In Paris bookstore and American dude walks in w dad & points to a book by a HS mate (a woman, I know btw). Store owner had to convince him to buy! A friend of mine, after seeing a stranger post about my book, commented that he needed a new read. I’m not an auto buy, friend?! It’s rough out here!

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

The pain of wearing a hole in the crotch of your favorite jeans cannot be explained. And no patch can ever make them new again. 😩

Wrote a whole book on my time in South Africa just at the end of Apartheid and I can assure you that even when they could easily have been targets of persecution, Afrikaners were not. Ramaphosa laughed because it’s all so absurd. #casualtiesoftruth

Something is in the water today. And I have time.

I always say you don’t get extra credit for getting the details right in a historical fiction novel. Almost at the end of my draft, about to send it to my agent, when I accidentally run across mention of an ancient looking bookstore I mention in my manuscript. Opened in 2005! 😆

Washington Writers Conference Panel in the Spotlight: “Telling the Untold Tale: Finding Your Niche in Historical Fiction.” @louisbayard.bsky.social @aaronhamburger.bsky.social @timwendel.bsky.social @laurenfsharma.bsky.social @dcwriterscon.bsky.social #booksky

No food or supplies have entered Gaza in over three weeks, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees says, making it the longest stretch without aid entering the enclave.

Just left a message thanking his staff for all this incredible research.

Senator Booker is so amazing that even Corey Booker is trending! Maybe that's @bsky.app's idea of an April Fool's joke, but show some respect and spell it right! #CoryBooker

🙌 @mprnews.org talks to @laurenfsharma.bsky.social CASUALTIES OF TRUTH www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

In their minds, South Africa is Haiti. They want to make them an example. #casualtiesoftruth

Clearly, the FB algorithm doesn’t want me to talk politics but tomorrow nite, I’m talking about it all at Capitol View Branch for DC Reads. I asked to do this in SE bc the conversations around literature and politics should not be centered in NW. Tell friends, bring friends. Community is necessary.

The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from nearby farms and ranchers. Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food has been canceled. This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.

Wow!! So thrilled!!

I'm seeing SO MANY posts without alt text, all of a sudden. Pals, please, if an image is worth sharing, it's worth sharing with everyone. Take a moment, click the "+ ALT" at the top of the image preview, and describe what's there for people who can't see (or just can't load) images.

Thank you, Canada. The pain you’re inflicting is what the moment demands.

If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations. If you're 45, that number is 74.7%. If you're under 30, the number is 100%.

I can’t help but think we might not be here if we hadn’t put so much emphasis on STEM three decades ago. Now, we’re contending with heartless, soulless bot-humans who haven’t read a book outside of the “bro curriculum” since elementary school

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Didn’t watch the clown show last night but am hearing whispers that some Dem voters are upset that Dems in congress stayed seated for the whole speech. Seriously?

Not sure I could love Vermont more.

🎉 @laurenfsharma.bsky.social + @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social SRO crowd at Center for Fiction last night. #casualtiesoftruth 🔥🔥🔥

I just heard they opened up a few more seats! Hope to see you later! events.humanitix.com/casualties-o...

“Swollen nuggets of ice fell from the August sky as if to announce summer’s refusal to be predictable.” Read from @laurenfsharma.bsky.social’s novel, Casualties of Truth.

This happened today too!!

It's here!!!! @laurenfsharma.bsky.social

My first review in The New York Times!! And it’s amazing!!! So so grateful!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...

@laurenfsharma.bsky.social recommends books that explore South African identity by Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, J. M. Coetzee, Mohale Mashigo, and more.

Also in this Sunday's print edition, I was thrilled to get Nadia Owusu to review CASUALTIES OF TRUTH by the fabulous @laurenfsharma.bsky.social for the @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/05/a...

Recent interviews in Lit Life include @laurenfsharma.bsky.social, @cabockwrites.bsky.social, @gwydions.bsky.social, and more!

A live zoom literary event for Black women authors was hacked this morning with the confederate flag, porn and N words. Read Lauren Francis-Sharma’s @laurenfsharma.bsky.social’s IG post here. Does anyone know anyone at zoom who should know about this?

I sat in front of a screen for my last book tour. This time, I’m coming IRL to Harvard Bookstore. Every time I’ve visited since 2000 they’ve had my book on the shelf or the window! I’ll never forget that support! So let’s have fun! I’ll be w Mark Cecil on February 27th at 7pm!! #casualtiesoftruth

So grateful for this! #casualtiesoftruth coming Feb 11th. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

One of the best posts on the current situation and how to deal with it that I’ve seen … wise and important words from sociologist Jennifer Walter about what is happening in this country right now and what to do about it: "As a sociologist, I need to tell you: Your overwhelm is the goal.”

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

I've seen it a few times today so reminder that: Colombia, the country, has an O in it. Like, "O damn that food is good", or "O wow I love Shakira!" Columbia is a university. It has a U, like University. (It's also a province in Canada and a place in Tennessee but let's keep things simple)

This checks out. The headline in the NYT does not agree with the article. Petro asked for dignity in transport, agreed to repatriation and Mad King Don said okay. A win for Columbia. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

On February 22nd, I’ll be in conversation about my new book Casualties of Truth with the beautiful and brilliant @tiffanydcross at @prattlibrary on Cathedral Street at 3pm. It’s gonna be fun and smart and I really hope you’ll come out, Baltimore!! calendar.prattlibrary.org/event/lauren...

Got a calendar? Mark it! Here’s the first part of @laurenfsharma.bsky.social Lauren Francis-Sharma’s nationwide tour for CASUALTIES OF TRUTH laurenfrancissharma.com/events/

Today!!

And there it is. The Department of Justice has frozen all case activity in the civil rights division. This is the mechanism of enforcement for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and so much more.

Guess what?! Not only am I going to be in conversation with THE Kwame Alexander at Politics and Prose on February 12th, but if you order a book before February 4th from the store, your copy will be signed by me! If you’re in DC, come out on the 12th and let’s intentionally create community!!

Turn off the news for a few hours and claim a little joy on the evening of February 18th! Join me and Cleyvis Natera at @center4fiction sponsored by @bklyncbeanlitfest. If you know us, you know it’s gonna be fun and smart! Come thru!! #casualtiesoftruth

Friends are sending me photos of my book arriving three weeks early in the mail! They pre-ordered and they’re showing all this love at a time when I most need it! Talk about a lift!!

Also someone has got to be keeping track of the Democrat/Zionist to Trump apologist pipeline because it is CROWDED

This is exactly how I feel today.

Feeling all of the feelings today, especially the jagged ones? Me too. But here’s some counter-programming: A surprise episode of @bitracial.bsky.social’s podcast THE STACKS! I join her to talk about Toni Morrison’s lecture “Goodness and the Literary Imagination.”