cultural criticism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

sun ra New book about the album cover art of Sun Ra's Saturn label Mark Frauenfelder

afrofuturism Read Mark Dery's fabulous evisceration of a paleoconservative's hand-wringing review of the Met's Afrofuturist exhibition Mark Frauenfelder

parable of the sower Watch this opera adaptation of an Octavia Butler novel on Friday night Thom Dunn

steinem and reagon Out today: a two-volume, slipcased edition of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, introduced by Gloria Steinem and Toshi Reagon Cory Doctorow

film theory Samuel Delany's 1977 Star Wars review: why is the future so damned white and male? Cory Doctorow

malheur in manhattan Ava DuVernay is directing an HBO adaptation based on Brian Wood's DMZ Cory Doctorow

folio society The Folio Society is releasing a gorgeous edition of Octavia Butler's "Kindred" Cory Doctorow

p-funk Pedro Bell, the psychedelic painter behind Funkadelic's visual vibe, RIP David Pescovitz

afrofuturism An appreciation for Samuel Delany Cory Doctorow

the critics company Check out these amazing sf movies made by Nigerian teens Cory Doctorow

american downton abbey The real meaning of plantation tours: American Downton Abbey vs American Horror Story Cory Doctorow

globalism World Science Fiction Storybundle: $15 for 10 DRM-free books from around the world, benefiting English PEN Cory Doctorow

nk jemisin A new edition of Octavia Butler's classic postapocalyptic Afrofuturist novel "Parable of the Sower," with an introduction by Hugo winner NK Jemisin Cory Doctorow

Nettrice Gaskins Afrofuturist artist creates gorgeous portraits with Deep Dreaming Cory Doctorow

Sorry to Bother You Must-see bizarro viewing: Boots Riley's 'Sorry to Bother You' Rusty Blazenhoff

hiphopera Dirty Computer: Janelle Monáe's gorgeous, sexy, queer afrofuturist short film Cory Doctorow

george clinton For the first time in nearly 40 years, there's a new Parliament album! Cory Doctorow

mothership connection The BBC on Afrofuturism Cory Doctorow

afrofuturism How African speculative fiction gave birth to itself Cory Doctorow