It's a true and honor and delight to be the focus of Episode 25 of the brilliant My Star Wars Story podcast. What great fun I had recording this! If you listen (via iTunes or here at the podcast's website), I hope you enjoy!


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Recently I was invited to share thoughts related to the controversial question of how J.K. Rowling has addressed Indigenous America in her two recent Pottermore works ("History of Magic in North America" and "Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry") in an extended interview on MuggleNet Academia with hosts Keith Hawk and the Hogwarts ( Read more... )

Recently I was invited to share thoughts related both to Harry Potter and to my essay "His Fordship in the Capitol and Big Brother in the Districts: The Hunger Games and the Modern Dystopian Tradition" in an extended interview on MuggleNet Academia with hosts Keith Hawk and the Hogwarts Professor himself, John Granger, as well as the editor of ( Read more... )

... It is now archived here!

I'm grateful to host S. Evan Townsend for a delightful discussion. The hour flew by so quickly!

If you listen, I hope you enjoy.


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Today (Friday, April 15) at 6pm Eastern, I'll be the guest interviewee of host (and bestselling author) S. Evan Townsend on The Speculative Fiction Cantina on the Writestream Radio Network. I'll be on the show for about an hour, and I think it will be great fun! Here are more details.

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This Friday (April 15) at 6pm Eastern, I'll be the guest interviewee of host (and bestselling author) S. Evan Townsend on The Speculative Fiction Cantina on the Writestream Radio Network. I'll be on the show for about an hour, and I think it will be great fun! Here are more details.

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There's been a lot of talk surrounding J.K. Rowling's new four-part work on Pottermore, "The History of Magic in North America." I'm in the process of writing an article on it now.

In the meantime, I was interviewed for this article in The Huffington Post about the Native American aspect of Rowling's work.


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I was invited to share my interpretations of and opinions on The Force Awakens -- including my five-point rebuttal to the "derivative" objection -- in an extended interview on MuggleNet Academia with hosts Keith Hawk and the Hogwarts Professor himself, John Granger, as well as my fellow Potterphiles Emily Strand and Shannen Michaels.

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Today is the 15th anniversary of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Say what you will about that film (there's certainly more than enough to criticize), it did provide us with Qui-Gon Jinn. So there.

In the mood for a bit of nostalgic wallowing, I thought I'd dust off a few of my related past posts from the vault:
* "Violently in Battle, In Shock and ( Read more... )

I have lots of links to share today!

First and foremost, various ways you can donate/help the efforts in Oklahoma are listed here.


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