit Basu and Victor Manibo for a TBRCon2023 author panel on "The Future of Near-Future Sci-Fi". SUPPORT THE SHOW: - Patreon (for exclusive bonus episodes, author readings, book giveaways and more) - Merch shop (for a selection of tees, tote bags, mugs, notebooks and more) - Subscribe to the FanFiAddict YouTube channel, where this and every other episode of the show is available in full video - Rate and review SFF Addicts on your platform of choice, and share us with your friends EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE PANELISTS: Adrian M. Gibson is a writer, illustrator and creator/co-host of SFF Addicts podcast. Find Adrian on Twitter and his personal website. Malka Older is a sociologist and author of the Centenal Cycle (Infomocracy, Null States and State Tectonics) and more. She also created the fiction serial Ninth Step Station. Find Malka on Twitter, Amazon or her personal website. Lincoln Michel is an author, teacher and editor. He edited the anthologies Tiny Nightmares and Tiny Crimes, and penned The Body Scout and Upright Beasts. Find Lincoln on Twitter, Amazon or his personal website. Sheree Renée Thomas is an award-winning author, editor and poet. Her works include the Dark Matter anthology, Black Panther: Panther's Rage and much more.Find Sheree on Twitter, Amazon or her personal website. Samit Basu is a film director, screenwriter and author of The City Inside, the GameWorld Trilogy, Turbulence, Resistance and more. Find Samit on Twitter, Amazon or his personal website. Victor Manibo is a speculative fiction author of The Sleepless, as well as a queer immigrant and civil rights lawyer. Find Victor on Twitter, Amazon or his personal website. FOLLOW SFF ADDICTS: FanFiAddict Book Blog Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "Into The Grid" by MellauSFX Outro: “Galactic Synthwave” by Divion --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sff-addicts/message

This is a conversation with teacher, linguist, and writer Rob Cameron about Solarpunk and Afro-Solarpunk. Book Recs: - Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures edited by Christoph Rupprecht, Deborah Cleland, Norie Tamura, Rajat Chaudhuri and Sarena Ulibarri - Cities of Light: A Collection of Solar edited by Joey Eschrich and Clark A. Miller - Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer - Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight - Humankind by Rutger Bregman You can support The Fire These Times on Patreon with a monthly or yearly donation. You can also find it on Twitter @firethesetimes, Instagram @firethesetimes and TikTok @thefirethesetimes. Joey Ayoub can be found on Mastodon @joeyayoub@social.thefirethesetimes.com, Twitter @joeyayoub and Instagram @joeyayoub91. The newsletter is available on Substack @ thefirethesetimes.substack.com

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning editors/authors Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight for a chat about their new anthology Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, as well as the evolution and meaning of the anthology's title, the story selection process, offering a platform for new African and diaspora authors, storytelling traditions, community building and much more. RESOURCES/BOOKS MENTIONED: - Too Dystopian for Whom? A Continental Nigerian Writer's Perspective (essay in Uncanny Magazine) - Bridging Worlds anthology - Neon Hemlock Press - Flowers for the Sea by Zin E. Rocklyn EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Sheree Renée Thomas is an award-winning author, editor and poet. Her works include the Dark Matter anthology, Nine Bar Blues, the Marvel novel Black Panther: Panther's Rage, the story "Timebox Altar(ed)" in Janelle Monáe's collection The Memory Librarian and Other Stories of Dirty Computer and much more. Find Sheree on Twitter or her personal website. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is an award-winning speculative fiction writer, editor and publisher from Nigeria. He edited the first ever Year's Best African Speculative Fiction anthology, the Bridging Worlds anthology and co-edited the Dominion and Africa Risen anthologies. His newest short story is "Destiny Delayed," which you can read here. Find Oghenechovwe on Twitter or his personal website. Zelda Knight is an award-winning author, editor and bookseller. She co-edited the Dominion anthology, and has written numerous short stories and science fiction/romance series and books. Find Zelda on Twitter or her personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Blog Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "The Wind" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sff-addicts/message

