I'm a 2024 MacDowell Fellow! Elated to be among such a talented and inspiring group. 🥹

'I tell young people, 'Be too dumb to know you aren't supposed to be able to do what you want to do and go for it, and you might be surprised where it leads.' My whole career is an example of that.'

Read Corli Jay story as Tom Skilling calls it a career.
chicagobusiness.com/marketing-medi…

Richard Lewis was one of the funniest, most memorable interviews I did when I worked @ Miami New Times. So true to his character. And we followed each other on here ever since. Just real, relatable, incredibly funny. The interview's long gone but the memories remain. May he RIP.

I am hopeful, silly some would say, that you’re reading this because you want to help me. If you cannot donate, spreading the message every day is help.

But we need every single penny rn.

Cash.me/TinuWrites
#CashAppFriday

Venmo: TinuWrites
Ko-fi.com/TinuWrites

hi I need to have this procedure done before the end of May! Were at 640/3000 if we could continue sharing and donating and boosting especially over on tiktok I’d really appreciate it!!

This thread about living with #LongCOVID is because #healthcare in this country is a disaster right now.

I appeal to good neighbors to afford

chemo drugs ($2910)
bills while I can’t work ($3600 incl mortgage
other co-pays ($1k+)

$ /@ : TinuWrites

gofund.me/d4e14d4e

Oh my goodness, rest in power dear Fiqah is @sassycrass.bsky.social, far smarter and braver than most of us. She loved cats and justice and being a badass. I am so so sad.

Twitter has never been just Twitter for Black folks. It was and still is a community, as we mourn the passing of our beloved Fiqah is @sassycrass.bsky.social. Sis, may you rest in power, with no more pain.

It’s day 13 and today’s Black Chicago look is about an important stop on the Underground Railroad.

Sources: arionne.com/blackhistorymo…

#BlackHistory #ChicagoHistory #BlackHistory Month #BHM24

NEW - On April 16, Arionne (Are-REE-ahn) Nettles is releasing her first book, 'We Are The Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything,' which pays homage to Black people, places and institutions that have shaped Chicago and American pop culture at large.
thetriibe.com/2024/02/south-…

🙏🏾❤️✊🏾

I’ve only seen these photos of Toni Morrison in black and white. I ran them through a colorizer to get an idea of what they would look like. 💗

I hope things slow down in 2024.

Creators are burning themselves out to feed this beast.

The beast makes drastic changes on a whim.

Creators need to take the authority back.

Again, you can live here your entire life and learn something new about the city and the people every day. Beyond honored and grateful to the Ad Hoc Committee of Proud Black Lesbians & Gays members for sharing their story with me.

“this is precisely the time when artists go to work. there is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. we speak, we write, we do language. that is how civilizations heal.”

— toni morrison
thenation.com/article/archiv…

NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel 'Daddy Was a Number Runner' is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. She was 100. wral.com/story/author-a…

Guys! Big Announcement! I am STOKED to debut the cover of my upcoming book, 'We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance.' Out in 2024, I'm hype!
Basic Books Wellesley College This Day In Esoteric Political History
You can pre-order here:
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.Young Love Premeires On Max 9/21 drops tonight at midnight PDT and at 3am EDT on Max.

Stars Kid Cudi, Issa Rae, Loretta Devine, Harry Lennix, Tamar Braxton, Brooke Conaway, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Debra Wilson, Cassandra Freeman & Sy Smith.

It's almost here! #YoungLove #YoungLove Max

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