Fire Performance Artist Michi Trota Shares Her Best Things To Read, Watch And Do

Fire Performance Artist Michi Trota Shares Best Things To Read, Watch And Do
Fire spinner Michi Trota Michael Wilson / Courtesy of Michi Trota
Fire Performance Artist Michi Trota Shares Best Things To Read, Watch And Do
Fire spinner Michi Trota Michael Wilson / Courtesy of Michi Trota

Fire Performance Artist Michi Trota Shares Her Best Things To Read, Watch And Do

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Fire spinner Michi Trota joins Reset to discuss how she encountered the art form and to give her recommendations on what to read, watch and do.

What to read

1. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

2. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

3. Heroine Complex series by Sarah Kuhn

What to watch

4. Hilda (Netflix)

5. Animaniacs (Hulu)

6. The Repair Shop (BBC, now streaming on Netflix)

What to do

7. Foster a pet and adopt one if you’re able. Michi recommends looking into Tree House, Felines & Canines, and Feline Friends Chicago.

8. Attend Raks Inferno’s virtual belly dance and fire spinning fundraiser for Fair Fight, streaming live on Facebook Friday from 8 to 9 p.m. (Free event, donations encouraged)

GUEST: Michi Trota, editor-in-chief of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and senior editor at Prism