This Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to learn more about Freedman & Black Natives! Visit IndigenousReadsRisin... for an insightful article on the history of Native Freedman and the legacy of Black Natives as well as related book lists for children, tweens, and teens.

I have a new column on translated books up at @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below: commapress.co.uk/books/palest...

Trying to finish this unnamed sister piece to Annabella and Emily…she’s 24x18, oil on paper… #art #Artwork #oilpainting #oilonpaper #blackart

Thank you, Becky Spratford and Library Journal, for this interview! I'LL MAKE A SPECTACLE OF YOU is my Southern Gothic HBCU horror novel with an all-Black and queer cast, out November 18, 2025. Read the full interview here: www.libraryjournal.com/story/LJ-Tal... #booksky #blackbooksky

Day 1 of #IndigenousPeoplesMonth: A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH, Lipan Apache author Darcie Little Badger's (@littlebadger.bsky.social) lauded Indigenous futurist YA fable. Full of monsters and magic, featuring Nina, a Lipan girl, and Oli, a cottonmouth, SNAKE sings in the style of traditional storytelling

Indigenous Peoples Month starts today! We'll be showcasing a #sciencefiction, #fantasy, or #horror book every day this month, all by Indigenous female, nonbinary, and trans authors from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. Let's make those TBR lists a few 📚 longer!

Let me make one think clear: I will not censor concepts such as diversity, intersectionality, and oppression now or ever. I’d rather lose work.

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

The characters I draw are real people, events, impressions, and sensations. They are stories, and when naming them, I try to express the substance of the work in words.

“How can you kill them now? Under which soil would you bury them, so that they turn into nothing but glass, so that your eyes will meet annihilation one last time in theirs.” — Samar Al-Ghussein Read her powerful poetry in its entirety at the link below.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! FAAM is honored to share the beauty, creativity, and unique stories of Indigenous People today and everyday. #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NativeArt #NativeSky #FirstAmericanArtMagazine

"Thunderhead" by Eugene Ridgely Jr. / Nii’eihii No’oteihi. Northern Arapaho tribal member, artist, culture and language educator & lecturer. #arapaho #indigenouspeoplesday #abstractart #nativeart

The People of Pattern Project, 2016 by Yemeni-Bosnian-US artist Alia Ali, on textile, culture and identity #womensar

Check out what came in the mail today! The new fall issue of #AIQ American Indian Quarterly with my #ledgerdoodle “Oklhilichi” (Dusk) is on the cover. #muskogean #ledgerart #dustign #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #americanindianquarterly

The Keffiyeh as Indra’s Net by Jamie John, “a 2-spirit trans & queer Anishinaabe & Korean-American multidisciplinary artist … [who draws] upon similarities between Indigenous nations [&] global steadfast fights for decolonization.” Read more at ihhba.org @ihhba.bsky.social @jamiejohnjpeg.bsky.social

𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧, published in 𝑈𝑠𝑎𝑤𝑎 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤’s 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐱 series, is a work of witness that gathers the voices of Afghan women writing through fear, exile and erasure. Curated by 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚. ⧉ 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄: usawa.in/matchbox/edi... 。。。。。

Bay Area! Join us and @litquake.org TONIGHT @ 7 pm at Telegraph Hill Books to celebrate the release of HAIR ON FIRE. This collection of 5 female Afghan poets is a blazing tribute and a reminder of what we lose when voices are silenced. RSVP: www.catranslation.org/event/litqua...

One of the best ways to mark #HispanicHeritageMonth is with a book exploring the rich cultural heritage of Hispanic-Americans and their countries of origin. But for countless school children across the country, those stories are out of reach: pen.org/books-that-e... #BannedBooksWeek #FreeTheBooks

Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games. Get in touch with me!

Congratulations @genni.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Creative Nonfiction for AFRO-CENTERED FUTURISMS IN OUR SPECULATIVE FICTION

Congratulations @soniasulaiman.bsky.social on winning the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works for THYME TRAVELERS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PALESTINIAN SPECULATIVE FICTION

I read YA sparingly & only if it's queer and/or POC. That said, Pet by Akweke Emezi is wonderful. Genre - Black Speculative Fiction. Lucille didn't feel like a fantasy to me. Every part touched this reality & a book for kids that discusses CSA in this way. Ofc I ate it up #booksky #blackbooksky

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum! Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

A portion of every purchase goes to support We Need Diverse Books as we continue our mission to diversify the publishing industry and support marginalized creatives — including those who disproportionately experience book banning due to their diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

In case you missed National Translation Day, Tobias Carroll has selected six must-reads for your TBR pile. Fiction from Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, the Republic of Congo, and Croatia, short stories from Japan, and poetry from Afghanistan! Check out our website for more details: buff.ly/L5uvWRs

🎉 Writers of color, get ready! #KweliLitFest25 is coming up October 18-28! By us, for us: Kweli International Literary Festival 2025 is exclusively for emerging #BIPOC writers of adult literature, led by some of the most celebrated writers of color working today!

