Fred Joiner

Son, Husband, Father, Writer, Thinker
Poet Laureate of Carrboro, NC 2019 - 2022
my own.

Retweets are not always an endorsement...

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@Pastor__West God, please do it for me this week!

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

The Furious Flower Poetry Center and a stellar group of scholars and teachers have developed a syllabus that I can assure you will be an amazing resource. I cannot wait to dig into it and if you are at all interested in Black Poetry you will dig it too. https://t.co/YXgUkvGIqo

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

Much more to say, but more than anything else…Gratitude.

[Birds, LLC @Birdsllc]

Birds, LLC is proud to announce the publication of three new books in 2024: Stephanie Cawley's @_s_cawley No More Flowers, Ryan Eckes' Wrong Heaven Again, and Fred L. Joiner's @fjoiner Mirror in our Music.
More info here: https://t.co/4duUkfSwIu

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@seminewblack @weslpress Congratulations, Evie!

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@jstheater @PrincetonUPress Here I go clicking "Buy this!"

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@dwaynebetts Thank you D, for your integrity, thoughtfulness and compassion on this, because my initial thought was, "Let's ask the pro-lifers what to do with her or ask the Black men who were detained until they figured out she was lying."

[Carrboro, NC @CarrboroGov]

Poets' Party: An Evening of Community Poetry
#Carrboro and the Poets' Council will recognize the #PoetLaureate program w/ former poet laureates reading & guest poets. Special thanks to @fjoiner & welcome to @LizaWolffFrancs

🗓️Sat, Jan. 28
🕕6-8 PM
📍Carrboro Century Center

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@_dariussimpson "seeking the light of anything to explain this long reign of the upside down" - Sekou Sundiata from Urban Music

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@_dariussimpson I would love a copy if you are still sharing. Thanks!

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

Thank you to the Editors of @ObsidianLit for nominating my poem "Extremities" for a Pushcart!

[ObsidianLit @ObsidianLit]

#PushcartPrize #PushcartNominees #Obsidian #BlackLit #BlackPoetry #BlackArt #BlackExcellence #ObsidianContributors #LitMag

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@jezzbah I feel this because my children are very light-skinned with light eyes but look just like me. But white folks get confused until they really look at them and not just their skin color.

[Susan Romaine @Susan4Carrboro]

One of the great joys in serving on Council are the weekly "centering moments" provided by Rock Star Poet Laureate Fred Joiner. As @fjoiner's appointment winds down, I'm looking forward to the new voice that Poet Laureate Liza Wolff-Francis will bring to the Chamber.

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

Love to see this in my old neighborhood...

[ARCH Development @archdevelopment]

DCist covers Valley Place Arts Collaborative, an ARCH Project https://t.co/FurF3BUGdu

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@JemarTisby God bless you @JemarTisby for engaging with folks, who as Baldwin said “are trapped inside are trapped inside a history they do not understand.” Most are so committed to the fictions of their religion, faith, their nation and identity that you can not talk in any critical manner.

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@__Sequoia__ that is my jawn right there...awesome book

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@bettinajudd Word . Because may 13th just passed I was thinking about the remains of children from the MOVE bombing in Philly. And how that sat in box at UPENN in a forensics dept for over 30 years

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@jasondeanarnold Hey brother, it was a pleasure to meet you and chop it up for a bit. Let’s keep in touch. I have a few poems out in the world I can share with you if you are interested too.

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@ryanbee I would love to see that sliver of a street closed. It would create a nice anchor with a corridor to Town Commons. It would a a perfect place for live music and festivals downtown.

[Fred Joiner @fjoiner]

@rsheath_ Take that sick day bro. We need you healthy.

[John Bowles @JPBowles]

Aaron Douglas found inspiration in the blues, creating a visual equivalent to Langston Hughes’ efforts to capture the sound, texture, & southern origins of modern Black culture

See their 1925 collaboration in “Modern Black Culture: Art of Aaron Douglas” at @AcklandArt