Amal El-Mohtar

Amal El-Mohtar

05
Dec

People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy!

It’s December. This is my birthday month, and many things beside: end of term, with all the work that
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22
Nov

When I Think of Winter

It’s been unseasonably warm this autumn; on Saturday I was still wearing light jackets over summer dresses in the
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01
Nov

"Seasons of Glass and Iron" reprinted in UNCANNY Issue 13

I’m back from the World Fantasy Convention, and have loads I want to say about it, but first — it’
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26
Oct

ToC Announcement: THE DJINN FALLS IN LOVE & OTHER STORIES

[http://www.tor.com/2016/10/20/revealing-the-table-of-contents-for-the-djinn-falls-in-love/] Last week, on Tor.com, Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin revealed the
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24
Oct

World Fantasy Convention Schedule

I’ll be at the World Fantasy Convention in Columbus, Ohio this coming weekend, arriving Thursday afternoon and leaving Monday
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14
Oct

NPR Reviews: CROSSTALK by Connie Willis and WALL OF STORMS by Ken Liu

A couple of reviews of mine went up at NPR recently! Here are tastes of them. [http://www.npr.org/
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14
Oct
October Appearances

October Appearances

If playing catch-up were a sport I’d be a star in the big leagues. So much has been going
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07
Sep

NPR Review: EVERFAIR by Nisi Shawl

[http://www.npr.org/2016/09/07/490101943/everfair-looks-into-steampunks-dark-heart] My review of Nisi Shawl’s much-anticipated steampunk alt-history novelEverfairis now
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05
Sep

Uncanny Magazine Podcast Wins a Parsec Award!

What it says on the tin! Last night at DragonCon it was announced thatUncanny‘s podcast — where I read stories
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03
Sep
Open unto the fields, and to the sky

Open unto the fields, and to the sky

Happy 214th birthday to “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802,” one of a handful of Wordsworth poems that don’
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