Sheree Thomas

Sheree Renée Thomas is an African-American writer, book editor, publisher, and contributor to many notable publications. In 2020, Thomas was named editor of '' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''.

Career

Thomas is the editor of the ''Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora'' anthology (2000) and ''Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, Dark Matter'', winners of the 2001 and the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology, which collect works by many African-American writers in the genres of science fiction, horror and fantasy. Among the many notable authors included are Samuel R. Delany, Octavia E. Butler, Charles R. Saunders, Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Jewelle Gomez, Ishmael Reed, Kalamu ya Salaam, Robert Fleming, Nalo Hopkinson, George S. Schuyler and W. E. B. Du Bois. ''Dark Matter'' received the 2005 and the 2001 World Fantasy Award and was named a '' New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year.

Thomas is the author of '' Nine Bar Blues: Stories from an Ancient Future (Third Man Books, 2020)'', the multigenre collections, ''Sleeping Under the Tree of Life'', longlisted for the 2016 James A. Tiptree, Jr. Award and '' Shotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems'', is publisher of Wanganegresse Press, and has contributed to national publications including '' The Washington Post'', '' The New York Times'', ''Book World'', ''Black Issues Book Review'', '' QBR'', and '' Hip Mama''. Her fiction and poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in "The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (1945-2010)," in Ishmael Reed's ''Konch'', '' Drumvoices Revue'', ''Obsidian III'', ''African Voices'', '' storySouth'', and other literary journals, and has received Honorable Mention in the ''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'', 16th and 17th annual collections. A native of Memphis, Thomas lived in New York City for over two decades and is now based in her hometown. In Fall 2020 she was named the tenth editor of '' The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'', founded in 1949. She also serves as the Associate Editor of '' Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora'', founded in 1975.

