Thank you to SFWA Grandmaster @nalohop.bsky.social! "The Nightward has it all: portals to other places; magical companion animals; sky high fantasy; characters of multiple genders and orientations; romance; slivers of Caribbean culture glimmering here and there in the weave; and a delicious twist."
I am thrilled to be joining @globalvoices.bsky.social an organization that I have long admired as a reader, a humanitarian, and a organizational sociologist - and, of course, as someone who believes that information is one of the keys to an equitable, empathetic, and democratic world.
Older, who was selected by the Global Voices board in a rigorous, global, six-month search, succeeds Ivan Sigal, Global Voices’ transformational executive director over the past 16 years.
New ✨Sparkle Salon✨ featuring me, @drkarenlord.bsky.social@astrokatie.com@byzantienne.bsky.social enjoying each others' scintillating conversation!
YouTube video by Center for Science and the Imagination
Credit to @older.bsky.social for the name!
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On this Labor Day, I'm writing about my response to the growing demand for artist labor. "Against Performance" is the author's answer to the meme, "Darling, I do not dream of labor." Out today and free to read. Happy labor day. suyidavies.com/essays/again...
Suyi Davies Okungbowa writes about reconsidering his relationship with social media as an author, and why other authors may want to reconsider theirs.
Check out @garykwolfe’s review of BLACKHEART MAN by Nalo Hopkinson: “watching Hopkinson examine Caribbean cultures through a similar lens seems not only fresh, but downright magical.” locusmag.com/2024/08...
Blackheart Man, Nalo Hopkinson (Saga 978-1-6680-0510-1, $28.99, 384pp, hc) August 2024. Those who have been following Nalo Hopkinson’s fascinating (and Grand Master-winning) career have long been …