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Alex Claman (he/they) is currently in graduate school for classical archaeology and geography. He may eventually write his own stories, but until then will enjoy reading as many books as possible. He's also happy to talk your ear(s) off about classics, archaeology, SFF, and all the intersections thereof.


Current Issue
7 Jul 2025

i and màmá, two moons, two eclipsed suns.
Tell me, can God sing / like a katydid; cicada-bellow / for the seventeen silent years?
In this episode of Critical Friends, the Strange Horizons SFF criticism podcast, Dan Hartland speaks with reviewers and critics Rachel Cordasco and Will McMahon about science fiction in translation.
Thursday: Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani 
Friday: BUG by Giacomo Sartori, translated by Frederika Randall 
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Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
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By: R.B. Lemberg
Podcast read by: Jenna Hanchey
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By: Elle Engel
Podcast read by: Emmie Christie
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