Publications

* ''Anansi'' (1999)
* '' Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora'' (2000), ''New York Times'' Notable Book of the Year, winner of the World Fantasy Award for Year's Best Anthology, Gold Pen Award
* "The Last Moonsong", story in ''Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art'' (2001)
* "For the Distinguished Historian...", poem in ''Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art'' (2001)
* "The Road to Khartoum", poem in ''Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam'' (2001), ed. Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera.
* "How Sukie Come Free", story in '' Mojo: Conjure Stories'' ( 2003 )
* "The Grassdreaming Tree", story in '' So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (2004), ed. Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan
* '' Dark Matter: Reading the Bones'' (2004), winner of the World Fantasy Award for Year's Best Anthology
* "Marrakesh" and "Sky in West Memphis", poems in '' storySouth'' (2005)
* "In the Negro Section of Nashville" and "On Entering William Edmondson's Sculpture Yard in Nashville", poems in '' storySouth'' (2005)
* "Graze a Dark Field", poem in '' Essence Magazine'' (2006)
* "Praisesong on the Passage of a Brilliant Star, from a Dreamer Below", essay in '' Callaloo'', Volume 29.2 (2006)
* "Survivor at rest", poem in ''Hurricane Blues: Poems about Katrina and Rita'' (2006), ed. Philip C. Kolin and Susan Swartwout
* "Lore", poem in ''Southern Revival: Deep Magic for Hurricane Relief'' (2006), ed. Tamara Kaye Sellman
* "Ezilie in Cavaillon" in ''Mythic 2'' (2006)
* "Untitled Old Scratch poem, featuring River" in ''Mythic Delirium'' (2006), nominated for the Pushcart Prize
* "Touch", story in ''ColorLines Magazine: The national magazine on race and politics// (2006)
* "sky in west memphis", poem, and "lightning" in ''The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South'' (2007) ed. Nikky Finney
* "Malaika Descending", story in ''Bronx Biannual 2: The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature'' (2007), ed. Miles Marshall Lewis
* "What's Your Fantasy: MARVELOUS WORLD", article in ''VIBE'' (2007)
* "Fallen", poem in ''The 2007 Rhysling Anthology: The Best Science fiction, Fantasy, and Horror poetry of 2006'', ed. Drew Morse (Science Fiction Poetry Association with Prime Books)
* "Bender's Bow", story in ''ColorLines Magazine'': The national magazine on race and politics (2008)
* Two quotes featured in ''“Language Is a Place of Struggle”: Great Quotes by People of Color'', ed. Tram Nguyen (Beacon Press, 2008, )
* Five poems in ''Tempu Tupu! (Walking Naked): Africana Women's Poetic Self-Portrait edited by Nagueyalti Warren'' (Red Sea/Africa World Press, March 2008)
* “The Ferryman”, from Bonecarver in ''Afro-Future Females: Black Writers Chart Science Fiction’s Newest New Wave Trajectory'', ed. Marleen S. Barr, foreword by Hortense Spillers (May 2008, Ohio State University Press, and )
* "Touch", story reprinted in ''80! Memories & Reflections on Ursula K. Le Guin'', edited by Karen Joy Fowler and Debbie Notkin (Aqueduct Press, October 2010, )
* ''Shotgun Lullabies: Short Stories & Poems'' (2011), Volume 28 in the "Conversation Pieces Series", Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press,
* "Introduction" (2015), in ''Salsa Nocturna'' by Daniel Jose Turner, Brooklyn, NY: Crossed Genres Press,
* "Foreword: Birth of a Revolution" (2015), in ''Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from the Social Justice Movement'', Oakland, CA: AK Press,
* "The Dragon Can't Dance" (2015), in ''Transition Magazine'', Issue 117, The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Indiana University Press
* "Nightflight" (2015), in ''Memphis Noir'', Brooklyn, NY: Akashic Press,
* "River Clap Your Hands" (2015), in the ''Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany'', Greenbelt, MD: Rosarium Publishing,
* ''Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora'' (2016), Volume 42.1–42.2, "And So Shaped the World" in ''Speculating Futures: Black Imagination & the Arts'', Normal, IL: Illinois State University,
* "Treesong" (2016), in ''An Alphabet of Embers: An Anthology of Unclassifiables'', Lawrence, KS: Stone Bird Press,
* ''Sleeping Under the Tree of Life'' (2016), Volume 50 in the “Conversation Pieces Series”, Seattle, WA: Aqueduct Press,
* "Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight" (2017), in ''Sycorax's Daughters'', San Francisco, CA: Cedar Grove Publishing,
* "Aunt Dissy's Policy Dream Book" (2017), in
Apex Magazine
' and in ''Mojo Rising: Contemporary Writers'', Jackson, MS: Sartoris Literary Group,
* "Who Needs the Stars When the Full Moon Loves You" (2017), in ''Revise the Psalm: Works Celebrating the Writing of Gwendolyn Brooks'', Chicago, IL: Curbside Splendor Press,
* "Dear Octavia, Octavia E. Butler, Ms. Butler, Mother of Changes" (2017), in ''Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler'', Australia: Twelfth Planet Press,
* "Graze a Dark Field", poem in ''Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology'' (2018), University of Georgia Press,
* '' Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction'' (2022), co-edited with Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight. TorDotCom, ISBN 9781250833006

References

Sources

* Bringing Challenging Feminist Science Fiction to the Demanding Reader (Aqueduct Press

* Thomas, Sheree Renée (The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction


Sheree Thomas Bibliography site by Hachette Book Group

External links

Official Website of Sheree Renée Thomas

Blackpot Mojo
— Sheree Thomas' Blog
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Sheree Thomas' publications in Drumvoices Revue

;Interviews


''ColoredGirls.com'' (2001)

Black Science Fiction and Fantasy
with Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Sheree R. Thomas on NPR, News & Notes, August 13, 2007 (Audio)

Creating Dark Matter: An Interview with Sheree Renée Thomas
''Strange Horizons'' (2009)


"Aqueduct Press: Conversation Pieces" (2011)


Sheree Renée Thomas' DARK MATTER - MEMPHIS Magazine (2014)


Black to the Future - Afrofuturism Comes to Memphis "TheCommercialAppeal.com" (April 13, 2018)


It's Not Just Black Panther: Afrofuturism Is Having a Moment" - TIME Magazine (April 20, 2018)


Dieselfunk Dispatch: BSAM MEMPHIS! With Sheree Renée Thomas, BleedingCool (April 21, 2018)

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