I always look weird in pics of me when I'm speaking in public....lol!
Kristine Rudolph@kristinerudolph.bsky.social · 3w agoYou have to consider voice when assessing whether grammar rules should be “broken” especially when considering marginalized voices. @piperhuguley.bsky.social is an author and an English prof at Clark Atlanta. #amwriting @broadleafwriters.bsky.social #bwc11
I proudly endorse this message from my grandparents ❤️
It's fascinating that people will avoid mentioning race but this person means "white women" when they say "suburban, college educated women"
Scott Witte@scottwitte.bsky.social · 3mo agoTom, suburban, college educated women are scared of “boys in girls sports”. Not arguing it, but that’s what polling shows. Same with runaway DEI and open borders. Again, not gonna argue, that’s just what reality is. If Dems stick to those things, independents and mod Rs are lost, again.
So excited to have a new novelette in here - BATTLE OF THE ROUND HOUSE! (Very loosely based on family history, but set in the Old West!) A young Black girl with telepathic powers faces the adventure of a lifetime when her family tries to find a magical ranch while being chased by bounty hunters.
John Joseph Adams@johnjosephadams.com · 3mo agoI curated a new Amazon Original Stories Collection called MAGIC & MYSTERY, with stories by: @robertjbennett.bsky.social @travisbaldree.bsky.social @sarahbethdurst.bsky.social @scottlynch78.bsky.social @tananarivedue.bsky.social, Heather Fawcett & J.M. Miro Out July 28! amzn.to/4gjGIDF
This is a good reminder: The day you qualify for the shingles vax, get it!! I don't know why they don't lower the age, people can get it younger than the qualifying age...
Jaime Harrison@jaimeharrison.bsky.social · 4mo agoWell, shingles isn’t exactly how I planned to spend June, but silver lining: it’s given me a lot more time to work on this manuscript. Almost done.
Don’t forget to get your tickets to BLIS Collective’s "Reclamation Day: A Reunion of Hope," on 6/20 in Brooklyn. I’ll be debuting my new podcast, First America, bringing forward stories that reclaim Native truth & history! Tickets and more info here: events.humanitix.com/reclamation-...
Reclamation Day: A Reunion of Hope
Reclamation Day is an immersive cultural gathering and community exhibition to reclaim history, repair relationships, and reimagine the future; together as kin.
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Boots Riley is resolute in his belief that AI proponents and studio heads who say that gen AI is the future of filmmaking are simply lying. Read the full interview from @charlespulliam.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/entertainmen...
The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day because we started EVERYTHING in this country.
"Hot-washing is when source material that’s complicated has its edges smoothed out by the casting of conventionally hot people who are made to look conventionally hot in a way that clashes with the source material, and it’s ruining a bunch of recent literary adaptations"
Hollywood Needs to Stop Hot-Washing Literary Adaptations
I finally caught the latest film adaptation of Wuthering Heights last week and even though I knew it had been divisive I was still disappointed in a way I hadn’t imagined. I was prepared for the fi…
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Today is that day!! Go and get your copy of A Harlem Wedding from Tiffany L. Warren!! bookshop.org/p/books/a-ha...
A Harlem Wedding: A Novel
A Novel
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Absolutely. Increasingly we are treated as if we are a burden because we cost them money. Students are the cash crop and are catered to all the time..
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 5mo agoThe thread I’m quoting is great, but it feels like this person has never talked to a college professor before. The reality is, in more cases than not, we’ve been telling faculty “your teaching is not special.”
Huge sale at Princeton University Press. Thousands of titles (including my White Flight) are now half-price. Check it out: press.princeton.edu
Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur 50% Off Sale starts now! 🎉 Enjoy 50% off books (including ebooks and audiobooks) sitewide, with code SPRING50 at checkout: press.princeton.edu Some exclusions apply. What's first on your #TBR list? 📚
After a career as one of opera’s leading women, Denyce Graves is retiring. But her efforts to diversify the world of opera by unearthing and preserving Black history aren't quite over, Soraya Nadia McDonald writes:
Denyce Graves’s Second Act
Denyce Graves is retiring from performing after a career as one of opera’s leading women. But there’s more work for her to do.
