{"id":8153,"date":"2009-06-30T06:00:54","date_gmt":"2009-06-30T13:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/2009\/06\/30\/nyc-reading-diaspora-of-the-fantastic-black-women-writers-of-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror\/"},"modified":"2009-06-30T06:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-06-30T13:00:54","slug":"nyc-reading-diaspora-of-the-fantastic-black-women-writers-of-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8153","title":{"rendered":"NYC Reading: Diaspora of the Fantastic: Black Women Writers of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"postavatar\" src=\"http:\/\/theangryblackwoman.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/abw.jpg\" width=\"87\" height=\"100\" alt=\"nyc-reading-diaspora-of-the-fantastic-black-women-writers-of-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<table class=\"ec3_schedule\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">July 30, 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ec3_start\">7:00 pm<\/td>\n<td class=\"ec3_to\">to<\/td>\n<td class=\"ec3_end\">9:00 pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Join science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cith.org\/linda\/\">Linda D. Addison<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Being-Light-Insubstantial-Linda-Addison\/dp\/0917053168\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245991114&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Being Full of Light, Insubstantial<\/em><\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/tempest.fluidartist.com\/\">K. Tempest Bradford<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Interfictions-Anthology-Interstitial-Delia-Sherman\/dp\/1931520240\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245991139&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Interfictions<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Federations-John-Joseph-Adams\/dp\/1607012014\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1245991178&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Federations<\/em><\/a>), <a href=\"http:\/\/nkjemisin.com\">N. K. Jemisin<\/a> (forthcoming: <em>The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms<\/em>), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alayadawnjohnson.com\/\">Alaya Dawn Johnson<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Racing-Dark-Alaya-Dawn-Johnson\/dp\/193284144X\/?tag=thedivapage\"><em>Racing the Dark<\/em><\/a>) for a reading and discussion on women of color in speculative fiction. Far from being indifferent to the genre, people of color are creating and consuming SF literature and media more than ever. Come hear some of the best new and award-winning speculative voices of color writing today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Thursday, July 30th @ 7PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/bluestockings-new-york\">Bluestockings Books, 172 Allen Street (1 block south of Houston), NYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><h4>And now a word from our sponsor&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><!-- Beginning of Project Wonderful ad code: --><br \/>\n<!-- Ad box ID: 38358 --><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/nojs.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" colspan=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/advertisehere.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\">Your ad could be here, right now.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End of Project Wonderful ad code. --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ July 30, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Join science fiction, fantasy, and horror authors Linda D. Addison (Being Full of Light, Insubstantial), K. Tempest Bradford (Interfictions, Federations), N. K. Jemisin (forthcoming: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms), and Alaya Dawn Johnson (Racing the Dark) for a reading and discussion on women of color in speculative fiction. Far from being indifferent to the genre, people [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><h4>And now a word from our sponsor&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><!-- Beginning of Project Wonderful ad code: --><br \/>\n<!-- Ad box ID: 38358 --><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/nojs.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" width=\"468\" height=\"60\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" colspan=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectwonderful.com\/advertisehere.php?id=38358&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\">Your ad could be here, right now.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\" valign=\"top\" width=\"468\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" style=\"3px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End of Project Wonderful ad code. --><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=8153\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-syndicated-feeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}