{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"83636","title":"Fall 2026 Worldbuilding Distinguished Lecture with Rebecca Roanhorse","campus":"Online event, Tempe campus","locations":"Walton Center for Planetary Health Auditorium 107, ASU Live","college_unit":"Department of English, The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Division of Humanities, Humanities Institute, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, School of International Letters and Cultures, Humanities Institute - Worldbuilding, Humanities, Humanities at ASU","department":"Humanities Institute","field_cost_value":"Free","event_price_level":"Free","asu_events_price_desc":"Free","body_summary":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the Fall 2026 Worldbuilding Initiative Distinguished Lecturer, bestselling author Rebecca Roan\u003C\/p\u003E","full_body":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the Fall 2026 Worldbuilding Initiative Distinguished Lecturer, bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse will read from her novel \u201cBlack Sun\u201d (first in her Hugo Award-winning epic fantasy trilogy \u201cBetween Earth and Sky\u201d) and deliver a lecture on the craft of writing science fiction and fantasy. \u201cBlack Sun\u201d was \u201cinspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue and forbidden magic.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter her talk, Roanhorse will be joined in conversation by professor Matt Bell, director of the Worldbuilding initiative. An audience Q\u0026amp;A, book sale and book signing will follow.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the book\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial even proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMeanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man\u2019s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio is a young man, blind, scarred and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECrafted with unforgettable characters, Roanhorse has created a \u201cbrilliant world that shows the full panoply of human grace and depravity\u201d (Ken Liu, award-winning author of\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe Grace of Kings\u201d). This epic adventure explores the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in this \u201cabsolutely tremendous\u201d (S.A. Chakraborty, nationally bestselling author of\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe City of Brass\u201d) and most original series debut of the decade.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Roanhorse is a New York Times bestselling and Nebula, Hugo and Locus Award-winning speculative fiction writer. She has published multiple award-winning short stories and novels, including two novels in\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe\u0026nbsp;Sixth World\u0026nbsp;Series,\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u201cStar Wars: Resistance Reborn,\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u201cRace to the Sun\u201d\u0026nbsp;for the\u0026nbsp;Rick\u0026nbsp;Riordan imprint and the Hugo Award-winning epic fantasy trilogy\u0026nbsp;\u201cBetween Earth and Sky.\u201d She was the guest editor of\u0026nbsp;America\u2019s Best Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u0026nbsp;(2023) and a contributor to the New York Times \u201c100 Best Books of the 21st Century.\u201d She has also written for Marvel comics and games, and her TV writing includes FX\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u201cA Murder at the End of the World,\u201d and the Marvel series\u0026nbsp;\u201cEcho\u201d\u0026nbsp;for Disney+. 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What techniques can writers employ to effectively describe sounds as abstract as sheep bleating or the vocalizations of a whale at sea?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this writing workshop, science writer David George Haskell will lead a variety of playful exercises in listening and other forms of sensory awareness to introduce ways of enriching our writing and expanding our sensory capacities that help us with our writing. Participants will excavate narratives and connections in their work, and learn to successfully employ them across their creative, academic or scientific writing. This workshop is open to people of all abilities and interests, and especially anyone experimenting with writing about nature, place and science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo get a sense of the sonic worlds that inform David George Haskell\u2019s work, visitors are invited to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dghaskell.com\/exploresounds\/\u0022\u003Eexplore a collection of sounds connected to his book \u0022Sounds Wild and Broken.\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022img-fluid align-left\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/g\/files\/litvpz3506\/files\/inline-images\/David%20Haskell%20250x243.png\u0022 data-entity-uuid=\u00221cfa0b9e-5287-487a-b7a6-fa6704bf75c5\u0022 data-entity-type=\u0022file\u0022 alt width=\u0022250\u0022 height=\u0022234\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn adjunct professor of environmental sciences at Emory University, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dghaskell.com\/\u0022\u003EDavid George Haskell\u003C\/a\u003E is a writer and biologist acclaimed for his lyrical explorations of the living world. 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A defining work twenty years in the making, \u201cThe Rouse\u201d is a deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of personal grief, global tumult and grim conspiracy.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EChina Mi\u00e9ville\u0027s works are never just one thing. Fantasy, horror, speculative and pulp fiction combine, explode and recombine to make dense tales. His cast of characters are experimental, absurdist and hauntingly surreal from gun-wielding steampunk cyborgs and carnivorous giraffes to insect-like aliens and dark unnamable spirits. They navigate through gritty politically charged terrains with world building trap doors, portals and mazes. You are never quite the same after reading a Mi\u00e9ville novel. Come see why!\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFollowing his lecture, Mi\u00e9ville will be in conversation with ASU creative writing professor and author Matt Bell, who will also moderate a Q\u0026amp;A with the audience. Copies of \u0022The Rouse\u201d will be available for purchase. Light refreshments will be served before the event. Online attendees may\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/video.ibm.com\/asutv\u0022\u003Estream the event on ASU Live\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPlease note the event times:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E4 \u2013 5 p.m. | Pre-event reception and book sale\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E5 \u2013 6 p.m. | Distinguished Lecture\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E6 \u2013 6:30 p.m. | Book sale and book signing\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the book\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaur\u2019s life has been shaped by loss: an apparently ordinary tragedy. But in its aftermath arise deeper, stranger questions. 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