Dennis Tyler

Professor | Scholar, Teacher, & Author of Disabilities of the Color Line | he/him/his

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

Behold, my book baby has arrived, & she’s beautiful! I’m a little teary-eyed, but they are tears of joy.

[Namwali @namwalien]

I thought it might helpful for some of you to read what Morrison said about difficulty and her own aims as a writer. First, some context: her master's thesis at Cornell in the fifties was on the (not yet canonical) high modernists Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. Thread/1

[Halle Berry @halleberry]

I just love us 😂

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

@felixtennis Congrats, Felix! You deserve it all!

[zora • zora @zorafuture]

these people went from “please submit your diversity statement with your application” to “if your syllabus does not affirm white supremacist christian nationalism, you will be fired” in record time.

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

Not D’Angelo, too. I'm devastated by this news. 2025 has no chill.

D’Angelo, Acclaimed and Reclusive R&B Innovator, Dies at 51 https://t.co/rJzJaTSoKy via @NYTimes

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

@njlightfoot IKYFL

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

I’m forever grateful to the Jack Whitten estate & @HauserWirth for allowing me to use Whitten’s work as the cover art for my book. The exhibit, “Jack Whitten: The Messenger,” is spectacular & worth checking out @MuseumModernArt before it closes in early August.

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

I saw this masterpiece in person, & it did not disappoint! To create this mosaic, the artist Jack Whitten used a mix of materials, including a razor blade in the center. The artist said the razor blade represents “the double edge of black identity,” which “cuts both ways.”

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

From THREE MATCH POINTS DOWN! In FIVE AND HALF HOURS!

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

Alcaraz & Sinner put on one helluva show! Tennis is life! Vamos, Carlitos!

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

@njlightfoot Happiest of birthdays! 🙌🏾❤️🎊

[Dr. Brandy MP @brandybeephd]

I see folks in the ChatGPT college discourse calling for a return to blue books, presentations, no screens, etc. But we should have hard convos re: how we ceded those things in the name of “accessibility.” We can do both, but the state of accommodations needs to be addressed.

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

Mahmoud should be home in NYC with his wife and newborn son.

Instead he’s in a prison cell a thousand miles away.

Not because he has been accused of any crime—but only because he expressed political views that the Trump administration disfavors.

[Evensya @EvensyaXo]

THEY WERENT DOING THAT BEFORE?????????????????????

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

Grateful I got to attend Roberta Flack’s memorial service @abyssinianbc. I couldn’t stay long but was fortunate enough to see Lauryn Hill, Lisa Fisher, & Stevie Wonder perform. It was a good day in Harlem. 🙌🏾

[Dennis Tyler @proftyler]

@njlightfoot Yasss! You look amazing! ❤️🙌🏾🔥

[Served with Andy Roddick @Served_Podcast]

I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP

[Imani Perry @imaniperry]

I heard it may be sung today, during the superbowl, in the manner it was first performed: by 500 schoolchildren (in Jacksonville Florida)

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

Serena been waiting to get that lick back.

[Ana Lucia Araujo, PhD @araujohistorian]

RIP ❤️ Professor Kiah Duggins was among those lost in the mid-air plane collision at Reagan National Airport. Professor Duggins was set to begin a new chapter as a professor at Howard University School of Law this fall. May her memory be a blessing.