Sheree Renée Thomas leads a conversation about Afrofuturist themes in poetry, speculative fiction, and hip hop. Guests: Linda D. Addison Poetica Bey Maurice Broaddus Gary Jackson Danian Darrell Jerry L.P. Kindred To learn more about this episode's host, special guests, music, and more, go to https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Watch-and-Listen/Afrofuturism-Podcast/The-Creator-Has-A-Master-Plan This podcast is inspired by Carnegie Hall's 2022 citywide Afrofuturism Festival. To learn about the festival, view highlights, and explore additional resources, go to  https://www.carnegiehall.org/Events/Highlights/Afrofuturism. This podcast is produced by OP! Miller and Abhita Austin. “Bone Breaking Yada Yada” written and performed by Christopher Ayers/Yasin Allah AKA Mmilk     “Tommy Gun” written and performed by Christopher Ayers/Yasin Allah AKA Mmilk     “The Creator Has A Master Plan” written by Ferrell Lee Sanders (BMI) and Amos Leon Thomas (ASCAP)    Third Side US Publishing (BMI) o/b/o Ferrell Sanders Music LLC (BMI), Third Side America (ASCAP) o/b/o Third Side Music (ASCAP)   Performed by Pharoah Sanders   Under license from Universal Music Enterprises The Afrofuturism festival and this podcast are made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, Bank of America, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.

For the last episode of this season, it's time to think about collections -- story collections! Even more specifically, multi-author anthologies of new (or new-to-the-readership) work! So let's take a trip to China, to Africa, and to Pasedena, CA for some thoughts on collection and curation. ITINERARY: Regina Kanyu Wang (The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories) talks about the collaborative process of editing The Way Spring Arrives, considering non-dualistic ways of being, and the hope that springs from speculative fiction. Sheree Renée Thomas and Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki (Africa Risen) talk about their mutual appreciation, why it was time for a collection like Africa Risen, and just what it means when they say that Africa isn't just rising but that it has risen. Melinda McCurdy (Curator, British Art at the Huntington Library) explains how she views her role as curator and the unique opportunities presented by the change-up of a famous Huntington acquisition, and how curation can change an audience's context and understanding. Full episode transcript available here. Tor Presents: Voyage into Genre is a co-production with Lit Hub Radio Hosted by Drew Broussard Audio engineering + production by Stardust House Creative Music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the beginning of time, people have gazed up at the stars and wondered: Are we alone in the universe? Now, this question is stoking controversy as the U.S. military continues its release of videos showing “unidentified aerial phenomena”—about which former President Barack Obama admitted, “We don't know exactly what they are.” It's time we put together a game plan—preferably one we can all agree on—to guide us when extraterrestrial guests ultimately do arrive. What will contact with a new intelligent lifeform mean for humanity's future? Can the close encounters Hollywood has imagined help us plot our way forward? And, is it possible that humanity will find unity in how we present ourselves to the new arrivals? Senior operations specialist Corey Gray of LIGO Hanford Observatory, ASU astrobiologist and theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker, and Afrofuturist poet, fiction writer, and editor Sheree Renée Thomas visited Zócalo–not to discuss whether there is life out there, but to reflect upon how we should prepare to meet it. This event was streamed live from Los Angeles, CA, and was moderated by New York Times national security reporter Julian E. Barnes. This event is a part of Experience ASU, a month-long series marking Arizona State University's expansion in California. Read more about our panelists here: https://zps.la/3cjL6OA For a full report on the live discussion, check out the Takeaway: Visit https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/ to read our articles and learn about upcoming events. Follow along on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepublicsquare Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepublicsquare/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zocalopublicsquare LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/z-calo-public-square

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!

