Sherrie Leith

I read. I write. I teach. I drink way too much coffee.

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

At the #behest of my characters, I sharpen my pencil and draw their lines with halting prose. I smooth their rough edges--adding shading and dimension. With each word, phrase, sentence, they come to life, rising from the page. #vss365

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

YES!!!!!!

[Mike Valerio @ValerioCNN]

HONKING AND CHEERING IN DC AS BIDEN CLINCHES PRESIDENCY
People shout “HE’S GONE”#Election2020 #BIDEN @WUSA9 @CBSNews

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

YES!!!

[Michael Leibel @leibel]

Going on in New York City right now

[Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1]

A letter from me to you announcing the most important project I’ve ever done. Please retweet.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg inspired us all.

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

@WriterMaraine @HiraethPublish1 Awesome Christina! I cannot wait to check it out. My kids and I love a spooky story.

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

Meeting the Class of 2024 tomorrow. I think it will be an emotional day. What I know to be true: people are precious, and I am blessed to do this work.

[DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson]

White friends
I’ve run
The #permutations
ThisIsTheSadTruth

I’ll less likely
Survive this day
Black life
IsItsOwnProof

Find
#BlackLivesMatter
Tiring?
Baby I got news

Can’t skew my hue
To take a break
Or change
Ur point of view

Gotta luv an underdog
I’m sending u luv 2
#vss365

[Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1]

The same exact qualities virtually every president has hired on for every high level position going back to George Washington. I fail to see the problem.

[Leonard Pitts, Jr. @LeonardPittsJr1]

“The issue is not objectionable words, but the contempt they encode. What must it be like when that contempt is your everyday, when the threat of violent action becomes your ordinary? Half of us cannot imagine. Half of us know all too well.“ My latest: https://t.co/j8Cer5jAkk

[SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal]

A curricular guide for Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, geared for educators and students, ages 12 and up. https://t.co/trrd4sJMyF

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

Listening to Brene Brown's Podcast "Unlocking Us: Transgender Representation + the Power of Love." It is fabulous. Laverne Cox is a gift to this world.

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

This.

[John Krasinski @johnkrasinski]

Saved the best for last! Episode 8 of @somegoodnews has to be my favorite because it celebrates the truth of what this show has always been. Never mine,always yours! There IS and ALWAYS WILL BE...good in the world! Thank you all! So long but not farewell! https://t.co/mEylhsDvic

[Robert McNees @mcnees]

If you’d like to introduce younger kids to the legacy of Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughn, and Christine Darden, consider the beautifully written and illustrated adaptation of “Hidden Figures” by Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling.
https://t.co/1bvn8Ouzt8

[Struan Murray @Struan_Murray]

My debut novel is out today! I started writing it 5 years ago, and now it’s on actual bookshelves. After more revisions than I can count, it is finally the epic, heartfelt, strange story I always dreamed I would write. I’m so delighted that other people will be able to read it 🐳

[DeRicki Johnson @derickijohnson]

I was born
In a coal seam
Pressured by
The leaden depths

Cursed the Earth
That pressured me
Til I kenned
This life’s a test

Squeezed
By my #adversities
Til revealed
To me, my best

I’m a diamond
In the making
As are you—
So love Life’s press
#vss365

[M. S. Reggiori @ShafiekReggiori]

The very essence of you
My love, it lingers
Like scents
On the sleeves
Of my printed memory

Like fields of lavender
Spread beneath
My wide flung skies

Patented
In the name of love

& do I write for you
Dear lover
Every quiet breath
Embroided upon my stills

#Poem

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

@madgunhart Thanks, Madeleine!!

[Sherrie Leith @LeithSherrie]

@madgunhart This made me smile. I can so relate!