Amanda Borquaye

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@Tin_House '23 | @FletcherSchool '22 | @TuftsUniversity '18 | Longtime Twitter lurker mustering up the courage to tweet

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

Thank you @longleafreview 🙏🏿 And a huge congratulations to all nominees for their stunning work

[longleaf review 🍃 @longleafreview]

Today we're excited to announce nominations!

First up is our Pushcart noms. Be sure to give a congrats to @TaraCampbellCom, @cosmicdrip_, @MordecaiPMartin, @AmandaBorquaye, @QuinnForlini, and Aidan Dolbashian!!! 🍃

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

Thanks so much for having me, @TheInnerLoopLit!

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

@YvonneLiuWriter Congratulations, Yvonne! I can't wait to see your work out in the world.

[UNRWA @UNRWA]

There are no words.

[兔兒神 @chenchenwrites]

i want life to matter. i want people to matter. i want grief to matter. i want language to matter. i want connection to matter. it is heartbreaking to witness so much sanitized cruelty. genocide, displacement, dehumanization. i want the heart to matter. i wish it did. much more.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

This raised hand will be etched into the annals of history, inscribed on the page of disgrace.

This compromises the integrity of the #UNSC, which should be an instrument for peace, operating within the framework of Int'l Law rather than working against it.

[Writers Against the War on Gaza @wawog_now]

“I only have my pen, I'll throw it at the occupation soldiers if they invade, even if that's the last thing I do." Rafaat Alareer

Let this be a rallying cry to writers everywhere

🕯️

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

@gisselleyepes Me plz 🤗

[Khaled Hosseini @khaledhosseini]

As Pakistan deports undocumented Afghans, I am worried about the children who face abuse, exploitation, & violence. Their future in Afghanistan, which many have never seen and where almost 30M need aid, is grim. Vulnerable Afghans must not be returned to unsafe conditions.

[ayan. @artan_ayan]

The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.

[N.S. Ahmed @NSAhmed99]

Isabella Hammad (Sep 2020, around a year after the publication of her first book) precisely and poignantly answering a question about what her hope is for Palestine and what she envisioned for her homeland's future.

[Mondoweiss @Mondoweiss]

Keep my stories alive, so that you keep me alive. Remember that the world that pretended to be the savior of humanity participated in killing it.

https://t.co/bDpbs3hAOC

[Abby Martin @AbbyMartin]

Israel is now bombing bus convoys of Palestinians they told to flee to the south of Gaza. 70 killed so far. Thousands aimlessly walk while bombs drop around them. My friend said internet will be cut off in a few hours w/no more contact: “I hope these are not my last words to you”

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

@gabadle Omg are you in DC now?

[Emily Mirengoff @EMirengoff]

What album is 10/10 for you, no skips?

[Glumcore @theprimalplot]

20,000 dead from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. A number that should haunt us all. I can't but feel anger because there is nothing natural about the scale of this number, it is by design -- a legacy of neglect from governments prioritising military power over human life.

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

@mitche11sc And your reads certainly did not disappoint!

[🌺Mai Perkins✨TWNE 📖✍🏿✨ @FlyMai16]

Before the Memphis Police Dept. releases the video of 5 MPD officers murdering #TyreNichols during a routine traffic stop, and that heinous video inevitably goes viral, I want to amplify THIS video of Tyre LIVING his best life. 🛹👑🙏🏿😔✊🏿
#JusticeForTyreNichols
🎥: Austin Dean

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

@neihalash @longleafreview Awww thank you Neiha 🥺

[Amanda Borquaye @AmandaBorquaye]

Thank you @longleafreview 🙏🏿 And a huge congratulations to all nominees for their stunning work

[longleaf review 🍃 @longleafreview]

Today we're excited to announce nominations!

First up is our Pushcart noms. Be sure to give a congrats to @TaraCampbellCom, @cosmicdrip_, @MordecaiPMartin, @AmandaBorquaye, @QuinnForlini, and Aidan Dolbashian!!! 🍃