Sharifah and Jenn discuss some nice news for once (Disney's first enby character, nominees for the World Fantasy Awards, and more) and get into their most anticipated reads coming out in the second half of 2022. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. News Quidditch rebrands as Quadball [NPR] Wheel of Time renewed for a third season [Tor.com] Disney's first nonbinary character played by Terry Hu [Them] Nominees for the World Fantasy Awards Books Discussed August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White (July 12) Africa Risen, edited by Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight et al (Nov 8) The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope (August 9) The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez Aug 30 Babel by RF Kuang (Aug 23) The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang (9/27) The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia (July 19) The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean (Aug 2) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna (Aug 23) The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to author and editor Sheree Renée Thomas about her journey with Afrofuturism -- from editing the groundbreaking DARK MATTER in 2000 to writing a short story in Janelle Monáe's MEMORY LIBRARIAN and Thomas's upcoming Marvel novel, BLACK PANTHER: PANTHER'S RAGE. As the editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, she also talks about do's and don'ts when submitting short stories. 

In Episode 111, Dolen Perkins-Valdez (author of Take My Hand) shares details about the real-life events that inspired the book about a tragic story and historical landmark in the battle for women's rights. Dolen also talks about her research methods and a couple of key themes from the book. Take My Hand was a 5-star book for me and will be one of my favorite books of 2022! This post contains affiliate links, through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights What compelled Dolen to write this book, based on the true story of the Relf sisters. How Dolen shaped this real-life story into fiction and the liberties she allowed for her novel. Dolen's research process and a bit of the behind the scenes of crafting the book. The theme of governmental coercion and exploitation of poor people. Dolen's favorite genre of fiction as a reader. How Dolen first resisted defining herself as a Historical Fiction writer. The secret genre Dolen would like to explore one day. Dolen's Book Recommendations [24:31] Two OLD Books She Loves We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin | Amazon | Bookshop.org [26:08] The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot | Amazon | Bookshop.org [29:06] Two NEW Books She Loves The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | Amazon | Bookshop.org [32:00] Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:58] One Book She DIDN'T LOVE A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway | Amazon | Bookshop.org [40:12] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn (March 29) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [41:49] Last 5-Star Book Dolen Read Miss Chloe by A. J. Verdelle (May 10) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [45:22] Other Books Mentioned Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez [1:02] Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez [1:02] Black No More by George S. Schuyler [28:19] Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas (ed.), with short story “Sister Lilith” by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers [32:23] The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers [33:31] The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois [33:39] The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway [41:05] The Alice Network by Kate Quinn [42:40] Other Links Reuters | Henrietta Lacks' Heirs Sue for Cut of Medical Research Profits.  Are They Too Late? NPR | Henrietta Lacks' family sues biotech company for profiting from ‘stolen' cells About Dolen Perkins-Valdez Website | Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench and Balm. She was a finalist for two NAACP Image Awards and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction, and she was awarded the First Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Dolen is the current Chair of the Board of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. On behalf of the foundation, she has visited nearly every public high school in the District of Columbia to talk about the importance of reading and writing.   She is currently Associate Professor in the Literature Department at American University and lives in Washington, DC with her family.

Amanda and Jenn discuss books for a retired dad who is basically Jimmy Buffett, books never mentioned on the show before, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. Follow the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Feedback Float Plan by Trish Doller and Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton (rec'd by Amanda) Ellie Cosimano's Finlay Donovan is Killing It and the sequel Finlay Donovan Knocks Em Dead (rec'd by Alice) Books Discussed The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich Tidesong by Wendy Xu  Apartment Gardening by Amy Pennington and Kate Bingaman-Burt All New Square Foot Gardening 3rd Edition by Mel Bartholemew et al The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune Psalm for the Wild–Built by Becky Chambers Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller (cw: domestic abuse) Waiting for Tomorrow by Natacha Appanah, transl by Geoffrey Strachan The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae, Yohanca Delgado, Eve L. Ewing, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Danny Lore, Sheree Renée Thomas (cw: transphobia; unjust incarceration; racism; homophobia) (out April 19) The Girl Meets Duke series by Tessa Dare (#1 The Duchess Deal) Jeannie Lin A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie The Talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Marshall, Nick, Wil, and Brent continue to dive into the night of the Hugos! They have a dynamite discussion with major heavy hitting SFF figures, Maurice Broaddus and  Sheree Renée Thomas. They dig into the significance of FIYAH's Hugo Win and how the field can continue to move forward… Links mentioned during the show: Sheree Renée Thomas Sheree's website @blackpotmojo The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Sheree is the editor) Maurice Broaddus Maurice's Website  Support the Show: Patreon Kofi Indie Bound Contact us! JustKeepWriting.org Discord Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Marshall: Website: www.marshallcarr.com Email: marshall@marshallcarr.com  Twitter: @darthpops  Nick:  Website: www.brightinks.org Email: nicholasbright@brightinks.org  Twitter: @BrightInks Wil:  Email: wil@justkeepwriting.org  Twitter: @wil_ralston Instagram: @wilsartrules Brent:  Twitter: @BrentCLambert @fiyahlitmag Fiyah Lit Magazine Now, just keep writing!

