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May 17, 2014
Wolf-Child: new #flashfiction
I just posted a new piece of flash fiction, called Wolf-Child, over at Wattpad. Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: flash fiction
Craig Laurance Gidney on Tumblr
I have decided to have a presence on Tumblr, where I will be sharing interesting articles and images that inform and inspire my fiction. I’m calling it Glossolalia and you can investigate it here: http://ethereallad.tumblr.com/Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: glossolalia, tumblr
May 13, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: TurquoiseLLE (Colouring Book No. 7) by Tanith Lee. Kafkaesque espionage thriller.
Turquoiselle by Tanith Lee There was a British miniseries in the late 1960s called “The Prisoner,” which dealt with a Secret Agent who was mysteriously transported to a remote location, where he was subjected to sinister experiments in drug and mind control. The 7th entry in Tanith Lee’s cross-genre loosely-connected series of dark character studies, […]
Writing Advice: The Agony and Ecstasy of Diverse Fiction
The recent #WeNeedDiverseBooks hashtag that trended on Twitter resurrected that old canard: angst over writing diverse characters. I thought I would offer my own experiences with that. First, some background. Much (though not all) of my fiction is centered my own identities as a gay African-American. Even though I am marginalized, I, like everyone, have […]
May 12, 2014
Facebook Author Page
I’ve become more active on my Facebook Author Page, since I am in the planning process of a couple of upcoming events. If so inclined, please “like” my page…. Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: Administrativa
May 10, 2014
ICYMI: My interview with Felix Gilman @ the Washington Independent Review of Books.
You can read it here. Gilman’s new novel, The Revolutions, is a wonderful tribute to the planetary romances of the late 19th and early 20th Century (Burroughs, Lewis, etc.) In the future, look for pieces at the Washington Independent Review of Books by me on works by Robert Jackson Bennett, Darin Bradley, and Mary Rickert.Filed […]
April 29, 2014
What I’m Reading (Lee, Rickert, Valente, Bennett, Gilman)
I’m currently reading (or have read) the following books for future reviews/interviews. (LFiled under: Book, Book Reviews
April 28, 2014
Cover Reveal for Skin Deep Magic, my new short story collection
This cover was created by Thomas Drymon, who has done cover art for a couple of my projects. I am very pleased. The back cover copy reads: Magic is more than skin-deep. It hides in the folds of a haunted quilt, and it illuminates the secret histories of Negro memorabilia. It reveals the destiny […]
April 20, 2014
MUSES: The incendiary poet Essex Hemphill
Yesterday my local library branch (in Mount Pleasant) had an event honoring the late Washington-based poet Essex Hemphill. Hemphill became famous for his incendiary political performance poetry which addressed issues of race, gender and sexuality. His work was featured such films as Tongues Untied and Looking for Langston. Hemphill was also instrumental in my coming […]
April 17, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: Religion and Dystopia in Atwood’s THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood My rating: 4 of 5 stars A sequel to Oryx and Crake (and the 2nd book in the newly-dubbed MaddAddam Trilogy), The Year of the Flood is a better book, in my opinion, than the series opener. The story is told through the eyes of two women, […]
