imagine going into acid rain to save someone... peak romanticism

Sha’ban Ahmed. 19 years old. Burnt alive with his mother by an Israeli airstrike on the tent he was displaced in beside Al Aqsa martyr’s hospital last night. The IV drip still in his arm after recovering from an airstrike on a mosque he was sheltering in nearby just last week.

Hey, #Blacksburg ...tonight Thursday, October 17, at 7 pm... #blacksburgva #literaryevent 😎 with our 2024 award-winning Washington Writers' Publishing House authors just out with their new books. Buy a signed first edition tonight!!

I will share this story every time:

“Queer' not as being about who you're having sex with (that can be a dimension of it); but 'queer' as being about the self that is at odds with everything around it and that has to invent and create and find a place to speak and to thrive and to live.” - bell hooks

Toni Morrison in 1995 Look familiar?

“Revolution begins with the self, in the self.... We'd better take the time to fashion revolutionary selves, revolutionary lives, revolutionary relationships. Mouth don't win the war.” - Toni Cade Bambara

“There is always something to do.” —Nikki Giovanni

Haven't been writing much poetry lately bc of life but this was fun/challenging and brought me closer to my mom. We talked through interpretations and the nature of poetry. Thank you Richard Siken! War of the Foxes was one of the 1st poetry collections I read after college.

trns. by my mom<3

Biggest shoutout to Crying Judge for this incredible folio, "On Gaming," featuring Briana Gwin, Stephanie 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩🇭🇹🇨🇺🇵🇷, Avery Robinson, Chanlee 🍉, Marlin M. Jenkins, mav, and DeeSoul 🙂‍↕️, with featured artwork by Isabel Li. 🎮 theseventhwave.org/publication/on…

Happy Valentine's Day ! 🩷ハートなポケモンたち🤎

In Washington, D.C., a collective of artists are honoring the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and looking forward to the next 50 years of what it means to be Vietnamese Americans. npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-…

Shoutout to Chanlee 🍉, one of our wonderful Literary Festival writers coming to read at Hollins this Saturday! Go check out her writing and graphic designs (and peep her debut collection!!👀👏) chanleeluu.weebly.com