Author, editor and publisher Sheree Renée Thomas celebrates the global moment the Black Speculative Arts movement is having. Traditionally in popular culture Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative Arts have long been considered the domain of white men. Yet, contrary to popular belief, Black artists have been creating groundbreaking work in this space from the very beginning of these genres. Sheree and scholar Susana Morris re-evaluate and recognise the forgotten or underappreciated names that, without, the community would not be as recognised as it is today. Author Nisi Shawl gives us context of what it was like to be a science fiction writer when Black Speculative Arts was not considered as part of the traditional ‘canon'. They explain, from a personal angle, how the community grew and developed into the worldwide phenomenon that it is today. In 2018, the Marvel movie Black Panther was released. After just one month it had made over a billion dollars in profit and became cherished by fans across the world. This was a watershed moment for Black Speculative Arts as it proved that there was a huge audience for the work. However, without the independent publishers allowing artists to create their work for decades on the fringes, the movie never could have happened. With the help of Andrea Hairston, Sheree explores the importance of these presses, able to create exciting and unique work, that helped usher in a new wave of artists that are taking on the mainstream like never before. Dr Reynaldo Anderson is a curator and exhibitor of Black Speculative Arts. He talks to Sheree how one exhibition in 2015 has gone on to become a global movement with artists now across Europe, America and Africa. Image: A picture designed for the recent exhibition in New York of the Black Speculative Arts Movement. Credit: John Jennings, Black Speculative Arts

Welcome to episode 25 of Season 12 of The Coode Street Podcast. This week Jonathan and Gary sit down with the very talented and extremely busy Sheree Renée Thomas to discuss her award-winning collection Nine Bar Blues, her first year editing the venerable Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, the lasting impact of her Dark Matter anthologies, her forthcoming anthologies Trouble the Waters: Tales from the Deep Blue (co-edited with Pan Morrigan and Troy L. Wiggins) and Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction (co-edited with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight, her own experiences growing up as an SF and horror reader, and the new age of recognizing African and African diaspora SFF.  It's a pretty lively conversation. As always, our sincere thanks to Sheree Renée Thomas, and we hope you enjoy the episode.   Order now!   

In this episode Alan and Cat talk to editor and writer Sheree Renee Thomas about taking over the editorship of Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, music, her new collection Nine Bar Blues, and politics in art. We also have our first ever audio column by Rick Claypool, author of Leech Girl Lives and The Mold Farmer. Rick talks about the collective action and Amazon. And we announce a new co-host, Graeme Barber.

