103 - Protest & Rebellion in Speculative Fiction w/ Sheree Renée Thomas

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We talk about the history of protest in speculative fiction with award-winning multi-genre author, editor, and publisher Sheree Renée Thomas. Check the notes below for Sheree's new fiction collection Nine Bar Blues, plus the other recommendations we mentioned during the show. Enjoy!
NINE BAR BLUES (fiction collection by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780997457896
RIOT BABY (novel by Tochi Onyebuchi): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250214751
OCTAVIA'S BROOD (science fiction stories from social justice movements, foreword by Sheree Renée Thomas): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781849352093
IF THIS GOES ON: The Science Fiction Future of Today's Politics (short story collection edited by Cat Rambo): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780999784211
RESIST FASCISM (micro-anthology of science fiction & fantasy stories about protest & resistance): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780991392148
A PEOPLE'S FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES (collection of stories that challenge oppression, edited by Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams, featuring N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525508809
DO NOT GO QUIETLY (anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009786
INSURRECTIONS (fiction collection by Rion Amilcar Scott): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780813174402
PIMP MY AIRSHIP (novel by Maurice Broaddus): https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781937009762
DOMINION: An Anthology of Black Speculative Fiction: kickstarter.com/projects/aurelialeo/dominion-an-anthology-of-speculative-fiction
FIYAH LIT MAG: https://www.fiyahlitmag.com/
THE HEAT OF US (story by Sam J. MIller): https://uncannymagazine.com/article/the-heat-of-us-notes-toward-an-oral-history/