FPP Reading Series

Harlem reading series showcasing literary excellence since 2012. See us at via Zoom. Curator and Digital Editor @stacylemelle. Next reading: 9/12/21 - VIRTUAL

[FPP Reading Series @FPPHarlem]

Leaving this reading with a full heart. So much to think about and to feel after these wonderful readings. Thank you to @DeanValdesMHC Peter Markus @KevinMcilvoy @SonofBaldwin & @allenrgee. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Louis M. Cypher @lou_m_cypher]

If six of y'all went out
Then four of you were really cheap
Cause only two of you had dinner
I found your credit card receipt

[Reighan Gillam @Reighangillam]

"the 8 episode Querino Project, Rogero ponders the whitewashing of key moments in Brazilian history, including its 1822 independence from Portugal... “We are a country that doesn’t want to see itself as a Black country, despite being majority Black” https://t.co/gERcCMJCpL

[Marlon Bishop @MarloniousThunk]

Imagine an 100% blackout in your country in the year 2022. Now imagine you are controlled by the richest country in the history of the world.

[Emily Raboteau @emilyraboteau]

This is a sister issue to the Angry Mamas portfolio in @kenyonreview’s
July/Aug climate issue.

(Because there are countless Angry Mamas.)

https://t.co/2K6tCQY8kc

[Emily Raboteau @emilyraboteau]

Check out the gorgeous cover image by @4eyedgirl_ for @asterixjournal’s
climate issue,
MOTHERS UNEARTHED
launching next week.
#ClimateWeekNYC

[Maria Hinojosa 🥑 @Maria_Hinojosa]

JOIN ME TOMORROW WITH @WordUpBooks 🤩🥳😜

Let’s celebrate 🎉 the launch of #OnceIWasYouYRE #OnceIWasYou

RSVP (Free or suggested donation $5): https://t.co/1jrFV0YNbd

[Scratch n Survive @sebrophd]

This book is very well researched, and is helping me unpack my use of “hustle economics.” Thank you @madameclair08

[James Yeh @jamesyeh]

Submissions call!

I’m delighted to announce I'm the visiting editor for the next issue of @mcsweeneys. This Friday at 10 AM PST we're opening up for fiction submissions—short stories, flash, and other formats. Please check out our guidelines here: https://t.co/CrbY7k4k47

[AfricansInHarlem @AfricansHarlem]

Invited guest on podcast to discuss my forthcoming book “Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story” @FordhamPress @FPPHarlem @HarlemOneStop @ComAfricans https://t.co/MLy1mrNfrL

[Chaya Bhuvaneswar @chayab77]

it was such an honor to read with @jerichobrown at @FPPHarlem. he's exactly in-person as you hope he'd be, from the page. consistent light.

[WXYZ Detroit @wxyzdetroit]

James Crumbley's ex says he left them strapped for cash, calls Jennifer a ‘monster' https://t.co/mQjcFFJfHD

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

The Michigan school shooting suspect's parents withdrew $4,000 from an ATM today, an official says, and their cell phones are turned off
https://t.co/3zOMp0cU1J

[Latino USA @LatinoUSA]

#NowPlaying🎙️

For more than 40 years, the @NuyoricanPoets has been a haven for Black & Latinx artists. Poets Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez & @LaBrujaNYC, playwright @ishmaelreed, & artist & archivist Lois Elaine Griffith talk about the cafe’s legacy.

LINK: https://t.co/AF6Ef7RaCm

[Black Studies Department at CCNY @BlackCCNY]

The 2021 Langston Hughes Festival honoring Jamaica Kincaid is next week! Find more information and RSVP for our virtual day symposium and evening ceremony here:
https://t.co/FvlOfPeVZV
@CityCollegeNY @ccnyalumni @cpowellschool @CUNY

[Maria Hinojosa 🥑 @Maria_Hinojosa]

This is an exciting time for @FuturoMedia and @weimagineus. Our first fiction podcast, "The Long Way Around," premieres Oct. 27th! Join me and Trey Ellis, the show's incredibly talented writer, for an IG Live this Saturday, Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. EDT.

See you Saturday! 🔥

[Julio Ricardo Varela @julito77]

Such a fabulous group of #Detroit Community Podcast Lab participants for @futuromedia tonight! Sessions like these always charge me up on how cool this program is!

[Roxanne L. Scott @WhosWorld]

Haiti is the country with the highest rate of asylum denial in the United States, according to data from the Justice Department.

https://t.co/UzwqweNuJR

[Sam Perkins @SamFPerkins]

A special shout out to @StacyLeMelle and her always amazing @FPPHarlem reading series where Sarah Van Arsdale and I were introduced to Max's huge spirit and bracing essays. Thanks, as always, SPL-M!