This week I interview Akil Harris, a student, reader, and writer.  Akil leads us through his history with the fantasy genre and the authors and stories he's enthusiastically reading (and sometimes writing in) now.

The Destroy Science Fiction series (with People of Color Destroy Science Fiction anticipated in 2016!) 

Introductory list of writers of color - Octavia E. Butler, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, David Anthony Durham, Samuel R. Delaney, Nnedi Okorafor, N.K. Jemisin, Sofia Samatar 

Resources for discovering & creating diverse Science Fiction & Fantasy - 

• Podcasts/Shows
  • MF Galaxy (from Minister Faust)
  • Recent Interviews - Nalo Hopkinson, Nnedi Okorafor, N. K. Jemisin
  • Writing Excuses
  • Prophets of Science Fiction (on YouTube, Netflix & Amazon)
• Workshops
  • Clarion Writing Workshop
  • Odyssey Writing Workshop (podcast)
  • Writing the Other
• Twitter
  • Nnedi Okorafor
  • N. K. Jemisin
  • Troy L Wiggins (interview)
  • Phenderson Clark, the Disgruntled Haradrim
  • Cecily Kane
  • Saladin Ahmed
  • Alyssa Wong

Media mentioned - 

• Queers Destroy Science Fiction
• Dark Matter & Dark Matter: Reading the Bones ed. Sheree Renée Thomas
• Long Hidden ed. Rose Fox & Daniel José Older
• Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
• Please, Momma by Chesya Burke (Nightmare Magazine, March 2015)
• Welcome to Nightvale
• The Beautiful Struggle by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• These Bones are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara

The amazing art which inspired me to actually get this project off the ground was created by@etrandem

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Music - Jazzy Ashes by The Underscore Orkestra

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