Mary Anne Mohanraj
@maryannemohanraj.bsky.social
Writer, professor, arts administrator, school board member, cook. Founder of Strange Horizons, Director of Speculative Literature Foundation. She/her. Books here: https://serendibshop.com. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Mohanraj
CHICAGO:
• Thursday, November 7, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., panel discussion: On Strike Against God, a darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning.
• Thursday, November 7 @ 6 p.m, reading at AfterWords Bookstore
• Thursday, November 7, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., panel discussion: On Strike Against God, a darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning.
• Thursday, November 7 @ 6 p.m, reading at AfterWords Bookstore
November 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
CHICAGO:
• Thursday, November 7, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., panel discussion: On Strike Against God, a darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning.
• Thursday, November 7 @ 6 p.m, reading at AfterWords Bookstore
• Thursday, November 7, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., panel discussion: On Strike Against God, a darkly comedic story of feminist love, hope, and reckoning.
• Thursday, November 7 @ 6 p.m, reading at AfterWords Bookstore
It's weird when I'm listening to podcasts about food and gardening while I do morning chores (this morning, was Gastropod on Arctic cuisine, which was fascinating) and then it autoplays the next one and it's my own voice coming out of the phone. Freaks me out every time.
February 13, 2024 at 3:07 PM
It's weird when I'm listening to podcasts about food and gardening while I do morning chores (this morning, was Gastropod on Arctic cuisine, which was fascinating) and then it autoplays the next one and it's my own voice coming out of the phone. Freaks me out every time.
Veganuary challenge -- cook two vegan Sri Lankan dishes this week, get a prize! Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
January 26, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Veganuary challenge -- cook two vegan Sri Lankan dishes this week, get a prize! Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
I'm teaching a new course this semester, a 200-level speculative literature class, and I'm focusing it on fantasy. (I did SF last semester). Thought some of you might like to read along -- I may post notes occasionally.
Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
January 12, 2024 at 8:12 PM
I'm teaching a new course this semester, a 200-level speculative literature class, and I'm focusing it on fantasy. (I did SF last semester). Thought some of you might like to read along -- I may post notes occasionally.
Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
Details here: www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
Dear SF/F writing community -- you can find the SLF's year-end letter here -- happy to be writing in community with you all! Happy New Year!
www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
January 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Dear SF/F writing community -- you can find the SLF's year-end letter here -- happy to be writing in community with you all! Happy New Year!
www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
www.facebook.com/mary.a.mohan...
CHICAGOLAND: Free Greeting Card and Bookmark Making Demo / Workshop, plus free raffle for A Feast of Serendib: a Sri Lankan cookbook! (Or Vegan Serendib, your choice!)
Friday 11/24, 3-6 p.m.
Sprout, 7129 Cermak Road, Berwyn
Friday 11/24, 3-6 p.m.
Sprout, 7129 Cermak Road, Berwyn
November 24, 2023 at 3:06 PM
CHICAGOLAND: Free Greeting Card and Bookmark Making Demo / Workshop, plus free raffle for A Feast of Serendib: a Sri Lankan cookbook! (Or Vegan Serendib, your choice!)
Friday 11/24, 3-6 p.m.
Sprout, 7129 Cermak Road, Berwyn
Friday 11/24, 3-6 p.m.
Sprout, 7129 Cermak Road, Berwyn
To finish off my Intro to SF class, I'm having the students choose one novella each from this list and briefly present on it the last day of class.
Thanks to everyone who suggested novellas when I asked previously -- I did leave off some suggestions when I was completely unfamiliar with them...
Thanks to everyone who suggested novellas when I asked previously -- I did leave off some suggestions when I was completely unfamiliar with them...
November 13, 2023 at 6:35 PM
To finish off my Intro to SF class, I'm having the students choose one novella each from this list and briefly present on it the last day of class.
Thanks to everyone who suggested novellas when I asked previously -- I did leave off some suggestions when I was completely unfamiliar with them...
Thanks to everyone who suggested novellas when I asked previously -- I did leave off some suggestions when I was completely unfamiliar with them...
Making cashew milk toffee...
November 12, 2023 at 4:17 AM
Making cashew milk toffee...
Sewed an ombré leaves skirt, made a crown / halo, and and designed an outfit for Our Lady of Falling Leaves -- window decor for the new brick-and-mortar shop. Who knew window designing would be so much fun?
November 6, 2023 at 4:52 AM
Sewed an ombré leaves skirt, made a crown / halo, and and designed an outfit for Our Lady of Falling Leaves -- window decor for the new brick-and-mortar shop. Who knew window designing would be so much fun?
I'm thoroughly delighted to note that "Among the Marithei," first printed in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and then reprinted in Lightspeed Magazine, has been selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year: volume 7, edited by Neil Clarke.
October 17, 2023 at 12:27 AM
I'm thoroughly delighted to note that "Among the Marithei," first printed in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and then reprinted in Lightspeed Magazine, has been selected for The Best Science Fiction of the Year: volume 7, edited by Neil Clarke.
The Speculative Literature Foundation's Deep Dish reading series is looking for a couple of rapid-fire (3 min) readers to join our event at Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 16.
If interested, please reach out to Angeli Primlani, angeli@speculativeliterature.org.
