New interview in the Seattle Review of Books
I’m interviewed by Paul Constant for the launch of the Seattle Review of Books. It’s a verbatim transcript of a phone conversation (no editing, at least not by me)…
Read moreMonth: July 2015
Cory Doctorow in conversation with Frank Catalano, Seattle, July 28th, 7 pm
Cory Doctorow talks about privacy, surveillance, and freedom of information in Seattle, July 28, 7:00 pm. Tickets $10. Proceeds to Clarion West.
Read moreThe Mother in speculative fiction
Adrienne Rich said that cathexis about the mother-daughter relationship is “the great unwritten story” in US and UK fiction. By this she didn’t mean women don’t write about it, but that literary critics don’t. This is particularly true in the genre of speculative fiction.
Read moreReadercon Guest of Honour report
Readercon 26 was a wonder and a delight. I recommend it highly. Here are some of my favourite moments.
Read moreNew essay: The Women You Didn’t See
Up at the Los Angeles Review of Books my essay, “The Women You Didn’t See.” Epistolatory criticism and a meditation on gender.
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For those attuned to theremins
I write for those who, when—in real life, or a book, or a song—they touch something that makes them shiver, don’t turn and run, but turn and follow.
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