The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience

How Award-Winning SF Author Kim Fu Writes


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Award-winning short story writer and novelist, Kim Fu, spoke to me about speculative vs. science fiction, how to critique the future, and her collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.

Kim is the author of two novels and a collection of poetry. Her novel For Today I Am a Boy won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. 

Her debut story collection, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, has been described as "12 unforgettable tales [where] the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange...." It was named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year at LitHub, Electric Lit, Kirkus, The Rumpus and CBC Books, as well as a BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter.

Kim’s writing has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Hazlitt, and the TLS.

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In this file Kim Fu and I discussed:
  • The challenges of the transition from realism to speculative short stories
  • A criticism of the Metaverse and her love of video games
  • How she channeled the fear and dread of our current dystopia
  • Why she writes in 12-hour sprints
  • The power of pop-up Zoom accountability groups
  • And a lot more! 
  • Show Notes:
    • Kim-Fu.com
    • Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (Amazon Affiliate)
    • How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Amazon Affiliate)
    • Review: 'Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century,' by Kim Fu
    • Kelton Reid on Twitter
    • Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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