Tuesday night @northfigbookshop @toniannj.bsky.social @ladeziree.bsky.social & I talk about historical fiction and how some things never change.

GETTING WELL PUBLISHED VIA CONTESTS? Yes! @toniannj.bsky.social has won THREE #WritingContests that led to #bookpublications of her #fiction. Including one with @roxanegay.bsky.social as her editor! Find out how she did it! www.mfalore.com/p/well-publi...

Thank you so much for sharing your stories and telling family secrets last night! www.youtube.com/live/RZh2alZ... @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social @booksoupofficial.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #AuthorEvent #Booksky

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @wehoarts.bsky.social @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social @booksoupofficial.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets, featuring Toni Ann Johnson talking about BUT WHERE'S HOME? a new collection of linked stories Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @toniannj.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... Join us virtually on February 18th at 6:30 pm PST as four writers talk about their work based on their families.

Thank you, @antiochmfa.bsky.social! commonthread.antioch.edu/notes/toni-a...

Two weeks from today on February 8th in Palm Springs. thepalmspringspost.com/palm-springs...

Two weeks from today on February 8th in Palm Springs. thepalmspringspost.com/palm-springs...

Thank you, @antiochmfa.bsky.social! commonthread.antioch.edu/notes/toni-a...

www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... Join us virtually on February 18th at 6:30 pm PST as four writers talk about their work based on their families.

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets, featuring Toni Ann Johnson, Aimee Liu, Juanita E. Mantz, and Hannah Sward Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social

On Monday, January 12th @ 5 pm PST, 8 pm EST I’ll be in conversation live with Marcie L. Thomas of BrownGirlCollective. Please join us! And feel free to ask a question during the event. We’d love to see you. www.youtube.com/live/QGvgIun...

My childhood friend Annie Rudden sent me this hardcopy of the Publishers Weekly Endnotes feature on my book. I only had the online version and I appreciate this so much!

What a great mini-feature on this new work by @toniannj.bsky.social, published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social Screen Door Press imprint, edited by @crystalwilki.bsky.social #ReadUP

How 'But Where's Home' by @toniannj.bsky.social Got Made. (Publisher's Weekly) archive.vn/jBCte

Getting people back to their families, giving them a chance in court. Bonded detainees have a better chance at getting a lawyer ands a better chance at staying with their families. Consider donating to @cluejustice bond fund. www.cluejustice.org/detained-imm...

I will be signing here on Sunday!! www.twistedspinebooks.com

Getting people back to their families. Consider donating to @cluejustice ‘s bond fund www.latimes.com/california/s...

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified. So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life. Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

just a reminder that there were people of the time — and of the same class and station — who saw this stuff and thought, "yeah this is bullshit"

I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.

@grantginder.bsky.social, @lukeepplin.bsky.social, and @toniannj.bsky.social are a few of the greats already slated for 2026. You can support The Chills at Will Podcast here: www.patreon.com/chillsatwill...

Y'all, Desiree knows what she's talking about, she has written a historical novel that is sadly prescient/timely. sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2025/06/...

My forthcoming linked collection But Where’s Home? Is available for preorder on Amazon and on the University Press of Kentucky website. www.amazon.com/But-Wheres-H...

The best kind of summer is an LGBTQIA+ summer 🏳️‍🌈 ☀️

Cover reveal! I’m so pleased with the artwork by Christian Noelle Charles that the design team at University Press of Kentucky chose for my forthcoming book But Where’s Home?

Congrats, @toniannj.bsky.social !

The Trumpists talk a lot about representing “real America.” How much of a bizarre propagandistic lie this is was on full display yesterday - when a vast, heterogeneous coalition of people mobilized in protest while all the regime offered was an embarrassing, lame, sad excuse of a military parade.

“I had to do the emotional recovery work to be able to access forgiveness and develop empathy and then go back and infuse that into the writing.” #writing #memoir #books substack.com/@aimeeliu/no...

I’m honored to judge this story collection contest for the James Baker Hall Foundation and Accents Publishing. Submissions are open through June. www.accents-publishing.com/contest.html

It’s finally happening!!! I’ll be in conversation w/ @toniannj.bsky.social at Chevalier Books at 6:30 March 11th to launch ALTERATIONS!!

Thank you, Crystal Wilkinson! I’m so pleased my book will be one of your first publications! And congrats to Avery Irons! uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture...

I was so thrilled to review Danzy Senna's COLORED TELEVISION for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! Senna's novel is not only thought-provoking, but also an absolute blast to read. highly recommend both checking out the novel & checking out my thoughts on it here: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-sh...

Congrats @toniannj.bsky.social !!!

THE OFFING has a new podcast and I’m so happy to be one of the show’s first guests! Thank you to Dr. Ashaki Jackson for the opportunity to read from my story “The Way We Fell Out of Touch” from the collection Light Skin Gone to Waste. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We know we're just barely scratching the surface with our Starter Pack of Antioch MFA Current Students & Alumni, because we have over 1200 alums! Please share and comment and we'll add you! Hoping to find our people & make this the first Student/Alum Starter Pack of many 🤗https://go.bsky.app/2urN99N

Folks, my recently published novel DISPOSSESSED is all abt making readers AWARE of the impact of the mass deportations of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals