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2023
"Why Theatre (In Its Current Form) Does Not Deserve to be Saved," The Washington Post.
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"A Second Life: A Writer Begins an Open-Ended Journey Around the World," Wellesley Magazine.
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2021
The Big Idea: Monica Byrne for John Scalzi's blog, Whatever.
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"The End of My Line: It's Okay to Embrace the Covid Baby Bust." Religion Dispatches.
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2019
"Our Age of Emergency: 2019-2100." Invited talk, Albright Institute, Wellesley College.
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2018
"Instructions for the Age of Emergency." Halbert W. Hall Speaker’s Series on Science Fiction and Fantasy, Texas A&M University.
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2017
Trilogy of futurism documentaries, produced by ViceUK in partnership with UBS Unlimited.
2016
"How Do Artists Make a Living?" TED Ideas.
2015
"Hey, Book World: Sexism is Way Bigger than the Hugos." Wired.
"The Dance Party at the Center of the World." Electric Literature.
2014
"Reconciliation with Iran." Lobelog.
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"My Anti-Résumé." The Washington Post.
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"How NASA Trained Me to Write a Book." Huffington Post.
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"Literature Still Urgently Needs More Non-White, Non-Male Heroes." The Atlantic.
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"Idols and Peers." Glimmer Train.
2013
"To the Moon, from Chapel Hill." Our State Magazine.
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2012
"Everything We Plant Grows." HowlRound.
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"In Pursuit of World Peace, One Coupling at a Time." IndyWeek.
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"What Is Feminism? It's No Longer a Useful Question." Virginia Quarterly Review.
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2011
"Call and Response: Lynn Nottage." TCG Circle.
"Why Fantasy Matters: A Personal Apologia." Fantasy Magazine.
2010
"The Black Box." HowlRound.