S7 Ep. 6: Jordan Peele’s Out There Screaming: Lesley Nneka Arimah on Why Black Horror Speaks to Us Now

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Fiction writer Lesley Nneka Arimah joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss how Black horror writing speaks to our current cultural moment. She talks about editor/director Jordan Peele’s new anthology, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, in which her work is included, and how she went from avoiding horror to writing it. Arimah reads from her story “Invasion of the Baby Snatchers,” explains its origins in her own fears, and shares an alternative ending.

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This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf.

Lesley Nneka Arimah

• What it Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
• Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror (ed. Jordan Peele)

Others:

• Jordan Peele
• Toni Morrison
• Stephen King
• “Black horror is having a big moment. So is its pioneer, Tananarive Due” by Paula L. Woods | L.A. Times
• N.K. Jemisin
• Nnedi Okorafor
• Violet Allen
• The Nesting by C.J. Cook
• The Leech by Hiron Ennes
• Rebecca Roanhorse

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