Literature is still describing the experience of the pandemic. @lilyjmeyer is holding out for a story that transforms it. The author on her search for a great COVID novel: https://t.co/gq6tf3x3nb
Happy birthday to my friend @KamalaHarris! She has spent her life fighting on behalf of people who need a voice and a chance—now it’s our turn to help elect her as our next president. Make sure you're ready to vote at https://t.co/NKXRGNgbZX.
For @BOMBmagazine I wrote about the ways that art inspired and shaped my memoir SPLINTERS. I think of it as an exhibition catalogue for the book. And a chance to fulfill my lifelong dream of titling an essay, "EAT CAKE, BRING BABY." It's a feast. Enjoy.
https://t.co/iJfRrzng7d
Today, in an old box, I found my first submission letter sent when I was 16.
I wrote @EllenDatlow , editor at Omni magazine. It didn’t work out then but she did edit The Ballad of Black Tom years later.
I love the earnestness of my 16 yr. old self. Took time, but he made it.
Calling all translators: We are currently open submissions for works in translation from Arabic in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction for our Spring / Summer 2024 issue. Closes 2/9 @ 11 PM.
To submit: https://t.co/XI19JBIVLD
thank you @PENamerica for giving me the chance to share my humble thoughts. for advice, which i hope other new writers will find helpful, i stole from my teachers @JoshuaHenkin@madeleinethien@ernestomestre1 who taught me with wisdom and generosity 💗
Episode 4 of THE CHANGELING dropped yesterday.
The mysteries grow deeper.
The world grows stranger.
And all these actors are putting in that *work* on this show.
We are proud to share the cover of Lampblack Magazine’s LABOUR issue, available on October 1st. It features work by t’ai freedom ford, Norell Edwards, jamilah abu-bakare, Naomi Jackson and more!
Preorder here: https://t.co/38a6UY9MVT
Thanks to @Ujichapters for taking this idea from barstool to pitch, to @MattJJones500 and @smswrites for helping it become this essay, and to @dlseuss for showing us how real poets do.