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102 relations: Afrofuturism, Amazing Stories, Amazon rainforest, Amy Goodman, Ava DuVernay, Baptists, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Black Power, Black Power movement, Bloodchild and Other Stories, Burton Raffel, California State University, Los Angeles, Carl Brandon Society, Charlie Rose, Charon (moon), Chicago State University, Clarion Workshop, Clarion, Pennsylvania, Clay's Ark, Devil Girl from Mars, Dissociation (psychology), Donna Haraway, Dorothy Allison, Dyslexia, Fairy tale, Fledgling (novel), Folk music, Galaxy Science Fiction, Harlan Ellison, Houston Post, Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Novelette, Hugo Award for Best Short Story, Huntington Library, International Astronomical Union, Ira Flatow, Joan Slonczewski, John Brunner (novelist), John Lennard, John Muir High School, Juan González (journalist), Kindred (novel), Lake Forest Park, Washington, Lambda Literary Award, Lilith's Brood, List of science-fiction authors, Locus (magazine), Locus Award, Locus Award for Best Novelette, Los Angeles Times, ..., MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Foundation, Mind of My Mind, Mojave Desert, NASA, Nebula Award, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novelette, NPR, Parable of the Sower (novel), Parable of the Talents (novel), Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, Patternist series, Patternmaster, PEN American Center, Publishers Weekly, Racial segregation, Remington Rand, Rock and roll, Samuel R. Delany, Science fiction, Science fiction magazine, Scott Simon, Seven Stories Press, Soul music, Speech Sounds, Sphinx, Spiritual (music), Survivor (Octavia Butler novel), Talk of the Nation, The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, The Evening and the Morning and the Night, The Last Dangerous Visions, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The New York Times, The Public Theater, The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, The Tavis Smiley Show, The Village Voice, Theodore Sturgeon, Toshi Reagon, Under the Radar Festival, University of California, Los Angeles, Victoria Mahoney, Washington (state), Wild Seed (novel), Women in speculative fiction, Writer's block, Writer's Digest Short Story Contest, Writers Guild of America, Zenna Henderson. Expand index (52 more) »
Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of history that explores the developing intersection of African/African Diaspora culture with technology.
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Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing.
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Amazon rainforest
The Amazon rainforest (Portuguese: Floresta Amazônica or Amazônia; Selva Amazónica, Amazonía or usually Amazonia; Forêt amazonienne; Amazoneregenwoud), also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America.
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Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter, and author.
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Ava DuVernay
Ava Marie DuVernay (born August 24, 1972) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor.
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Baptists
Baptists are Christians distinguished by baptizing professing believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or sprinkling).
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Bernice Johnson Reagon
Bernice Johnson Reagon (born Bernice Johnson on October 4, 1942) is a song leader, composer, scholar, and social activist, who in the early 1960s was a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) Freedom Singers in the Albany Movement.
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Black Power
Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.
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Black Power movement
The Black Power movement was a political movement that intended to achieve Black Power.
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Bloodchild and Other Stories
Bloodchild and Other Stories is the only collection of science fiction stories and essays by American writer Octavia E. Butler.
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Burton Raffel
Burton Nathan Raffel (April 27, 1928 – September 29, 2015) was a translator, a poet and a teacher.
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California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) is a public comprehensive university in the heart of Los Angeles, one of the 23 universities in the California State University (CSU) system.
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Carl Brandon Society
The Carl Brandon Society is a group originating within the science fiction community "dedicated to addressing the representation of people of color in the fantastical genres such as science fiction, fantasy and horror...
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Charlie Rose
Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television journalist and former talk show host.
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Charon (moon)
Charon, also known as (134340) Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto.
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Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU) is a state university of the U.S. state of Illinois, located in Chicago.
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Clarion Workshop
Clarion is a six-week workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy writers.
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Clarion, Pennsylvania
Clarion is a borough in and the county seat of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Clay's Ark
Clay's Ark (1984) is a novel by American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler.
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Devil Girl from Mars
Devil Girl from Mars is a 1954 independently made UK black-and-white science fiction film, produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, directed by David MacDonald, that stars Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri, and Hazel Court.
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Dissociation (psychology)
In psychology, dissociation is any of a wide array of experiences from mild detachment from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from physical and emotional experiences.
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Donna Haraway
Donna J. Haraway (born September 6, 1944) is a Distinguished American Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness Department and Feminist Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, United States.
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Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison (born April 11, 1949) is an American writer from South Carolina whose writing expresses themes of class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism and lesbianism.
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Dyslexia
Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence.
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Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.
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Fledgling (novel)
Fledgling is a science fiction vampire novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, published in 2005.
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Folk music
Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.
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Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980.
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Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality.
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Houston Post
The Houston Post was a newspaper that had its headquarters in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Hugo Award
The Hugo Awards are a set of literary awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year.
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Hugo Award for Best Novelette
The Hugo Award for Best Novelette is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.
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Hugo Award for Best Short Story
The Hugo Award for Best Short Story is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into English during the previous calendar year.
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Huntington Library
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (or The Huntington) is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927) and located in Los Angeles County in San Marino, California.
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International Astronomical Union
The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international association of professional astronomers, at the PhD level and beyond, active in professional research and education in astronomy.
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Ira Flatow
Ira Flatow (born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television journalist and author who hosts Public Radio International's popular program, Science Friday.
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Joan Slonczewski
Joan Lyn Slonczewski is an American microbiologist at Kenyon College and a science fiction writer who explores biology and space travel.
