Defund the police. Fund public schools.

We hope you’ve already read LA Banks, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, and Gloria Naylor, indisputably luminous Black SFF writers. But we want to recommend another 50 brilliant Black women, nonbinary, and trans folks writing SFF works about Black people and Black communities. 1/

this is VERY important to bring up, and we haven't done it enough yet.

HISTORY LESSON: HAITI was the 1st republic to ban slavery. An island nation of BLACK slaves gained its independence thru REVOLT. Eventual abolishment of slavery thruout the Americas came b/c Black people were fighting back &it became too expensive.We have Haiti to thank for that!

my debut novel HONEY GIRL (winter 2021) has: ✨ a Black millennial lesbian protagonist ✨ queer found family ✨ disaster girls getting married in vegas ✨ astronomy!!! ✨ a coming of age story abt expectations, family, and love in all forms ✨ THIS AMAZING COVER

This is how I, a 45-year-old white woman and mother of 6, currently at her peak Karen power, went from assuming police work was a necessary part of functional communities, to becoming a passionate advocate for #abolishthepolice #defundthepolice, over the course of one week. 1/x

Demand justice for Breonna Taylor #pubworkers4blacklives

Some protesters, news crews, and medics in Minneapolis found themselves stranded after recent protests: The tires of their cars had been slashed. Many assumed protesters were to blame. But videos reveal a different culprit: the police. bit.ly/30nl8XQ

de blasio has now vowed to cut the nypd budget this year but of course has not specified how much, so keep putting the pressure on! 22 more days until the nyc budget is passed!! refer to the doc here for a script for contacting your city councilmembers about defunding the police

PSA: Black people need genuine policies that improve Black lives such as the redistribution of wealth, the end to policing, prison abolition, guaranteed housing, not spineless politicians kneeling while wearing African print.

Debut year has been A YEAR but today is my birthday!!! It would mean so much if you preordered WHERE DREAMS DESCEND from my local indie or could boost my preorder campaign in any way 🎈🎈🎉 Preorder: smarturl.it/WDDPreOrder Brookline Booksmith: brooklinebooksmith-shop.com/book/978125020…

I’m thrilled to share the cover of XOXO, my YA romcom out with HarperTeen next summer, July 13, 2021~ cover designer: Jessie Gang artist: ZIPCY_SuperNormal(🍯) 💕 Pre-order: axieoh.com/xoxo 🎤 GR: goodreads.com/book/show/5461…

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Me, but replace "work" with "writing" #NaNoWriMo

GUESS WHO'S WRITING ADULT FANTASY NOW THE CITY OF DUSK is the queer goth metal fantasy book of my dreams, and I can't wait to share it with you! ⚔🌒🌟

THIS COVERRRR🤩🤩🤩Axie is one of my favorite writers and I was lucky enough to read this book early and it is now truly stunningly gorgeous both inside and out✨✨

Publishing friends, pull up!! 👇👇👇

Melanin in YA has been crowdfunding since April for $25k and at this point, we're less than $3k away! If you know someone who is looking to support Black voices this #Juneteenth, please direct them to Melanin in YA! Thank you! #Juneteenth2021 Donate: gofundme.com/f/melanin-in-y…