Helena Brantley

Curious. I work with academics, experts and publishers to promote nonfiction books. 🤓

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@BellCV You’re welcome. I’m half way through Erasure now. Just finished the detailed pafology chapters. Oof, happy to have those chapters behind me!

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@NewBlackMan @cordjefferson Agree. Just saw it with my husband and high schooler. We loved it and what fun deconstructing it on the ride home. Now we must read the book! #AmericanFiction

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

I went to a screening of #AmericanFiction last night at AMC Magic Johnson Harlem. @cordjefferson did a smart and funny (gut-bucket laughter at times) adaptation of Percival Everett's Erasure. It's still in limited release, goes wide in Jan, but go see and talk about this film.

[Orion Pictures @OrionPictures]

Watch the new trailer for what critics are calling “the Best Picture of the Year!” #AmericanFiction is now playing in select theaters. Additional cities opening this Friday.

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@BellCV Happy to find your piece after watching the film today. I loved it. I’m so eager to now read “Erasure.” #AmericanFiction

[Minister of ClimateJusticeFiction Propaganda🇵🇷 @AyadeLeon]

My inaugural spoken word piece as Berkeley’s poet laureate on Black/Palestinian/Jewish solidarity. With song lyrics from @devamahal+Stevie Wonder.

Still photo below. Full video on IG…

Huge thanks to @shailjapatel+Penny Rosenwasser for editing+support

https://t.co/4uDNwCpvd0

[Litquake @Litquake]

Congrats to @AyadeLeon for being named Berkeley's 2nd-ever poet laureate! Story here @berkeleyside https://t.co/0mk7PMJV7C

Aya's been doing incredible work forever and has been a part of countless Litquakes. Here's Aya's 2021 event for Litquake Out Loud: https://t.co/2NvOGaVryL

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

“Artists lead in many powerful ways that are sometimes not visible and acknowledged, so it’s deeply honoring and humbling to get to be a voice in the community and for the community but within the arts.”So cool! Congratulations @AyadeLeon! #poetlaureate
https://t.co/UgzatjeReM

[Derek Krissoff @DerekKrissoff]

Spreading the word in the Rust Belt. (Thanks, @ABerzanskis.)

[Whiting Foundation @WhitingFdn]

Nonfiction writers: @graywolfpress's Nonfiction Prize will open for submissions in Feb. 2024! Learn more here and get ready to submit: https://t.co/FB7nLFB97J

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@dalmatiancore 😂

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@VinesMatthew Great to read your thoughtful email today. When I heard this news, I wondered what you thought and now I know.

[Matthew Vines @VinesMatthew]

Remarkable news today. Francis's posture toward gay Catholics has long been a welcome change, but this is the most concrete step forward he's yet taken—and it is a significant one.

Thank you, Pope Francis!

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@taffyakner Wow, this was an incredibly informative and moving listen. Thank you. I came way from this understanding some things about #TaylorSwift and her art that I really didn’t appreciate before listening to this. A surprise gift.

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@KQEDForum @odsyworkshop @yinakim @TheCrucible Alexis’ introduction to this show today was so delightful!

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@dan_sinykin @TheTLS @lithub You’re so welcome!

[Helena Brantley @RedPencilPR]

@dan_sinykin @TheTLS Ever since I read your essay in @lithub, last month maybe? This book has been on my mind. This week my local librarian explained the few copies regionally are out. And there’s a wait list! Congrats. I’ve got a few books ahead of this one and hope to read it in the new year.

[The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. @TBAAL]

Black Artistry. Literary Excellence. Delectable Breakfast.

Join us for the 1st Roundtable Writer’s Breakfast of 2024 featuring Maryemma Graham.

TICKETS & INFO:
Call TBAAL – 214.743.2400
Visit https://t.co/1Reydm0Ghl or https://t.co/yPEQcBHqe4

#dallasthingstodo

[Adam Morgan @adamm0rgan]

This is a bit of a niche request, but I'm looking for 2024 books *about* books, writers, publishing, etc. for a story I'm working on.

Could be biographies, histories, essays, even novels featuring real literary figures as characters.

[Kobe Bryant Stories & Motivation @kobehighlight]

“Things come and go, emotions come and go. The important thing is to accept them all.”

- Kobe Bryant