During the pandemic I got an email from Jarrel De Matas inviting me to do an interview about Caribbean futurism and the books and stories I’d written. Jarrel has collected a series of interviews and fleshed them out with context and notes, and created a new entry in the Routledge Studies in Speculative Fiction series of academic texts.
From the Routledge page:
Caribbean Futurism and Beyond is a tripartite combination of interviews with writers of the sf (speculative fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and folklore) genre, literary and cultural analysis of those interviews within the context of seven discrete yet overlapping dimensions – folklore, mythology, children’s and young adult literature, science, technology, climate disaster, and identity; and a theoretical basis of Caribbean futurism as an esthetic practice reflecting not just future but also past and present experiences of Caribbean people. The combination of interviews, analysis, and theory contributes to the ongoing questions that have been and will likely remain central to being and belonging to the Caribbean. The authors share their creative processes, inspirations, and the unique ways they address Caribbean experiences through stories that expand the boundaries of the genre.
If you are ordering for a campus or library, you can find out more about the book at Routledge.
I’m always honored to be asked for my thoughts about this topic, so I’m pretty damn psyched to see this in print. I honestly can say I never expected my work to be studied this way when I started out, so as an English major, always delighted by this.