N.K. Jemisin doesn’t want to get the science wrong‚ but if she gets the people wrong—by contributing to prejudice and harmful stereotypes—she knows she’s done real harm. Few authors have reshaped the landscape of speculative fiction like she has. In the spirit of the visionary Octavia E. Butler, Jemisin crafts worlds both familiar and fantastical, unearthing the deep connections between humanity, power, and the systems that bind them.
PW Director of Sciences Janna Levin hosted the legendary writer to discuss Far Sector, science vs. fiction, and how to process our apocalyptic present.
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This project is supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Program in Public Understanding of Science and Technology, bridging the two cultures of science and the arts.
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