![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Either I could complain that these people aren’t known or I could do something about it.” ![]() “I would mention these people’s names and people would just be like ‘who?'” Campbell says. While attending predominantly white science-fiction conventions, the Prince George’s County resident perceived a general disregard for black authors writing speculative fiction. 18, during the press tour for his last book Koontown Killing Kaper. This is where where we can be human, defy all these earthly definitions of what blackness is.”Ĭampbell became inspired to organize Mothership, which was released on Oct. “Because all of those other things didn’t really work, like going to Liberia or going to San Francisco or going north. “With the birth of science fiction, you have space as an influential idea where black folks can find freedom,” says Campbell, attempting to condense Afrofuturism into a simple definition. What planet is Bill Campbell on? Not this one.Īs the editor of Mothership: Tales From Afrofuturism and Beyond, a new short story compilation featuring prominent writers such as Junot Díaz and Victor LaValle, Campbell says his favorite literature exists in an undeveloped, not-yet-embraced frontier where African Americans can prosper: outer space. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. ![]()
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