O. Edwin Ozoma

paperback pusher trying to be a prose pro

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@jazl1yn @catherinespaws He shows how vulnerable his arc reactor is in a scene where he guides Pepper through replacing it. It’s an intimate moment. Later Obidiah has Tony awake and paralyzed and forces it from him. He speaks in low and intimate tones as a show of power. Intimacy, power, and violation.

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@jasminericegirl Well shit. Was gonna suggest Chicago, but you just shut that down.

[eat soup @jasminericegirl]

An admissions officer at Penn told me once that they could replace all of the admitted students in a class with the best ones who were rejected, and their stats would look nearly identical.

The reality is that the majority of students applying to elite schools all have perfect GPAs, test scores, and extracurriculars. The admissions officer needs to read your essay and understand why you, of all of these seemingly perfect applicants, deserve to attend their school over everyone else. Yes, this can be subjective. Yes, this might come down to luck. Yes, this may feel unfair. This is what you sign up for when you apply to a school with a 3-5% acceptance rate. You may think you deserve to get in, but so do the rest of the 95%. That's why they all applied.

I had a 4.0 + valedictorian + class president + multiple national awards + excellent recommend letters. I wrote my essay about getting emancipated from an abusive family and moving out at 17, because I desperately wanted to finish school. I did not expect to get into Penn, and I sobbed when I did.

I have no idea if I deserved to go to Penn over anyone else, and to this day I still feel extremely grateful to have gotten in. A different year, a different admissions officer, maybe even a different meal they had for breakfast, and it might not have been me. I recognize that there are other amazing kids with 4.0 GPAs and 35 ACTs, like you, who should have gotten in too.

If I'd been rejected, I would have been extremely grateful to attend my safety choices, like UT. All I wanted was to further my education. I'd go to community college if that's what it took.

I know being rejected from an elite school sucks, but I really wish students didn't act as if it's the end of the world to have to attend a university that isn't an Ivy League. If you are the amazing student that you say you are (ambitious, resourceful, eager to learn), then those things should stay with you regardless of the institution you're at. Most people don't attend an Ivy League, and many of them are incredibly smart, hardworking, and successful.

At the end of the day, 4 years of your life will never define the rest of it. In my life, one thing I've learned about success is that failure is going to be a part of it.

You are all going to be okay.

[Lindsay Lerman @lindsaylerman]

Ursula K. Le Guin

[Emily Galvin-Almanza @GalvinAlmanza]

You may have heard the term “Project 2025” floating around, and you may even have cracked open the 900+ page document yourself, only to see a lot of kind of bland, policy-wonk text. So let me crack through the policy-speak and tell you WTF is in this document.

[rightmedicine @newmedicine7]

Martin Sensmeier is a Native Alaskan actor who could play Cyclops/Scott Summers

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@clcooperider @susan_merrell Thanks, Carrie!

[Latif Nasser @latifnasser]

Last year, a coworker randomly asked me to hand-deliver an antique violin across the country. I said yes, because why not. I had no idea what I was getting into, and now I need your help. A 🧵

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@jesshopp This Woodkid record for some Louis Vuitton show is my shit.

https://t.co/Xrad0UOyeA

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@KieseLaymon Whenever people have asked about my writing, I’ve always said I listen to a lot of rap. No better way to learn sound, rhythm, and the power of a good line.

I’m forever trying to hit the balance of fun and talking about some shit that OutKast and @CunninLynguists maintain.

[Loan Le⁷ @loanloan]

Book pitches 101: based on my observations today 🧵

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

"You should never get social media Donna, it’s a terrible idea for you, it’s noisy and shallow and distracting and it will sneak into your reading and writing life in a thousand horrible ways and and be a monstrous waste of your energy and time. Promise me you’ll never touch it.”

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

@peaceluvharmoni Off the bus and drunk before shit got weird(er).

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

Running for the bus, I barely make it to the stop before I miss it and wait for the next.

Me, stepping on: You know your display says ‘not in service.’
Driver: Just pay your bus fare, buddy.

Chicago bus drivers…

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

Aaaaand the only other passenger gets off, and then the lights go dark. It LOOKS like he’s driving the regular route, but well… merry Christmas.

[O. Edwin Ozoma @eau_eddy]

Something isn’t right. The bus shouldn’t be at that stop for another 3 minutes. But whatever.

[Victor LaValle @victorlavalle]

Remembering a reading I did long ago, when my 2nd book was published. Group reading and who do I see in the audience? The book reviewer for Newsweek, David Gates. I wanted to do a knockout read, get him to review me in the magazine. Big time here I come! 1/

[Dr. Camille U. Adams 🇹🇹 @Camille_U_Adams]

BIPOC writers, before applying to MFA and Ph.D. creative writing programmes, please find a way to speak to at least three BIPOC pupils. And if there aren’t three to whom you can speak doh even bodda tuh start.

This has been a public service announcement 📣

[mankrik's wife guy @byelacey]

"but what if i don't have the money to pay an artist? what then?" i don't have the money to own a cool jeep so i don't own a cool jeep. where is the disconnect here