<p>In this episode of <em>Strange Horizons at 25</em>, Podcast Editor Kat Kourbeti sits down with long-time Strange Horizons contributor RB Lemberg for a conversation about their extensive work with the magazine, using poetry as a tool to refine short and long-form fiction, writing about the diaspora experience, and the comfort one can find in stories from perspectives outside one&#39;s own. Oh, and Ursula K LeGuin, of course.</p><p><strong>Links and things:</strong></p><ul><li>Want to leave us a happy birthday message? Click <a href="https://camflare.io/studio/66fbe37e6bb17/">⁠here to record an audio message⁠</a>, and <a href="https://camflare.io/studio/66fbe3487d610/">⁠here for video⁠</a>.</li><li>Join our <a href="https://patreon.com/strangehorizons">⁠Patreon⁠</a> for early episode access, or <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/donate/">donate through any other way</a> to hear your name and message in our next episodes.</li><li>Are you starting to read stories for SFF awards season? Consider our fiction and poetry archives as a good starting point, and let us know your favourite stories and poems of the year <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/strangehorizons.bsky.social">on Bluesky</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Episode show notes:</strong></p><ul><li>Read <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/author/rb-lemberg/">RB Lemberg&#39;s work in our archives</a>.</li><li>Visit <a href="https://rblemberg.net">their website</a>, their <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rblemberg">Patreon</a>, or <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rblemberg.bsky.social">follow them on Bluesky</a>.</li><li>Buy <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/114270/9781616964184">Yoke of Stars</a>, their latest Birdverse novella, which just won the World Fantasy Award!</li><li>Pre-order <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/114270/9781668095966">We Will Rise Again</a>, the activism anthology edited by Annalee Newitz, Karen Lord, and Malka Older.</li><li>Find more links to their work, plus other interesting things, scattered through <a href="http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/podcasts/sh25-episode-17-rb-lemberg/">the transcript</a> on our website.</li></ul>