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N. K. Jemisin on Diversity and Worldbuilding

N. K. Jemisin on Diversity and Worldbuilding

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N. K. Jemisin fell into a conversation on Twitter about how the quality of a story can be affected by it’s diversity (or lack thereof). In her own words, she was about to begin an online lecture, when she remembered that not only did she have a deadline tapping on her shoulder, she’d also already given this particular lecture:

https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/1217147168844341250

This 2-hour talk from WIRED 25 was posted in November 2019, and is available to watch in full: N. K. Jemisin Speaks at WIRED25

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  • Summer Brooks

    Summer Brooks enjoys putting her additiocn to sci-fi & horror stories to good use in interviewing guests. She is a long-time podcaster, in several roles (co-host , host and producer) for Slice of SciFi since 2005, as co-host for The Babylon Podcast since 2006, and host of Writers, After Dark since 2018.

    She is an avid reader and writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers, with a handful of publishing credits to her name. Next on her agenda is writing a graphic novel urban fantasy, and a B-movie creature feature.

    Summer also does story narrations for Tales to Terrify, StarShip Sofa, and Escape Pod, among others.

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