This week, we took a few minutes to thank everyone who has helped us make the back half of 2020 better than we'd hoped. We launched Glitchy Pancakes on June 19 of this year with an episode on Protest & Rebellion in SF/F, featuring the amazing Sheree Renée Thomas. From then until now, we've published 30 episodes full of fun and illuminating conversations about all aspects of SF/F fandom with a slate of absolutely fantastic guests, and we hope you've all gotten something good out of listening. We greatly appreciate every guest who gave us a slice of their time, as well as all the listeners who have kept us going. We'll be back in January serving up more fresh hot stacks of Glitchy Pancakes. Happy New Year everybody! Let's make it the best one yet!Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

"Own Voices" fiction means stories written BY members of the marginalized groups and cultures they depict, instead of written by people from outside those groups. People deserve to tell their OWN stories instead of having others take up that space and write about them, so today we get into what needs to happen and why. We're joined by two amazing author/editors: Sheree Renée Thomas (World Fantasy Award-winning editor, author, Marvel writer, and new Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction) and K. Tempest Bradford (author, editor, writing teacher at Writing the Other, podcaster, and Vice Chair of the board of the Carl Brandon Society) for a deep dive into Own Voices fiction and why it's so important.Sheree Renée Thomas: Website and Twitter (@blackpotmojo)Books: NINE BAR BLUES, DARK MATTER & DARK MATTER: READING THE BONES, & pre-order BLACK PANTHER: TALES OF WAKANDAVisit & subscribe to The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionK. Tempest Bradford: Website and Twitter (@tinytempest)Fiction & Non-Fiction Bibliography: http://tempest.fluidartist.com/bibliography/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ktempestbradfordWriting the Other writing classesThe Carl Brandon Society's websiteSubscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Third Man Books (the publishing imprint of Jack White's Third Man Records) returns to City Lights to launch three new titles: IT CAME FROM MEMPHIS by Robert Gordon, CAR MA by Alison Mosshart, and 9 Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas. This event was originally broadcast live via Zoom. Robert Gordon is a writer and a filmmaker, a native Memphian who has been exporting the city's authentic weirdness since long before his first book, It Came From Memphis (1995). Alison Mosshart is best known for her work in her musical duo The Kills, as well as fronting the Grammy nominated rock n’ roll band, The Dead Weather. Her 5 major solo exhibits: "Fire Power," Joseph Gross Gallery in NYC, 2015, "Fire Power Los Angeles," Maxfield in Los Angeles, 2017, "Tonight Only," Muscle Shoals, Alabama, 2016, "Side Effects," Panteon in Mexico City, 2018, and "Los Trachas," FF-1051 Gallery in Los Angeles, 2018. Sheree Renée Thomas imagines stories that are sonic rituals, works that cultivate and affirm the magical and the mystical in everyday living. Nine Bar Blues explores the multitudinous forms of music and the people who make it and appreciate it—the body’s music, the spirit’s music, and what moves a soul forward in the crossroads journey of life.

Jonathan and Gary continue their irregular 2020 schedule with a conversation with Charles Coleman Finlay, who for more than five years has carried on the grand tradition of editing The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Sheree Renée Thomas, who picks up the mantle as new editor beginning with the March/April 2021 issue. We talk about the magazine's distinguished history, the challenges of maintaining an iconic magazine in a radically changing short fiction field, and their own experiences as SF readers, writers, and editors.

WorldCon, AKA the World Science Fiction Convention, is one of the oldest and most storied conventions anywhere, the home of the Hugo Awards and the source of much fandom lore. The 79th annual WorldCon will be in Washington D.C. at DisCon III, August 25-29, 2021. DisCon III Co-Chair Bill Lawhorn joins Rob & Jesse to talk about the history & meaning of WorldCon, what to expect in 2021 (Sheree Renée Thomas & Malka Older hosting the Hugos, yes please!), and how DisCon is addressing certain *ahem* issues that previous WorldCons have faced. Listen in & get all the details!WorldCon 2021 (DisCon III): https://discon3.org/Follow them on Twitter @worldcon2021Subscribe to Glitchy Pancakes on your favorite podcast app, and please leave a review if you like what we're doing. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook @GlitchyPancakes. Email questions or comments to CakesPod@gmail.com, and thanks for listening!

