Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-10 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
that you think might. Lester you ain'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: get them where they at doesn't

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-09 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
on the practical side, too. After all, even though we read fantasy and write it that doesn't mean we have to live in a fantasy world. --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Dr. Lester K Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, when you asked for solutions, I first tripped...then said what

[SciFiNoir Lit] TEN WAYS TO GET BLACK READERS

2006-08-07 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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: what do i have to do to remove the two column joint in my

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] How to Get More Blacks to Read Speculative Fiction

2006-08-04 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
...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] wrote: a couple of questions: 1. haven't we said this before, or something to this effect? 2. what are we to think about black

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] How to Get More Blacks to Read Speculative Fiction

2006-08-02 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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 Get

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: ACCELRANDO

2006-06-04 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
-3289474-2078335?s=booksv=glancen=283155 On Jun 3, 2006, at 10:58 AM, Chris Hayden wrote: I tried to google it but couldn't find it. Maybe I didn't go far enough. What is Accelrando? You got an Url? - -- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, Dr. Lester K Spence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i've

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-04 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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: I think I responded to it. She thinks it is a disservice. I do not. Let us be Frank. Nalo

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Hopkinson sells out?

2006-06-02 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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 members,

[SciFiNoir Lit] ACCELRANDO

2006-06-02 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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't

[SciFiNoir Lit] in remembrance of octavia butler

2006-03-09 Thread Dr . Lester K Spence
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

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Octavia E. Butler: 1947-2006

2006-03-09 Thread Dr. Lester K Spence
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 year wanting to

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Lion's Blood again (what should barnes do?)

2005-06-17 Thread Dr. Lester K. Spence
. Lester K. Spence Assistant Professor, Political Science, Afro-American Studies Washington University Kellogg Scholar in Health Disparities [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED