OOF MY HEART. from “Fayetteville as in Fate” by Mohja Kahf:

this morning’s walk also included a stop at 2 lil free libraries: COMMONWEALTH for my partner, Richard Scarry for baby Fizz, and E-MAILS FROM SCHEHERAZAD for me

i can’t even be mad about how long the wait is on the newest MOSSA & PLEITI, like well done Philly

this morning i am grateful for yarn-bombing

finished BLOOD JADE, preordered PEARL CITY — The Phoenix Hoard series is my fav new ongoing urban fantasy series y’all app.thestorygraph.com/books/35a6ec...

okay people, help me build my kiddo’s library — specifically looking for board books like LITTLE FEMINISTS and BABY GO! that intro global context, cultures, religions! bookshop.org/lists/coexis...

i keep waking up waaaay too early, so i am extra grateful for WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT? by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson — realtalk about the climate crisis combined with optimism feels both radical and soothing

i keep thinking about this panel from Winter Institute — i think it was Janet Webster Jones who said her job was to “meet the moment” www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...

Fizz is still too little for screentime, so her pre-AMAZING RACE global education currently centers around the (amazing) BABY GO! series from Gloo Books — Thailand is the current favorite

A MOOD

BESOS FOR BABY by Jen Arena and Blanca Gómez (acquired from the Shop at MATTER in Denver!!) is a huge hit in my house, especially el gato

i was today years old when i learned about rime ice

baby fizz is having a very @authorgracelin.bsky.social week — first on Baby Wordplay for lunar new year and then we just spent 10 minutes reading THE LAST MARSHMALLOW (she is clearly my child)

oh nothing just reading THE DAWN OF HUMANKIND by Graeber and Wengrow and texting fellow history friend about Rousseau

this, oof:

called! PA friends, 👇

To instrumentalize what my sister is saying below: every time someone says DEI say “you mean civil rights?” Every time someone says they are against woke reply “oh so you’re a segregationist!” Words have meaning! Don’t allow that nonsense to stand.

i am the kind of monster who sorts her laundry by fabric weight but not color

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apropos of nothing 👀 this is hanging in our front window (www.etsy.com/listing/1092...)

ONE OF US!!!!

i forgot that MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES takes place in frigid weather and therefore is unintentionally perfect weather advisory listening

lil Fizz giving “tfw you are trying to pick your next read and just cannot decide”

been listening to The Slowdown podcast since late last week, bc poetry is a balm, and today’s, OOF.

tell me something good in your life please. i need these bad thoughts to stop.

also can verify that this is the best idea ever djsatthepolls.org

the polling place i work is a school and there are kids’ questionnaires on the walls. one put their favorite color down as “galaxy” and i could not approve more

Finally got the BIPOC crime writers starter pack created! 🔗 go.bsky.app/FzAazwr IRL Crime Writers of Color (crimewritersofcolor.com) is a LIVELY group of 400+ members founded by Kellye Garrett, Gigi Pandian & Walter Mosley. This pack isn't that big obvs or energetic yet so I'm happy to add more 💃🏻

So hey, you see the anthology on the right? I have a story in that one. It's about...hmm...trees, becoming a tree. And bloody revenge. So like maybe you'd be into that.

HEY HEY the ebooks for SWORD STONE TABLE (coedited by @swapnakrishna.com) and FIT FOR THE GODS (coedited by S. Zainab Williams) are on sale thru Weds night! all major US retailers, etc etc, and let me tell you the stories are SO GOOD so this is a screamin’ deal

No one can do everything. But everyone can do something. And most of us can do a little more than we're doing. Doesn't have to be what everyone else is doing, either - I think it's about figuring out where you have influence & experience & what your community is & picking things that work there.

new fandom who dis: my friend took me to a Liberty playoff game and now i am ALL IN

It will surprise no one I am loving this—I am obviously biased because I am the number one @runwithskizzers.bsky.social fan. But a few things I want to highlight about PAYAL MEHTA’S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT: (1/?)

sorry I'm just really proud of this terrible joke (no actual shade on romantasy I just wanted to make the joke)

wrote about how adrienne maree brown’s LOVING CORRECTIONS led me to rereading THE DISPOSSED, among other things buttondown.com/jennIRL/arch...

hey bookfam! i will be at NEIBA this week, who will i see?

We are two weeks out from PAYAL MEHTA'S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT. If you're in Atlanta, come hang out at Brave + Kind Books on September 24! (There will be snacks! And fun!)

just over here singing “50 Ways To Look At Data” to myself

some new thoughts, largely about video games and good nonfiction reads: buttondown.email/jennIRL/arch...

ok but this design is fucking amazing???? Loyalty continues to bless my wardrobe www.bonfire.com/34i-am-a-kno...

🌺 Preorder Campaign! 🌺 PAYAL MEHTA’S ROMANCE REVENGE PLOT comes out in exactly three months, which means you have three months to get a signed book plate and an incredible sticker sheet (designed by @heeral.bsky.social). Just go to bit.ly/PayalPreorder and fill out the form!

It took us 3 1/2 years but @jennirl.bsky.social and I have officially hit the end of the solo Jordan books in our Wheel of Time reread podcast (!!!). I'll miss you making it weird, Robert Jordan. #TarValonOrBust 🎧 apple.co/38z4GtW 🎧 spoti.fi/3wp75Aw

OKAY SO Legacy Unbound is a publishing nonprofit looking to create employment opportunities for BIPOC folks, and they’re doing a fundraiser to support their internship program! i am crafting in support 🧵 legacyunbound.betterworld.org/campaigns/le...

a few rambles about being a parent and (of course) books: buttondown.email/jennIRL/arch...

YES YES YES IT IS HERE!!! love this! plz note i have already read the book and it is also FANTASTIC, preorder that ish if you want a fun romcom that is also smart as all get-out

honestly if you book this you can ask me just about anything -- short stories, freelancing, fandoms, podcasting, working with indie bookstores, working with publishers, working with media, nerdy stuff, cats, best types of tea ... the chat is your oyster

so sad to see this news! small presses are such an important part of the book world, regardless of what genre(s) you read. will keep an eye out for lists/resources to repost (note to self, make list of fav small presses...)

hey remember when people were saying, "but who among us is running an award well?" um, *checks notes* 18 days ago? did you think, "oh yeah I should donate" and then forgot? No shame, my neurospicy pal, this reminded me too let's go

it is up!!!! chat with me AND support a good cause