{"id":7218,"date":"2013-08-03T21:27:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-04T01:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2013-08-05T21:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T01:27:11","slug":"podcast-readercon-2013-monsters-memories-and-mythmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/podcast-readercon-2013-monsters-memories-and-mythmaking","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Readercon 2013 – Monsters, Memories and Mythmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 16 – Readercon – Monsters, Memories and Mythmaking<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Readercon focuses on the literature. And the people who come here are really smart. They take science fiction and fantasy seriously as literature. It’s always interesting to be on panels. It’s also a real community, so I can talk with writers, small presses, editors. Beyond that, it’s really a good scene socially.”<\/p>\n

–Theodora Goss<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s time part two of our Readercon 2013 mega-podcast! I visited the 24th annual Readercon<\/a>\u00a0conference on literary fantasy & science fiction in Burlington, MA in July, and recorded five<\/em> interviews in one day! Readercon has great panels and programming, a fine booksellers\u2019 hall, and lots of fun conversation; if you’re into the “literature of the fantastic,” you really should make a point of attending this event next year.<\/p>\n

First, Theodora Goss<\/a> talks about her new accordion-shaped novella, The Thorn and the Blossom<\/em>, what writing contracts taught her about writing stories,\u00a0why most classic literary monsters were female, and the joys of coffee in Budapest. Then (52:00),\u00a0Valya Dudycz Lupescu<\/a> explores the joys of Growing Up Ukrainian in Chicago, the role of folklore and myths in her fiction, and how every immigrant wave has to choose what it holds onto when it lands in America. Finally (1:15:00), Nancy Hightower<\/a> tells us why she gave up Colorado for NYC, how she made the transition from teaching the grotesque to writing epic eco-fantasy, and how we learn the cost of wilderness.<\/p>\n

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Enjoy the conversations!<\/a>\u00a0And\u00a0check out the archives<\/a>\u00a0for more great episodes!<\/p>\n

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