LitWeekNOC – The Nerds of Color

October 27, 2013 Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria

NOC Poetry: “Open Letter to El Fuerte”

I am a video game player. There is no denying that. But I am also a father. So finding balance

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October 26, 2013 Walidah Imarisha

NOC Poetry: “Supa Soul Sistas”

In honor of the Nerds of Color Lit Week, I wanted to share a piece called “Supa Soul Sista.” I

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October 25, 2013 The Nerds of Color

#DiversityinSFF

Recently, a perennial discussion about diversity, or lack thereof, amongst writers of speculative fiction, and their characters, storylines, settings, and

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October 25, 2013 Jason Sperber

Shameless Self Promotion: Read These Books

The Nerds of Color collective is proud to be host to such an amazing group of talented creators, for not

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October 25, 2013 Julie Kang

Race and Gender in The Diamond Age

“The difference between stupid and intelligent people – and this is true whether or not they are well-educated – is

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October 25, 2013 Jason Sperber

Talking Back to White Creators: Rachel Rostad’s “To J.K. Rowling, From Cho Chang”

The flip side of the discussion of opening up the speculative fiction genres to more writers of color telling stories

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October 25, 2013 Keith Chow

NOC Poetry: “Blade, The Daywalker”

Last year, my friend and mentor, the poet Tim Seibles, was a finalist for a National Book Award in poetry

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October 24, 2013 Jason Sperber

Diversifying Our Kids’ Genre Bookshelf

As the father of two daughters of color, finding reading material and other media that both reflect back at them

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October 24, 2013 Shawn Taylor

Chaos Walking, a Review

I’m listening to the last of the Chaos Walking series from author Patrick Ness. The series is a trilogy which

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October 24, 2013 Keith Chow

NOC Poetry: “Christopher Reeve’s Filipino Nurse”

Years ago, before we knew what shape Secret Identities was going to take, I asked my friend and former professor,

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October 23, 2013 Zhouweiwen

Dicks, Smartasses, and The Magician King

While I read often, I rarely read quickly. I am jealous of my friends who can devour books. I am

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October 23, 2013 Shawn Taylor

NOC Poetry: “For Octavia”

I wrote this poem as a kind of eulogy for Miss Butler. I took her death hard, especially as we

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October 22, 2013 Daniel José Older

#DiversityInSFF Roundup: Some Links

The #DiversityInSFF hashtag gave a solid signal boost to the longstanding, often-ignored, ever-trolled, much-needed convos about race and gender, privilege

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October 21, 2013 Jason Sperber

Opening the Book on #LitWeekNOC

While this blog regularly gives voice(s) to the perspectives of self-proclaimed nerds of color on speculative media cinematic, televisual, animated,