Joy Sanchez-Taylor
@jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social
Scholar of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature by BIPOC authors. My new book is titled Dispelling Fantasies (out July 11 from Ohio State UP). Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY). World Fantasy Convention 2025 Participant.
Huge thanks to the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic for hosting me for a talk about Dispelling Fantasies! Such great questions from the attendees. Anyone interested in fantasy literature should check out their programming.
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Huge thanks to the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic for hosting me for a talk about Dispelling Fantasies! Such great questions from the attendees. Anyone interested in fantasy literature should check out their programming.
OMG! My first review for Dispelling Fantasies! Huge thank you to @danhartland.bsky.social for bringing my thoughts about genre into such a brilliant, nuanced conversation ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/12/s...
Snap! Criticism: Sanchez-Taylor and Onyebuchi
Dan Hartland What should you read if you want to understand what you’re reading? Gang, this column would of course advise that you read criticism. But there are other, and less eccentric, answers. …
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November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
OMG! My first review for Dispelling Fantasies! Huge thank you to @danhartland.bsky.social for bringing my thoughts about genre into such a brilliant, nuanced conversation ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/11/12/s...
I know what I’m reading next!
ICYMI: new story just dropped
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
The King Must Die is now available wherever books are sold!
On a planet damaged by rushed terraforming, a bodyguard-turned-reluctant rebel joins the last dregs of her parents’ failed uprising...
THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
THE KING MUST DIE is out today! If you love stories about found families, revolutions, and second chances, this book’s for you.
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I know what I’m reading next!
I'm speaking about Latinx fantasy literature at a free online conference Friday, 11/7, at 11am EST. Come join in the fun and get some great book recommendations: latinxarchive.com/latinx-visio...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm speaking about Latinx fantasy literature at a free online conference Friday, 11/7, at 11am EST. Come join in the fun and get some great book recommendations: latinxarchive.com/latinx-visio...
If you’re not here, you’re missing out! www.eventbrite.com/e/latinx-vis...
Latinx Visions 2
An online conference on Latinx speculative fiction sponsored by the Chicana/o Studies Department of UNM.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you’re not here, you’re missing out! www.eventbrite.com/e/latinx-vis...
I had a blast at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! Thank you to all the organizers. Brighton was beautiful, and the panels were fun and informative. Leaving with a full heart and way too many books! 🤣
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I had a blast at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social! Thank you to all the organizers. Brighton was beautiful, and the panels were fun and informative. Leaving with a full heart and way too many books! 🤣
I have a message I can’t currently access because my account is giving me trouble. So if you sent me a message or if you want to meet with me at the World Fantasy Convention, please just tag me in a message.
October 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I have a message I can’t currently access because my account is giving me trouble. So if you sent me a message or if you want to meet with me at the World Fantasy Convention, please just tag me in a message.
This free conference on Latinx speculative fiction is going to be amazing! I'll be speaking Friday on Latinx fantasy and magical realism. Join if you can: latinxarchive.com/latinx-visio...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This free conference on Latinx speculative fiction is going to be amazing! I'll be speaking Friday on Latinx fantasy and magical realism. Join if you can: latinxarchive.com/latinx-visio...
I will be speaking on the "Reading Something New" World Fantasy Convention panel at 12pm Friday. I would love to connect with some of the authors I reference in Dispelling Fantasies: @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and @tashasuri.bsky.social DM me if I can buy you a coffee!
October 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I will be speaking on the "Reading Something New" World Fantasy Convention panel at 12pm Friday. I would love to connect with some of the authors I reference in Dispelling Fantasies: @elizachanwrites.bsky.social @zenaldehyde.bsky.social and @tashasuri.bsky.social DM me if I can buy you a coffee!
Another great addition to OSU’s New Suns series! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
Black Aliens: Kinship in the Cosmic Diaspora
Explores the Black alien figure as constructed, imagined, and experimented on by Black writers, musicians, and artists to represent a cosmic diasporic experience.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Another great addition to OSU’s New Suns series! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...
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Emergency ask. It is always so humbling and not in good way to constantly be in financial crisis, especially when I look at all the work that I do. We are at risk of losing our housing and need to come up with 3 months rent by the 1st, which is an impossible ask.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Emergency ask. It is always so humbling and not in good way to constantly be in financial crisis, especially when I look at all the work that I do. We are at risk of losing our housing and need to come up with 3 months rent by the 1st, which is an impossible ask.
