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Cosponsored with Afrofuturism Across the Arts. Reading introduction by Professor and Graduate Program Director for Popular Fiction Writing and Publishing Kim McLarin.

Jamaican-Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson is a top speculative fiction writer, the author of numerous novels and short stories as well as the lead author of The House of Whispers, a DC Comics series set in Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe. Just recently, Nalo received the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award, a lifetime honor from the Science Fiction Writers of America, making her the youngest Grand Master and the first woman of African descent to win the award. Her novels include Brown Girl in the Ring, The Salt Roads, and Sister Mine. Her writing often draws on Caribbean language and traditions. She's been a finalist for a Nebula Award and won a World Fantasy Award as well as the Gaylactic Spectrum Award for positive LGBTQ representation.

Recorded April 8, 2021