On Thursday, July 25 NISI SHAWL reads from her work from 6:30-7:45 p.m. Nisi Shawl is co-author (With Cynthia Ward) of Writing the Other: A Practical Guide (2005); the story collection Filter House (2008); the utopian alternative history novel Everfair (2012); over 70 stories in such markets as Analog, Asimov’s SF, Tor.com, Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction and Fantasy (Nalo Hopkinson and Uppender Miha, co-eds),  and dozens of articles, essays, and reviews, including regular writings about books for the Seattle Times. She lives in the Seattle area.

Speculations is a coproduction of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a mid-summer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 27th edition of which will be held at the Best Western Plus—Como Park, St Paul, on July 26-28, 2019, with Guest of Honor NISI SHAWL and Special Guest BEN HUSET.