Penumbric interview, April 2024
Jeff Georgeson of Penumbric kindly interviewed me, posing questions about cultural influences, The Sign of the Dragon, How to Navigate Our Universe, Zoom, and more.
Hello and Welcome
I am a fantasy and science fiction author of both stories and poetry. I’ve been named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, and have twice won both the Elgin Award and the Rhysling Award. My work has appeared in Analog, Asimov’s, F&SF, Fantasy Magazine, Science, and Strange Horizons.
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(September 2023)
How to Be a Star
Gravitationally collapse a nebula.
Fuse hydrogen into helium.
If desired, explode.
How-to astronomy poetry to answer vexing questions such as How to Surprise Saturn, How to Blush Like Betelgeuse, and How to Survive a Black Hole. Nominated for the 2024 Elgin Award.
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Strange Horizons review of How to Navigate Our Universe by Vivian Wagner, February 2024.
“How to Navigate Our Universe is a collection of speculative poetry by Mary Soon Lee which plays with the notion that planets might have personalities, moons might have jealousies, and the universe itself might be understood by examining its neighborhoods….”
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Space Cowboy Books reading/interview, February 2024
Space Cowboy Books hosted an event where I first read from How to Navigate Our Universe and then Jean-Paul Garnier interviewed me.
You can watch the video version or listen to the audio only (for the audio option, scroll to find the relevant interview).
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An interview with Sahtu Press, December 2023
Bryan Thao Worra asks about how I became a writer, my literary inspirations, finding a writing community, and more.
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An interview with Radon Journal, November 2023
The interview covers my new book, How to Navigate Our Universe, and much else besides — from Pittsburgh, to Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, to Picard.
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Speculative Sundays
I will be reading at the Speculative Sundays Poetry Reading Series organized by Akua Lezli Hope. The evening’s other readers are Brandon O’Brien and Vivian Faith Prescott. The event is free but you need to register in advance.
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
BoomerLitMag
I’m delighted to report my first appearance in BoomerLitMag with my poem So This Is The Prison 🙂
Monday, 4 November 2024
US 1 Worksheets
My poem “Lonesome Dove” is in US 1 Worksheets, Volume 69, 2024 🙂
Sunday, 3 November 2024
Analog
I’m delighted to report that my flash fiction “Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc” is in Analog, November/December 2024 🙂 This is my eighth story to appear in Analog, along with seven poems.
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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