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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 29/09/2026

Announcing our first #Sirens27 faculty member: Olivie Blake! (@olivieblake.bsky.social) You may know Olivie's fiction already -- full of genius and glass shards and gorgeous humanity -- but have you read her essays? Seen her videos? Learned from her justice work? Let us get you started!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 28/09/2026

October is looming, everyone, and that means coziness and pumpkin everything and all the witches your heart can hold -- and a new #Sirens27 book society assignment. Have you finished your September book? Just another couple days...

A graphic with the words: Sirens Book Club: September Read any work of speculative fiction -- novel, collection, graphic -- created primarily by Latine nonbinary, trans, or female creators Here are some recommendations to get you started: And the covers of the following books: BUT NOT TOO BOLD, IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND, NEON STEEL, THE SLEEPING SISTERS, THIS IS THE YEAR, and WE COULD BE ANYONE

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 22/09/2026

Who's ready? Stay tuned...

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 15/09/2026

That book is a dang banger. 10/10, no notes 🤩

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
2023
satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In FACT someone taking the time to tell you that what you did impacted them or their people is a GIFT because they could have just written you off the invitation to make things right is an invitation into RELATIONSHIP and you can take it as such EVEN IF the invite comes w/hurt / pain / anger. Yep.

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 07/09/2026

And if you're book shopping and you'd like to support Sirens in presenting conferences about speculative fiction, community, and building better worlds for us all, you can do so by starting at sirensconference.org/read, clicking any book, and then buying from Bookshop.org! Thank you, thank you!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 07/09/2026

Hey, friends, it's September -- and the second month of the #Sirens27 book club and literary society! This month, in honor of #LatineHeritageMonth, which starts soon: any speculative book you want, as long as it's by a Latine nonbinary, trans, or female creator. Happy reading!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 31/08/2026

Good morning! Today is the last day to register for #Sirens27 at the early bird price. If you'd like to spend some time next summer talking about speculative books and community, trying some crafts, building better worlds, and hanging with friends both new and old, we're your people! Join us!

A graphic of summer popsicles and the words:

Sirens
The Summer Vacation Edit

Register Now
5 days of community discussions
5 receptions or sit-down meals
7 keynote events
Dozens of hours of programming
Daily craft activities
Night Market event
Pop-up bookstore with all the best recs
Lots of friends, new and old

Now: $299
Starting September 1: $399

New Haven, CT - July 28-August 1, 2027 - sirensconference.org

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 26/08/2026

Friends, summer is almost over and so is our early-bird pricing for #Sirens27. If you already know you're in for our first ever summer edition in July 2027 -- and we really hope you are! -- make sure to register by August 31 to get our cheapest rate!

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 24/08/2026

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 24/08/2026

August is coming to an end and so is month one of the #Sirens27 book club! You have a week left to tackle any book by one or more North American Indigenous authors who are trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, or female, on any topic related to community, reciprocity, or climate change. Here are some recs:

A graphic with the words: "Sirens Book Club: August. Read any book by one or more North American Indigenous authors who are trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, or female, on any topic related to community, reciprocity, or climate change. Here are some recommendations to get you started:" and the covers of Bad Indians Book Club, A Feather and a Fork, Fresh Banana Leaves, it was never going to be okay, The Serviceberry, and Theory of Water

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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I was a little surprised by how much this bothered me, tbh. Not because I thought it was intentional or even human carelessness- it's a reminder that these algorithms work against difference, they work against outliers, they work against marginalia (literal & figurative). And that's what I write for

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 05/08/2026

Admit it, y'all, some of you are going to be very into "some light tapeworms"

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Molly Mendoza @mollymendoza.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“Loves Me Not” 16x10” acrylic, crayon, gouache, pencil, posca on watercolor ground 🥀 For Nucleus Portland’s 10 Year Anniversary show! Opening Aug 7 ❤️ 5-7:30 PM

A painting of a person in a garden pulling a petal from a flower. The flower is bleeding and reveals a face at its center.

