I texted a very shady thought to my friend instead of posting on main. Please clap.

I've come to the realization that I like to dress like a capo from The Sopranos.

I "mute" for my own peace; it's absolutely no shade.

Get an editorial consultation for you and your writing friend 😸.

idk who needs to hear this but it is, in fact, time to clean your cell phone.

What y'all know bout Leikeli47

San Diego Comic-Con will no longer allow AI 'art' to be displayed at their event "Material created by AI either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show" This follows backlash from artists after SDCC initially indicated AI-generated work would be permitted

Big New Zealand is back and this time he's in Memphis and is connecting what is happening in Memphis with Maori and Fijian words and concepts. True intercultural exchange here. He sees the Black Southern experience with open eyes and an open heart.

It's a whole community of afrofuturist writers and poets shaking shit up on Substack. Out here literally doing the work of resistance on this platform and creating artist networks. Then here liberals come on some, "but the nazis!" Y'all look foolish.

So I'm doing free writing classes this year, y'all. The first one will be called MAGICAL REALISM IN MEMOIR on Monday Feb. 9 at 6pm CST via Zoom. Registration is required and there's limited space. It's going to be very cute and fun (and yes, freeee!). ✨ Registration link: tinyurl.com/4par4w9p

I used to get jobs off LinkedIn and now I just get a ton of spam messages. Is it worth keeping?

Students be asking me if I can tell when they use AI. Girl, YES.

Destin Conrad's Tiny Desk was so lovely, and truly my favorite part was learning about the phenomenal Vanisha Gould. Like, my god. That voice. vanishagouldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/she-s-...

big day for redacted thoughts

Bit of lemon in the water? I am now luxurious.

It's me 🥲. And yes, I will happily edit your memoir!

Y'all, I just finished @sgpoet.bsky.social's chapbook "Good Grief." Wow. I feel so blessed to be in community with poets and writers who lay their heart out on the page like this. Highly, highly recommend, especially if grief of any kind is something you grapple with -- ko-fi.com/s/398cca6980

I’m bout to analog 2026 so hard. Watching dvds, downloading software (fuck subscriptions), reading tangible books. Might even get me a record player, tf.

One thing I'm gonna do? Respond to that message you sent me in my head.

'Poem for the starving artist' From my memoir, PANSY

I keep thinking there is something grazing my neck when really ITS JUST THESE SCALP GROWN BUNDLES CASCADING DOWN THE BYKE.

“You know, they straightened out the Mississippi River in places, to make room for houses and livable acreage. Occasionally the river floods these places. "Floods" is the word they use, but in fact it is not flooding; it is remembering. Remembering where it used to be.” Toni Morrison

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Not gone' hold you, my website updates are cute as hell. jasperjoyner.com

Y’all it just hit me, I coulda been checking out DVDs from the library this whole time.

Bae did my hair, it’s up

"You got to make your own worlds. You got to write yourself in." - Octavia Butler

Maaaaaan this is cool as hell. Shout out to Artist Feature Magazine. www.artistfeaturemag.com

Sharing your art over and over is so awkward LMAO. Thank you to all who support.

This is good.

i should be working

The Memphis Library Foundation just gave my memoir PANSY an award for Best Young Adult Nonfiction 🥹. I love my city so much.

My book PANSY is officially on Libby, btw ✨. So it’s free to borrow thru your library, s/o to libraries everywhere!! #booksky #blackbooksky

Just called somebody the wrong name

Hey y'all, my dear friend's car is at risk of being repo'd. She is chronically ill and uses it to go to appts. etc., so getting funds for it is an urgent need. Please share or donate if you can! venmo: @ceci-grana-rosa

me listening to jazz at my desk

this book just made me mad but it’s also good but it’s annoying but i’m also enthralled

Just finished my first book of the year, “Our Sister Killjoy” by Ama Ata Aidoo. Absolutely beautiful.

hey yall I'm doing a 20% off sale on the paperback version of PANSY: A BLACK AMERICAN MEMOIR for the holidays. very gay, much good, so festive 🖤✏️ >>> tinyurl.com/yc2wvmrs #blackbooksky #booksky

Me at my desk

Oh! I always forget to say so, but I have a very cute, very gay chapbook. I'm really proud of it 🖤✏️ tinyurl.com/mr2p7b25 #blackbooksky #booksky

Okay sooo… who had a WORD UP fold out poster on their wall, i know it wasn’t just me. #blackskyover30

34. hiii

A friend shared this Toni Morrison quote elsewhere and it feels especially poignant today. I hope it inspires a little less despair for us artists out there...