Journal of the Fantastic in Arts 36.3

SPECIAL GUEST PLENARIES AND INTERVIEWS"Funhouse or Madhouse: Whimsy in Creativity": ICFA 45 Guests of Honor C.E. Murphy and Mary A. Turzillo, Distinguished Scholar Mame Bougouma Diene, Moderator Novella Brooks de VitaGeoffrey A. Landis, TranscriberWhimsy and Social Control in Northern SenegalWoppa Diallo, Co-Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2024Translated by Alexis Brooks de VitaImaginary Amendments and Executive Orders: The Noirum and Race in United States Science FictionIsiah Lavender III, Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2023Whimsy & Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of the Works of Marcos, Herzl and YoungMame Bougouma Diene, Co-Distinguished Scholar, ICFA 2024Biological Haunting: An Interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Adaptation, Genre, Eugenics, and FungiInterviewed by Taryne Jade Taylor and Karina A. VadoWole Talabi's Plenary Address and Interview: Afro-Communitarianism as a Positive Framework for Artificial Intelligence in "A Dream of Electric Mothers"Creative Think Piece-A Breath of Life: The Necessary Human Touch in Music An Interview of Nancy Menk, DMA, and Jason Oby, DMInterviewed by Novella Brooks de VitaREVIEWSAlec Nevala-Lee's Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the DinosaursRev. by Geoffrey Alan LandisStacy Alaimo's The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea LifeRev. by Supriya Baijal