shout out to al-Sari you would have loved Sir Mix-a-Lot’s Baby Got Back

I was complaining to my friend about how awful things feel and how hard it all is at the minute, and he said 'it's a period of deep moral injury for anyone with a thinking mind and a working heart,' and if that doesn't just hit the nail on the head I don't know what does.

I told you tonight we die as a family
we were supposed to die
as a family

Yesterday I turned down the 1729 Book Prize in Poetry because of Mason Jar Press's inability to take a principled stance on Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people

Applying pressure.

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i’ve just turned down the pen/dau prize, in solidarity with palestine + the protest against pen america’s refusal to take a clear, principled stance on the israeli genocide against the palestinian people

I cannot believe that in the year 2024 such a sentence is allowed to exist, in the open air, like this. That we are expected to see it, ingest it, & go on. We cannot go on. No person should utter this statement, digitally, or otherwise & be left to incoming danger in silence.

Today we're celebrating #NationalSiblingsDay with novels that portray the deep (and messy!) bonds of siblinghood. WHEN WE WERE SISTERS by fatimah asghar. is available in paperback, and WAIT by Gabriella Burnham is coming 5/21! Tell us: who are your favorite siblings in fiction?

From the author of WHEN WE WERE SISTERS, fatimah asghar.'s debut poetry collection is teeming with anguish, joy, vulnerability, and compassion. IF THEY COME FOR US is available here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/565781/i…

#NationalPoetryMonth

the fact that major news outlets have taken half a year to acknowledge a fraction of the reality of israel's genocidal campaign shows that they are fundamentally unfit to exist

Daniel Day Lewis visiting Gaza for the first time in 2005.

He wrote of his experience in The Times. In the article he says:

“This is a state of apartheid. It's taken me less than a week to lose impartiality. In doing so, I may as well be throwing stones at tanks.”

your protests are working, your uncommitted primary campaigns are working, your boycotts are working, your public confrontations of elected officials are working. together, it is all making a difference and you should feel no hesitation or doubt about continuing.

Which means it basically broke even and made its production cost back in a single weekend 👏🏿

Further proof that people want to see diverse stories from all genres onscreen and that audiences are willing to pay to see our films in a theatre. I'm so happy for Dev 🥹

i met with a gazan evacuee today and she said the day she heard about the sexual assaults in shifa hospital she was sure no one would allow Israhell to continue its genocide. she said she slept that night thinking she would wake up to news that it was all over.

OUR HERO!!

“The truth always arrive too late because it walks slower than lies. Truth crawls at a snail's pace.”

--Maryse Condé. May She Rest in Peace.

“This book offers a deep dive into the complex dynamics of family and belonging, set against the challenges of growing up orphaned. A compelling exploration of love, grief, and the search for oneself.

Welcome to Jen’s Bookshelf fatimah asghar.“

well of course you’re going to feel like you’re ‘too much’ for people with poor conflict resolution and communication skills. but their emotional deficiency is not your problem to solve.

Congratulations to the 2024 #WindhamCampbellPrizes recipients! 🎉

Watch the full announcement video at windhamcampbell.org