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How Award-Winning SF Author Kim Fu Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
How Award-Winning SF Author Kim Fu Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
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40 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2022
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Podcast episode
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Award-winning short story writer and novelist, Kim Fu, spoke to me about speculative vs. science fiction, how to critique the future, and her collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.
Kim is the author of two novels and a collection of poetry. Her novel For Today I Am a Boy won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice.
Her debut story collection, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, has been described as "12 unforgettable tales [where] the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange...." It was named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year at LitHub, Electric Lit, Kirkus, The Rumpus and CBC Books, as well as a BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter.
Kim’s writing has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Hazlitt, and the TLS.
Stay calm and write on ...
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In this file Kim Fu and I discussed:
The challenges of the transition from realism to speculative short stories
A criticism of the Metaverse and her love of video games
How she channeled the fear and dread of our current dystopia
Why she writes in 12-hour sprints
The power of pop-up Zoom accountability groups
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
Kim-Fu.com
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (Amazon Affiliate)
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Amazon Affiliate)
Review: 'Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century,' by Kim Fu
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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Award-winning short story writer and novelist, Kim Fu, spoke to me about speculative vs. science fiction, how to critique the future, and her collection Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century.
Kim is the author of two novels and a collection of poetry. Her novel For Today I Am a Boy won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice.
Her debut story collection, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, has been described as "12 unforgettable tales [where] the strange is made familiar and the familiar strange...." It was named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year at LitHub, Electric Lit, Kirkus, The Rumpus and CBC Books, as well as a BuzzFeed and WIRED Pick for a Book You Need to Read This Winter.
Kim’s writing has appeared in Granta, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Hazlitt, and the TLS.
Stay calm and write on ...
[Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm]
[If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen]
In this file Kim Fu and I discussed:
The challenges of the transition from realism to speculative short stories
A criticism of the Metaverse and her love of video games
How she channeled the fear and dread of our current dystopia
Why she writes in 12-hour sprints
The power of pop-up Zoom accountability groups
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
Kim-Fu.com
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu (Amazon Affiliate)
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (Amazon Affiliate)
Review: 'Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century,' by Kim Fu
Kelton Reid on Twitter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Feb 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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