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Mar
08
Bare branches tipped with winter berries casting shadows indistinguishable from themselves against a red brick wall.

Decisions and Revisions Which a Minute Will Reverse

The following actions are more important to me than anything to do with my career, and I hope you won&
6 min read
Dec
27
Close up on a dark brown plate holding a dollop of labaneh and triangles of zaatar flatbread called manaeesh.

Sour Milk, Bitter Herbs, and a Word Containing Grief

If you're in Canada, this informational google doc is updated almost daily with information, scripts, and direct actions
4 min read
Jun
17
The river Clyde dark grey and sparkling under a mass of cloud through which sunlight pours in billowing streams.

Letter of News: Glasgow, Signed Books, Otherworldly

Dear Friends, I'm writing to you from Glasgow, Scotland, where I've been for the better part
4 min read
May
20
Photo of me on the left next to textbox that reads FOUR NEW BOOKS FROM AUTHOR AMAL EL-MOHTAR, above the Tor Books logo.

Letter of News: Wayward, Yellowface, and Kind of a Big Deal

Dear Friends, I promise this isn't a daily newsletter! These are merely extraordinary circumstances! I'm writing
2 min read
Dec
03
Close-up on a thin scrim of ice on a river's edge, with thin reeds and grasses poking through it in chilly lacework.

Friday Open Thread (with December and Gifts)

Dear Friends, It's December, Sagittarius season, and my birthday month, bringing with it the end of the teaching
2 min read
Jul
19

Letter of News: NPR, Book of Dragons, Blaseball Zine

I wrote some blaseball erotica and you can read it.
4 min read
Jun
03
Review: Casey McQuiston's ONE LAST STOP

Review: Casey McQuiston's ONE LAST STOP

2 min read
Apr
20

NYT Otherworldly Column: Princesses, Priestesses and Time Travel

[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/books/review/merry-spinster-daniel-mallory-ortberg.html] My second column for the NYT Book Review is
Feb
22

First OTHERWORLDLY column at the NYT Book Review

My first column for the NYTBR is here [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/books/review/new-science-fiction-fantasy.html] ! The
1 min read
Feb
07

NPR Reviews: Nnedi Okorafor's THE NIGHT MASQUERADE and Kim Purcell's THIS IS NOT A LOVE LETTER

A couple of reviews I wrote went up on NPR these last couple of weeks! Here are samplings of them:
1 min read
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