presents
N. K. Jemisin
Sheree Renée Thomas
presents
N. K. Jemisin
Sheree Renée Thomas
Tuesday, May 5th • doors open 6:30 p.m.
$7 suggested donation
The Brooklyn Commons
(address, map, and links below)
A novel and poetic way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo — two women who have helped define the future of sf/f. Once again we will meet at our alternate space, The Brooklyn Commons at 388 Atlantic Avenue. Directions below. --- --- We will have cheese, crackers, and cider on hand, plus the Jenna freebie table for all; and a raffle for any who donate.
Sheree Renée Thomas, a curator emeritus of our reading series, edited Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora and Dark Matter Reading the Bones, anthologies that won two World Fantasy Awards and was named a New York Times Book of the Year. A native of Memphis, she is the 2015 Lucille Geier Lakes Writer-in-Residence at Smith College and a Cave Canem Poetry/NYFA Fellow. Her work appears in Callaloo, Mythic Delirium, Strange Horizons, Transition, The New York Times, Mojo: Conjure Stories, The Ringing Ear, So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy, among other literary journals and anthologies. Look for her new short stories forthcoming this year in Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany (Rosarium), An Alphabet of Embers (Stone Bird Press), and Memphis Noir (Akashic Press). Shotgun Lullabies (Aqueduct Press, 2011) is her first chapbook.
N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author whose short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award for Best First Novel. Her speculative works range from fantasy to science fiction to the undefinable; her themes include resistance to oppression, the inseverability of the liminal, and the coolness of Stuff Blowing Up. She is a member of the Altered Fluid writing group, and a graduate of the Viable Paradise writing workshop.
In her spare time she is a biker, an adventurer, a gamer, and a counseling psychologist; she is also single-handedly responsible for saving the world from King Ozzymandias, her obnoxious ginger cat. Her essays, media reviews, and fiction excerpts are available at nkjemisin.com.
After the event, please join us as we treat our readers for dinner and drinks at 282 Bar & Burgers.
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Jim Freund is Producer and Executive Curator of The New York Review of Science Fiction Readings. He has been involved in producing radio programs of and about literary sf/f since 1967. His long-running live radio program, “Hour of the Wolf,” broadcasts and streams every Wednesday night/Thursday morning from 1:30-3:00 AM. Programs are available by stream for 2 weeks after broadcast. (Check https://hourwolf.com, or join the Hour of the Wolf group on Facebook for details.) In addition, Jim is Podcast Editor and Host for the Hugo Award-winning Lightspeed Magazine.
The Brooklyn Commons Cafe at 388 Atlantic Avenue is an open and collaborative movement building space, only minutes away from the Hoyt-Schermerhorn and Atlantic Avenue subway stops in downtown Brooklyn. The Commons provides resources to the progressive community including affordable office and meeting spaces as well as an event venue that can host anything from parties and benefits to forums, performances, films and workshops. If you are interested in meeting or event space, please contact them at info@thecommonsbrooklyn.org.
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WHEN:
Tuesday, May 5th
Doors open at 6:30 -- event begins at 7
WHERE:
The Brooklyn Commons Cafe
388 Atlantic Avenue (between Hoyt & Bond St.)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/388+Atlantic+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11217
HOW:
Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stop (A,C,G); Nevins St. (2,3,4,5); and the Barclay Center (B,D,N,R,Q,2,3,4,5, and LIRR). Try the interactive map above.
LINKS:
https://hourwolf.com/nyrsf
https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYRSF.Readings
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