There was something about the way Obama carried the office. The calm. The dignity. The class. Obama's presidency left behind a feeling that never quite leaves you. Happy Obama Appreciation Day ♥️ #ObamaAppreciationDay #NoKings #SheShed

. Book Recommendations . . . ?! I love this ! #BookSky 💙 📚 .

Possibly unpopular opinion? I think artists should get to sign the art they make for book covers. It should be right there, on the front, because it’s never been more important to showcase the humanness of art. And also there are many times when I see a beautiful cover and wonder, “Who made this?”

Agree.

I’m thrilled that DEATH OF AN EX is a finalist in the Best Hardcover Novel category for the Anthony Awards at Bouchercon 2026! Congratulations to all the nominees!

Same energy:

Black-Owned Bookstores Are Redefining the Reading Experience for Next Gen www.ebony.com/black-owned-...

Happy National Independent Bookstore Day! And a hearty thank you to the booksellers who curate books and host readings and connect readers and authors to one another 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾(Photo is at Reparations Club Bookstore, LA)

Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. I would love to give you a personalized rec if you tell me what kind of book you’re looking for and promise to buy from your favorite indie or Bookshop.org.

Find your next favorite read at a Black-owned bookstore!

Lovely to see!

Hero.

Jesse Jackson mattered.

In New Jersey. Today.

Tell them, Delia!

🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.

Timeline upgrade.

Where we are now.

Resistance anthem.

We are witnessing Lexington and Concord in our lifetimes.

Accurate.

Uneducated voters will always be a greater danger to this country than immigrants.

Physical and digital bookstores often still spotlight the same legacy names. Let's read more expansively! @crimewoc.bsky.social 🔗 crimewritersofcolor.com includes some of the best crime fiction available, from cozies to whodunit to noir. While you're at it, you can broaden your Bsky feed too:

Gracious words from @deliapitts50.bsky.social regarding my story "Bad Man Down" in BAMS'25. 20 great authors. Makes a fine stocking stuffer for the mystery/thriller fan in your life: bit.ly/4drzg5P

This will be a blast! See you there!

Vote. It’s your right and your responsibility.

Anyone surprised?

Vote Nov. 4.

Just contributed to the Rio Grande Valley Poetry Festival needs our support to make this year's event diverse and accessible. Every little bit helps. Please share and donate if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/support-th...

In bookstores today, LOA’s one-volume edition of Octavia E. Butler’s Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy, featuring the classic novels Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago. Genius works of Afrofuturism, they ask enduring questions about colonization, gender, technology, and the future of humankind.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Hightstown” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

ANTIFA:

I cancelled my Disney Plus Hulu subscription today. I commented on the feedback box that the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel was an un-American attack on the First Amendment and it served to undermine our democracy. Now I need to send that monthly contribution to my local PBS station.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

Correct. Again.

And now, ep. 367E: DEATH OF AN EX brings Vandy Myrick back to her sleuthing ways – fresh off the grief from losing her daughter, now she must deal with another shocking loss. Her charismatic ex. @deliapitts50.bsky.social @minotaurbooks.bsky.social turnthepage.blubrry.net/2025/09/11/t...

HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY: The Pixel Project will be hosting our 23rd "Read For Pixels" YouTube Livestream Panel Session featuring Delia Pitts, Laurie R. King, and SJ Rozan at 8.30pm ET, Saturday 13th September 2025. check out the poster & bookmark the YouTube Live page @ tinyurl.com/SolvingThePa...

Fun times with mystery writers!

Gonna be great.

Cool giveaway.

Me too.

Yes!

The best. By far.

Happy release day to @vmburnsbooks.bsky.social for ICING ON THE MURDER by Valerie Burns! www.amazon.com/Icing-Murder...

The absolute greatest, disquietingly relevant these days. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Yes.

Don't miss the latest Crime Writers of Color Coming Attractions kingsriverlife.com/07/19/crime-... @crimewoc.bsky.social @deliapitts50.bsky.social @harininagendra.bsky.social @misericordius.bsky.social @jenngivhan.bsky.social @victorsuth.bsky.social @shellystrattonbook.bsky.social #mysterybooks 💙📚

🎧 Death of an Ex by Delia Pitts @deliapitts50.bsky.social @TheRealBahniT @MinotaurBooks @stmartinspress.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social #LoveAudiobooks @blacktop1950 @MacmillanAudio

Such a fun topic!