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Author Archives: Amal El-Mohtar
Max and Amal Go to the Movies: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
Behold! The second instalment of Max and my column for Uncanny is here! Read our thoughts on The Girl With All the Gifts by way of Twists, Buddhism, Decolonialism and Ecopocalypse. Also extreme sillyness. In other news — literally — I sent out my … Continue reading
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Off Social Media Until May 9! Again!
Yes, again. So, let’s see how last month’s goals shaped up while I wasn’t on Twitter: continue to teach 2 courses read for comprehensive exams read for reviews get my house in order for April visitors write 3 chapters of … Continue reading
NPR Reviews: Can Xue’s FRONTIER & Cherie Priest’s BRIMSTONE
My reviewing schedule has had to slow down a bit recently, what with comps reading and teaching, but here are a couple that have recently appeared on NPR. First, Can Xue’s Frontier, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping: Pebble Town is … Continue reading
A Week with Max Gladstone in Ottawa
The above photo is from the joint reading Max and I did earlier this week from our novella (tentatively titled These Violent Delights). It accurately captures most of my experience of said week: scheming to put Max in situations where he gets … Continue reading
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Hugo if True
I write this while sitting on a couch next to Visiting Author Max Gladstone, who is also writing a post that will go live on April 4 at probably the same time as this one, on the same subject. Friends, we’re … Continue reading
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The Mysteries of Udolpho
What even is this book. 10 pages in: wandering the Pyrenees. 60 pages in: still wandering the Pyrenees. 100 pages in: DEATHS! still in the Pyrenees. 200 pages in: there are many orange trees in Italy and also cypresses. Also … Continue reading
To Write My Way Out
If there’s one thing I’ve found difficult to explain, these last six years, it’s how much the news stops me. I read about the attack in London and reach for my loved ones and see the Arabic name that will … Continue reading
Reviews & Reviewed: Praise for Sequels and also Djinn
Two quick items of news today! First, my March column for Lightspeed is now available online, talking about how and why so many sequels last year were wonderful, with special focus on Mishell Baker’s Phantom Pains and N. K. Jemisin’s The Obelisk Gate. Second, The … Continue reading
Equinox
Walking to my office today, the day tending to warm, the earth thawing into mud, I kept thinking, this is my first spring in Canada in a long time. I felt this very deeply, even as I asked myself how that could … Continue reading
Last Two Days for Hugo Nominations
If you’re trying to raise your STEALTH stat, you could do worse than study award nomination deadlines, as they successfully sneak attack me multiple times a year. The Hugos! From the ballot guidelines: The deadline for nominations is 17 March 2017 … Continue reading
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Tagged art, awards, dominik parisien, faith erin hicks, hugos, jeffrey alan love, likhain, navah wolfe, podcast
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