Pamela Block
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N.K. Jemisin:
1)How do you describe your work? Afrofuturism, speculative fiction, science fiction and fantasy that might describe your work, but what do you call it and why? 2)Sami Schalk (author, Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction) recommended you to me bc I love Octavia Butler. Was Butler an influence for you? If so how, and which works of hers resonated with you?
N.K. Jemisin
I don't describe it. My job's just writing, and I'm bad with labels, so I leave that to scholars and marketing folks to come up with. :)
Butler's an influence, sure. Mostly just in knowing that she existed, and that her blackness shows itself in her work unapologetically. That let me know I could publish in this genre, and be unapologetic as well.
Butler's an influence, sure. Mostly just in knowing that she existed, and that her blackness shows itself in her work unapologetically. That let me know I could publish in this genre, and be unapologetic as well.
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Christina
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N.K. Jemisin:
I don't have a question I just wanted to say you're awesome and I really loved the Inheritance Trilogy. Parts of the mythos reminded me of Gaiman's Sandman in a very good way. Or actually, now that I start writing I do have a question - what are 3 authors/series you'd recommend because you like them?! I found your series via a Reddit thread and am constantly looking for new series to read
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