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John Brunner (novelist)
John Kilian Houston Brunner (24 September 1934 – 25 August 1995) was a British author of science fiction novels and stories.
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John Lennard
John Lennard (born 1964) is Professor of British and American Literature at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica, and a freelance academic writer and film music composer.
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John Muir High School
John Muir High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Pasadena, California, United States and is a part of the Pasadena Unified School District.
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Juan González (journalist)
Juan González (born October 15, 1947) is an American progressive broadcast journalist and investigative reporter.
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Kindred (novel)
Kindred is a novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives.
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Lake Forest Park, Washington
Lake Forest Park is a city in King County, Washington, United States, just north of Seattle.
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Lambda Literary Award
Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the "Lammys", are awarded yearly by the U.S.-based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes.
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Lilith's Brood
Lilith's Brood is a collection of three works by Octavia E. Butler.
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List of science-fiction authors
Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate or did not work in that genre.
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Locus (magazine)
Locus: The Magazine of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field, is an American magazine published monthly in Oakland, California.
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Locus Award
The Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus, a monthly based in Oakland, California, United States.
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Locus Award for Best Novelette
The Locus Award for Best Novelette is one of a series of Locus Awards given annually by Locus Magazine.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.
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MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.
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MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is the 12th-largest private foundation in the United States.
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Mind of My Mind
Mind of My Mind (1977) is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler.
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Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert is an arid rain-shadow desert and the driest desert in North America.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Nebula Award
The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in the United States.
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Nebula Award for Best Novel
The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels.
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Nebula Award for Best Novelette
The Nebula Award for Best Novelette is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) to a science fiction or fantasy novelette.
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NPR
National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.
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Parable of the Sower (novel)
Parable of the Sower is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, the first in a two-book series.
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Parable of the Talents (novel)
Parable of the Talents is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler, published in 1998.
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Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College (PCC) is a community college located in Pasadena, California.
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Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.
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Patternist series
The Patternist series (also known as the Patternmaster series or Seed to Harvest) is a group of science fiction novels by Octavia E. Butler that detail a secret history continuing from the Ancient Egyptian period to the far future that involves telepathic mind control and an extraterrestrial plague.
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Patternmaster
Patternmaster (1976) is a science fiction novel by American author Octavia E. Butler.
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PEN American Center
PEN American Center (PEN), founded in 1922 and based in New York City, works to advance literature, defend free expression, and foster international literary fellowship.
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Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly (PW) is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents.
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Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.
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Remington Rand
Remington Rand (1927–1955) was an early American business machines manufacturer, best known originally as a typewriter manufacturer and in a later incarnation as the manufacturer of the UNIVAC line of mainframe computers.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll or rock 'n' roll) is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950sJim Dawson and Steve Propes, What Was the First Rock'n'Roll Record (1992),.
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Samuel R. Delany
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Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.
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Science fiction magazine
A science fiction magazine is a publication that offers primarily science fiction, either in a hard copy periodical format or on the Internet.
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Scott Simon
Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952) is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR.
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Seven Stories Press
Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company.
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Soul music
Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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Speech Sounds
"Speech Sounds" is a science fiction short story by American writer Octavia Butler.
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Sphinx
A sphinx (Σφίγξ, Boeotian: Φίξ, plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.
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Spiritual (music)
Spirituals (or Negro spirituals) are generally Christian songs that were created by African Americans.
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Survivor (Octavia Butler novel)
Survivor is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia E. Butler.
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Talk of the Nation
Talk of the Nation (TOTN) was an American talk radio program based in Washington D.C., produced by National Public Radio (NPR) and was broadcast nationally from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979.
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The Evening and the Morning and the Night
"The Evening and the Morning and the Night" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Octavia Butler.
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The Last Dangerous Visions
The Last Dangerous Visions is a mooted sequel to the science fiction short story anthologies Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions, originally published in 1967 and 1972 respectively.
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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Fantasy House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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The Public Theater
The Public Theater is a New York City arts organization founded as the Shakespeare Workshop in 1954 by Joseph Papp, with the intention of showcasing the works of up-and-coming playwrights and performers.
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The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) is a scholarly society established in 1974.
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The Tavis Smiley Show
The Tavis Smiley Show was an American public broadcasting radio talk show.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo; February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985) was an American writer, primarily of fantasy, science fiction and horror.
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Toshi Reagon
Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk.
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Under the Radar Festival
The Under the Radar Festival is a theater festival in New York City, founded in 2005 by Mark Russell, former Artistic Director of P.S. 122 for over twenty years and also Guest Artistic Director for the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival from 2006-2008.
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University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, United States.
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Victoria Mahoney
Victoria Mahoney is an American filmmaker and actress best known for her debut feature Yelling to the Sky.
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Washington (state)
Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Wild Seed (novel)
Wild Seed is a science fiction novel by American writer Octavia Butler.
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Women in speculative fiction
In 1948, 10–15% of science fiction writers were female.
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Writer's block
Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work, or experiences a creative slowdown.
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Writer's Digest Short Story Contest
Writer's Digest Short Story Contest is an annual short story award presented by Writer's Digest.
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Writers Guild of America
The Writers Guild of America is the joint efforts of two different US labor unions representing TV and film writers.
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Zenna Henderson
Zenna Chlarson Henderson (November 1, 1917 – May 11, 1983) was an American elementary school teacher and science fiction and fantasy author.
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References
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