Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
I’ve put this on my list because, for a start, I never thought it would happen. The circumstances I’ve been in for the past to years have been kind of crazy. I found it really difficult to work on music. But it’s satisfying now, to hold it in my hands. It’s amazing to know I survived it all with a record I can really stand by.
In her essay - 'How Long 'Til Black Future Month? The Toxins of Speculative Fiction, and the Antidote that is Janelle Monáe' - from Adventure Rocketship! Let’s All Go To The Science Fiction Disco, NK Jemisin discusses racism in the genre (on its pages and elsewhere) and the artist as its unlikely saviour
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