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50 Books By POC Suggested Reading: Updated 2014 & An Evolving Work in Progress

popelizbet May 31, 2014 10:47

50 Books by POC Challenge

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Nikki Giovanni, Racism 101.
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart.
Shobhaa Dé, Bollywood Nights.
Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist. (recommended by DarkFantasy.org POC in Fantasy Roundtable)
Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Zarah the Windseeker. (recommended by DarkFantasy.org POC in Fantasy Roundtable)
Nikki Giovanni, Sacred ( Read more... )

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In Which John C. Wright is Wrong About Everything, Forever, World Without End, Amen: An Open Letter

popelizbet May 08, 2014 21:25

If you haven’t been following the slowly-building SF/F fandom and genre dustup for the past few months, what follows may be of limited use to you, even if you follow the links. Fair warning.

Natalie Luhrs did a really good job of explaining how John C. Wright is Lying About Everything in order to make the bigotry of those he champions appear to ( Read more... )

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2013 Rhyslings: Awesome/Not So Awesome News

popelizbet Jul 17, 2013 16:51

Peeking my head up from the practice of law with some good news and some bad news.

The good news is that my Memphis Lovecraftian poem, "Memphis Street Railway Co. v. Stratton: 1915", originally published at New Myths, was nominated for a 2013 Rhysling Award by some wonderful soul. (It also got some lovely praise from very talented poet and editor ( Read more... )

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help out maevele, get a haiku.

popelizbet Aug 01, 2012 13:38

A friend of mine whose financial security took a serious hit when they ended an abusive relationship is in a real bind. If you follow maevele (icecreamsocialistslut on tumblr), you already know the basics. Their living situation is tenuous, they have kids, they owe back rent to the tune of several hundred dollars due to “child support shenanigans” on the ( Read more... )

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author pages springing up all over

popelizbet Aug 11, 2011 19:46

I have author pages now a number of places and thought I'd leave them here for those of you who might want to see them. Go friend, fan, like, or whatever suits you.

Amazon
Facebook
Goodreads

I'm working on LibraryThing, but you can find me over there as parcequilfaut in the meantime.

How's your week going? Tell me in comments.

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flotsam

popelizbet Aug 07, 2011 02:05

I already told y'all about my Aptowicz review and the new poem but I have a few more bits of flotsam around LJ I haven't told you about yet:

* "Sea Witch" & sea-themed Rhsyling nominees-and-winners post at seashores
* "Sea Witch" & "The Sea-King's Second Bride" post at mermaid_lagoon
* Apex Magazine Issue 27 & "Wrap Is Poetry" post at spec_poetry (including updated lists of ( Read more... )

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Review: Aptowicz, "Hot Teen Slut" & more Wrap is Poetry

popelizbet Aug 06, 2011 12:09

Back to Memphis with more excellence.

My review of Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz's second poetry collection, HOT TEEN SLUT, is now available at The Legendary for your delectation. I think HTS is a fantastic collection. If that title intrigues, horrifies or gobsmacks you, you can find out why I think it's so damn good by reading the review.

thegreenyear's "Wrap ( Read more... )

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[signal boost] new poem & "wrap is poetry" jewelry collaboration

popelizbet Aug 03, 2011 10:05

I told you I had more excellence for you. Here's some.

The new issue of Apex Magazine is out, featuring my poem "Down Cycles." It's joined by poetry from saladinahmed and fiction from Lavie Tidhar, Zach Lynott, and Rabbit Seagrave. You can have all that in your hot little hands/computer/e-reader for just under three shiny dollars, or read the poem free in ( Read more... )

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popelizbet Jul 14, 2011 10:30

Yes, I know, I am a ghost on LJ these days. Law school eats lives. It's like Cthulhu in that way.

Voting for the 2011 Rhysling Awards is still ongoing through this Friday, July 15 to current members of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA). My Frankenstein-inspired poem, Anything So Utterly Destroyed, is nominated in the long-form ( Read more... )

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[links] [news] what has the pope been up to?

popelizbet Jun 03, 2011 14:23

Hello Internet of mine! I missed you.

The second year of law school ate my life. I am making no promises about the third. But I promised K. Tempest Bradford (ktempest for her blog feed) that I would give her a links roundup; I know I have some new folks here on LJ since Wiscon; and I have exciting news of all kinds to share.

Today I have an interview ( Read more... )

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