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Here's her peer-reviewed, published dataset of Major Literary Prizes at @post45data.bsky.social data.post45.org/posts/the-in...
The Index of Major Literary Prizes in the US – Post45 Data Collective
The Index of Major Literary Prizes in the US includes datasets to the winners and judges of prizes for prose, poetry, or unspecified genre between 1918 and 2020 with a purse of $10,000 and over.
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If you're attending Black Romance Book Fest in May 2026, I'm keeping my Beventi preorders link up until end of day on Friday, 5/1/26. If I'm a new-to-you author, I write contemporary MM romance featuring Black characters and set in California. beventi.co/orderform/ay... #BRBF2026 #Romancelandia
Frederick Smith, BRBF 2026
Preorder form for Frederick Smith who is attending BRBF 2026
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I'm dropping prices on all my Kali Decker novellas to 99 cents and I only just noticed that Bookshop blocked Bad Desire and Nepo Baby, as well as Kick at the Darkness and Riding Nick. Hunh. Maybe they're too short?! Not that any of my other novellas are selling copies there, but still...
TWO DAYS until Election Day in Northwest Georgia. This district deserves leadership that answers to the people here, not one person in Washington, DC. Make your plan, get to the polls, and get involved → shawnforgeorgia.com #GA14
If you submitted an Anthropic claim, I recommend calling them and confirming it. Their system is riddled with errors and issues. Even if you got a confirmation number, maybe check: 1-877-206-2314
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation."
Twin Cities residents to receive Profile in Courage Award
The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Thursday that it’s presenting one of its 2026 Profile in Courage Awards to the “people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota” for their actions during the fe...
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Leslie’s Curl & Dye is book one in the Potter Lake small town #BlackRomance series and it’s free in ebook and audio at my store and most retail sites including #spotify and #Chirpbooks. Meet the whole crew at booksbydlwhite.com/potterlakeseries
Potter Lake Small Town Black Romance — Books by DL White
The road to love is paved with southern hospitality and nosy people. Welcome to Potter Lake Georgia, a small town filled with big love.
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Good. We need to have these conversations. We are in a reading crisis.
Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 7mo agoBefore you argue about the merits of literary fiction versus science fiction versus speculative fiction, consider: Are genres helpful? Are they necessary? Are they kind? In the newest Mark As Read, @mollytempleton.com reconsiders the role of genre:
Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level. You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext* www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
2024-2025 Literacy Statistics | National Literacy Institute
Literacy Statisitics
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Major update to the story of #HenriettaLacks and the first immortal human cell line, HeLa cells! Novartis and the Lacks' estate have reached a settlement. www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/novar... (1/5) 🧪
Novartis settles 18-month-old lawsuit from estate of Baltimore woman whose cells were extracted 75 years ago
The family of a Baltimore woman whose cells were extracted for medical research without her consent 75 years ago has settled a lawsuit with Novartis, with terms of the agreement confidential, accor | ...
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February is often the month that #romancelandia wonders if Black authors still exist. But they’ve been here all along, friends.
This. And are being written by marginalized authors.
WriteStats@writestats.bsky.social · 9mo agoSome of the most compelling historical fiction today lives at the margins of recorded history. Everyday lives, quiet resistance, forgotten communities, these stories often resonate the longest. #WritingCommunity
🎉 It's official: When Trees Testify pub day!!! 🎉 Available wherever books are sold. us.macmillan.com/books/978125... @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
When Trees Testify
This stunning cultural and personal reclamation of Black history and Black botanical mastery offers up lessons from the natural world shared through the stor...
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Exercise isn’t just a break from sitting at a desk—it also acts as an extra twist to open the tap of creativity, Bonnie Tsui argues.
The Writer’s Secret Weapon
Exercise acts as an extra twist to open the tap of creativity.
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