Two Poems from Gaza by Dana Flaifl: Pre-order and Support French publisher Fidel Anthelme X is planning to bring out a bilingual Arabic-French collection by Palestinian poet Dana Flaifl, Tout ce que j’ai c’est l’écriture, avec elle je résiste, translated to the French by Lotfi Nia. The publisher…

I needed a little break from the chaos of our world. I am back at it, doing my part to support the resistors and defenders of democracy. To do the next outrageous thing that’s needed. #fiberart #resilience #womensart #artyear #artquilt #quiltsky #fiberartist #artsky#resistance

Brazilian artist Gabee Meyer creates artworks by painting on leaves 🍂🍃

#Sunrise over #LosAngeles this morning. Hoping everyone is having a wonderful day! #photography #photographer

Forthcoming October 2025: Two Novels and ‘Palestine is Everywhere’ As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really (to the best of our knowledge) coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month. If you have more books to add, please…

Taking a break from #5amwritersclub today. Yesterday my little debut, Ibis, was shortlisted for the Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. Still in my feels & can't get much work done. Tomorrow, I promise! 🥺 Get some words in for me? #centerforfiction #debutnovel #writesky #writingcommunity.

25th U.S. Poet Laureate, first Asian American to hold this honor. A big hell yeah for Arthur Sze today! www.npr.org/2025/09/15/n...

Coming Next Month (as counterprogramming to the Frankfurt Book Fair): The 2025 Palestinian Liberatory Book Fair: arablit.org/2025/09/30/c...

This promises to be a powerful collection that demands to be read. “This earth has lost its way, and still it spins and spins on itself. I am now either something or nothing. No one can see me to prove that truth.”

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—In his review of 𝐿𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑎: 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒; 𝑈𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑎𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑒𝑛,Kabir Deb offers an unflinching meditation on the cruelties of war & the fragile defiance of literature. ⧉ chajournal.blog/2025/09/22/l...

This week, 100% of profits from anything sold on or through ArabLit go to 19-year-old poet Marah Mohamed Al-Khattab, who writes, "In Gaza, dreams are interrupted before they can take shape. Here, we do not grow into adulthood—we are thrown into it by force."

Landback book list to get your truth & reconciliation reading on 🧡 #booksky #decolonize

Westville, OK (USA). Sony RX100VII. Zeiss 24-200mm. 📸🖤⚪️ #Photography #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Oklahoma #GreenCountry #IndigenousArt #Travel

"Betrayal" mixed media 12x24 acrylics and ink on wood slab. Redbird Smith art Etsy #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #WomensArt #Art #artText #FemaleArtist #WomenArtists #artwork #selfportrait #AmericanArtist #AmericanArt #bskyart #GladysRockmoreDavis #NationalAcademyofDesign

Check out what came in the mail yesterday. The new summer issue of #AIQ American Indian quarterly with my painting “Muskogean Gothic” is on the cover. #muskogeangothic #americangothic #muskogean #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #americanindianquarterly

Introduction: My name is Lance, I’m a Cherokee artist in South Dakota. I will share my spiritual paintings and works on this account, likes/reposts & follows are much appreciated. 🙏🏼 #art #indigenousart #artistintroduction #native #nativepride #indigenous #native #nativeamerican #painting #acrylic

#ChiefofWar is a tremendous series, due in part to its authenticity and depiction of indigenous Hawaiians including koa wahine. Kudos to all involved and all the Hawaiian warriors out there. #hawaii #appletvplus

Dropped off my work for my upcoming Solo Exhibition 'Seeds of Tradition' @richmondartcenter I am very excited and honored, thank you! Opens 9/24 Reception 9/27 , 1-3 Artist Talk 10/11, 12:30🦋✨️ #painter, #art, #latinxartist #visionaryart #portrait #narrativeart #soloexhibition #artexhibition

illustration i did for the canadian medical association! raven pricking himself on the thorns of a devil's club stem (which are harvested for medicine by us tsimshians and many others) #art #formline #indigenousart

Learn about the life and work of Cherokee Nation painter Traci Rabbit in our Summer 2025 issue. Pictured: Traci Rabbit and Bill Rabbit (both Cherokee Nation), "The Lesson," 2016, gouache on paper, 48 × 36 in

Books To Read for Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month #booksky #diversebooksky

New blog post: Great books for teens by Indigenous authors, including @littlebadger.bsky.social, @antontreuer.bsky.social, Angeline Boulley, and Cherie Dimaline. #booksky #YA #Indigenous www.lisayelon.com/blog/indigen...