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When it rains it pours! An excerpt of Ch 2 of Dispelling Fantasies, "Blood Magic is not Always Black Magic," is available in the journal Foundation's newest issue: www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...
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September 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When it rains it pours! An excerpt of Ch 2 of Dispelling Fantasies, "Blood Magic is not Always Black Magic," is available in the journal Foundation's newest issue: www.sf-foundation.org/sf-foundatio...
Huge thank you to @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social and Zig Zag Claybourne for a wonderful talk. Read their work!
VICFA 4's Roundtable Discussion on "Conjuring in Diverse Literature" was a real treat! Joy Sanchez-Taylor led this discussion with Suzan Palumbo, Zig Zag Claybourne, and A.W. Prihandita, three of the fantasy authors featured in Sanchez-Taylor's new book, 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 F𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.
September 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Huge thank you to @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social and Zig Zag Claybourne for a wonderful talk. Read their work!
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The Speculative Detective Agency
A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases
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September 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I had so much fun talking about one of my favorite authors of all time. Thank you @mealofthorns.bsky.social!
Episode 33: N.K. Jemisin's THE FIFTH SEASON, with @jsanchez-taylor.bsky.social! We talk about dystopias with utopian glimmers, meta-genre play, and much more:
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A Meal of Thorns 33 – THE FIFTH SEASON with Joy Sanchez-Taylor
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Guest: Joy Sanchez-TaylorTitle: The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHost: Jake …
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September 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I had so much fun talking about one of my favorite authors of all time. Thank you @mealofthorns.bsky.social!
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Call for IAFA GaH Division Head Applications
The IAFA is accepting applications for the position of Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head. The deadline for applications is 30 Sept., 2025, 11:59 p.m. US Eastern/3:59 a.m. UTC.
For full details, please see our blog post on the IAFA website.
The IAFA is accepting applications for the position of Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head. The deadline for applications is 30 Sept., 2025, 11:59 p.m. US Eastern/3:59 a.m. UTC.
For full details, please see our blog post on the IAFA website.
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Call for IAFA Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head Applications
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September 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Call for IAFA GaH Division Head Applications
The IAFA is accepting applications for the position of Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head. The deadline for applications is 30 Sept., 2025, 11:59 p.m. US Eastern/3:59 a.m. UTC.
For full details, please see our blog post on the IAFA website.
The IAFA is accepting applications for the position of Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head. The deadline for applications is 30 Sept., 2025, 11:59 p.m. US Eastern/3:59 a.m. UTC.
For full details, please see our blog post on the IAFA website.
As some of you know, I am the BIPOC Caucus Representative for the Internation Association of the Fantastic in the Arts. We are having our annual online conference (VICFA) from Sept. 17-21. This is a low-cost online speculative conference (with free options!): iaftfita.wildapricot.org/page-1820583
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - The VICFA
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September 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
As some of you know, I am the BIPOC Caucus Representative for the Internation Association of the Fantastic in the Arts. We are having our annual online conference (VICFA) from Sept. 17-21. This is a low-cost online speculative conference (with free options!): iaftfita.wildapricot.org/page-1820583
I decided to add this beautiful quote from Ibi Zoboi's (S)Kin to the top of my decolonial Latinx fantasy syllabus:
“When you’re raised on folklore and fairy tales,
Possibilities are infinite. The lines between
Reality and fantasy are blurred—” Ibi Zoboi
“When you’re raised on folklore and fairy tales,
Possibilities are infinite. The lines between
Reality and fantasy are blurred—” Ibi Zoboi
August 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I decided to add this beautiful quote from Ibi Zoboi's (S)Kin to the top of my decolonial Latinx fantasy syllabus:
“When you’re raised on folklore and fairy tales,
Possibilities are infinite. The lines between
Reality and fantasy are blurred—” Ibi Zoboi
“When you’re raised on folklore and fairy tales,
Possibilities are infinite. The lines between
Reality and fantasy are blurred—” Ibi Zoboi
Just saw the Hugo results, and I’m thrilled to see three Indigenous authors being honored! Huge congrats to Moniquill Blackgoose, @littlebadger.bsky.social and Rebecca Roanhorse! I have a detailed reading of Blackgoose’s To Shape a Dragon’s Breath in Dispelling Fantasies!
