- Sheree Thomas
"Sheree Thomas" also credited as "Sheree R. Thomas" and "Sheree Renée Thomas" is a writer, book editor and publisher whose groundbreaking Dark Matter collected the works of some of the best African American
Science Fiction , Horror andFantasy writers working at the time. Authors such asSamuel R. Delany ,Octavia E. Butler ,Charles R. Saunders ,Steven Barnes ,Tananarive Due ,Jewelle Gomez ,Ishmael Reed ,Kalamu ya Salaam , Robert Fleming, andNalo Hopkinson . Venerable writers likeGeorge S. Schuyler andW.E.B. Dubois also had stories included in the collection. "Dark Matter" was honored with the 2005 and the 2001World Fantasy Award and named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. [http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/]Sheree is the publisher of
Wanganegresse Press , has contributed to national publications including theWashington Post Book World ,Black Issues Book Review ,QBR , andHip Mama . Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Ishmael Reed'sKonch ,Drumvoices Revue , Obsidian III, African Voices,storySouth , and other literary journals and has received Honorable Mention in the [http://www.gamalei.net/sluice/ Year's Best Fantasy and Horror] , 16th and 17th annual collections. A native of Memphis, she lives inNew York City . [http://www.twbookmark.com/authors/52/1933/index.html] .Bibliography
* "Anansi" (1999)
* (2000), "NEW YORK TIMES" Notable Book of the Year, winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD for Year's Best Anthology, GOLD PEN Award
* "The Last Moonsong" story in "Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art" (2001)
* "For the Distinguished Historian..." poem in "Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art" (2001)
* "The Road to Khartoum" poem in "Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam" (2001) edited by Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera.
* "How Sukie Come Free" story in ( 2003 )
* "The Grassdreaming Tree" story in (2004 ) edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan
* (2004), winner of the WORLD FANTASY AWARD for Year's Best Anthology
* "Marrakesh" and "Sky in West Memphis" poems in "STORYSOUTH" (2005)
* "In the Negro Section of Nashville" and "On Entering William Edmondson's Sculpture Yard in Nashville" poems in "STORYSOUTH" (2005)
* "Graze a Dark Field" poem in "ESSENCE Magazine" (2006)
* "Praisesong on the Passage of a Brilliant Star, from a Dreamer Below" essay in "CALLALOO" Volume 29.2 (2006)
* "Survivor at rest" poem in "HURRICANE BLUES: Poems about Katrina and Rita" (2006) edited by Philip C. Kolin and Susan Swartwout
* "Lore" poem in "SOUTHERN REVIVAL: DEEP MAGIC FOR HURRICANE RELIEF" (2006) edited by Tamara Kaye Sellman
* "Ezilie in Cavaillon" in "MYTHIC 2" (2006)
* "Untitled Old Scratch poem, featuring River" in "MYTHIC DELIRIUM" (2006), nominated for the Pushcart Prize
* "Touch" story in "COLORLINES Magazine": The national magazine on race and politics (2006)
* "sky in west memphis" poem and "lightning" in "THE RINGING EAR: Black Poets Lean South" (2007) edited by Nikky Finney
* "Malaika Descending" story in "BRONX BIANNUAL 2: The Journal of Urbane Urban Literature" (2007) edited by Miles Marshall Lewis
* "What's Your Fantasy: MARVELOUS WORLD" article in "VIBE" (2007)
* "Fallen" poem in THE 2007 RHYSLING ANTHOLOGY: THE BEST SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND HORROR POETRY OF 2006 edited by Drew Morse (Science Fiction Poetry Association with Prime Books)
* "Bender's Bow" story in "COLORLINES Magazine": The national magazine on race and politics (2008)Interviews
* [http://www.coloredgirls.com/Otherviews/sheree.html You Are Not Alone: An Interview with Sheree R. Thomas] , "ColoredGirls.com"
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12742905 Black Science Fiction and Fantasy] withTananarive Due ,Steven Barnes , and Sheree R. Thomas on NPR, News & Notes, August 13, 2007 (Audio)References
* [http://www.hachettebookgroupusa.com/authors/52/1933/index.html Sheree Thomas Bibliography site by Hachette Book Group]
* [http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw5840.html Joe Monti's Scifi.com review of Dark Matter]
* [http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw10658.html Pamela Sargent's review of Dark Matter: Reading the Bones]
* [http://www.sfsite.com/~silverag/thomas.html Steven Silver's review of Dark Matter]
* [http://authors.aalbc.com/sheree.htm AALBC Author page with Sheree Thomas]External links
* [http://blackpotmojo.blogspot.com/ Blackpot Mojo] -- Sheree Thomas' Blog
* [http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/2001.html World Fantasy awards]
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