Gia Anansi Shakur

The Owl Violence has changed / me something beautiful

So, this is one of the most Amazing poems I have ever read! @giatheconqueror.bsky.social poets.org/poem/owl-2?u...

I can tell if a movie has been produced by Netflix. It has
a look.

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US Libraries around across the U.S. are helping people get healthier. They offer fitness classes, food pantries, cooking classes, conversations about loneliness and mental health, and even blood pressure...

Libraries are offering free health and wellness classes across the US

Cult Classics: Revisiting the Twisted, Unofficial Thanksgiving Dark Comedy ‘Addams Family Values’ | Black Girl Nerds In 1991, director Barry Sonnenfeld (Schmigadoon!) reintroduced us to cartoonist Charles Addams’ delightfully macabre family who first graced the pages of the New Yorker in his movie The Addams Family....

Addams Family Values is an endlessly quotable ’90s gem that should have a place in your Thanksgiving movie rotation — not because it takes place on the actual holiday or teaches us about sharing with others, but because the bizarre family unit.

Comics fam, I’m going to be looking to hire a colorist for a graphic novel I’m working on likely in mid to late January. If you have availability in early 2025, hit me up.

They gotta give that watch back.

Ran white to the police.

I mean, Megan told y’all that biracial with the botched tummy tuck was a bitch-

A short story 😭

There are writers that read better at different times of the year.

After nearly nine years at Esquire, I’ve been laid off from my role as Books and Fiction Editor. I’m looking for a new full-time role where I can use my storytelling skills, in the book world or beyond it. If you know of anything, I’m at adriennewestenfeld@gmail.com. (🧵1/10)

Love this office.

kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter . Alt: kermit the frog is typing on a typewriter .

We open for full length poetry manuscripts on January 1st. Are you ready?!

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Sundress Publications is open for submissions for grant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress.

All eligible authors are welcome to submit during our application period which closes on December 31st, 2024.

www.sundresspublications.com/submit#pgrant

I thought that pack of people were writers ? Writers bring both truth, nuance and empathy - all in short supply these days.

Katt Williams buys former Alabama military base to launch a movie studio (via al.com)

"At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough. No record of it needs to be kept and you don't need someone to share it with or tell it to."
—Toni Morrison

Goodness. I know this slaps.

Oh Kendrick … this was lovely.

This era is strange because it is both socially/culturally regressive, yet technologically accelerationist.

Backward + forward at the same time. With human erasure being the goal.

I think those interested in cultural preservation, archival work— resisting erasure will be *especially* important.

Whoa - deja vu 😭