Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts - 36.3

<p>SPECIAL GUEST PLENARIES AND INTERVIEWS</p><p></p><p>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 Vita</p><p>Geoffrey A. Landis Transcriber</p><p></p><p>Whimsy and Social Control in Northern Senegal</p><p>Woppa Diallo Co-Distinguished Scholar ICFA 2024</p><p>Translated by Alexis Brooks de Vita</p><p></p><p>Imaginary Amendments and Executive Orders: The Noirum and Race in United States Science Fiction</p><p>Isiah Lavender III Distinguished Scholar ICFA 2023</p><p></p><p>Whimsy & Revolution: A Comparative Analysis of the Works of Marcos Herzl and Young</p><p>Mame Bougouma Diene Co-Distinguished Scholar ICFA 2024</p><p></p><p>Biological Haunting: An Interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia on Adaptation Genre Eugenics and Fungi</p><p>Interviewed by Taryne Jade Taylor and Karina A. Vado</p><p></p><p>Wole Talabi's Plenary Address and Interview: Afro-Communitarianism as a Positive Framework for Artificial Intelligence in A Dream of Electric Mothers</p><p></p><p>Creative Think Piece-A Breath of Life: The Necessary Human Touch in Music </p><p>An Interview of Nancy Menk DMA and Jason Oby DM</p><p>Interviewed by Novella Brooks de Vita</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>REVIEWS</p><p></p><p>Alec Nevala-Lee's Collisions: A Physicist's Journey from Hiroshima to the Death of the Dinosaurs</p><p>Rev. by Geoffrey Alan Landis</p><p></p><p>Stacy Alaimo's The Abyss Stares Back: Encounters with Deep-Sea Life</p><p>Rev. by Supriya Baijal </p><p></p>