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    Black Celebration: Amazing Articles on African American Horror
    Black Celebration: Amazing Articles on African American Horror
    Black Celebration: Amazing Articles on African American Horror
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    Black Celebration: Amazing Articles on African American Horror

    By Linda Addison, Paula Ashe, Valjeanne Jeffers and

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    A collection of articles, essays and interviews with and by African American horror writers on black representation in horror, horror diversity, reviews of African American horror films, horror novels, weird fiction, dark fantasy and more.

    "This essential collection captures thought-provoking essays (ex. Southern Gothic Horror, Magical Realism & Horror in Toni Morrison Novels, The Inimitable Tony Todd, Black Horror Films of the 30's and 40's, etc.), fascinating reviews, and insightful interviews written by horror authors from African Diaspora. You could search for each piece or buy this exceptional book and have all the remarkable work at your fingertips."

    --Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of "How to Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend" and HWA Lifetime Achievement Award winner.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIconoclast Productions
    Release dateOct 31, 2019
    ISBN9780463847398
    Black Celebration: Amazing Articles on African American Horror
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    Linda Addison

    Linda Addison grew up in Philadelphia, the oldest of nine children and began weaving stories at an early age. She moved to New York after college and has published over 200 poems, stories and articles. Addison is the award-winning author of Being Full of Light, Insubstantial (Space & Time Books) and the first African-American to receive the HWA Bram Stoker Award. Catch her work in Genesis: An Anthology of Black Science Fiction, Dark Faith and New Blood anthologies. She is founding member of a writers group, CITH (Circles in the Hair), since 1990 and a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), Science-Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA).

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