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Don't Go Alone: Creating Space with Shingai Njeri Kagunda
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59 minutes 46 seconds
7 months ago
Don't Go Alone: Creating Space with Shingai Njeri Kagunda
Shingai Njeri Kagunda (https://www.instagram.com/shingai_be_like/), T. K. Rex (https://www.tkrex.wtf/) and Doug Henderson (https://www.doughendersonauthor.com/) discuss editing fiction publications, the triumphant return of Fantasy Magazine, and creating space for underrepresented writers. Stuff we talked about in the episode:* Fantasy Magazine (https://psychopomp.com/fantasy-magazine-announcement/)* Podcastle (https://podcastle.org/)* Voodoonauts Afrofuturist collective & workshop (https://www.voodoonauts.com/)* & This Is How To Stay Alive (https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/-this-is-how-to-stay-alive)* Ignyte Awards (https://ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/) - centering the contributions and experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) in Speculative Fiction* FIYAH Magazine (https://fiyahlitmag.com/) - speculative fiction by and about Black people of the African Diaspora* Let the Star Explode (https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/let-the-star-explode/) - short story by Shingai Njeri Kagunda* Hi From Shelling Point (https://www.utopiasciencefiction.com/product-page/october-november-2023-issue) - story story by T. K. Rex, in Utopia Magazine* Arley Sorg (https://arleysorg.com) - Co-Editor of Fantasy Magazine* Rooted & Written, BIPOC conference at the Writers Grotto (https://rooted-written.org/)* The Nebula Awards (https://nebulas.sfwa.org/)* British Fantasy Awards (https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/the-british-fantasy-awards/)* #PublishingPaidMe (https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/17/21285316/publishing-paid-me-diversity-black-authors-systemic-bias) - link to the Vox explainer* Yvette Lisa Ndlovu (https://www.yvettelisandlovu.com/)* Sheree Renée Thomas (https://www.shereereneethomas.com/)* Suyi Davies Okungbowa (https://suyidavies.com/)* Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (https://www.nanakwameadjei-brenyah.com/)* Just Keep Writing podcast (https://www.justkeepwriting.org/)* Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center - a 1984 book about feminist theory by bell hooks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Theory:_From_Margin_to_Center)
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Conversations with working writers on the craft of writing, the writer’s life, and the broader writing community, recorded at the Writers Grotto in San Francisco, California.
