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Jerrold Connors

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Prisonculture@prisonculture.bsky.social · last wk.

"Mildred Pitts Walter, a Los Angeles schoolteacher who grew up in the Jim Crow South and wrote award-winning children’s books focusing on Black characters, filling a void in her students’ reading material, died on May 19 in Redwood City, Calif. She was 103." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...

Mildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103 (Gift Article)

Teaching kindergarten in South Central Los Angeles in the 1950s and ’60s, she realized that her students were not represented in the books they read. So she wrote her own.

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Evan Urquhart@evanurquhart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's worth talking more about the hopeful possibilities I see for the future. In our grief over the slow collapse of our old system, many of us imagine only two possibilities: Either things get worse OR there's a restoration to the status quo circa 2016 or 2020, on which we can subsequently build.

Jerrold Connors@jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎵 Baby, I hear the bigfoot callin' tossed salads and scrambled eggs... Yes! I will be taking part in the 4th Annual Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival. It's a few months away yet, so stay tuned for more info about STAMPEDE! specific programming.

Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival@bigfootbookfest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival is back in session Over 50 incredible authors & illustrators including!... @stuartgibbs.bsky.social #DonnaBarbaHiguera @jerrycraft.bsky.social @jessixabagley.bsky.social @alexwillan.bsky.social

Will Bunch@willbunch.bsky.social · 5mo ago

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175 Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch

A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

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Jerrold Connors@jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Award week seems (to me) to be a very tidy wrapping up of last year's work. I'm pleased and very grateful that the final bow on JIM! comes with this incredible quote: "...a blueprint for all future picture book biographies." Thank you, @cybilsawards.bsky.social and @achrishelton.bsky.social! 🦊⭐⭐⭐

Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Team member @achrishelton.bsky.social recently checked out JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall by @jerroldconnors.bsky.social. Find his full review over at pluckedfromthestacks.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/j...

The book JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall by Jerrold Connors on a black background with copies of the same book surrounding it.
Jerrold Connors@jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My favorite Carter Burwell work might be Norville's Suite from The Hudsucker Proxy but the The Wicked Flee from True Grit has been scratching an itch I've had lately.

Dan Sheehan@dansheehan.memyon.org · 9mo ago

Happy 71st birthday to film composer Carter Burwell. A fascinating artist: he began in 1979 as an animator and computer scientist, pursuing a musical career in parallel. Starting with BLOOD SIMPLE in 1984, he has scored most of the Coen Brothers' films, and many, many more. #moviesky #filmsky #botd

A black and white photo of Carter Burwelll seated at a piano, playing the keyboard with one hand. films movies music soundtracks film scores botd happy birthday Hollywood cinema
Joumana Medlej@majnouna.com · 10mo ago

Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…

Cover of "Inks & Paints of the Middle East: A handbook of Abbasid Art Technology", with a geometric composition displaying some of the main pigments involved, with brushes and paint pans made of walnut shells.
Jerrold Connors@jerroldconnors.bsky.social · last yr.

Back when I was mentoring, I used to advise aspiring picture book authors to study oral storytelling. The best way to do that? Attend storytelling events! Like this one (tonight!) with storyteller extraordinaire, Tim Ereneta. www.eventbrite.com/e/moonshine-...

MoonShine Stories: STRAWBERRY MOON, June 2025

Tim Ereneta: "Tim is a contemporary, hip storyteller... original and authentic." ~ Gay Ducey, Bay Area Storytelling Festival

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