|  |  | Speeches and Lectures“Genius Communitas” at University of Alabama Huntsville,  Huntsville, AL, October 17, 2017“With Our Hearts” at Readerfest in Magnuson Park, Seattle,  WA, September 9, 2017“Octavia Butler’s Positive Obsession” at University of South  Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, October 30, 2014“Science Fiction and Fantasy as a Social Tool” at Antioch  University, Seattle, WA, September 2, 2014“Your Diverse Futures: Writing Inclusive SF,” at Field’s End  Roundtable, Bainbridge Island, WA, February 19, 2013“Ifa Cosmology: Reverence, Science, and Social  Technologies,” at Duke University, Durham, NC, January 29, 2010
 Readings, Panels and Interviews
              Reading, Two-Hour Transport at Café Racer, Seattle, WA,  October 24, 2017Reading, Fall Convergence 2017, University of Washington  Bothell, Bothell, WA, September 30, 2017Reading, Dogfish, New Orleans, LA, September 21, 2017“Race, Gender, and Representation in Steampunk,” panel,  Readerfest in Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA, September 9, 2017"Lost in Time and Space," panel, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 16, 2017 Reading, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 15, 2017 "Is Fandom More Diverse and Accepting?" panel, Norwescon, Seatac, WA April 15, 2017 Autograph Session, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 15, 2017 "Dialects in Fiction," panel, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 14, 2017 "Alternative History," panel, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 14, 2017 "Dystopia/Utopia," panel, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 14, 2017 "Words and Worlds II," reading, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 25, 2017 "Fantasizing Disability," panel, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 25, 2017 "Ladies of Steampunk," panel, Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ, March 12, 2017 "Women Destroy Science Fiction," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 18, 2015 "Race and Identity Issues in SF/F," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 17, 2015 "Dialect in SF/F," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 17, 2015 "Avoiding Culture Fail," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 17, 2015 "TheWorld Fantasy Award: Behind Lovecraft's  Back," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 17, 2015 "Erasure Is Not Equality," panel, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 17, 2015 Reading, Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 16, 2015“Science Fiction Stories,” panel, 100 Year Starship  Symposium, Dallas, TX, September 19, 2014Tweetchat, Editorial Freelancers’ Association interview via  Twitter, August 22, 2014Podcast, Broad Universe interview on Octavia E. Butler, June  23, 2014Reading, Science Fiction Research Association Guest of Honor  function, May 22, 2014Reading, Norwescon science fiction convention, April 20,  2014“Science Fiction and Postcolonialism,” panel, International  Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL, March 20, 2014Reading, Science Fiction Writers of America, Portland, OR,  April 24, 2013Reading, Science Fiction Writers of America, Kirkland, WA,  April 23, 2013“Octavia E. Butler Celebration,” panel, Spelman College,  Atlanta GA, March 22, 2013 Classes and Workshops“Healing Histories,” Greenlake Branch, Seattle Public  Library, Seattle, WA, 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 2, 2017“Healing Histories,” Delridge Branch, Seattle Public  Library, Seattle, WA, 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 4, 2017Writer's Workshop, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 14, 2017"Diversity and Narrative Voice," writing workshop, Norwescon, Seatac, WA, April 14, 2017 Mini Writing the Other workshop, Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, AZ, March 12, 2017 “Authentic Voices: Dialogue and Dialect,” for Arisia science  fiction convention, Boston, MA, January 18, 2015“Voice and Voices,” for Clarion West Writers Workshop,  Seattle, WA, October 5, 2014“Writing the Other,” for Woodthrush Woods Retreat,  Chattanooga, TN, June 8 through 15, 2014“Tell Your Stories,” for Water World: Centrum Youth Arts,  Port Townsend, WA, April 27 through May 2, 2014“Breaking In” and “Breaking Out,” for Northwest Institute of  Literary Arts, Whidbey Island, WA, January 10 through 12, 2014“Dialect and Dialogue,” “Critiquing,” Cascade Writers  Conference, Portland, OR, July 25 through 28, 2013“Tell Your Stories,” for Water World: Centrum Youth Arts,  Port Townsend, WA, April 28 through May 3, 2013“Writing the Other” for Clarion West Writers Workshop,  Seattle, WA, November 18, 2012“Tell Your Stories,” for Water World: Centrum Youth Arts,  Port Townsend, WA, April 22 through 27, 2012“Tell Your Stories,” for Water World: Centrum Youth Arts,  Port Townsend, WA, May 1 through 6, 2011“Tell Your Stories,” for Water World: Centrum Youth Arts,  Port Townsend, WA, May 2 through 7, 2010
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