B. Sharise

It's such an honor to simply be nominated! Congrats to the other nominees!

Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone I’ve lowkey wanted to be famous since I was a kid.

Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone
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Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster Return to Peerless Academy in this sequel to Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Am...

Can't believe it's just two months until release for Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster!
The follow up to my debut fantasy MG promises to deal with that cliffhanger that made folks so mad 🤣

Preorders are everything, please like and share! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Before I Let Go~Frankie Beverly and Maze

Coming to America

Issa tie btw Living Single and A Different World for me.

Aretha Franklin

Salt, pepper, cheese

if you're looking for GFMs to donate to the working-class people of historic Altadena who lost their homes, this is for a Latino family with deep roots in the community - a kind couple who welcomed me into their home with open arms in the past.

Their total loss included German's workspace & tools.

Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social

my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.

"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?

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They’re my fam and their smiles are stuck in my head. I feel lost when I see them scared, asking me when this nightmare’s gonna end. I got no answers, but I’m still fighting to save 'em from this endless war & secure shelter!
Help out if u can 🙏
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Yo, y’all didn’t bail on me, right? 😞 Not a single donation rolled in today! C’mon, toss a little my way—or at least share the post, it’s free! We’re so close to the goal, and even $5 would mean the world to my fam. Prices in Gaza are straight-up ASTRONOMICAL!
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Virginia is absolutely the South! How can anyone think otherwise?

I had a deadline to meet and it was flash fiction, but I'm proud of it. The story was inspired by liberation, Gaza, & The Congo. Though I'm unable to donate monetarily at the moment, I will always use my writing & my voice to amplify my anti colonial/anti imperial, pro environment beliefs. Free 🇵🇸 🇨🇩

I'll be talking with my 7 yo son about native land today. I started the tradition last year. It's important that he knows about the land we live on, the people who were slaughtered, rounded up, and forced on the Trail of Tears, by whom, and why.
native-land.ca #NationalDayOfMourning

I love Thieves in the Night. 🧡

I love all of these!!

What are your favorite political Hip-hop songs? Here's my top 5 #Music

1. Mos Def~New World Water

2. Lupe Fiasco~Little Weapon

3. Rapsody~He Shot Ya

4. Scarface ft. Tupac~Smile

5. Dead Prez~Propaganda

Cover of Healer of the Water Monster. Shows an Indigenous elder and young boy drinking out of mugs in front of a fire in the desert.

Cover for the book Clairboyance. Shows a young g Hawaiian girl in a yellow shirt and denim shorts contemplating in the middle of a darker skinned boy with his arms crossed and a light skinned girl with a pony tale smiling. There are tropical plants and a guitar filling in the spaces. The back ground in a giant wave.

This is the cover for Mascot. It has a background of white brick. It looks like a Native mascot is on the wall and red paint has been smeared over it with the book’s title on top of that.

If you’re looking to gift #Indigenous stories for your middle schooler: here are some recs!

-Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
-Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila
-Mascot by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell

#giftideas #holidays #shopsmall #reading #kidbooks #bookrecs #teachers

I didn't make it either, but today's a new day and I git some brainstorming done as well. We got words on the page. That is an accomplishment!

It's 10:15 pm and I haven't written a single word toward my 150 word goal in my WIP. Let's go! #BlueSkyWriters

I'm going to share on Threads to see if anyone else wants to commit to writing 150 words to any WIP tonight. 🧡

Yes! Let's do it!

ELA textbooks frustrated me when I taught. I didn't see enough diverse content. So, I curated an educational text featuring some of the best Black speculative writers/ artists I know. That text is Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students. #Education

Hey everyone. My bio says it all. I'm a kidlit author and Mom. I'm anti-establishment, anti-war, and anti genocide. Hope that helps to figure out if you're in the right place or not. I want to meet and work with creatives, build community offline, and talk about writing and books. 🧡

Wanna commit to writing 150 words tonight? 🧡

I don't know what's stopping me from completing this early chapter book, but I've been running from it for months. Anyone else running from a WIP? #Kidlit #Writers

Words and naps! 😂

‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29 Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis

"Temperatures in Palestine are increasing faster than the global average, and it is highly vulnerable to floods, heatwaves, droughts, and storms."-- @dharna.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...