823. Furry Culture & Literature w/ Kyell Gold + Robert Lyle — SF At School

Gamer foxes, finding your people, and literature with fur, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined by Kyell Gold and Robert Lyle for a wide-reaching discussion of furry culture and fandom, furry literature, the Furry Writers’ Guild, and more! If you’ve ever wanted to know about this vibrant community, this episode will learn you a thing or two!

Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes:

Send us your comments, questions, and suggestions!
Kyell Gold’s Things:
- Website
- Bluesky
- Mastodon
Robert Lyle’s Things:
- Linktree
- Bluesky
Recommended Reads:
- Gods with Fur edited by Fred Patten
- The Ursa Major Awards Anthology edited by Fred Patten
Furry Writers’ Guild
You can find a wide variety of literature through FurPlanet (ebooks) and Bad Dog Books!

If you have a question you’d like us to answer, feel free to shoot us a message on our contact page.

Our new intro and outro music comes from Holy Mole. You can support his work at patreon.com/holymole.

See you later, navigator!

discussion, Fantasy, furries, furry culture, furry literature, Geeks, genre, Genre Fiction, podcast, Science Fiction

shaunduke

Dr. Shaun Duke is an instructor at DMACC and the Director of the Portolan Project at the Speculative Literature Foundation. He received his M.A. and Ph.D in English from the University of Florida and a B.A. in Modern Literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He studies science fiction, digital fan cultures, Caribbean literature, literary canons, postcolonialism, and digital rhetoric. In addition to his academic work, he wears many hats. He is a writer of genre fiction and a freelance editor at The Duke of Editing. His fiction has appeared in Curiouser Magazine, Stupefying Stories, and elsewhere. He also hosts and produces The Skiffy and Fanty Show, a four-time Hugo Award finalist podcast dedicated to examining the literary, cinematic, and cultural world of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His podcast work has sent him around the world to participate in conventions, conduct interviews, and more. When he's not podcasting, he can be found on his Twitch channel, AlphabetStreams, or Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, and other social media places.

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