Hannah Oliver Depp: "For the month of Aug., we were down about 60% year over year... People are in pain, they’re suffering, they’re scared... Not-for-profits who might be aligned with us...fear repercussions if they were seen to support a Black, queer, Asian, disability-owned independent bookstore."

Correct me if I've got this wrong, but you can only buy physical books to order on @bookshop.org via browser? The app is only for e-books?? Am I missing something?

Excited to lead this reading group at The Center for Fiction this fall: Reading Hispaniola: Edwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez with Dr. Norrell Edwards | The Center for Fiction share.google/1TCxYxoE5Afi...

Absolutely was not aware of this word b4 but will be using putting to use immediately

Thinking about the gap between knowing something because you've been told versus knowing something because of lived experience. Folks are humbled everyday once that experience hit.

Watches Blink Twice with the fam the other night & was totally disturbed by the ending. Anyone else seen it/have thoughts?

Has anyone else watched or been watching The Better Sister on Prime Video? My mom & I are about 5 episodes in--really liking it! Family drama, murder, complex trauma histories and betrayal...class disparities between sisters...

Watchin this mandatory HR video on retaliation in the workplae & thinking about the painful irony of our current federal govts stance on retaliation 🙃🙃🙃

Trying to wrap my mind around this request for final report submissions from the NEH after terminating grants and rescinding funds. Like what exactly are they looking for? We used about 1/10th of the money we were promised, thanks?

Does it not blow your mind that on top of being Stacey Abrams, Stacy Abrams writes novels?!

Wondering if I should start posting bookish content here 🤔🤔🤔

In another life I could have been an HR manager or a recruiter--babyy let me tell you--I can read between the lines on a resume LOL.

I wonder if I'll get to a point in my life where sharing my journal doesn't feel absolutely mordifying.

You know there are millions of young native New Yorkers who god forbid would like to afford their city of birth & hometown. Ughh such a NY is for transplants perspective 🤮🤮🤮

I notice when lookin in these healthcare provider portals the (seemingly) white physicians decline to answer their race and ethnicity while the physicians of color always answer. Speaks alot to the ways poc are used to being "raced" and white Americans are not.

Just awful

Are you a badass feminist who loves literature and has a talent for running & funding humanities/literary organizations? If so...I think you should consider applying to be Executive Director of the Feminist Press. DM w/ questions 😊 cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Very disappointed that @netflix.com has canceled #Theresidence after just 1 season. Sigh I had so enjoyed it.

Overheard in NYC suburban cafe "All the young people voted for him. They don't know what the fuck they're doing." 🙄🙄🙄

JFK startin to rival Newark as my most hated NYC metro ara airport 😩😩😩

Honestly, moving your parent out of the home they've occupied for 20+ years has to be the worst move of them all--worse than any of your own 😩😩😩. It's the same level of stress if not more but half the control.

Do the kids still use 3 ring binders or is that a relic of antiquity now?

Watching Tyler Perry's #Straw on Juneteenth was the worst decision I've made as a Black person this year. 😭😭😭

No lies were told!!! Teyana said THIS IS A RUNWAY!!! #Straw #Netflix

🥴🥴🥴 And that's exactly what you get when you vote for racism as President.

Makes me think ALOT about the War on Drugs & the way the Black community was encouraged to see youth as predators & want them locked up. The division we're seeing in Latin communities on deportation feels similar...spurred by fearmongering about "criminals." Curious how the 2030's talk about this

It is RIF separation day at NEH. More than 100 of us lose our jobs today. Our hearts are heavy and broken. None of this had to happen. Fellow NEHers, we cross this threshold together. One we hoped would never appear. We will continue to stand as tall as we can. 🤍 #NEH #Resist

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2025 has been rough to us all, but my god LA. Wishing safety for everyone.

I spent alot of time in my PhD program learning about the Duvalier dictatorship during the first Trump presidency & the commonalities then were striking. If I learned anything from Haiti--at a certain point it's incredibly difficult to switch course once the damage is done.

Accusing him of trafficking because he was driving a car with undocumented men in TN while nowhere near the Mexico border is so wild.

Is it possible for U.S. politics ro get anymore embarassing than it currently is?? Like truly--is it possible?

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I flew Frontier last month, was Group 1 & pleasantly shocked to actually board sp early. A new experience lmao. Now Frontier has a host of other issues...but that was nice.

Attention all Publishing Workshop Alumni and 2025 Fellows in the Bay Area and Los Angeles! We have two happy hour mixers coming up this month🎉 Hope to see you there Bay Area RSVP tinyurl.com/LARBPW25 LA RSVP timyurl.com/LAPW2025

For me to read in the near future. I was just thinking about how quiet things have been about the fate of #kilmarabregogarcia

Giving absolutely nothing. Just say no comment/ I can't share our plans (lackthereof) yet. smh

This was the final week of publishing stories @yesmedia.bsky.social. I am honored to have helmed this editorial ship and to have published these final stories that remained true to our mission of publishing solutions that can be replicated. Here are those final stories ⬇️

Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!

Editors, please assign a deep dive piece on the grave damage musk & doge have done to the United States, rather than how he’s feeling about it.

Today, we lost an absolute legend. I am sending deep condolences to the family of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. A giant has fallen, but he leaves behind an epic, historic legacy. May he rest well, and may those that follow in his wake uphold the powerful work he gifted to the world.

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Rest In Peace Ngugi Wa Thiongo. You did amazing work in promoting African languages and decolonising literature. Interesting how his critique of politics from half a century ago is still relevant to date.

RIP to a literary titan. I need to revisit his work this summer. Man his stance on African languages blew my mind in undergrad.

Feeling a smidge of fomo for my students visiting Accra without me this year. But I'm so happy another cohort from my West African Women Writers course is getting to experience the African continent for the first time 😊

Sometimes I wonder what is the point of making someone an editor on a Google doc before sharing IF Google is only going to turn around after you send the document and make that same person request access to the very document you made them an editor on....??

Does anyone else find themselves packing a suircase and the more pressing concern is what books to bring versus the clothes? Or is that just a me thing??

A sick, sad cycle smh