The Future Ain't Gonna Write Itself: The Power and Potential of Black Speculative Fiction

Black people around the world have long used the tools of speculative art and storytelling to reckon with their realities, share their histories, and imagine new worlds. There is power in the black imagination, and in the worlds that black people create to shape new futures. But what does that power look like? And how do black speculative artists use that power to reimagine and change what is possible?

Join the Institute for Humanities Research, the Center for Science and the Imagination, and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society for a presentation from visiting writer and editor Troy Wiggins. In this talk, Wiggins will lead an examination of black speculative art across a wide array of genres, aesthetics, and expressions that create radically imaginative visions to inspire revolutionary approaches to the future.

This event is free and open to the public, but RSVP's are required.

Troy L. Wiggins

Troy L. Wiggins is a writer and editor of speculative fiction from Memphis, Tennessee. His short fiction and essays have appeared in Griots: Sisters of the Spear, Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction From the Margins of History, Memphis Noir, Literary Orphans, and Book Riot. He blogs about speculative fiction, race, and nerd culture at Afrofantasy. Troy lives in Memphis with his wife and their two dogs.

Find him on Twitter @troylwiggins

Location and parking

This event will be hosted in Ross-Blakley Hall at ASU's Tempe Campus. The closest parking options are the visitor parking in Lot 44 and the Rural Road parking structure.