Amy H. Sturgis
Author of Apex Magazine 99 (August 2017)
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Works by Amy H. Sturgis
The Intersection of Fantasy and Native America: From H.P. Lovecraft to Leslie Marmon Silko (2009) 19 copies, 1 review
Presidents from Washington through Monroe, 1789-1825: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents (2001) 19 copies
Associated Works
Nyx in the House of Night: Mythology, Folklore and Religion in the PC and Kristin Cast Vampyre Series (2011) — Contributor — 224 copies
Lois McMaster Bujold: Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2013) — Contributor — 37 copies, 1 review
Starshipsofa Stories Vol 3 — Contributor — 4 copies
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 1 of 3) (2001) — Narrator, some editions — 1 copy, 1 review
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 3 of 3) — Narrator, some editions — 1 copy
The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen's Window (Part 2 of 3) — Narrator, some editions — 1 copy
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I only read Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience by Rebecca Roanhorse.
This was a really good short story. It feels authentic (yes, irony, I get it) and real and entirely believable. It does leave you with questions at the end, some of them obvious and some of them less so. I'm really glad I was able to find this online to read it.
Interestingly, it is also a really great example of how you can write well in second person present POV. I had forgotten that it was second person POV until show more the end, but it does make the feelings and tension more personal than another POV would have. show less
This was a really good short story. It feels authentic (yes, irony, I get it) and real and entirely believable. It does leave you with questions at the end, some of them obvious and some of them less so. I'm really glad I was able to find this online to read it.
Interestingly, it is also a really great example of how you can write well in second person present POV. I had forgotten that it was second person POV until show more the end, but it does make the feelings and tension more personal than another POV would have. show less
Fair warning, I'm writing this review without having read any other reviews. I reading all the Hugo nominees. I'm also not a person big on metaphors/allegories, they get by me. It took me three days to "get" this story and it finally hit me about three o'clock this morning. Day-um.
What damage does appropriation do to identity? What is culture? How do we create identity? Is it a performance art for outside viewers? When is it shaped by the viewer? At what point do the "actors" forget that show more it's a play?
So this whole story just made me feel very angry and very Indian. And I'm going to say Indian, and you're lucky I even felt like capitalizing it.
https://www.apex-magazine.com/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/ show less
What damage does appropriation do to identity? What is culture? How do we create identity? Is it a performance art for outside viewers? When is it shaped by the viewer? At what point do the "actors" forget that show more it's a play?
So this whole story just made me feel very angry and very Indian. And I'm going to say Indian, and you're lucky I even felt like capitalizing it.
https://www.apex-magazine.com/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/ show less
'18 Hugo nom for Short Stories.
This was a surprising stand-out for me. I was at first disgusted by the tourism bit, but as things progressed, I realized it was building up into something quite nasty. When the twist came, I was kicked in the gut.
Delicious.
The best part is the fact that PoV IS giving us an Authentic Indian Experience while never quite seeing it for himself.
Two thumbs way up! :)
This was a surprising stand-out for me. I was at first disgusted by the tourism bit, but as things progressed, I realized it was building up into something quite nasty. When the twist came, I was kicked in the gut.
Delicious.
The best part is the fact that PoV IS giving us an Authentic Indian Experience while never quite seeing it for himself.
Two thumbs way up! :)
Rating is for 'Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience' by Rebecca Roanhorse, a Hugo and Nebula winner for 2017. Despite the sharp and on-point commentary of the co-opting of Native cultural symbolism and how white people chase a highly sanitized perception (based on both movies and New Age mysticism), I was somewhat underwhelmed with the actual story.
https://www.apex-magazine.com/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
https://www.apex-magazine.com/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
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