Meet the Bookstagrammer:
p beingabookwyrm
TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHY YOU BOOKSTAGRAM I’m a graduate student finishing my second degree in English literature. I love epic fantasy, and for most of undergrad I focused on medieval literature because I knew that a lot of mainstream epic fantasy is based on medieval romance. But when I began to realize I wanted to see my own identity as a black girl represented in fiction, I found that few, if any, sci-fi and fantasy stories in the mainstream offered black girl protagonists. So I decided to change my academic concentration to black girl SFF, looking at the ways race shapes the limits of our imagination. This became the focus of my bookstagram as well. I want to promote and celebrate BIPOC authors, particularly BIPOC fantasy authors, who are creating incredibly rich, culturally and racially specific stories. I also want to get a job in publishing, so bookstagram is a way for me to learn about publishers’ book identities and to keep up with the latest frontlist books.
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