In October we honor the achievements of Italian immigrants and their descendants living in the U.S.! Together, we are Italian America. #twoflagsoneheart #ItalianAmericanHeritageMonth

Check out this great interview w/ HOUSE OF COTTON author Monica Brashears! Then come down to Dixon Place 10/19 @ 7:30 PM for our final reading of the year. Monica reads w/ Sarah Bridgins (DEATH AND EXES) & 📚 Timothy GAGER📚 (JOE THE SALAMANDER). today.com/popculture/hou…

Sexton Prize Winner DEATH AND EXES by Sarah Bridgins is available for pre-order from Black Spring Press Group. Sarah reads 10/19 Dixon Place @ 7:30pm with Monica Brashears (HOUSE OF COTTON) & 📚 Timothy GAGER📚 (JOE THE SALAMANDER). Event Tix: ci.ovationtix.com/35526/producti… blackspringpressgroup.com/products/death…

Pushcart Prize & Massachusetts Book Award nominee, 📚 Timothy GAGER📚, reads 10/19 Dixon Place 7:30 PM w/ Monica Brashears (HOUSE OF COTTON) & Sarah Bridgins (DEATH AND EXES). Event Tix: ci.ovationtix.com/35526/producti… bookshop.org/books/joe-the-…

Pre-order HOUSE OF COTTON by Monica Brashears & then get your tickets for our final event of the year on 10/19 Dixon Place. Monica reads with Sarah Bridgins & 📚 Timothy GAGER📚. Don't miss it! Event Tix: ci.ovationtix.com/35526/producti… bookshop.org/books/house-of…

My novel, #HowFiresEnd is three years old today! If you bought the book, borrowed it from your local library, reviewed it online, recommended it to a friend or family member, signed up for the newsletter, THANK YOU! My book toddler and I appreciate it. mailchi.mp/55070090b719/b…

THE BLACK PERIOD in The New Yorker’s Briefly Noted! “Geter, a poet, sets down a powerful vision of Black life in the United States by intertwining dual origin stories: her own and the nation’s, with its history of Native genocide and African enslavement. newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

Join us this Wednesday at Dixon Place for our final reading of the year with Monica Brashears (HOUSE OF COTTON), Sarah Bridgins (DEATH AND EXES), and 📚 Timothy GAGER📚 (JOE THE SALAMANDER). Readings start at 7:30 PM. Event Tix: ci.ovationtix.com/35526/producti…

The #Kindle edition of my novel, #HowFiresEnd, is on sale this month for $2.99. HOW FIRES END was a 2020 Connecticut Book Awards finalist and honorable mention and won the 2021 Italian American Studies Association Book Award! @IASA1966 CT Center for the Book #kindledeals

Writing a book? Send me your nonfiction and novels— Janklow & Nesbit janklowandnesbit.com/people/hafizah… #amquerying #WritingCommunity #querying #writing

Italian Americana Vol. XL, No. 1. has 12 book reviews by Carol Bonomo Albright, @AndreaCiribuco @edigiunta Joseph Bathanti & more, covering books by Jennifer Anton Italian-American Writer & Feminist Michael Mirolla Christina Lynch Marco Rafalà Angela Alaimo O'Donnell Guglielmo D'Izzia & more. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/ia/issue/X…

D&D critically fails its community: eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

I reviewed WotC's draft Open Game License 1.2, and was asked to share my thoughts as an intellectual property/gaming lawyer. It's better than OGL 1.1, but still needs work. So- Let's Take a Minute To Talk About #DnD's Updated Open Game License (OGL 1.2). medium.com/@MyLawyerFrien…

European RPG Studios Union emerges from dust of D&D’s OGL storm to ‘promote RPGs as art and protect creators’ dicebreaker.com/categories/rol…

I’m so thrilled to share this! House of Cotton is an Indie Next Pick for April! 💜

Still stunned, but oh so grateful to receive the PEN Open Book Award for my debut memoir THE BLACK PERIOD. My deepest thanks to the judges, @jbakernyc Nina McConigley 💐 Maurice 💐 & Erika Sanchez, writers whose work I deeply respect. 💜💜 #PENLitAwards pen.org/literary-award…

Today is the paperback release of my memoir THE BLACK PERIOD, and to celebrate its 1 year anniversary, it's got a new skin - a homage to being Black in the 80s. bookshop.org/p/books/the-bl…

October is Italian American Heritage Month. Established in 1989 by President George H. W. Bush, the executive order celebrates and honors Italian American leaders, saints, celebrities, and everyday folks who helped form a storied culture that has elevated our nation’s history.

This is your chance to help the real-life "Ken and Barbie." My friend Barbara "Barbie" Palermo's husband Ken died a few weeks ago. Now, with funeral expenses and reduced income, she is struggling to keep her home and farm in Sicily. Every bit counts. gofund.me/0f4f9d16