Amazing list of Black book releases in 2026 organized by genre by #KinFolkLit! www.instagram.com/p/DSgHs6Djnp... #BookLovers #BlackAuthors #Books #BookSky #BlackBookSky #WritingCommunity #Writing #Writers #Authors #Reading #Read #WritersWrite

grateful | adjective | appreciative of benefits received : feeling or showing thanks Thank you all for a superlative year. Here are some of our favorite posts of 2025.

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little." ‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.” So a napkin is a little tablecloth. 10/10, no notes.

The Netflix and Amazon broadcasts are a great reminder that live sports is a deeply, deeply difficult type of TV that requires huge crews of profoundly skilled and experienced people who have worked together for a long time to look natural

Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.

The real wonderland: My mama & I really enjoyed the Graves Family Christmas House in my hometown, #DecaturWhereItsGreater, Georgia! We weren’t the only ones. After 45 years of putting on this spectacular display, the line to walk through was down the street! #FamilyFun #MerryChristmas #HolidayLights

Me, my mama, my daughter & the collard greens man at the Graves Family Christmas House. Cannot believe they have been putting on this neighborhood holiday light spectacular for 45 years really close to where I grew up in #DecaturWhereItsGreater! And I’d never been?!?! #FamilyFun #MerryChristmas

Surprised my mama with a super fun visit to the Graves Family Christmas House in #DecaturWhereItsGreater, Georgia! And do y’all see this brother with an arm full of collards & a light in the other hand showing folks where to go. Such a delightful night! #FamilyFun #MerryChristmas #HolidayLights

The power of #reading, #bookclubs & #libraries via #PercivalEverett. www.instagram.com/reel/DPYT_WB... #WriterSky #BookSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #WritersWrite

Seen on the @atlantabeltline.org: @atlanta.loves.art #ArtSky #Art #Atlanta #ArtMoves

Seen on the @atlantabeltline.org: @atlanta.loves.art @mayapapayaart82 @r.kash.art @keith_blackboxartgallery #ArtSky #Art #Atlanta #ArtMoves

Currently reading You’ve Got a Place Here, Too: An Anthology of Black Live Stories Set at HBCUs Edited by @ebonyladelle.bsky.social With stories by @aaronkfoley.bsky.social, @farrahrochon.bsky.social, @kennedyryan.bsky.social & more www.ebonyladelle.com/youve-got-a-... #Romancelandia #BookSky

#Sunsets & #writing outside. #Joy. #Atlanta #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #AuthorSky #BookSky #WritersWrite

What an awesome & stimulating time as always with artist Annika Jones from Artful Hues & @thetenth.club. Grateful to be in the number discussing the wonderful writer #ValerieBoyd & her deep impact. #Atlanta #CulturalSalons #BookLovers #WritingCommunity #WritersWrite www.instagram.com/reel/DQ9yZFE...

It was all the way live at Cascade Skates’ Skatetonia in honor of the 25th anniversary of #Stankonia. #OutKast #andre3000 #bigboi #HometownLove #HipHopForever #ATLBaby #ReadLinerNotes

Dope ride at Cascade Skates’ Skatetonia in honor of the 25th anniversary of #Stankonia. #OutKast #andre3000 #bigboi #HometownLove #HipHopForever #ATLBaby #ReadLinerNotes

I had a blast getting my roll on last week at Cascade Skate’s Skatetonia in honor of the 25th anniversary of #Stankonia. #OutKast #andre3000 #bigboi #HometownLove #HipHopForever #ATLBaby #ReadLinerNotes

Swipe left for the BEST gratitude & shoutouts to #ATL & #Decatur from #OutKast - #BigBoi & #Andre3000. #HipHopForever #WritersWrite #Atlanta #CreativityRules #HometownLove #ReadLinerNotes www.instagram.com/p/DQ0jK3eDAU...

I wrote 746 bad words last night. But I wrote, prioritizing progress over perfection, per #VictoriaChristopherMurray’s advice & #LoriTharps’ Sanctuary 715 November challenge. Let’s see if I can do it again & enjoy it. open.substack.com/pub/vcmwrite... #BlackWriters #BookSky #WritersWrite #Writing

#TheDiplomat creator #DeboraCahn on planting storylines & not knowing which will grow. This whole Origin Stories podcast episode is excellent if you’re exploring multiple storylines with compelling characters in your #writing. #Storytelling #WritersWrite podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Like "We Are the World," only… better! “The Sisterhood, 1977,” Vertamae Grosvenor, Alice Walker, Lori Sharpe, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Nana Maynard, Ntozake Shange, and Audreen Ballard. 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting

Who wants to #write EVERY day in November? 🙋🏾‍♀️ Let’s join #VictoriaChristopherMurray for her #WriteNow November in honor of #NationalNovelWritingMonth! open.substack.com/pub/vcmwrite... #WritersWrite

David Wright Faladé has some good examples of narrative time & how to use background & flashbacks in this short story, which he reads in the New Yorker’s Writer’s Voice podcast. Any any other recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks! www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-... #Writing #Writers #Authors

Via @nytimes.com: “Any lab can test for S.T.I.s, but commercial tests cannot determine whether #gonorrhea will respond to available treatments. #CDC scientists developed the only such test, and provided funding and training to a few dozen labs on the sophisticated testing.”