Ten minutes with... is a special series presented by Coode Street that sees readers and booklovers from around the world talk about what they're reading right now and what's getting them through these difficult times. World Fantasy Award winner Sheree Renée Thomas talks with Gary about old horror movies like Burnt Offerings and Trilogy of Terror as comfort viewing, the 20th anniversary of her groundbreaking Dark Matter anthology and how the SFF landscape has changed since then, the influence of Octavia E. Butler, and different kinds of music. Books mentioned include: Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora by Sheree Renée Thomas ed. Dark Matter: Reading the Bones by Sheree Renée Thomas ed. Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future by Sheree Renée Thomas Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica M. White The Lark Ascending: The Music of the British Landscape by Richard King Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste The Deep by Rivers Solomon The Blues Line: Blues Lyrics from Leadbelly to Muddy Waters by Eric Sackheim & Jonathan Shahn The Big Book of Modern Fantasy by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer eds.

John is in the wrong Zoom, Alison is tactful, and Liz went to her first online convention. Please email your letters of comment to octothorpecast@gmail.com and use #OctothorpeCast when you post about the show on social media! Letters of comment were sent from Mark Plummer, Claire Brialey and Ian Sorensen Chadwick Boseman has died of cancer Ryan Coogler expresses his sorrow Chadwick Boseman surprises fans Shuri has been the Black Panther M'Baku has not been the Black Panther The Marvel Symphonic Universe New York Times: The Week Old Hollywood Finally, Actually Died NASFiC 2020 was held online Liz attended: Researching the Golden Age with Alec Nevala-Lee and Farah Mendlesohn The Technological Dreams of AfroFuturism with Dan Tres Omi, Eboni Dunbar, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Sheree Renée Thomas Panel recordings do not appear to be available, but the schedule is here Virtually Expo was the online UK Games Expo John got a lot of badges Our theme music is Fanfare for Space by Kevin MacLeod, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Sheree Renée Thomas's “The Parts That Make Us Monsters.” You can read the full text of the story here.

We talk about the history of protest in speculative fiction with award-winning multi-genre author, editor, and publisher Sheree Renée Thomas. Check the notes below for Sheree's new fiction collection Nine Bar Blues, plus the other recommendations we mentioned during the show. Enjoy!NINE BAR BLUES (fiction collection by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780997457896RIOT BABY (novel by Tochi Onyebuchi): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250214751OCTAVIA'S BROOD (science fiction stories from social justice movements, foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781849352093IF THIS GOES ON: The Science Fiction Future of Today's Politics (short story collection edited by Cat Rambo): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780999784211RESIST FASCISM (micro-anthology of science fiction & fantasy stories about protest & resistance): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780991392148A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES (collection of stories that challenge oppression, edited by Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams, featuring N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525508809DO NOT GO QUIETLY (anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009786INSURRECTIONS (fiction collection by Rion Amilcar Scott): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780813174402PIMP MY AIRSHIP (novel by Maurice Broaddus): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009762DOMINION: An Anthology of Black Speculative Fiction: kickstarter.com/projects/aurelialeo/dominion-an-anthology-of-speculative-fictionFIYAH LIT MAG: https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/THE HEAT OF US (story by Sam J. MIller): https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-heat-of-us-notes-toward-an-oral-history/

