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Interview: Neil Clarke, Other Worlds and Other Countries; Publishing International Science Fiction8/23/2024  Neil Clarke is the Editor-in-Chief of Clarkesworld Magazine, a monthly publication for science fiction and fantasy launched in 2006. Clarke has also done editing work for numerous other magazines and anthologies including Best Science Fiction of the Year, Upgraded, and Forever Magazine. Clarke has been a full time editor since 2017 and his work as an editor and art director of science fiction and fantasy has been recognized by the Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA), the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (ASFA), the Hugo Awards, and the Locus Awards. You can read more about Neil Clarke on his personal website and you can check out past issues of his magazine, learn how to support the publication, and even submit your own work at ClarkesworldMagazine.com.
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By Martha Ellen Johnson  Like a thief in the night benzodiazepines stole my health. To mask the stresses of child welfare work, to ease the grief of knowing there are humans who intentionally steal innocence from the vulnerable, I took medication I believed safe. The prescribed psychotropic medication that had been aggressively marketed, recklessly delivered and negligently monitored was neurotoxic. Pharmaceutical companies knew the risks, but they did not tell. I was oblivious to the damage it was causing my central nervous system, including my brain; and, later, I was ignorant of the etiology of the pervasive, bizarre symptoms that forced my retirement.
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By Jennifer Anne Gordon  You have decided that the relationship is unhealthy, of course it is. You alternate between being the loyal lover and the mistress. So much of this, you blame on this time in your life, on college, on theatre, on your father dying, on boredom. You find yourself on a Monday morning. The play you were in had its final show last night. You visited your father in the hospital. His brother was there, and they had not spoken since your father was let go from his job several years before after too much time away being sick.
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 Cecilia André is an artist, educator, and curator based in New York. André is a painter whose practice incorporates various textiles and transparent materials. André says of her practice, “From a traditional painting background, I navigated towards investigating the fabrics of my paintings, stitching pieces of background and leaving open gaps where the stretchers and wall could be seen. I come from a family of Lebanese immigrants to Brazil who were connected to the production of fabrics. I then moved onto transparencies still stitching them onto a mesh fabric. I believe this openness to different materials and producing immersive installations not only connects to my roots but invites people to partake in experiencing color light.” Her work has been shown in the Queens Botanical Garden, the Materials for the Arts Gallery, Equity Gallery, FIT Gallery, and more. In 2020 André participated in a fellowship with the AnkhLave Arts Alliance and in 2022, she became an AnkhLave curator where she has selected artists for fellowships and curated for Queens and Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. You can read more about Cecilia on her personal website, or check out the AnkhLave Art Alliance’s page for information on their ongoing projects.
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 Kraig Blue is a NYC native born and raised in the Bronx. Blue is an artist, educator, and musician whose practice includes illustration, photography, painting, drawing, musical performance, and his sculptural “assemblages” made of found materials. He takes bones, antique and second hand items, and other found materials to assemble foreboding altars intended to be a platform for contemplation and dialogue. Blue says, “My work is a direct conversation with an audience about issues that still affect my community, specifically the African-American community. The work is a reflection of personal and observed instances throughout my artistic career, and teaching practice, that begs the question, ‘Is the idea of diversity and inclusion a reality or is it a goal within American society we seek but have not truly achieved?’” (Blue). Kraig Blue has been an artist and educator for twenty five years and his work has been in exhibitions in New York, Washington DC, New Orleans, Vermont, and Southern California. This past year, Blue was selected by AnkhLave Arts Alliance to be their 2024 Public Artist in Residence, a multi-year program where his work will be exhibited in numerous public locations. You can read more about the fellowship by visiting AnkhLaveArts.org, or learn more about Kraig Blue and his work on his personal website.
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By Ghia Vitale  Photo by Matt Proctor at KGB Bar NYC on 10/30/2023 Douglas G. Cala is a beat poet from Staten Island. His spoken word poetry brings the heat to Spotify with his single, Orwellian Tale, and EP, Oenomel. Keep reading to learn more about the hidden urban poetry gems you’ve yet to unearth for yourself.
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