Conversations in Atlantic Theory • Darieck Scott on Keeping it Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics

'In this discussion, Fatima Seck hosts Dr. Darieck Scott, a professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of many books including  Keeping It Unreal: Black Queer Fantasy and Superhero Comics, published by NYU Press in 2022, which is the occasion for our conversation. In this discussion, we explore representations of Blackness in fantasy-infused genres: superhero comic books, erotic comics, fantasy and science-fiction genre literature, as well as contemporary literary “realist” fiction centering fantastic conceits.'