Sharifah and Jenn discuss Discworld and Hunger Games adaptations, swords, and nonfiction about sci-fi and fantasy. This episode is sponsored by TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations, Dark Horse Comics, publisher of Fight Club 3 by Chuck Palahniuk, and Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas, published by Third Man Books. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! News: Project Decameron (tw for abusive parents) Terry Pratchett novels to get ‘absolutely faithful’ TV adaptations Here is a cool new geek-fashion retailer: Svaha A Hunger Games Prequel Movie is happening This is just a really great piece about swords. Books Discussed Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku The Dark Fantastic by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (D&D Wildemount) Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss If I Had Your Face, The Silence of Bones, Late To the Party, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot's subscription service; Ritual; and Book Riot Insiders. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by Alia Volz On These Magic Shores by Yamile Saied Méndez If I Had Your Face: A Novel by Frances Cha Late to the Party by Kelly Quindlen How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa The Silence of Bones by June Hur I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir by Val Kilmer Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk  WHAT WE'RE READING: The Blue Castle by Lucy Montgomery Post-Apocalypto by Tenacious D, Jack Black, Kyle Gass The Cold Millions: A Novel by Jess Walter  MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: The Last Children of Mill Creek by Vivian Gibson Misconduct of the Heart: A Novel by Cordelia Strube Final Judgment (Samantha Brinkman Book 4) by Marcia Clark Kept Animals: A Novel by Kate Milliken The Inside Game: Bad Calls, Strange Moves, and What Baseball Behavior Teaches Us About Ourselves by Keith Law Creatures of Charm and Hunger by Molly Tanzer Dead Land (V.I. Warshawski Novels) by Sara Paretsky A Journey Toward Hope by Victor Hinojosa, Coert Voorhees, Susan Guevara Lost in Oaxaca: A Novel by Jessica Winters Mireles Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo, Lylian Klepakowsky Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée Thomas The Clock Mirage: Our Myth of Measured Time by Joseph Mazur The Soul of an Entrepreneur: Work and Life Beyond the Startup Myth by David Sax The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience by Matthew Cobb Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World by Laurence C. Smith Strange Situation: A Mother's Journey into the Science of Attachment by Bethany Saltman Velocities by Kathe Koja The Closer You Get by Mary Torjussen Witch by Philip Matthews Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me by Jason Rosenthal Kent State by Deborah Wiles The Business of Lovers: A Novel by Eric Jerome Dickey The Easy Part of Impossible by Sarah Tomp Verona Comics by Jennifer Dugan Deadly Anniversaries A Collection of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors edited by Marcia Muller; Bill Pronzini Shorefall: A Novel (The Founders Trilogy) by Robert Jackson Bennett Race the Sands: A Novel by Sarah Beth Durst The Golden Flea: A Story of Obsession and Collecting by Michael Rips Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell by Tom Clavin Girl Gone Viral (Modern Love) by Alisha Rai Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran Repo Virtual by Corey J. White What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family's Search for Answers by Jessica Pearce Rotondi If It Bleeds by Stephen King Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs by Jennifer Finney Boylan Time of Our Lives by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany by Lori Nelson Spielman Master Class by Christina Dalcher Into the Clouds: The Race to Climb the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain (Scholastic Focus) by Tod Olson Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier Pretty Things: A Novel by Janelle Brown Rival Magic by Deva Fagan Passage West: A Novel by Rishi Reddi The Mystery of the Moon Tower by Francesco Sedita, Prescott Seraydarian Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid Rick by Alex Gino The Best Poems of Jane Kenyon by Jane Kenyon In Her Shadow: A Novel by Kristin Miller There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing—A Memoir by Ruthie Lindsey Foreverland: A Novel of Middle School Ups and Downs by Nicole C. Kear A Thousand Moons by Sebastian Barry Missed Translations: Meeting the Immigrant Parents Who Raised Me by Sopan Deb and Hasan Minhaj I’m Still Here: A Memoir by Martina Reaves The Ranger of Marzanna by Jon Skovron Warhol by Blake Gopnik Lifting as We Climb: Black Women's Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne The Water Bears by Kim Baker The Girl and the Stars (The Book of the Ice) by Mark Lawrence You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce Reproduction by Ian Williams The Deck of Omens (The Devouring Gray) by Christine Lynn Herman Everything Is Under Control: A Memoir with Recipes by Phyllis Grant The House of Deep Water by Jeni McFarland Deluge by Leila Chatti The Book of Longings: A Novel by Sue Monk Kidd Welcome to Buttermilk Kitchen by Suzanne Vizethann and Angie Mosier Ronan the Librarian by Tara Luebbe , Becky Cattie Sea Change by Nancy Kress Shrapnel Maps by Philip Metres

