What are your #FridayReads? #TGIF #weekendreads Patti Callahan Henry #AliceMcDermott #JillMcCorkle 💐 Maurice 💐 #IanMcEwan Harper Muse Books Farrar,Straus&Giroux Algonquin Books One World Nan A. Talese

I cut prices by half for new subscribers! Merry Christmas. 🎅🏾 🎄 mauricecarlosruffin.substack.com/p/big-changes-…

Member of the Black Panther party explains why they’re opening a clinic in Chicago, 1969.

I recognized 45/52 people in the Times Faces Quiz (using 14 hints). How many can you guess? nytimes.com/interactive/20…

We will fight for our safety. time.com/7204560/the-at…

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Thank you, Celeste 💐

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"The nation needs In Open Contempt.” —💐 Maurice 💐 IN OPEN CONTEMPT by Irvin Weathersby Jr. is on sale TODAY! Start reading this poignant exploration of America's enduring racial trauma to learn how our monuments and myths shape our present 👉 bit.ly/3VT7hod

Finishing the winter break term at one of the most incredible writing programs ever. Amazing people. Fantastic energy. Always a good hang. Randolph Low Res MFA. Not many winter programs are based in a luxury hotel Suite Life of Zach and Cody style lol

Congrats to the January 2025 Randolph College MFA graduating class!!!! #10

"The first step of any project is to grossly underestimate its complexity and difficulty." – Nicoll Hunt

My post is The Asteroid of Grief. I talk about the New Orleans attack and other things both in the podcast and written post. open.substack.com/pub/mauricecar…

Literally crying in the Target parking lot right now. 🧵 I was struggling with unloading my toddler, my bags and wrangling an unruly cart (seriously — why do some lack power-steering?) A fire truck from Redondo Beach (E61) had just parked nearby and four firefighters got out.

Every time I lose someone, I’m foolish enough to think the pain is limited in time and place. That loss does not trail behind me like a very long scarf flapping behind a convertible. open.substack.com/pub/mauricecar…

I bought this Black and Decker in August and the motion just blew out. Unbelievable! No smoothies for me.

Getting ready for next week adding a little seasoning salt to roads