Read the article: Hopepunk, the latest storytelling trend, is all about weaponized optimism
Further Reading & Listening
- Wikipedia entry for Grimdark
- Terry Pratchett
- The Ezra Klein Show – I build a world with fantasy master N. K. Jemisin (podcast)
- The Hugo Awards just made history, and defied alt-right extremists in the process
- Ursula Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” Defies Genre
- What we crave: Meaning, Belonging, & Self-Expression
- Hygge: The Danish Art of Cosiness
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