~ Gentle Reminder: Please REGISTER for FRIDAY ~ Luisa A. Igloria’s Chicago Book Launch Weekend is around the corner! Things to do: ✅Decide if you’re attending Fri or Sat (or both!) ✅ Register for Friday at Women & Children First Books. ✅ Pre-order CAULBEARER. See you soon!

Countdown: Two weeks until Luisa A. Igloria Weekend! And, lucky me, I get to interview her twice. @thepoetslizard.bsky.social

Four weeks til I’m in conversation with Luisa A. Igloria @thepoetslizard.bsky.social at Chicago’s legendary Women and Children First Books. Celebrate the launch of CAULBEARER, Luisa’s new poetry collection. April 11, 7 pm. Register for our free event. www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-rea... #booksky

Return of the Sandhill #Cranes. #nature #birding #intersectionalenvironmentalism

Yesterday’s #JOY: I baked chocolate chip cookies with my 3YO nephew, HappyFeet. Three is my fav preschool age. “Oooh! The sugar’s melting!” Can you taste the sea salt? A lil something for everyone.

Making my way through my mini #TBR pile from Dandelion Bookshop. I love #Reading and #writing across generations. #booksky

How Black communities are powering meaningful climate action - Capital B - This.

Discerning Your Calling: Richard Wright and the Price of Eggs open.substack.com/pub/jennysha...

20/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #writing #Philippines

Congratulations to all the winners and honorees of the @apalaweb.org literature awards!! Take a look at the awardees and maybe get a copy of the books! www.apalaweb.org/2025-asian-p... #LLX2024

A reminder...The deadline is only a few days away. If you know an APALA member who embodies Gayatri Singh's values, send an application in today!

Exactly what is needed right now: vision. SEEDS, gorgeous theme, vibrant kin.

While Human People are burning things down, the Dog People explode with JOY chomping on whatever sticks they happen to find on their morning walks. Here’s our #puppy, Shenanigans. My fav kind of shenanigans.

Indigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and Profiling. www.underscore.news/justice/fede...

(1/2) Image reads: Are you a Los Angeles author or Illustrator? We're soliciting submissions for an anthology of children's comics to support the fire relief efforts.

Know your rights. It’s working. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

In the spirit of celebrating and uplifting Black futures this #BlackHistoryMonth, here are 25 book releases from Black authors to look forward to in 2025! Perfect to add to your TBR so you can enjoy exciting new works by Black authors all year round 📚

Keep going. #BookSky

19/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #Writing

While things fall apart, while forces of destruction are acting like boogeymen, what are we building? How are we taking care of one another? The next revolution is unparalleled, collective, self-less love. Rest. And rise.

18/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #Writing #BlackSky

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15/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #ClimateChange

14/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge #Writing Catching up on my BookChallenge list.

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#Music for resilience. Happy International Clash Day! kexp.org

WNDB is proud to join more than 50 organizations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, distributors, and more signed a joint letter expressing concern that the Trump Administration’s executive order from January 20th will lead to censorship of literature. 🧵

People often ask me what role can #climatefiction and #solarpunk play in this moment. I talk about this often. Here's a quick thread 🧵 .

12/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge

One for all. And all for one. @scbwi.bsky.social and literary organizations reject censorship.

Meeting these days as a #meditator is pushing my practice in unexpected ways. Deep listening to the news. How can we nourish compassion for all sentient beings in this moment? Alleviate suffering? substack.com/@jimacosta/n...

Time to savor some #winter textures from last week. #trees #nature

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Sharing some lessons from the Korean people who impeached, arrested, and indicted the president for his abuse of power: 1. The People first went for the those that were under him who went along with his plans. Because once you get the henchmen, there's no one for the top to call on anymore.

11/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge

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@stitchwitchpam.bsky.social Welcome to my fav Stitchwitch!

7/20 #BookChallenge #BookSky

By me: ‘No rebuilding without them’: Trump’s immigration crackdown will upend disaster recovery - the vast majority of restoration workers rebuilding communities after floods, wildfires and other climate disasters are immigrants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

6/20 #BookChallenge #BookSky #Midwest

Today’s uplifting music: Legendary Mavis Staples. Helicopters still patrolling. Early this morning at 1:29 am and still now. But mutual aid, family, friendship, community, & love in all directions can ground us. open.spotify.com/track/264f7Z...

Because joy

5/20 #BookChallenge #BookSky #Writers #Climate

Lol Still learning BlueSky