.OiYan Poon 潘愛欣’s ASIAN AMERICAN IS NOT A COLOR is out in the world and featured on
Gabrielle Bellot’s Literary Hub roundup of new releases! Jeff Chang calls it “an intimate, indispensable portrait of Asian America.” #AAPIHeritageMonth buff.ly/4bzPSq3

C’mon, publishers. We’re better than this.

It’s ✨COVER REVEAL✨ Friday for Albert Abonado’s FIELD GUIDE FOR ACCIDENTS!

His poetry collection is the latest installment in our National Poetry Series, selected by Mahogany L. Browne, who also penned the foreword.

Watch this space in October! 👀

Cover design: Carol Chu #AAPIHM

We’re on Netflix y’all… #bydhttmwfi

.Rob Gore’s decision to become a doctor serving those most in need was really influenced by his childhood, by his experiences with violent crime.

If you’ve been on the receiving end, you want to make sure this never happens again. PBS NewsHour buff.ly/3Kq8jC5

Keep your eyes on SCOTUS. Josh Douglas warns us that they have created a legal test that fails to scrutinize state election laws and trusts politicians, even though the politicians have every incentive to create rules that help to keep them in power. buff.ly/4ajX0pv

.NAACP had been fighting segregation incrementally in the courts. There were 5 cases that culminated in #BrownvBoard . Sheryll Cashin #KnowYourHistory buff.ly/3wDSDYo

When a woman I'd just met on a plane asked me to hold her hand because turbulence scared her, it made me question why it's so hard for me to ask for help.

And what a gift it can be to help someone.

The latest Wonder Chronicles:
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We LOVE seeing Angela Tucker profiled in Puget Sound Business Journal! 😍 buff.ly/3UJ55y8

The end date for viewing Jeanie Finlay’s Your Fat Friend Film has been extended to 6/17!

If you stan for @yrfatfriend like we do, you’ll want to see it more than once! 😉 buff.ly/4dyVSAV

BREAKING: The Supreme Court of Ohio rejected Ohio's request to enforce a ban on gender affirming care for trans youth.

This is a victory for trans youth and their families.

“With no place to process what I had gone through, I dealt with my emotions behind the wheel. It was a place where I was in charge, where I was both literally and metaphorically in the driver’s seat.”—Jonathan Rigsby - Your Rideshare Driver Psychology Today #MHAM buff.ly/3USuBlW

Celebrate Harvey Milk today, and learn more about how his death inspired the 1979 March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. #HarveyMilkDay

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-marching-on

📷 Harvey Milk in San Francisco's seventh annual Gay Freedom parade, June 26, 1978, photo via The Associated Press

The challenges public education faces now from parent-activists and partisan politics is unlike anything US schools have seen. Laura Pappano unpacks the far-right attacks we’re seeing today. Pell Center buff.ly/4bKWf9P

Unitarian Universalism is a loving faith and yet, disabled people find it difficult to fully experience its radical welcome. The UUA now offers a monthly webinar to help congregations improve inclusion of disabled members and visitors. Learn more join us!
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What’s the most underrated case where SCOTUS weakened #VotingRights , but that we just don’t talk about enough?

Josh Douglas says there are 2 cases: Anderson v. Celebrezze and Burdick v. Takushi. Bolts buff.ly/4aDHoNP

This Saturday (5/25) at 4pm, I'll be in conversation with Golding about her debut collection of #essays , A BLACK GIRL IN THE MIDDLE, out now from Beacon Press! Come through Queens and see us at The Worlds 🌎 Borough Bookshop: theworldsboroughbookshop.com/event/black-gi…

“Since the war ended, the people of Sierra Leone have seen some justice . . . But it cannot be said that the civilian population has recovered from its long trauma.”—Philip C. Winslow buff.ly/3ydvgp8

Here I talk with ⁦Robin Young⁩ about how Brown is weaponized. The truth is mean. ⁦@hereandnow⁩ ⁦Georgetown Law⁩ ⁦Beacon Press⁩ wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

.Anthony Pinn’s THE BLACK PRACTICE OF DISBELIEF is about the Black communities who flipped the old cliché of relying on the almighty “Let go and let God” by letting go of God instead.

Publishers Weekly caught up with him to chat about it. buff.ly/3V0v71e