Thirty-years ago, my wife and I traveled to Toronto to celebrate out first wedding anniversary. I was just completing my first year in a MA program (@FredoniaEnglish). While in Toronto I bought two book...and my life was never the same:
@jessicabanov Thank you Thomasi McDonald for telling my story. Thanks to Joyce Hicks, Adrienne Johnson Martin and Sheon Ladson Wilson. Thanks also to Debbie Moose, Marjorie Hudson and friend Mike Richardson for getting me to appointment's and stores to pick up prescriptions.
Join us, 4p on 3/31, for the Darlene J. Gravett Visiting Writer Series!
Hear Lenard Moore & @bridgettealacy speak on the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective's anthology: All The Songs We Sing!
FREE & OPEN to the public. More in our linktree!
#BlackWriters#GardnerWebb
If you are craving succulent oxtails, check out Taste of Paradise restaurant in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Yolanda is known for her oxtails and banana fritters. Read about her Caribbean flavors in @ourstatemag
https://t.co/3pSSzpEkoO
Today would have been my dad's 88th birthday. Dementia and Covid took him away at 86. Lucky to have had him for so long, but his death was still far too soon. Here he is as daredevil teen, likely in Ridgecrest, NC. Probably talking smack about his horse skills. #BlackAppalachian
@reetamac @nytimes I also have gap teeth but for me the impact is different. I count it as an asset and find it very attractive in women. @bridgettealacy
🧡THIS CLOSE TO OKAY came out a year ago today! TYSM to everyone who has read it & been so kind! TYSM to everyone who has cozied up w it & Felt Something. TYSM to the booksellers & libraries & reviewers & book clubs &! My love! 🧡 @GrandCentralPub @CurtisBrownLtd
Before the next snow storm, take a break to visit @greggmuseum's crossed kalunga by the stars & other acts of resistance. Read about the provocative exhibit in my story https://t.co/pn6w0mlwRT
💜 Lo & I went on our first date 26 years ago today & nxt week is our 22nd wedding anniversary. We've been teenagers together @ Kings Island & parents to teenagers together in Amsterdam, etc. I am v blessed by God, by Lo, by a lot of things! I am v grateful for those blessings!