There are only two kinds of serious writers/readers of SFF today: those who ferociously love the work of Kai Ashante Wilson and want to see a great deal more of it in the world, and those who have not yet read him. Good news, everyone! www.patreon.com/posts/introd...

“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY

Check it out! For the reader who has everything, some new discoveries? Books by @itregillis.bsky.social , @pdjeliclark.bsky.social , @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @justinaireland.com reactormag.com/backlist-bon...

Seems like a good reason to return to social media. Happy to share my article in NYT books featuring some of my favorite fantasy authors, including works by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Rebecca Roanhorse, John Wiswell and more. #fantasybooks

Let’s gooooo!

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Congrats to all the Locus winners—but in particular @sj-fennell.bsky.social & @wiswell.bsky.social !!!

“At one point the fear was expressed that if we found too many descendants [of slavery], it would bankrupt the university.”

The blockbuster horror film "Sinners" features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, impactful scene. For some Choctaw, it is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.

I think bout this Simpsons episode at least once a month. “Oh, he ain't pretty no more.”

*snicker*

I’ve told the story many times. Now @katemasur.bsky.social and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP in the US. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.

September will mark the 200th anniversary of author-activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s birth. Here’s the sixth of six essays in the exciting forum on Harper in the current issue of Legacy, @brigfield.bsky.social’s breathtaking & visionary “Generational Harper.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

Well that’s that then. I had nuff problems with this show, but it had some standout moments. At least I got to see a visually stunning walk through the rings at Rhuidean and visions of the Breaking and the Age of Legends. Will be grateful for that.

my fave show right now…

⚔️🐈¡Llegó el día!⚔️🐈 🐾Los Asesinos de la Cola del Gato sin Vida, la última obra de @pdjeliclark.bsky.social , os espera en la librería para acompañaros a la ciudad de Tal Abisi...🎭 🖊️Con traducción de @raulgarciacampos.bsky.social 🎨Cubierta de @davidgvaquero.bsky.social

People often ask me if there's a sequel to Ring Shout. Dunno. I can't see the future. But, I can offer up a *prequel* ...of sorts. "Night Doctors, Night Doctors, Sneak in under your door Thief a ________ tongue and eyes Then come back for more."

As that plantation burns, can't help thinking of "rum tours" on "estates" a bit further south... “I am shocke’d at the purchase of slaves, and fear those who buy them and sell them are knaves... I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?"-W. Cowper, 1788

Happy to announce I’ll be joining the Tor Nightfire Coven with the paperback release of Ring Shout this coming October, complete with a foreword by moi. Will be doing a small tour and some scary things to celebrate. Pre-orders are open at all the pre-ordering places. “…Adam in the garden.”

A good morning to read about birthright citizenship from the perspective of the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the plaintiff whose case in 1898 affirmed that birthright citizenship is guaranteed to the children of undocumented migrants born in the U.S. wapo.st/3F9Djae

And while we’re in these dark and profoundly stupid times, might I suggest Martha S. Jones’s work—highlighting how African Americans used the courts to argue for the idea of birthright citizenship long before the Civil War as a means to establish their status as free citizens.

good thread on how the 14th amendment during Reconstruction also helped establish citizenship for *free* African Americans, whose status remained ambiguous at best—including in several free Northern states where race-based disfranchisement had been common.

great book. absolutely terrifying.

Abolitionist iconography was something else! The frontispiece for William Wells Brown's songbook The Anti-Slavery Harp (1848) depicted an eagle attacking a black woman and child in front of the U.S. Capitol. digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/ob...

I got the best readers—hands down. Stay on point.

I wrote The Dead Cat Tail Assassins as a novella that would be too long to be nominated for awards--and I was fine with that. Assumed it was too short for a novel award nom. But, surprise, here we are. Thanks to the readers who helped make this happen. And congrats to all the other nominees!

Oh so you want me to remove that annoying, judgmental, fussy-ass little owl from my phone and no longer participate in your addictive game-ified, competitive language learning app--on which I'm not even really learning to speak the language? Say less. Done. #deleted

Three years past and I still stand by this. Atlanta on FX was one of the best moments of Afro-surrealist television I’ve ever seen. That Season 3 gave us gems. #atlantafx

The late, great, Sean Price was way ahead of the curve on this man v. gorilla business. (No gorillas were harmed in these promos)

“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes. “Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Book Release Day sir!” ABENI and the KINGDOM of GOLD | 4•29•25 Book II in the ABENI’S SONG Trilogy Out Today! #Bookrelease #Middlegradefantasy

One more day! ABENI and the KINGDOM of GOLD is out tomorrow 4•29•25–book 2 in the Abeni’s Song trilogy. Art by Michael Machira Mwangi #middlegradefantasy

Finally got to see #Sinners last night. Lived up to all the hype. Coogler did his thing. 🙌🏿 A visual masterpiece. And yes, I get now why folk saw… similarities.

yadda, yadda, yadda… and that’s kinda one of the ways Ring Shout happened. #southerngothic #formation #theaunties

ahem.

gonna definitely tell my kids this is Sinners.

Read this thread. Follow this account. 🙌🏿

Island deals with drought and hurricane damage as it pushes for reparations from countries that benefited from slavery

Yes! Kai Ashanti Wilson’s work influenced me on many levels. And the incomparable @tananarivedue.bsky.social is one of the reasons I write. When I think of others like @edenroyce.bsky.social also writing in this genre, I’m happy #sinners is giving Black Southern Gothic horror the light it deserves

So, I hear ya’ll like #Sinners. might I also humbly suggest…

Healing the Diaspora wars one bit of info at a time. Also, I’ve *purposefully* included some form of Afro-influenced patois or creole in many of my speculative worlds—including those set in secondary fantasy worlds—every chance I get. Cuz who gon stop me?

Time for my daily affirmation: “My name is Rand al'Thor. I'm the Dragon Reborn." If they had wept at hearing Semirhage's name, they wailed at hearing his.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Finished copies are here! Part II in the Abeni’s Song trilogy. Just two weeks away. ABENI and the KINGDOM of GOLD | 4•29•25 Cover art: Michael Machira Mwangi

Yes and absolutely.

The answer is racism. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Don’t often post book reviews—trying to maintain objectivity and all that—but a writer could not ask for a more kind and heartfelt assessment of their work. Thank you. 🙏🏿

I’m definitely here for the murderboting! 💀🤖

Happy Confederate Surrender Day to all who celebrate. Remember to beat your piñatas of Lee & Davis till freedom falls out. | Image courtesy of LOC: Sic semper tyrannis - 22th Regt. U.S. Colored Troops, artist David Bustill, 1860-1870 #ConfederateSurrenderDay

After bringing back a few more like these we should totally open up a theme park. #direwolf #deextinction