{"id":39498,"date":"2026-09-18T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/?p=39498"},"modified":"2026-09-18T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:40:44","slug":"barbara-krasnoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/18\/barbara-krasnoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Treat yourself to Pad Thai with Barbara Krasnoff in Episode 293 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Out in the meatspace world, it’s mid-September, and Capclave is just around the corner, but on Eating the Fantastic’s timeline, it’s still mid-summer, and we’re finally about to bid farewell to Readercon<\/a>. I’ve already invited you to join my lunch there with Alex Jablokov<\/a>, and now it’s time to take your seat at a table in Burlington for the final time this year with Barbara Krasnoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Barbara Krasnoff is a Nebula Award-nominated writer whose short fiction has appeared in magazines such as \u00a0Apex<\/em>,\u00a0Amazing Stories<\/em>,\u00a0Space & Time<\/em>,\u00a0Weird Tales<\/em>,\u00a0Electric Velocipede<\/em>, Doorways<\/em>, Sybil\u2019s Garage<\/em>, Escape Velocity<\/em>, \u00a0Descant<\/em>, Lady Churchill\u2019s Rosebud Wristlet<\/em>, and many others, as well as anthologies such as Fat Girl in a Strange Land<\/em>, Subversion: Science Fiction & Fantasy Tales of Challenging the Norm<\/em>, Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring \u201920<\/em>s,\u00a0Such A Pretty Face: Tales of Power & Abundance<\/em>,\u00a0Memories and Visions: Women\u2019s Fantasy and Science Fiction<\/em>,\u00a0Clockwork Phoenix <\/em>2, and more.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSabbath Wine,\u201d which was published in\u00a0Clockwork Phoenix <\/em>5 in 2016, was a finalist for the Nebula Award in the short story category, and later collected in\u00a0The History of Soul 2065<\/em>, her 2019 mosaic novel released by Mythic Delirium Books.\u00a0She\u2019s also the author of a non-fiction book for young adults,\u00a0Robots: Reel to Real<\/em>\u00a0(Arco Publishing, 1982), and\u00a0covers tech as Reviews Editor for\u00a0The Verge<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We discussed how our Brooklyn childhoods molded us, which fantasy novel taught her about sex, why when she hit college her allegiance switched from poetry to science fiction, the writing workshop taught by Joanna Russ to which she was accepted (and why it never happened), how a quarter century’s worth of short stories became a mosaic novel, the reason prepping her book for publication meant adding pigeons, how real-world family stories are transmuted into fantasy, why kind words from Jane Yolen were better than winning a Nebula Award, her encouraging encounter with Ben Bova on a first class flight to the UK, plus much more.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can join us at Karma Asian Fusion Cuisine<\/a> — <\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at Apple Podcasts<\/a> — or wherever<\/a> you choose to consume your podcasts — where I hope you’ll be tempted to sample a few of the 292 previous episodes.<\/p>\n

2) Listen via the RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> on the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or simply use the embed below.<\/p>\n