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FINAL CALL for fall workshops. The algorithm has been torturous in getting the word out so I need hands on deck to keep it grassroots & funky.

We have 2 Oct workshops a week apart & 2 in Nov. Please share them or better yet, sign up!

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Happy Oct! Here’s what we have going on this month at Literary Liberation.

WRITE NOW coworking rooms every Wed & Thurs at 7p EST.

Writer’s Recovery Room, hosted by @surviveyourstory.bsky.social Fridays at 12p EST.

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Starting on a new platform is so much effort! But I’m going to give this an honest try. Again. First things first, if you know me elsewhere, come find me somehow so I can follow back?

Just woke up from a late morning nap while my kiddo scream breathes beside me. Doc appt at 3. A little less zombie

NOV 22 - WRITE TO THRIVE with Kimberly Lee 4/

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OCT 11 - TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE with Supriya Rakesh 3/

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NOV 2 - AGAIN AND AGAIN with Karen Zheng! 2/

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Our Fall workshops are LIVE!

Over the next few months we’re offering two workshops per month. All of our workshops are virtual & paid subscribers get 20% off!

More at literaryliberation.net 1/

PLUS I’ll be in conversation with @imaniperry.bsky.social on Aug 4 and Bernice L. McFadden on Aug 11 in a @raisingmothers.bsky.social x Lit Lib collab!

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August Intentions & Events Conversations with Imani Perry and Bernice L. McFadden. Plus, join us for our writing sessions all month long, and a Black August challenge over on Slack!

🧵Happy Black August everyone!! Here’s what you can get in on at LIT LIB this month!

Mondays: Gentle Effort Summer Club (free for paid subscribers; $25 for everyone else)

Wednesdays & Thursdays: WRITE NOW coworking sessions open to everyone (free & paid). Just make sure to subscribe. 1/2

Workshop | Let's Get Personal | 4 Sessions A new season begins: Join our 8-week storytelling workshop for Kin Keepers! Explore your Geography of Joy!

Four sessions of mapping the places that made you who you are. The corner stores, the playgrounds, the kitchens where magic happened. With Lisa Ventura. Register & help us spread the word! 2/2

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Workshop | Let's Get Personal | 4 Sessions A new season begins: Join our 8-week storytelling workshop for Kin Keepers! Explore your Geography of Joy!

Your Monday reminder that joy is a practice, not just a feeling and we're about to get really good at practicing it together. Our Geography of Joy workshop—only 10 spots, starts July 19th. 1/2

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For You, Whom I Don’t Remember "A part of me wonders if you have some vantage point from which you have seen everything, and if that is the case, what you must think."

How do we make sense of feeling, but not memory? Leena Sulahri explores this in her powerful essay at @raisingmothers.bsky.social

stacks of LGBTQ+ books: Pelican Girls Go Lightly In Universes Hot Boy Summer The Blonde Dies First Moral Injuries Cinema Love Magical Realism Love Is A Burning Thing Knife Skills The Uptown Local Mona of the Manor Dinner On Monster Island Sister Snake Dancing On My Own More, Please Pills and Jacksonvilles No Road Home The Life and Line of Keith Haring

stacks of LGBTQ+ books: Archangels of Funk Time's Angels Moon Dust In My Hairnet A Different Kind of Brave The Fireborne Blade The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles The Brides of High Hill The City in Glass The Bloodless Princess Just Happy to Be Here Bury Your Gays Jasmine Is Haunted Rough Pages The Woods All Black A Pirate's Life for Tea Can't Spell Treason Without Tea Have You Seen This Girl Infinity Alchemist Somewhere Beyond the Sea Beforelight The Working The Sky On Fire Hollywood Pride Disco Jess Dobkin's Wetrospective

Stacks of LGBTQ+ books: Remedial Magic Speak EZ The Last to Pie Furious A Place of Our Own Cirque Du Slay Wrong Answers Only The Dead Don't Need Reminding At the End of the River Styx Devin's Dreams Straight Acting: The Hidden Queer Lives of William Shakespeare I Want You More Long Time Gone Here for the Wrong Reasons Out of Blue Comes Green Private Rites A Vile Season Don't Be A Drag Call Forth A Fox Even If We're Broken Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife

Stacks of LGBTQ+ books: Disobedience How You Were Born Molten Death Such A Small World Brooklyn Kills Me Cover Story Evergreen Dread I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying Sainted Love Oh Witness Dey! No Credit River The Ace and Aro Relationship Guide Scientific Marvel You Get What You Pay For The American Daughters Late Bloomer How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund?

