My Website and Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Books Reviewed:

• Zalika Reid-Benta River Mumma
• Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea
• Natasha Bowen’s Soul of the Deep

Other Mentions:

• My podcast episode, Mami Melusine Reads: Tracey Deon’s Legendborn Cycle and My Thoughts on Black YA Fantasy
• Nalo Hopkinson, The New Moon’s Arms

My Written Reviews:

• Good Reads: Mami Melusine Reviews River Mumma
• Good Reads: Soul of the Deep
• Jalondra A. Davis, “Magic, Mermaids, and the Middle Passage: On Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea”

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On this episode, we wrap-up my final thoughts and suggestions for black mermaid short stories!

Books

Correction:

I said that the Black mermaid/water story anthology edited by Sheree Renée Thomas was called Tales from the Deep. It is actually called Trouble the Waters and is edited by Shree Renée Thomas, Pan Morigan, and Troy L. Wiggins.

Stories Discussed:

• “Shift” in Nalo Hopkinson’s Report from Planet Midnight

• “The Living Infinite” in Nana Nkweti’s Walking on Cowrie Shells

• “Scales” in Kinitra Brooks (editor) Sycorax’s Daughters

• Erin E. Adams, “Lasiren”

On this weeks episode, I give my mid-season review of House of Dragons!

My Website and Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Show Reviewed: Season Two of House of the Dragon on HBO

Correction: At one point I say Oscar Tully saying “Oh Dear!” during the gathering of the houses of the Riverlands, what I really meant was Simon Strong said “Oh Dear!”

Welcome back, merfolk! On this mini-episode, I give my brief review of various black middle grade fantasy books that I loved and recommend.

My Mermaid Research: ⁠Jalondra Davis' engaged scholar project

My podcast episode about YA Fantasy, "Mami Melusine Reads Tracy Deonn's Legendborn Cycle and My Thoughts on Black YA Fantasy"

Books Mentioned:

Jewell Parker Rhodes, Bayou Magic

Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ninth Ward

B.B. Alston, Amari and the Night Brother

Justina Ireland, Ophie's Ghosts

Tracey Baptiste, The Jumbies

Karen Strong, Eden Everdark

I also mentioned, in comparison to some aspects of Amari and the Night Brother, Tracy Deonn's Legendborn, discussed on my previous episode.

• On this episode, I review Tracey Deon's Legendborn Cycle and give my take on Black, young adult fantasy.

  
  

  My Website and Mermaid Research
  

  https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

  
  
  

  Tracy Deon’s Legendborn and Bloodmarked

  Natasha Bowen’s Skin of the Sea

  Bethany Morrow’s Song Below Water

  B.B. Alston’s Amari and the Night Brothers

  
  

  Videos

  Youtube Video: W.O.C. Reader, “Done with the Legendborn Series”
  

Join me as I give my mid-season review on House of Dragons, speaking more broadly about race and fantasy and my views on this season thus far.

Season 1 Mid-Season Review

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mami-melusine/episodes/Replay-Dragons--Mermaids--and-Diverse-Casting-e2lmn62

Media Mentions:

Game of Thrones

House of Dragons

My Website and Mermaid Research

⁠https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar⁠

This episode is about race and fantasy more broadly. I use my thoughts on Episode 7 of Dance of the Dragons, "Driftwood" and the Freeform mermaid show Siren to think (and rant) out loud about race, settler colonialism, casting, and fantasy fandoms. This is a different one so hope that folks enjoy. We'll be back more to mermaids in the next one!

⁠My Research⁠ on Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Mermaids

⁠My Review of Skin of the Sea in Los Angeles Review of Books⁠

Caveats and corrections: My comments on Dance of Dragons are meant only to talk about Aemond as a character and not about the actor who plays him. I know the difference between fantasy characters and real life children. The Sharma sisters on season 2 of Bridgerton are Indian-British. I identified them as Southeast Asian but I like to use the most specific descriptors of identity and nationality when known.

Terms Used:

settler colonialism: a form of colonization in which the incoming settlers seek to not only control and extract resources from a colony but displace and replace the original inhabitants of the land

Media Mentions:

Game of Thrones

Dance of Dragons

Bridgerton

Hamilton

Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1998) (There were earlier film versions of the musical)

Siren

Shoutouts:

⁠Black Girl Nerds⁠

Book Mentions:

Nalo Hopkinson's The New Moon's Arms

Rivers Solomon's The Deep

N.K. Jemison's The Stone Sky , Book 3 of The Broken Earth Trilogy

Natasha Bowen's Skin of the Sea

On this episode, we recap Afro-Mermaid Summit and I give you my main tips for travelling and attending mermaid conventions!

My Website and Mermaid Research

https://jalondradavis.com/#scholar

Recent Article on Black Mermay (talks about Black Mermay Day, “swimming mermaids,” and Afro Mermaid Summit)

https://asapjournal.com/node/our-mermaid-craze-my-mermay-and-the-black-mermaid-renaissance/

https://www.instagram.com/blackmermay/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1667508080126562/

https://www.afromermaid.co/thesummit

Black Mermay Day
Afro Mermaid Summit