An Otherworldly Interview with Author Nisi Shawl | Episode 19

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🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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This week Amber and Ben sat down with Author Nisi Shawl to talk about their most recent book "Talk Like A Man," and their editing work for the 2020 World Fantasy award winning collection "New Suns". Nisi Shawl’s essay "Crash Course in Science Fiction" has been a guide for this podcast, but Nisi has also won an Otherwise Award (formerly the Tiptree Award) for their short collection "Filter House" and has been a Nebula finalist and Otherwise Honoree for their novel "Everfair," an alternate history in which the Congo overthrows King Leopold II’s genocidal regime. Finally, Nisi is an educator and they co-wrote "Writing the Other: A Practice Approach," now the standard text on diverse character representation in the imaginative genres.

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0:00.0	Welcome to The Side by Side, a podcast about black science fiction, fantasy, and staying
0:09.3	on the same page in this amazing marriage.
0:12.0	I'm one of your co-hosts Amber Wylin, and then we'll be joining us soon.
0:16.2	This week, we sat down with award-winning author, Nisi Shaw.
0:20.4	Today, we'll be interviewing Nisi on their most recent book, Top Like A Man, and their
0:24.5	work on the 2020 World Fantasy Award-winning collection, New Suns.
0:29.0	Nisi Shaw's essay, Crash Course in Science Fiction, has been a guide for this podcast.
0:34.4	But Nisi is also one and otherwise award, formerly the Tiptree Award, for their short
0:38.5	collection filter house, and has a nebula finalist and otherwise honoree for their novel
0:43.8	Everfair, an alternate history in which the Congo overthrows King Leopold II's
0:48.8	genocidal regime.
0:49.8	Finally, Nisi is an educator, and they co-wrote writing the other a practice approach,
0:55.3	which is now the standard text on diverse character representation in imaginative genres.
1:00.4	So let's jump right into our interview with Nisi Shaw.
1:04.1	In your most recent book, Top Like A Man, your bibliography of nonfiction is almost as
1:10.3	long as your fiction.
1:11.7	Your essay, particularly a Crash Course of Black Science Fiction, has been an invaluable
1:16.2	guide on this podcast.
1:18.2	So we were just wondering, if you were to write your PhD on science fiction, what would
1:21.9	it be on?
1:22.9	I have no idea, I mean, I am a college dropout, right?
1:28.7	So if I wrote my PhD on science fiction, it would probably be a novel.
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