Tracey: Thanks for posting this. I'll forward this to my Boston area sci-fi club and see if anyone's interested. I've been swamped with work at my job, missed this post, and Brent called my attention to this.
George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/ --- In [email protected], "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Boston Globe reporter looking for local black > fantasy/sci-fi fans > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:17:42 -0000 > From: jonesglobe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Hi, > > I'm a feature writer in the Living/Arts section of the Boston Globe > working on a story about the growing number of black sci-fi/fantasy > writers and the people who are reading their work. The story was > inspired by the recent release of such books as "Acacia" by David > Anthony Durham and a host of writers such as Steven Barnes, Tananarive > Due and even Walter Mosley, who are dabbling in the genre. > > I'd love to speak to people of color in the New England area (MA, CT, > RI, NH, VT) who are fans of sci-fi fantasy and can talk about not only > how you've developed a love of this genre, but what the importance is > of having black people write in this genre. > > Please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:v_jones%40globe.com> > > Thanks. >
