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NY Times bestselling author @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social joins us in just a couple of weeks! Featuring a lineup of special guest artists, including Josh Radnor, @mobrowne.bsky.social, @faithsalie.bsky.social, @ambertamblyn.bsky.social, and more to be announced soon! bit.ly/43bPgWH

NY Times bestselling author @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social takes the stage on 3/31 to launch her latest work, Dear Writer! With Josh Radnor, @mobrowne.bsky.social, @faithsalie.bsky.social, @ambertamblyn.bsky.social, and more. Join us for conversation, readings, music, and merriment! bit.ly/43bPgWH

an honor to speak with @mobrowne.bsky.social about her new collection A Bird in the Sky Means We Can Still Breathe, an incredible collection about NYC teens coming of age during the height of the pandemic🐦‍⬛☁️✨ pubwkly.omeclk.com/portal/wts/u...

150+ new books out today. Featuring: - You Deserve To Know by Aggie Blum Thompson (Suspense Thriller) - A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by @mobrowne.bsky.social (Collection) - The Usual Family Mahem by HelenKay Dimon (Romantic Comedy) Read more: tinyurl.com/mar11books #booksky

On March 31, dive into an evening of lively readings and spirited conversation inspired by poet @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social's latest work, Dear Writer. The New York Times bestselling author will be joined by Josh Radnor, @mobrowne.bsky.social, @faithsalie.bsky.social, and more. bit.ly/43bPgWH

⏰ There's still time to join us TONIGHT, FEB 27, for this FREE #kidlit event featuring author @mobrowne.bsky.social in conversation with Phoebe Yeh, VP and Editor-at-Large at Crown Books for Young Readers / @randomhousekids.bsky.social! Join us on Zoom via the link in our bio 👆🏿 #blackbooksky

📚 Hey, YA readers! You won't want to miss these 55 exciting new young adult books being published in March 2025! 📚 popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

YEAH WE ARE, see u there 😵🙃🥂💫 @ruthmadievsky.bsky.social @sallywenmao.bsky.social @mobrowne.bsky.social

From @mobrowne.bsky.social's book, Chrome Valley: bookshop.org/a/862/978132... #poem #poetry #mahoganylbrowne #books

PEACE

“Were you ever scared?” I ask. My brother slows down his speech. With a sloth drawl he responds, “I’m not twenty––I’m not trying to stay in the lion’s den and fight. I just want a plate to eat the meat off the bones.” open.substack.com/pub/mobrowne...

Serwer’s latest piece for the Atlantic leads with this quote that has lived rent free in my head since I read it in 2004. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

hi can I please encourage you to go participate in cultural events, even if it is just to witness & support. it will be good for you and your brain and also for the folks who are making the art. stay curious. ❤️

Norma Jennings sworn in, making history as New York's first Black LGBTQ+ Civil Court judge #NOH8

Gen X knows tariffs + their impacts. (Thanks Ben Stein! Also this clip is THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OLD): m.youtube.com/watch?v=yuOH...

“Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.” – #AliceWalker

"power does not concede itself so easily." – #FredJoseph

A workshop opportunity. Limited slots for virtual class partial acholarships available docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I don't know who needs to hear this but boycott is inconvenient to your capitalism.

Typos are human. Typos are welcome.

Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.

a lesson in vulnerability substack.com/@mobrowne?r=...

This week on #VibeCheck, Sam and Zach talk about what it’s been like living through the wildfires in LA and then they have a conversation with former incarcerated firefighter, Royal Ramey, about his experiences in an inmate fire camp. Also, I send a voice message from Vermont where I’m teaching rn.

FINALLY, someone says it.

if you don't fall in love with your friends and their stories of living, who are you?

i believe voices notes from friends are the best kind of hug

not perfect beings substack.com/@mobrowne/no...

#MotheringYourMother is a new muscle that I have yet to use. I keep waiting for moms to remember she's the one who raised me.

I am holding my own hand I am learning a new language as I begin the articulation of mothering my mother

i love the yearly countdown...but i also recognize that it can happen offline, as the work does

to "un-numb" has been an emotionally strenuous practice of memory, faith, and constant regulation of ones triggers.

"I don't think I'm allowed to kill something because I am frightened." —Nikki Giovanni 💔 #poem #poems #poetry