i am writing a draft of my novel this month as part of national novel writing month. it is really exciting, in the midst of an exciting time – we […]
Tag: octavia butler
sacred places and stardust
There are many sacred places along the journey through grief. One of the them is the body, but I’ll build to that. Land is precious. Especially land full of trees […]
remarks from a radical wedding
this past weekend i had the honor of officiating my first wedding. it was a queer wedding, a trans wedding, a love story. here are my notes and remarks from […]
allied media conference 2014 share out (octavia’s brood, storytelling black women, emergent strategy handbook!)
this year’s allied media conference felt like one miracle after another and i wanted to share out with you all (especially those not there or unable to get into certain […]
reflections on the octavia e. butler celebration at spelman
i am still glowing and full from last week’s octavia e. butler celebration at spelman. the event was the second one hosted by the humble and brilliant patternmaster tananarive due, […]
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science fiction and social justice beginner reading list
i recently gave a talk on octavia butler and emergent strategies in johannesburg, south africa. which was A DREAM COME TRUE so i won’t try to play it cool at […]
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oakland sci-fi, july 2013
these four pieces were generated and shared at the last octavia butler sci-fi session in oakland. the prompt, in honor of the book mind of my mind, was: what is […]
emergence (speech from opening for allied media conference 2013)
emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions. it emphasizes critical connections, authentic relationships, listening with the body and the mind. […]
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Transformative Justice Strategic Reader
This reader was created in 2012 by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Jenna Peters-Goldman, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and myself. It has been redesigned and we wanted to share it 🙂 – please […]
Parenting in/and/as Science Fiction
Here is a sneak peek at the draft reader for the Parenting in/and/as Science Fiction session at the Allied Media Conference this week-end! Our session is at 4pm EST 🙂 […]