Exploring literary visions of greener, fairer ways of being
Posts by Just Utopias host Sheryl M. Medlicott
I’m pleased to announce that Just Utopias is now accepting submissions!
Would you like to contribute a blogpost for the Just Utopias blog? Essays, reviews, previews, audio, video, photos, art, creative writing… I would love to feature anything you write or make about utopia, climate justice and related themes.
Continue reading “Just Utopias is now open for submissions!”Hello, how are you doing? Spring is coming where I am and it’s all taking off. Here’s a round up of the utopian books and events on my radar this week.
Continue reading “Black Utopias, Forecast and New Suns”Pandemic. Wild fires. Climate crisis. Biodiversity crisis. Rise of the far right. Sometimes, it seems like things aren’t going so well.
I heard an Indigenous viewpoint on the multiple crises facing North America (and the world) from scholar Dr Kim TallBear at the ASLE (Association for the Study of Literature and Environment) Nearly Carbon Neutral virtual conference in July 2020. It was enlightening, perspective-shifting stuff. I want to share with you some of the thoughts that have stayed with me ever since.
Continue reading “North America: a failing colonialist utopia?”It’s my inaugural blog post! I thought I would start by sharing my current utopia-themed reading list with you. As you will see, it’s a list of Afrofuturist, African Sci-Fi and Black Utopias. This is where I’m at right now. In this post I’ll tell you how I got to this amazing place and why I think these books are must-reads.
Continue reading “Hello! Here’s an awesome utopian reading list.”