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Book Reviews: September 2020
Arley Sorg reviews the novel Burning Roses, written by S.L. Huang, and anthologies edited by Joe M. McDermott (Evil in Technicolor) and Sheila Williams (Entanglements).
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Interview: Andrea Hairston
Andrea Hairston is the author of Master of Poisons (out September 8, 2020). Her other books include Will Do Magic For Small Change (finalist for the Mythopoeic, Lambda, and Tiptree Awards, and a New York Times Editor’s pick), Redwood and Wildfire (Tiptree and Carl Brandon Award winner), and Mindscape (winner of Carl Brandon Award). She has published essays, plays, and short fiction and received grants from the NEA, Rockefeller and Ford Foundation.
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Media Review: August 2020
This month, Carrie Vaughn mourns watching movies in the theater. She also reviews Amazon’s new series, Upload.
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Book Reviews: August 2020
This month, LaShawn M. Wanak reviews Star Daughter, by Shveta Thakrar, Or What You Will, by Jo Walton, and Trouble the Saints, by Alaya Dawn Johnson.
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Interview: Alaya Dawn Johnson
Alaya Dawn Johnson has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” which also appears in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2015), guest edited by Joe Hill. Her debut YA novel, The Summer Prince, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Her follow up YA novel, Love is the Drug, won the Andre Norton Award in 2015.
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Media Review: July 2020
Our reviewer LaShawn M. Wanak takes a deep dive into Steven Universe, Steven Universe: The Movie, and Steven Universe Future. There are gems, trauma, singing, and heroics—so should you watch it?
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Book Reviews: July 2020
This month, Chris Kluwe reviews new books from Alaya Dawn Johnson (Trouble the Saints), Andrew Irvine(Anthropocene Rag), Keith Rosson(Road Seven), and Matthew Baker (Why Visit America).
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Interview: Jessica Cluess
Jessica Cluess is a graduate of both Northwestern University and the Clarion Writers Workshop. After college, she moved to Los Angeles, where she served coffee to the rich and famous while working on her first novel in the Kingdom on Fire series, A Shadow Bright and Burning. These days, she sits around thinking about dragons far too much, and enjoys it.
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Media Review: June 2020
Sure, you’ve heard about Tom Nook and all the cute animals in the neighborhood. But what is it really like playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons, especially when you’re stuck home alone in lockdown? JY Yang spills the beans.
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Book Reviews, June 2020
This month reviewer Arley Sorg reviews new work from Meg Elison (Big Girl), Ellen Datlow (Final Cuts), P. Djèlí Clark (Ring Shout).