August 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just saw the Hugo results, and I’m thrilled to see three Indigenous authors being honored! Huge congrats to Moniquill Blackgoose, @littlebadger.bsky.social and Rebecca Roanhorse! I have a detailed reading of Blackgoose’s To Shape a Dragon’s Breath in Dispelling Fantasies!
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Help Haifa and Her Children Rebuild Their Lives
Hello everyone, I am Haifa, a mother of three children. My family is beautiful. My house was targeted on 12/10/2023, the first day of the war on Gaza. I lost everything beautiful and I have been livin...
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July 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I just donated; help if you can: Help Haifa and Her Children Rebuild Their Lives chuffed.org/project/1370...
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Please welcome Tasavvur Magazine to Bsky; they're one of South Asia's few dedicated sff magazines, and they do great work. There are barely any eyes on them here at the moment, so if you're interested in global sff (or a desi reader looking for more desi sff), please do read/follow them:
We have a great lineup of talented writers from South Asia.
Click the link below to enjoy the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
Click the link below to enjoy the latest issue: tasavvurnama.com
🔮 - #SouthAsian #SpeculativeFiction
July 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Please welcome Tasavvur Magazine to Bsky; they're one of South Asia's few dedicated sff magazines, and they do great work. There are barely any eyes on them here at the moment, so if you're interested in global sff (or a desi reader looking for more desi sff), please do read/follow them:
So looking forward to this release! Let’s get SM-G on all the bestseller lists!
THE BEWITCHING made the Indie Bestseller List. Thank you to everyone who ordered this & to the Indie bookstores that are stocking me. THE BEWITCHING is a tale of supernatural suspense with a heavy dose of Mexican folklore & some New England academia too. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
July 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So looking forward to this release! Let’s get SM-G on all the bestseller lists!
So sad. One of the reasons I write academic books despite not needing to for tenure is to draw attention to authors who can then, hopefully, make enough from their writing to support themselves.
✨TRANSPARENCY TIME✨
Buckle up!
Finally got paid for my IP gig. So, officially, I no longer have trad pub work. So, I'll break down my trad pub career from 2020-2025 ($ before agent fees):
MONEY STUFF:
Wrote 3 books (PB, MG, YA)
The PB and MG were IP.
YA had a $15K advance.
MG had $15K.
1/10
Buckle up!
Finally got paid for my IP gig. So, officially, I no longer have trad pub work. So, I'll break down my trad pub career from 2020-2025 ($ before agent fees):
MONEY STUFF:
Wrote 3 books (PB, MG, YA)
The PB and MG were IP.
YA had a $15K advance.
MG had $15K.
1/10
July 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So sad. One of the reasons I write academic books despite not needing to for tenure is to draw attention to authors who can then, hopefully, make enough from their writing to support themselves.
So I spent two years reseaching and writing Dispelling Fantasies to get a bad Amazon review because I spelled a character's name wrong. I feel awful about it; I double checked every author's name and title to avoid errors. But the reality of the situation is I am human.
July 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So I spent two years reseaching and writing Dispelling Fantasies to get a bad Amazon review because I spelled a character's name wrong. I feel awful about it; I double checked every author's name and title to avoid errors. But the reality of the situation is I am human.
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Quick update on my cancer treatment.
The arm still hurts. The doctor was trying to find a vein for almost a half hour. But I'm fine, no worries.
Please boost so everyone who's donated can hear the latest. (And if you can spare a small donation, I'd appreciate it.)
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The arm still hurts. The doctor was trying to find a vein for almost a half hour. But I'm fine, no worries.
Please boost so everyone who's donated can hear the latest. (And if you can spare a small donation, I'd appreciate it.)
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Donate to Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses, organized by Arula Ratnakar
Hi everyone,
I'm Rhonda, also known as R. S. A. Garcia, a speculative … Arula Ratnakar needs your support for Help R. S. A. Garcia Pay for Cancer Expenses
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July 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Quick update on my cancer treatment.
The arm still hurts. The doctor was trying to find a vein for almost a half hour. But I'm fine, no worries.
Please boost so everyone who's donated can hear the latest. (And if you can spare a small donation, I'd appreciate it.)
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The arm still hurts. The doctor was trying to find a vein for almost a half hour. But I'm fine, no worries.
Please boost so everyone who's donated can hear the latest. (And if you can spare a small donation, I'd appreciate it.)
www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...