@speclit.bsky.social
If interested, please reach out to Angeli Primlani, angeli@speculativeliterature.org.
@speclit.bsky.social
October 16, 2023 at 2:36 PM
The Speculative Literature Foundation's Deep Dish reading series is looking for a couple of rapid-fire (3 min) readers to join our event at Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago on Thursday, Nov. 16.
If interested, please reach out to Angeli Primlani, angeli@speculativeliterature.org.
@speclit.bsky.social
If interested, please reach out to Angeli Primlani, angeli@speculativeliterature.org.
@speclit.bsky.social
Recording a podcast this past weekend -- Benjamin Rosenbaum and I were GOING to talk about AI, I swear, but somehow early on we went into a tangent on building utopias and social class and a LONG thing about landlords and renters and morality thereof...
#mrah
#mohanrajandrosenbaumarehumans
#mrah
#mohanrajandrosenbaumarehumans
October 12, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Recording a podcast this past weekend -- Benjamin Rosenbaum and I were GOING to talk about AI, I swear, but somehow early on we went into a tangent on building utopias and social class and a LONG thing about landlords and renters and morality thereof...
#mrah
#mohanrajandrosenbaumarehumans
#mrah
#mohanrajandrosenbaumarehumans
@speclit.bsky.social has just joined -- the Speculative Literature Foundation, my little nonprofit baby -- we give grants to writesr, among other things. Check out www.speclit.org, and follow them here!
October 9, 2023 at 10:19 PM
@speclit.bsky.social has just joined -- the Speculative Literature Foundation, my little nonprofit baby -- we give grants to writesr, among other things. Check out www.speclit.org, and follow them here!
Lovely launch event for Tornado, my breast cancer memoir.
September 20, 2023 at 5:52 PM
Lovely launch event for Tornado, my breast cancer memoir.
So I want to love Bluesky, but I usually write long posts, rarely short ones. I'm guessing if I post links to my longer FB posts, that will be annoying / not interesting? Is there any app that auto-divides up long posts into smaller chunks?
September 20, 2023 at 5:40 PM
So I want to love Bluesky, but I usually write long posts, rarely short ones. I'm guessing if I post links to my longer FB posts, that will be annoying / not interesting? Is there any app that auto-divides up long posts into smaller chunks?
School board meeting tonight, so I'll spend some time prepping for that. Otherwise, I'm pretty tired after first week of teaching, so going to take it easy.
Re-reading Murderbot now (going to assign the first one to students), hoping to do some resin botanical jewelry making if I have the energy.
Re-reading Murderbot now (going to assign the first one to students), hoping to do some resin botanical jewelry making if I have the energy.
August 24, 2023 at 2:26 PM
School board meeting tonight, so I'll spend some time prepping for that. Otherwise, I'm pretty tired after first week of teaching, so going to take it easy.
Re-reading Murderbot now (going to assign the first one to students), hoping to do some resin botanical jewelry making if I have the energy.
Re-reading Murderbot now (going to assign the first one to students), hoping to do some resin botanical jewelry making if I have the energy.
Breakfast today -- garden tomato, sliced and served on a toasted half-bagel with whitefish spread. Yumyum. What're you eating?
August 24, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Breakfast today -- garden tomato, sliced and served on a toasted half-bagel with whitefish spread. Yumyum. What're you eating?
I'll include my own _The Stars Change_ on the list. I usually try not to assign my own fiction much, but I figure it's okay as an optional text out of a large set. And it *was* a finalist for various awards. Sri Lankans in space, an allegory for Black July, lots of LGBTQ+ representation.
August 21, 2023 at 2:30 PM
I'll include my own _The Stars Change_ on the list. I usually try not to assign my own fiction much, but I figure it's okay as an optional text out of a large set. And it *was* a finalist for various awards. Sri Lankans in space, an allegory for Black July, lots of LGBTQ+ representation.
SF novella recs? I'm teaching an Intro to SF Lit. class this semester, and I'm planning an assignment where they choose from a selection of novellas and present on them. Title / author / a line about why you love this novella, or think it'd be a good one to teach? (Ideally available free online.)
August 21, 2023 at 2:28 PM
SF novella recs? I'm teaching an Intro to SF Lit. class this semester, and I'm planning an assignment where they choose from a selection of novellas and present on them. Title / author / a line about why you love this novella, or think it'd be a good one to teach? (Ideally available free online.)
Just got here. Testing, testing. Houston, Houston, do you read?
(Tips welcome -- how are you liking this space? Suggestions for making the most of it? Are the algorithms as obnoxious as FB's for hiding things with links, etc.? Does adding a picture help visibility in the same way?)
(Tips welcome -- how are you liking this space? Suggestions for making the most of it? Are the algorithms as obnoxious as FB's for hiding things with links, etc.? Does adding a picture help visibility in the same way?)
August 18, 2023 at 3:43 PM
Just got here. Testing, testing. Houston, Houston, do you read?
(Tips welcome -- how are you liking this space? Suggestions for making the most of it? Are the algorithms as obnoxious as FB's for hiding things with links, etc.? Does adding a picture help visibility in the same way?)
(Tips welcome -- how are you liking this space? Suggestions for making the most of it? Are the algorithms as obnoxious as FB's for hiding things with links, etc.? Does adding a picture help visibility in the same way?)