Daniel José Older is the New York Times bestselling author of the Middle Grade historical fantasy series Dactyl Hill Squad, the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, Star Wars: Last Shot, and the award winning Young Adult series the Shadowshaper Cypher, which won the International Latino Book Award and was shortlisted for the Kirkus Prize in Young Readers’ Literature, the Andre Norton Award, the Locus, the Mythopoeic Award, and named one of Esquire’s 80 Books Every Person Should Read.  Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/344 In this episode, Daniel discusses: -What it was like to be a New York City paramedic. -What the Jedi can teach writers when it comes to finding their voice. -How the essence of being a writer is not what you’ve read in books but what you’ve experienced in your life. -The importance of listening in writing and other creative pursuits. -Making the transition from paramedic to full-time writer. -Persevering despite Shadowshaper getting rejected 40 times. -The support he received from Sheree Renée Thomas, Tananarive Due and Nathan Bransford. -Writing the Other. -Why we shouldn’t italicize other languages. -Using humor. -The advice that changed the entire trajectory of Shadowshaper. -Why everyone should write a book (but not everyone should publish one). -Why he spent the last year not writing. -Finding comfort in writing his Ambulance Stories. Daniel's Final Push will inspire you to go back to the stories that you had in your mind as a kid!   Quotes: “The idea of sitting down and writing a book seemed so free.  Because it was just me and the laptop.” “That’s why I write.  The world is destroyed and very much on fire.” “The bones and blood of being a writer is what you’ve lived, not what you’ve read.” “I feel like I’m writing to get the world to be what I know it to be.” “I just didn’t know if it was in me to write a good enough book to be worth writing a book.” Links mentioned: 12 Fundamentals of Writing The Other (And the Self) [Buzzfeed] Writing Begins With Forgiveness: Why One of the Most Common Pieces of Writing Advice is Wrong | Seven Scribes Ambulance stories Sierra Santiago and the Invisible City - Daniel José Older - Wattpad Connect with Daniel: Website / Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr On the next episode: Piper Thibodeau: Website / Instagram Join the discussion in the Facebook group!

In this podcast The Outer Dark presents the ‘Black Women in Speculative Fiction' panel from Blacktasticon 2018 featuring Sheree Renée Thomas, Valjeanne Jeffers, Kenesha Williams, Linda D Addison, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Violette L. Meier, Susana Morris, Letitia Carelock, and Christine Taylor-Butler, plus an exclusive interview and special presentation with Linda D. Addison and The Outer … Continue reading

Deer heads, Tituba, and zombies, oh my! Jen hands the podcast over to Tonia Thompson of Nightlight Podcast, who moderates a discussion about black horror between Eden Royce, Linda Addison, and Sheree Renée Thomas. These phenomenal horror writers bring their lives, their careers, and their knowledge to the table to tell us about the history […]

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In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents Inda Lauryn's "Venus Witch's Ring." You can read the full text of the story here.

"Aunt Dissy's Policy Dream Book" by Sheree Renée Thomas -- published in Apex Magazine issue 95, April 2017.   Read it here: http://www.apex-magazine.com/ Sheree Renée Thomas, a native of Memphis, is the author of Sleeping Under the Tree of Life (Aqueduct Press, August 2016), recently named on the 2016 James Tiptree, Jr. Award “Worthy” Long List, Shotgun Lullabies, and the editor of the World Fantasy Award-winning Dark Matter anthologies. Read her short stories and poems in Sycorax’s Daughters, Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, Revise the Psalm, The Moment of Change: An Anthology of Feminist Speculative Poetry, Mojo: Conjure Stories, An Alphabet of Embers, Strange Horizons, Mythic Delirium, Jalada: Afrofuture(s), Callaloo, Obsidian, So Long Been Dreaming: Post-Colonial Science Fiction & Fantasy, Memphis Noir, and Harvard’s Transition. Find her @blackpotmojo or visit www.aqueductpress.com/authors/ShereeThomas.php. This Apex Magazine podcast was performed by Sheree Renée Thomas and produced by Mahvesh Murad. Music used with kind permission of BenSound.com! Apex Magazine Podcast, Copyright Apex Publications. Apex Magazine is a monthly short fiction zine focused on dark science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Find us at http://www.apex-magazine.com.