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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.

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Just think of all the cool points youโ€™ll earn with the students though! ๐Ÿคฃ

03.12.2025 03:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So enjoying the Analog/Asimovโ€™s Artists and Authors Panel at City Tech SF Symposium! Next up, Carlos Hernandez!

02.12.2025 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Science Fiction at City Tech | Teaching, Researching, and Archiving Sci-Fi at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY

Heads up: City Tech (CUNY) is having their free annual science fiction symposium tomorrow. Iโ€™m going to try to attend from 2 PM on. Hope to see some of you there! openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/scienceficti...

01.12.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think it was recorded because it was a less formal talk. But if I end up doing any other talks that are recorded, I'll be sure to share--thank you for being interested!

21.11.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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.

21.11.2025 15:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agree! And adding the entire sword and soul movement led by Charles Saunders and Milton Davis.

12.11.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

12.11.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Snap! Criticism: Sanchez-Taylor and Onyebuchi Dan Hartland What should you read if you want to understand what youโ€™re reading? Gang, this column would of course advise that you read criticism. But there are other, and less eccentric, answers. โ€ฆ

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...

12.11.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I know what Iโ€™m reading next!

07.11.2025 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Latinx Archive - Latinx Visions 2.0

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...

07.11.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Latinx Visions 2 An online conference on Latinx speculative fiction sponsored by the Chicana/o Studies Department of UNM.

If youโ€™re not here, youโ€™re missing out! www.eventbrite.com/e/latinx-vis...

06.11.2025 14:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

04.11.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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! ๐Ÿคฃ

02.11.2025 09:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have a message I canโ€™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.

31.10.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

29.10.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Latinx Archive - Latinx Visions 2.0

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...

20.10.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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!

06.10.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

Another great addition to OSUโ€™s New Suns series! ohiostatepress.org/books/titles...

02.10.2025 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Support Johnnie Jae โค๏ธ Support Johnnie Jae

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.

ko-fi.com/johnniejae/g...

26.09.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 69    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Thanks! I'll be discussing "Up in the Hills" in my Latino Lit class in two weeks. Can't wait for their reactions.

26.09.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SF Foundation Latest Issue | SF Foundation Org

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...

26.09.2025 16:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huge thank you to @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social and Zig Zag Claybourne for a wonderful talk. Read their work!

24.09.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Speculative Detective Agency A Curious Collection of Mysterious Cases

Please support this amazing anthology if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/for...

24.09.2025 13:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had so much fun talking about one of my favorite authors of all time. Thank you @mealofthorns.bsky.social!

24.09.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Call for IAFA Gothic and Horror Literature Division Head Applications

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.

13.09.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Authorization required

To join the fun, log into your IAFA account, go to the ICFA store (under the Member Area dropdown), and purchase a ticket for ten dollars: iaftfita.wildapricot.org/Store. You will receive an email with instructions to the secret underground Zoom space (aka, The Wormhole). Help us get the word out!

05.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is an Infernal Salon? Itโ€™s a fun, low-stakes writing workshop, high on community, ix-nay on the essure-pray. Each participant is given a prompt from the very spooky deck that C. S. E. Cooney, Carlos Hernandez, and artist Rebecca Huston invented for their TTRPG โ€œNegocios Infernales.โ€

05.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts - Authorization required

Join authors C.S.E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez as they lead an Infernal Creative Salon at 7:30pm EST on 9/17 as a fundraiser for the BIPOC Caucus. Enter a secret underground Zoom room for an hour of imaginative fun.

05.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am also hosting an online Infernal Writing Salon with @csecooney.bsky.social and Carlos Hernandez! Proceeds go to the BIPOC Caucus fund. IAFA members can gift tickets (only ten dollars!) to friends, so anyone can attend. Here is the description...

05.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I myself am leading a session on Conjuring in Diverse Fantasy Literature featuring authors @sillysyntax.bsky.social, @awprihandita.bsky.social, and @zzclaybourne.bsky.social

05.09.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

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