due to a chronic inability to deal, i’m just going to bed.

If you're arrested in Illinois protesting against Trump's war on Iran for Israel, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].

My latest for @theappeal.org: James Carver spent 36 years in prison after he was convicted of setting one of the deadliest fires in #Massachusetts history. But after reviewing new scientific evidence, a judge set him free. “They took my life away for nothing,” Carver said.

52 years.

In November, I visited the South Carolina low country— the epicenter of Black American history. www.travelandleisure.com/south-caroli...

tuesday, I was at a scholarship celebration for Spelman students. So many have had their summer internships revoke because they were linked to DEI initiatives.

tuesday, I was at a scholarship celebration for Spelman students. So many have had their summer internships revoke because they were linked to DEI initiatives.

“I hope this apocalypse finds you well. Anyway, if you’re in the Boston-area and perhaps in need of good company, conversation and a dash of encouragement, you’re in luck.”

In LAX this morning, I have seen so many kids being so affectionate with their stuffed animals. it’s very cute.

flying out of atl in anything that’s not Delta is rough.

also, I love mail. this makes my stomach hurt. i’m not shocked, but I feel it still.

post office jobs have been a route to the middle class for so many black communities. unionrayo.com/en/usps-job-...

now, let me tip into the gym while i’m in get-my-act-together mode!

I got caught up in the rapture and put in an extra 30 mins.

butt is in chair. timer is set.

anybody want to do a our hour writing sprint? starting at 10:45. I just need to get my coffee situation together.

I haven’t had a good sleep all year.

Began Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones. I’m enjoying it. I’m enjoying the wine, too. @tayari.bsky.social @oneworldbooks.bsky.social #silversparrow #tayarijones #booksky

This weekend The Savannah Chapter of The Links, Inc invited me to participate in their Spring book fair. I just loooooved seeing the mothers & daughters! Have you ever seen anything sweeter?

This very cozy, very bookish, very Valentiney subscription box from BOOKS & BROWN SUGAR is just so delightful. Makes we want to just snuggle up and read booksandbrownsugarco.com/products/qua...

I had a cup of coffee at 3pm. i’m going to be awake for the rest of my life.

Rescue teams in Alaska are searching for an aircraft with 10 people on board after it was reported missing on Thursday, according to authorities, in the latest major air incident to hit the United States in recent days.

I had the absolute PLEASURE to serve as the Zale-Kimmerling Writer in Residence at Tulane. Dana Zale Gerard & Martha Kimmerling Wells, alumnae of Newcomb, endowed a program to bring women writers to campus. What a meaningful contribution! I got so caught up that I read from my new book!

what did I do wrong?? the algorithm keeps showing me really buff animals representing different countries?

Every year, instead of a resolution, I chose a word of the year. This year I picked ONWARD. It’s giving “don’t give up. It ain’t over.” Did you choose a word this year?

Guess what? I finished a new novel! These are some of the gifts friends gave me to let me know that THEY believed in me, even when I was having trouble believing in myself.

I know this isn’t urgent. BUT. Should I be trying to buy up all the Black Heritage postage stamps?

When someone says they won’t let politics “steal my joy”… what does that mean exactly? I mean, I don’t think my individual joy is what’s at stake here?

@mztonya.bsky.social your profile pic is so pretty

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

ok. i’m going to bed. tomorrow, ill be back. I forgot how much I enjoyed SM. this place is nice.

@samiraahmed.bsky.social Heeey! i’m new here. and with me being the analog queen— I sent you a letter!

@chanda.bsky.social Hi there. i’m just getting back to SM. just wanted to wave at you. I’m glad to be able to see what you’re thinking about these days.

Been meaning to post this: you can listen to the oldest known country music record, by Louis Vasnier, a Black singer from New Orleans: www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

what do you call your godmother? Auntie?

I want to cook some meals for a friend who is having surgery. i’m thinking baked spaghetti. good idea? anyone have a recipe to share— or another suggestion?

It is taking every ounce of my self-control not to start decorating my house for Christmas today.

i’m down for the Gentle NaNo! Let’s!

The GOAT LeVar Burton reads a story from my collection! spotify.link/OYYk2SLqYDb

5:30 am. Let’s get some writing done! out of consideration to the folks in my house, i’ll do it longhand. (typewriter clatter before 6am is bad manners.)

thinking about my boy Greg Tate on his bday and wishing I had my copy of Flyboy here w me to flip thru, but glad I got Cult-Nats nearby to enjoy all over again. It’s the article that led me to him, to his brilliance, and, in so many ways, to my whole life Miss you, my man ✊🏾❤️

On Greg Tate's birthday visit this wonderful tribute site that Syreeta Gates put together that provides links to the brother's work as well as tributes from friends, family and the many other souls he inspired. In the words of Pink Floyd, shine on. www.gregtatewasloved.com

Tenure track job at Williams in Romantic Lit! Please share. t.co/5IrCvX1HOJ

many thanks to Jane Sathe at the Daily Progress for speaking with me about A Living Remedy and sharing info about my Charlottesville event! if you're nearby, please join Taylor Harris & me tomorrow, Oct. 13, 7pm at New Dominion Bookshop <3

i’m other news— what is the thinking behind medical labs sending the test results to the directly to the patient before I have a chance to talk to the doctor? I have no context for reading this chart. and Google is freaking me out.

@elmcitytree.bsky.social Hey, Lisa’s cousin!

I wrote about FAMILY MEAL, the beautiful (and devastating) new novel from author Bryan Washington, and we talked about what it means when a meal is a language www.eater.com/23906310/bry...

let me put some coffee on & sharpen my pencils. this book isn’t going to write itself. good morning everybody!