Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

May
01
Comprehensive ExBAM

Comprehensive ExBAM

Happy May Day! Today I sat my comprehensive exam. I sat at a laptop with no internet access and wrote
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Apr
27
Max and Amal Go to the Movies: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

Max and Amal Go to the Movies: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

Behold! The second instalment of Max and my column forUncanny is here [http://uncannymagazine.com/max-amal-go-movies-girl-gifts/]! Read our thoughts onThe
Apr
21

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
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Apr
11

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
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Apr
10

A Week with Max Gladstone in Ottawa

The above photo is from the joint reading Max [http://maxgladstone.com] and I did earlier this week from our
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Apr
04

Hugo if True

I write this while sitting on a couch next to Visiting Author Max Gladstone [http://www.maxgladstone.com/blog/], who
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Mar
26

The Mysteries of Udolpho

What even is this book. 10 pages in: wandering the Pyrenees. 60 pages in: still wandering the Pyrenees. 100 pages
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Mar
23

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
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Mar
21

Reviews & Reviewed: Praise for Sequels and also Djinn

Two quick items of news today! First, my March column forLightspeed is now available online [http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/
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Mar
20
Equinox

Equinox

Walking to my office today, the day tending to warm, the earth thawing into mud, I kept thinking,this is
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