Usman T. Malik

Donate to Keep LP in School Spring 2026, organized by LP Kindred Hey y'all, I'm LP Kindred, a Chicagoan-Angeleno writer/editor/teaching artist/culture work… LP Kindred needs your support for Keep LP in School Spring 2026

to stick with it!

Anything you could share is welcome! Any sharing with your network also helps! And I'm already grateful! Thank you so much!

gofund.me/ce21d48c2

"The sources added that the bodies of 24 Palestinians arrived at three hospitals in the northern and central Gaza Strip; including 9 who were transported to the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 3 to the Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, and 12 to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah."

Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

did you read the free birth thing? it’s basically granola moms gone wild and honestly zombies would be a blessing at this point: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Thank u!

Writer hivemind:

I’m in Dallas for a week with family. Recommend some writerly/cultural things or otherwise interesting things to do!

There needs to be a Palestinian state because Palestinians deserve that, regardless of Saudi Arabia.

Fuck this guy. I hope his government collapses, he's booted out of office, and he finally stands trial and is convicted/punished for his crimes.

Tlaib Introduces Resolution Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), alongside 20 other Members of Congress, introduced H.Res.876 – Recognizing the Genocide of the Palestinian People in Gaza. This resolutio...

Feels really under discussed that AIPAC has had multiple Democratic members of Congress they endorsed and fundraised for as recently as 2024 turn around and change positions immediately.

Maxine Dexter is one of them, cosponsoring Tlaib's resolution to recognize the Israeli genocide on Gaza.

‘Restricted’: Did US troops try to cordon off a Mexican beach? Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum seeks the International Boundary and Water Commission intervention.

This has gotten very little coverage in the US, but on Monday US military contractors or troops or some other paramilitary group placed signs on a beach in Mexico, claiming it as US territory. (The contested location is close to the SpaceX base outside Brownsville)

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Bookstores on a Mission Nationwide, issues-oriented booksellers rise to the challenge of community organizing.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Yes! Congrats Omar!

Congratulations to Omar El Akkad!

“It’s hard to think in celebratory terms when I’ve written a book about a genocide.” We thank you, Omar El Alkad.

I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.

Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.

Cover for issue 12 of Weird Horror. Cover shows art by Marc Potts called "Frost Witch". Blue/Grey color scheme of witch floating or moving above the grounds as their harir and garments trail

Coming Spring 2026, issue 12! Art by @marcpotts.bsky.social Design by Vince Haig. Words by @rajivmote.bsky.social @grayhaem.bsky.social @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social @breathinghead.bsky.social @noirbettie.bsky.social @rlsummerling.bsky.social and more.

Pre-orders will go up early in the new year.

The Best Books of 2025 (So Far) Including memoirs about sex — both having lots and going without.

Vulture puts THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT in their best books of 2025 with shout outs to the wonderful stories by @catrionaward.bsky.social , @timlebbon.bsky.social Sarah Langan and myself

www.vulture.com/article/reco...

Thanks for coming, Tammy.

We used to do this nearly monthly in Lahore, Pakistan, and now plan to continue regular literary salons/baithaks in the Orlando area.

Went to an amazing music salon last night! Great food, great music, great people!

You can follow the band on Instagram at _ghostpeppers.

Thank you to @usmantm.bsky.social an amazing writer and community builder!

I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons

I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates

Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi

Civil War is decent but Annihilation is a masterpiece.

Pfft thats an average weekend for me

We remain steadfast in our demands for freedom: We demand the immediate release of those detained. We demand an end to regional ICE activity. We demand human dignity for all people, without exception. We demand the right to offer spiritual care to those detained — because even in confinement, every person deserves compassion, prayer, and presence. God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom.

From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:

"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."

Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests

Simultaneously an intriguing history, a detective story, exemplar and preserver of Islamic cosmology, and a bestiary, Merman stands as a unique example of science fiction—which as Ted Chiang has pointed out, is ‘fiction that pushes at the boundaries of knowledge’.

Am reading Travis Zadeh’s compilation of Qazwini’s Ajaeb-ul-mukhlooqat and was reminded of this remarkable book by Musharraf Ali Farooqi, which if there was justice in the world, wouldve been on every bookshelf on the planet.

Hes heavily influenced by the French decadents

A putto cries out in the air, wings rotting and emaciated, with the scent of oriental cyclamen exuding from the pores of his skin.”

Excerpt from “By the eye of a Lagubrious Needle”, Ahad Malik (age 15)

Accepting the gifts of the dead child, acolytes excitedly consume the wet flesh and regurgitate gold coins, seventy-thousand times.