"In the publishing sense, urban fantasy does not mean black, and that’s pretty ironic considering that it’s a euphemism everywhere else. It would be great to get that back. But so much of black life is urban. The trajectory of a lot of black lives in the 20th century was people moving into cities. A lot of the issue with modern urban fantasy is that it’s un-diverse, and that’s crazy with what we know the history of cities here to be. You may get a wise old black woman, but that’s about it. So, for me, many of the best fantasy and science fiction novels will play around with that stuff and give you something brand new."
- Alaya Dawn Johnson, “All Futures Are Political: a Q&A With Spec-Fic Author Alaya Dawn Johnson” (via tubooks)

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Jun 18, 2015
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