Excited that the wonderful @raechesny invited me to chat about my experiences at the inaugural #ZoraNealeHurston Summit! Please join our convo about all things Zora TOMORROW, Tuesday, 3/25 on @zoranealehurstontrust’s IG LIVE at 4:30 pm ET. #WritersWrite #BookSky #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky #WriterSky

The military story of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball after serving as a 2nd lieutenant in the Army, no longer exists on the Department of Defense’s website as part of the Trump administration’s wiping out of DEI within the federal government. nbcnews.to/4kZ4kgE

Consider getting a Black-owned book subscription box to celebrate the last day of #BlackHistoryMonth 📚 booksforblackkids.com/15-black-own... #booksky #blacksky #blackbooksky #edusky #blackedusky #parenting #parentsky #supportblackownedbusinesses #supportblackbusinesses #economicblackout

UPDATE: A federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing the head of the U.S. African Development Foundation, one of the smallest agencies in the federal government, as the agency sues to stop DOGE from shutting it down.

The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...

My latest piece for @teenvogue.com delves into the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A. Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it had been tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia, without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars.

My fave #read last month was #Erasure by #PercivalEverett, which did double duty for my reading for pleasure & #reading for #writing. Added new #books to my library, including from #TaraRoberts & #ImaniPerry. #BookSky #BlackBookSky #WriterSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #BookLovers #WritersWrite

#Atlanta, I hope you’ll join me on Friday for a conversation with #FirstBornGirls author #BerniceLMcFadden & #YayaAndTheSea author #KarenGoodMarable! Details: www.eventbrite.com/e/firstborn-.... #BookSky #Memoir #AuthorSky #WriterSky #WriterCommunity #BlackBookSky #WritersWrite

Imagine my surprise after finishing #PercivalEverett’s stimulating “Erasure,” now allowing myself to read reviews & finding an @npr.org one that uses Sapphire’s Push as an example of the types of #novels Erasure targeted. I’m remembering Push’s controversy. #BookSky #BlackBookSky #AuthorSky #Writing

Read about #EllaFitzgerald’s & #LouisArmstrong’s lovely “Stars Fell on Alabama” in the last 10 pages of #PercivalEverett’s “Erasure.” Just gorgeous. youtu.be/YIz4ejx5fCs?... #BookSky #BlackBookSky #MusicSky #AuthorSky #Writing #WritersWrite

A friend sent me a hilarious text about how the hacker who has control of my previous Facebook account is now telling folks I bought an ambulance with my cryptocurrency wins. Don’t believe or give this criminal money. Report account as fake if you see it. DM me for verification. #FacebookHacked 😡

Trump fires Black joint chiefs chair Hegseth accused of promoting diversity

High Point University loses federal funding to train teachers

In full bloom. #FlowersMakeEverythingBetter & #BooksAreAwesome #MoreBeauty #BlackBookSky #BookSky

I JUST underlined this passage in Erasure a couple of days ago. I’m about 2/3rds through #PercivalEverett ‘s book & I’m already slowing down my pace, as I do with all #books I never want to end. I’m learning so much from #ReadingForWriting. #Writing #BookSky #AuthorSky #WritersWrite

Saw Sapphire’s “Push” in your photo. Sharing a post I wrote last week, including how “Push” is the only book I think I’ve ever read in one day as an adult. That was quite a read! I simultaneously was traumatized and enthralled. open.substack.com/pub/enjoycei... #BlackBookSky #BookSky #WritersWrite

Love those #writing inspirations that come from other forms of #creativity! #WritingCommunity

And I feel you on having something-music-that conjures ambiance & energy. For me, these days that comes from observing life, considering my perspective on past experiences, content that I take in-podcasts, film, lyrics, art, news, great journalism or essays about craft & writing. #WritingCommunity

In this first draft, silence is allowing me to get the idea out of my head-even as I take long detours from my outline bc I think I have a better idea in the moment or my characters develop their own will/desires. I just want to get it out, so I can edit it into what I really want. #WritingCommunity

You’re about to have a good time reading those!

#ToniMorrison ‘s #TheBluestEye was my favorite book for like 25 years until I read #IsabelWilkerson ‘s #TheWarmthOfOtherSuns. Weirdly, sometimes I miss The Bluest Eye being my fave, but it will always be my first fave as an adult. #BlackBookSky #BookSky #BlackAuthors #WritingCommmunity #WritersWrite

When scholars see the scholarly themes in romance novels… Specifically, the scholarly themes in the Black Historical Romance novels of Beverly Jenkins ( @authormsbev.bsky.social). ✍🏾📚💕🎓 #BookSky #BlackBookSky #RomanceBookSky #Romancelandia #BeverlyJenkins