Here are links to writing by subscribers for the months of December/January, presented in the order in which I received them. I have to underline this point, and I’m sorry if I haven’t been more clear about this: I don’t host subscriber writing on this newsletter. (That is, post subscriber writing to this site or send it out as email.) I post links to work hosted elsewhere, typically on Wordpress or Substack or similar. I’ve gotten a fair number of Word documents lately, but I can’t publish those here myself.
I have a book coming out next month. May I send you a flyer for the book, and can you post an announcement of its publication in the next iteration of this post? If so, where can I send the flyer? The book's web page is www.paulbstephan.com.
“If we believe that racial diversity translates to a diversity of perspectives on scholarly questions and heightened sensitivity to the diverse needs of students in the classroom, why should we be embarrassed to select people in pursuit of those benefits?” I think the Supreme Court will have a definitive answer to this rather stupid question soon. It’s clearly unconstitutional.
Matt Saccaro, R.S. Benedict is definitely correct about squeecore, but the debate is so terminally online that I fear that performative snark just replaces performative squee... of course, fiercely transgressive and interesting speculative fiction proves their point by sheer force of contrast and I appreciate that Benedict (and others in the debate) also write such fiction themselves.
Joshua Furst's article is a remarkably vivid piece of writing and had me shivering by the end of it. My PhD was on Czech puppetry animation (!) so I know all too well the power of puppets!
Looking forward to reading as many of these as possible but having already read Mari's and Klaus's and I can say those are both absolute bangers.
I have a book coming out next month. May I send you a flyer for the book, and can you post an announcement of its publication in the next iteration of this post? If so, where can I send the flyer? The book's web page is www.paulbstephan.com.
Many thanks.
“If we believe that racial diversity translates to a diversity of perspectives on scholarly questions and heightened sensitivity to the diverse needs of students in the classroom, why should we be embarrassed to select people in pursuit of those benefits?” I think the Supreme Court will have a definitive answer to this rather stupid question soon. It’s clearly unconstitutional.
Thank you again, Freddie! These are always an awesome monthly treat 😃
Matt Saccaro, R.S. Benedict is definitely correct about squeecore, but the debate is so terminally online that I fear that performative snark just replaces performative squee... of course, fiercely transgressive and interesting speculative fiction proves their point by sheer force of contrast and I appreciate that Benedict (and others in the debate) also write such fiction themselves.
Steven O'Donnell, thank you for your article. It was lucidly moving and my friend might well appreciate it when he's out of hospital.
Freddie, would a link to a Google doc be acceptable?
Joshua Furst's article is a remarkably vivid piece of writing and had me shivering by the end of it. My PhD was on Czech puppetry animation (!) so I know all too well the power of puppets!