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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

This is the part that breaks my heart. "Generative AI has broken the sacred contract between professors & students: that the professors are there to teach and the students are there to learn. The understanding has been broken...That’s a very deep part of the grief” www.chronicle.com/article/thes...

chronicle.com

These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw.

What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 05/08/2026

Friends, some of us struggle with this, but we can do it. We can put down the phone. We can try new things. We can be not great at something and somehow still enjoy the doing. We believe in you 🥰

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 05/08/2026

Heyyyyyyy, friends, we've got a new incarnation of the Sirens book club for #Sirens27: Each month, we'll give you a reading assignment related to our mission and recs to get you started, then you pick a book...and read it. Let's gooooooo!

A graphic in shades of orange that says: "Sirens Book Club: August. Read any book by one or more North American Indigenous authors who are trans, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, or female, on any topic related to community, reciprocity, or climate change." The graphic also has the covers of the following books: Bad Indians Book Club, A Feather and a Fork, Fresh Banana Leaves, it was never going to be okay, The Serviceberry, and Theory of Water.

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 03/08/2026

It’s hot! We ought! To read a book out on the beach! It’s summer! Hey, hey, it’s summer! And in summer 2027, Sirens is back, friends. Bring your rage, find your joy, and let's build a revolution.

A summer-colored popsicle graphic with the words: "Read. Learn. Hope. Change the World. Sirens: The Summer Vacation Edit. New Haven, CT -|- July 28-August 1, 2027 -|- sirensconference.org"

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026

@dianapho.bsky.social on developing a critical reading mindset: "Learn to read both within and outside yourself. Even as I'm sitting in discomfort, what does the text say? If I'm feeling great joy, why am I joyous? If I'm confused, what don't I fully understand? #Sirens26

A photo of Diana M. Pho presenting at #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026

Give into moments of wonder and awe. -- @dianapho.bsky.social giving advice on becoming a great editor, but it sure seems like pretty good life advice for us all! #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026

Morning Joy! Tell us, when is the last time you made a friendship bracelet? Or picked up any hobby -- new or old -- just for the potential joy of it? #Sirens26

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A photo of a friendship bracelet tied on someone's wrist

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026

Dr. @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social on the history of creating Black female automatons: "They weren't. The Black male body is tied to labor. The white female body is tied to consumable femininity. Black women fall short of that feminine ideal and their labor is invisible. #Sirens26

A photo of Dr. Micaiah Johnson presenting at #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 20/03/2026

[Society has] a psychic need for this inhuman other, and it will be filled at all costs. -- Dr. @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social on race and robots at #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 19/03/2026

@laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social defines "slipstream" as "the bending of reality, surrealism, high strangeness, the reinterpreting, utopia, dystopia -- things that make us think about what we know, but think about it differently." #Sirens26

A photo of Dr. Layla Azmi Goushey presenting at #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 19/03/2026

Globally, there are different speculative fictions happening for different reasons. They are less about fantasy, more about cultural ideation [and where it's going in the future]. -- @laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social at #Sirens26

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 19/03/2026

Morning Joy! At Sirens! We tried our hands at journal making for neither productivity nor profit with @bethanypowell.bsky.social!

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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Can’t WAIT for @sirensconference.org this week! Getting to talk about mechanical beings and race AND GETTING TO HAVE A CONVO ABOUT JUSTICE IN PUBLISHING?? IS IT MY BIRTHDAY??

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SiRENS
THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH 8PM
BALLROOM C
RACE AND ROBOTS: A NOT-SO-BRIEF HISTORY
WITH A NOT-SO- HAPPY ENDING
FRIDAY, MARCH 20TH 3 PM
BALLROOM C
PUBLISHING AND RACIAL JUSTICE (A CONVERSATION WITH FAYE BI)

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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊 @dianapho.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Hadn't made one of these "yay, I'm here" posts in awhile: hey 👋 I'm at @sirensconference.org this week! Anyone else stopping through?

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