Speculative Fiction anthology – “New Suns” (Solaris, 2019) – Nisi Shawl interview
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Nisi Shawl has written and edited speculative fiction for years and recently won the 2020 Locus Award for best anthology for her edited work New Suns. We spoke about the book, winning the award, the difficulties non-white authors face in the publishing industry, and about writing and editing in general.
0:42 – Nisi talks about how she felt about winning the 2020 Locus award for best anthology.
1:30 – Nisi talks about how the anthology was developed.
2:42 – Nisi talks about how she chose the stories she used in the anthology.
4:20 – Nisi talks about the process of editing the anthology.
5:45 – Nisi talks about how adult the material is in the anthology.
7:00 – Nisi talks about the various times of stories found in the anthology.
9:34 – Nisi talks about writing by non-white authors.
11:25 – Nisi talks about publishing support for non-white authors.
12:55 – Nisi talks about ways within which the industry can support non-white authors.
16:08 – Nisi talks about gender issues within publishing.
17:48 – Nisi talks about other kinds of feedback within the publishing industry.
20:59 – Nisi talks about social media in pushing change.
22:42 – Nisi talks about the nationalities of the authors in the book.
25:08 – Nisi talks about the lengths of the stories in the anthology.
26:26 – Nisi talks about the works that inspire her and works she enjoys.
28:47 – Nisi talks about her love of Outlander. She also gets into the importance of politics within the show.
34:35 – Nisi talks how she approaches the editing process.
37:38 – Nisi talks about she approaches giving editorial changes.
38:13 – Nisi talks about other anthologies she’s edited.
40:04 – Nisi talks about her editing work over time.
40:59 – Nisi talks about her approach to writing.
42:01 – Nisi talks about writer and editing interactions.
44:04 – Nisi talks about self-publishing.
46:10 – Nisi talks about past jobs she had apart from writing and editing.
47:14 – Nisi talks her desire to end world hunger.
49:07 – Nisi talks about how she got LeVar Burton to write the introduction for New Suns.
51:21 – Nisi talks about other non-white authors who should have as much notice as Octavia Butler such as Samuel Delaney and Charles Saunders.
53:44 – Nisi can be found at nisishawl.com.
Links of interest
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/New-Suns/Nisi-Shawl/9781781085783
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Guests: Nisi Shawl
Host: Cris Alvarez
Tags: science fiction, fantasy, writer, editor, anthology, fiction, tags: anthology, post-apocalyptic, future, historical, Octavia Butler, gender, sexuality, flash fiction, Everfair, Middlemarch, Outlander, glaucoma, Battlestar Galactica, time traveler, Scotland, British Empire, politics, ursula Le Guin, world hunger, twilight zone, Levar Burton, Library of America, Samuel Delaney, Charles Saunders, Gloria Naylor
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Dr. Jeffrey Sconce specializes in radio, tv, and film studies and is an assistant professor in communications studies. He’s written many books on the subject and we discussed his latest book on electricity, paranoia and conspiracy theories.