Congratulations to @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @lesleyconner.bsky.social, @apexmag.bsky.social, and all of the fabulous writers in this fabulous collection! Go out and buy The Map of Places not now but right now!

Thanks, Emily!

I've been studying this material heavily for the past couple of years, so I have a lot of information to share. Come through and check it out. You can listen or share your own stories if you like. This is a free online event sponsored by the good folks at Kheprw Institute.

Tomorrow at 4pm EST, I'll be sharing some of my research on the Brer Rabbit myth/folklore, the African oral tradition, and community building through speculative narrative.

When I was a kid, my granddaddy used to tell me stories about Brer Rabbit. In doing so he brought me into an oral tradition that stretches back thousands of years. I would become an adult and Granddaddy would become an ancestor before I found out the Brer Rabbit stories came from Africa.

The Kheprw Institute and Sheree Renee Thomas curated a Translocal Afrofuturism Gathering. For my part it involved hosting a dinner at the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library and giving a keynote on my Afrofuturism work and bringing the library back.