Lyndsey Ellis

Writer. Editor for @JadedIbisPress. Instructor at @gothamwriters. Author of Bone Broth (Hidden Timber Books). IG: @lyelliswrites

[Anendlessbeing @obeze_abba]

I’ve realized that many people don’t actually love reading books. They love the identity of being someone who reads books. The aesthetic of it. The photos. The intellectual vibe. But the quiet discipline of reading slowly and thinking deeply? That part is very unpopular.

[dushmanoevsky @chonkychihuahua]

someone at work said that a generation of kids growing up not reading books is a generation of kids not learning how to imagine what it's like to put themselves in someone else's shoes and understand how/why they feel what they do (empathy)

[Adrianne - is everywhere else but here @AdrianneXBrooks]

I'm collaborating with a bunch of other black women on an anthology centered around a magical hair salon. There will be aliens and alchemy and ghosts. Think Love, Death, and Robots but with braids and bantu knots.

Launching on Kickstarter soon(ish)

https://t.co/bnaRw6nzpt

[Caroline Renard @carolinerenard_]

I’m not sure what’s going on with the way people are consuming art and literature lately but it’s deeply concerning. People fast forwarding through dialogue. Not reading long paragraphs. Missing crucial parts of shows or films. Thinking sex scenes are real. We’re in crisis.

[A Red Circle @ARedCircleNP]

Join us on 3/29 for our Community Resource Fair—a day packed with everything you need to thrive: resources, family-friendly activities, and support for your health and well-being!

Mark your calendar and bring the whole crew! Sign up at https://t.co/yrBJSRoqrH

[Ave @SebastianAvenue]

“Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.”

“We love because it's the only true adventure.”

“If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.”

RIP Nikki Giovanni. 📚 ✊🏿❤️

[Artists of Colour @artistsofcolour]

INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, Lunga Ntila, 2020

[Caroline Renard @carolinerenard_]

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.

[Follow us @kwelijournal.bsky.social @kwelijournal]

“You’re a ghost,” said Danielle. “Doesn’t really matter what you think.”...

“No, I’m a haint.”...“You do realize the difference, don’t you?”

Our #Halloween read today is "American Haint" from the Kweli archives by @lyellis https://t.co/RW33d5RoCu

[Kelly Masked&Vaxxed Caldwell @kkc212]

It's not too late to sign up!
AND
If you do, and if you serve, @GothamWriters will give you $100 off a class or service (like book doctoring).
Save democracy, raise your voice, save some 💵💵💵.
What could be better?
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#Election2024 🗳️

[DOM 🪄 @fairybrandmuva_]

A lot of people don't see creative work as actual work, but one of the hardest jobs is renting out your brain for a living.

[Imade. @ImadeIyamu]

Develops your empathy, imagination, self reflection. Inspires you

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Take a literary road trip across America with reading recommendations for every state in the union.
https://t.co/Glkxlgcwyo

[Danez @Danez_Smif]

I feel like all my problems would be solved by going to a Sade concert.

[Ajanaé Dawkins @MoonsAtDusk]

I added this photo of Sonya Massey at her graduation with her son to my installation, “My Sisters” in my exhibition. I hung her photo with one of the gold hoops I was wearing that day. I still have no words. Details below.

[Dwayne Betts @dwaynebetts]

My next book, March 4, 2025. The 20th anniversary of my release from prison; my second birth. Doggerel, a collection of poems. Pre-order.

[Maliha @CaffeinatedLiha]

Bookworms will freak out and get a book on release day just to set it on their bookshelf and stare at it for years to come.

[Ciera🌱 @sonaturalc]

I'm so proud of my cabbage 🌱🥬

[…. @ellipses000]

Happy birthday to Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols. They should be here to celebrate. In a perfect world we wouldn’t even know their names, they’d just be living their lives and existing. May their memories be a blessing & their families continue to heal in whatever way they can.

[Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity @CRE2_WashU]

📰 Heartland Journalism fellow, Lyndsey Ellis, explores the people and predilections behind St. Louis’s trending Black outmigration

Read it here: https://t.co/I5Mdqz8h4n

@TCRWUSTL @lyellis