Author Archives: jhanchey

I’ve been off to a slow start this year. I realize this is a strange thing to say in June, to feel as if the year is just starting, but there’s something about the constant barrage of life events and world events that has made self-reflection feel like it’s crawling along at a snail’s paceContinue reading “Certainty is not a Place, it’s a Process”

It’s that time of year where everyone in SFF is posting their eligible pieces for awards. I love seeing people celebrated, but I must admit that the comprehensive lists of everything everyone has ever done this year are a little overwhelming to me! In case there are others out there like me who need moreContinue reading “Read, Listen, Watch, Look: 2025 Across Media”

Yesterday I signed the paperwork officiating my tenure and promotion to Associate Professor at Arizona State University. Many of my friends, in the midst of congratulating me, asked how I feel. And I don’t know. Yesterday, as well, my first professional artwork was also published: a collage titled “After” in Worlds of Possibility. I knowContinue reading “Celebration Beyond Accomplishment”

The past two weeks since my 40th birthday have induced many people in the US to panic. We’ve watched in horror (if lacking surprise) as particularly immigrants, trans folks, Palestinians and those who advocate for them, and disabled people, (as well as anyone suspected of engaging in that sneaky “DEIA” work) were placed under increasingContinue reading “On Panic at the End of a World”

Today is my 40th birthday. It’s also the day that a flurry of executive orders threatening the well-being of many people I love are expected to be signed, and a few days into a tentative ceasefire after over a year of genocide and devastation in Gaza. What does celebration mean in a world on fire?Continue reading “A Year of Flight and Color”

Hello darlings! In the new year, I plan on using this space more often to overview things I’m reading, things I’m writing, and personal growth and thought. I’m hoping to put up a couple posts as we transition into 2025… and the first of those is my 2024 Reading in Review! A couple weeks ago,Continue reading “2024 – Reading in Review”

Well darlings, it’s been a bit. One of my goals in the new year is to post updates more regularly — I’ve had friends bugging me for a newsletter, and am currently considering whether that’s something I could take on — more on that soon. For now, please enjoy the two new stories and oneContinue reading “Two New Stories and a Poem”

Last week, my latest essay on Africanfuturism came out in Strange Horizons magazine, “Africanfuturism Beyond the Future.” In it, I examine work from Shingai Njeri Kagunda, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and Tade Thompson for the way it configures time in nonlinear ways that necessarily break Western ideas of development and saviorism. I absolutely love all threeContinue reading “On the Academic Side: New Essay and Syllabus Out Now!”

My opening news of WorldCon is not about me: Can I just say how happy I am for Strange Horizons? Their Hugo win for Best Semiprozine is so well-deserved and so long in the making it’s not even funny! It was perfect to be in the midst of friends doing radical, BIPOC-centered, global work whenContinue reading “WorldCon in Review and New Story in Simultaneous Times”

I suppose this is a bit belated, as I’ve already done one panel, but if you are in WorldCon you catch me here: More detail about the remaining two: I’m delighted to be in conversation with some absolutely amazing writers — come join us if you’re able!