in't come up with one idea that you ever put
> into practice yourself.
>
> But what do they say?
>
> Those who can do. Those who can't teach.
>
> Ta ta.
>
> --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Lester K Spence"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
--I am a
> writer--to advance the cause, if you will, of Black SF. Grandiose
> plans that others will have to put into place have a certain
> attraction--but I think we should try to get on the practical side,
> too.
>
> After all, even though we read fantasy and write it that doesn't
Chris, when you asked for solutions, I first tripped...then said what
the hell. Started out with ten.
I KNOW there are problems with the ten I proposed. I just wrote down
ideas off the rip.
Come up with another ten that works.
Then get anyone that criticizes YOUR ten to come up with anothe
booklets etc. advertising your books
10. create a press packet and go on black talk radio shows to talk
about your book.
On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:01 AM, Chris Hayden wrote:
> --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Lester K Spence"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> &
sf readership, there are few
institutions that bring this readership together in one PHYSICAL
space. so we've got to do more work to create those institutions
and those spaces.
On Aug 5, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Chris Hayden wrote:
> --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Le
don't
> recall ever getting an adequate solution let alone an answer...this
> is as close to a way to proceed than anything else I've
> encountered...forgive me if I missed the others...they got by me...
>
> "Dr. Lester K Spence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
a couple of questions:
1. haven't we said this before, or something to this effect?
2. what are we to think about black authors writing "black" science
fiction, who have no idea how to find black people to read their stuff?
lks
On Aug 1, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Chris Hayden wrote:
> How to G
On Jun 3, 2006, at 10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Nora made the most cogent point, given Hopkinson's comments...but no
> one has responded to it:
> On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Nora wrote:
>
> <
> not.
>
> Let us be Frank. Nalo Hopkinson is not suffering as a result of my
> actions.
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On Jun 3, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Chris Hayden wrote:
> <
> enough.
>
> What is Accelrando?
>
> You got an Url?
>
> -
>
> -- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Dr. Lester K Spence"
> <[EMAIL PROTEC
i've been looking for good science fiction for a while now. since
butler's passing i've mourned the fact that we don't have anyone that
is able to effectively put the urban african american experience in
their speculative stuff. the closest we have is steven barnes, but
his work doesn'
Nora made the most cogent point, given Hopkinson's comments...but no
one has responded to it:
On Jun 1, 2006, at 2:08 PM, Nora wrote:
>
> I think it's a disservice, both to authors and to this nascent
> movement, to
> hijack people into it. A movement doesn't *need* to go hunting for
> m
On Mar 3, 2006, at 3:32 PM, Chris Hayden wrote:
>
> >
> > Whitehead has a book coming out in March. And I think he
> published a
> > work on NYC after he'd gotten the MacArthur.
> >
> > I go back to someone like Jordan. Who wins every award there is
> to
> > win and still comes back the next yea
I taped a commentary in honor of Octavia Butler last week for Ed
Gordon, and it was on last Monday. You can find it at the link below:
http://blacksmythe.com/m3u/OctaviaNPR.m3u
Gordon Parks died a few days ago. But he left us with a full body of
work.
Octavia, like Ralph Wiley (the premier
On Mar 2, 2006, at 10:10 AM, ravenadal wrote:
> Interesting thing about the McArthur Genius awards...it does seem to
> stifle writers. Colson Whitehead won one and hasn't published a novel
> since. Part of this is understandable. I have been writing my entire
> adult life and someone once asked
On Feb 28, 2006, at 1:51 PM, Chris Hayden wrote:
>
> What is that they say--"Even the victors by victory are undone"...
it was here that i finally learned to appreciate jordan, and never
tripped on tiger.
you hit the nail on the head. what the hell happens to our art, to
our drive, when we
i got word from steven barnes' website (darkush.blogspot.com) that
octavia butler passed away on saturday.
we've talked (more on scifinoir) about how to grow blacks in the
field of science fiction (one word--VATS!).
butler wrote about issues that mattered to her without compromise,
without
On Oct 18, 2005, at 3:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > Judging solely from their writing, how many science fiction authors
> > would be
> > able to tell the Wu Tang Clan from Run DMC?
> >
> > < > from Johnny Cash they can do it if they want to>
>
> This isn't what I asked. It isn't about des
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On Jun 18, 2005, at 10:26 AM, belsidus2000 wrote:
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What are you waiting for? Set something out....
lks
Dr. Lester K. Spence
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Afro-American Studies
Washington University
Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities
[Non-text portions of
year, mentor students, work on committees,
give public lectures. write short short essays on black voices and do
audio commentary for ed gordon sometimes.
and i am a husband, a father of five, and a homeschooler.
I do think it'd be interesting to brainstorm as a list about black
alterna
ng for higher, and he has the
skills and the stamina to do so, he should reach higher.
We all should. And while being understanding of people who shoot high
and fall, I don't think we're in a position to simply be happy to
shoot.
lks
Dr. Lester K. Spence
Assistant Professor, Polit
e thought to ask the question "what would happen if Africa
actually had AGENCY?" And he should be applauded for that.
But to get to the next level, Barnes has to improve significantly on
his worldbuilding skills. If he's going to do alternate history, he's
got to do some se
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Let me know what you think.
peace
lks
Dr. Lester K. Spence
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Afro-American Studies
Washington University
Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities
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