Tag: 2021 Books

• Iron Widow: Xiran Jay Zhao Crafts An Intimidating & Unapologetic Science Fiction Full of Feminist Rage

  

• “If dark academia is meant to be about the darkness of academia…what is darker than structural or institutional racism?”

• “As an adult they seem incongruous, but as children we knew seemingly opposite things can co-exist…as long as we made the space”

• “I wanted to explore Aafiyah’s denial, acceptance, and guilt…but also show that she is much more than a bad habit”

• “I honestly don’t think it’s possible for me to write a story that doesn’t have a healthy dose of family drama”

• “The shape of the trauma may be different, but the taste of tears on their tongue is the same”

• “An Urdu phrase I loved including was ‘aaj jaane ki zidd na karo,’ which…loosely translates to: today, don’t insist on leaving”

• Jade Fire Gold: June CL Tan Borrows Xianxia Elements and Creates an Adventure of Secrets

  

• Interview: Sophie Gonzales, author of Only Mostly Devastated & Perfect on Paper