We're at 1275 books and today is THE LAST DAY to submit to the 2025 Lammy Awards! Get your entries in by 11:59PM ET. Guidelines here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy...

Here's a bunch of what came in this week:

"Writing replaces the terror with possibility." Poet & journalist Dasia Moore on the Black South, intergenerational memory, and love as a sustaining practice.

“I liberated myself behind that door. I knocked down the other three walls and built a whole world of beauty, imagination, and love.”

@daijmoore.bsky.social with @yomalisrosario.bsky.social for Freedom Ways.

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Writing with the Light On | Drop-in Sessions Register now for Drop-In sessions with "Writing with the Light On," a 12-week expressive writing circle for BIPOC writers, prioritizing queer/trans voices. There's sliding scale!

Drop-In Sessions for Writing with the Light On! Join us—membership in Literary Liberation is free! Registration required; details sent via email.

Sliding Scale: $15 / $25 / $35
Need a payment plan? Email us!
Space is limited!

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What I’m on about. Community over whatever this all is. Forever. raisingmothers.com literaryliberation.net
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This workshop happens this Sunday! Register at the link below!

Read “Staying Present: Moving Beyond Good/Bad to the Heart of the Story” by Sarah Dalton & then sign up for her workshop, AFTER BIRTH: POSTPARTUM NARRATIVES on Jan 12.

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Special note: this workshop is pay-what-you-can

Read “Staying Present: Moving Beyond Good/Bad to the Heart of the Story” by Sarah Dalton & then sign up for her workshop, AFTER BIRTH: POSTPARTUM NARRATIVES on Jan 12.

literaryliberation.substack.com/p/after-birt...

Special note: this workshop is pay-what-you-can

Priscilla Thomas reminds us that living in a world that constantly fragments our physical experience, writers often overlook the profound creative potential residing within their bodies.

Read “The Embodied Writer” & register for UNDER YOUR SKIN.

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High key!

This season, gift yourself something real: your own creative potential. Invest in YOU.

You are the gift.Your voice is the present.Your stories are waiting.

No discount code required. Just your commitment.

Your words can’t wait. Register for our workshops at literaryliberation.net

It's All in The Breath: Embodying Your Creative Self | 3 hours A 1-day workshop led by Leonora Simonovis

They’re LIVE!
In this 3 hour, online workshop with Leonora Simonovis, explore how mindful breathing and art can deepen your writing practice with greater clarity and ease. Learn more about this and all of our January workshops at the link in bio or literaryliberation.substack.com/p/its-all-in...

These tiers are based on honesty and will never require us to inquire about your financial situation.
We do hope as financial situations improve, that individuals pay it forward for someone in similar circumstances.

Pay-it-Forward Price
By choosing this rate, you're directly supporting others' access to this workshop.
If you're financially secure, have disposable income, or benefit from generational wealth, consider this tier as a way to invest in our community's growth and accessibility.

Standard Price
This represents the actual cost of the workshop, including fair compensation for our facilitators and operational costs. If you can comfortably afford daily expenses and have steady income, this is likely your tier.

Supported Price
This reduced rate is offered for those who are experiencing financial constraints but wish to participate. A limited number of spots are reserved to support those who would otherwise be unable to join.
If this tier speaks to your current circumstances, we welcome you to choose it.

OUR SLIDING SCALE COMMITMENT
We believe in making our workshops accessible while sustaining our work and community.Where indicated, our pricing operates on a three-tier sliding scale system:

Supported Price
Standard Price
Pay-it-Forward Price

Tomorrow our January offerings go live to the general public, but TODAY we talk about new things at Lit Lib!

First, our sliding scale policy for 2025 & beyond

Thank you, Jessica!