S5 Ep. 21: Live from Unbound: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu on Affirming and Subverting Pop Culture in Fiction - a podcast by fiction/non/fiction

Fiction writers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Sequoia Nagamatsu join hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell live from the Unbound Book Festival in Columbia, Missouri, where they talk about pop culture in the literary sphere, the blurring of the line between literary and popular fiction, and subverting tropes within their genres (plus, a bit of Frasier fanfiction). Nana reads from his short story collection Friday Black, and Sequoia reads from his novel How High We Go in the Dark. The two also take questions from the live audience at Unbound. 
To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/This podcast is produced by Anne Kniggendorf, Carter Groves, Brooke Spalding-Ford, Shannon Moran, Maria Starns, and Kayla Wiltfong.
Selected readings for the episode: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
 Friday BlackSequoia Nagamatsu 

How High We Go in the DarkWhere We Go When All We Were Is Gone

"Elegy Hotel" by Sequoia Nagamatsu, print and audio, The Southern ReviewOthers

Race in American Science FictionStar Trek

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra T-shirt Sony Aibo

Servant TrailerStar Trek: The Chase Monologue 


“The Origins of Directed Panspermia” | Scientific American2K Games

Final FantasyMadden

DeathloopPanic! at the Disco

Pearl JamEbenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol

The OrvilleBlade Runner

Big Hero 6: The SeriesAvatar: The Last Airbender 

FrasierGroundhog Day


Edge of Tomorrow Attack on Titan

Bel-AirThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Palm SpringsDragon Ball Z

Viet Thanh Nguyen TVtropes.org


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