One of my fave breeds - along with Vintage Store cat on the clearance roundel rack.😋😻

After attending the Vice President’s 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop celebration, I have some questions. thegrio.com/2023/09/11/top…

Black girl joy for the win.🙌🏽☺️

We are thrilled to share that the Medal for Editorial Excellence is being awarded to Graywolf Press! Their discovery and nurturing of great writers over the past 50 years has vastly enriched the world of books, and we can't wait to celebrate with them at the Annual Awards Benefit

My word nerdiness and sci-fi nerdiness UNITE!!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART 😭😭😭

The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized. #WGAStrike

Just a reminder that the Hollywood strike is NOT over! 1. WGA leadership still needs to formally approve the deal, both WGA-East & West boards OK it & then 11,000 union members must vote to ratify it. 2. SAG-AFTRA is still on strike.

“No black woman writer in this culture can write 'too much.' Indeed, no woman writer can write 'too much'...No woman has ever written enough.”—bell hooks, born on this day in 1952 ✨ 📷️: Monica Almeida

Seeing the actual numbers laid out like this is so mind blowing If you’re an author of color wondering if the world needs your voice or your stories: it absolutely, desperately does

99% of WGA members have voted in favor of ratifying the 2023 MBA. #WGAStrong

From 2017: When she was a young girl, Toni Morrison’s father taught her an important lesson about work. nyer.cm/A56mJsY

“The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.” ~James Baldwin

Ghanaian-American author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (nanaekua) has teamed up with The Center for Fiction to host an online reading group on contemporary African novels starting January 10th. If you're looking to read more in 2024, here's a perfect opportunity! 📚 buff.ly/3NcfWxG

public libraries are one of the greatest things we as humans have ever come up with

Registration is now open for the very first International Black Speculative Writing Festival! This festival celebrates Black British and international speculative writers. It will be held at Goldsmiths University, London from February 2–4, 2024. buff.ly/3TKXf8d

this is so real 😭😔

List of Black-led TV Show canceled in 2023-24 Rap Sh!t on Max

I don’t want to spend my day talking about all the Black filmmakers and projects you can be supporting right now cause I’m just exhausted by the news. But yeah, go watch Origin, American Fiction, Book of Clarence in theaters now. If you missed them last year, Earth Mama,

Samesies - except mine is a Connections & Crosswords combo then Spelling Bee calling me a queen.👸🏽🐝