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@mixedreader.bsky.social

teacher. book reviewer focused on diverse fiction, non-fiction and poetry. writer. interdisciplinary researcher. #booksky πŸ“š 🌈

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26.06.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book cover is pictured on the left side of the image, and a quote is on the right. The book cover is yellow with an image of the AI to or as a child smiling at the camera and wearing a large hat. The quote on the right says, β€œThere is no name for those of us who choose to deport ourselves. 
The Huddled Masses, yearning to breathe free from the nightmare of the American Dream. American Escapees. Refugees from America”

The book cover is pictured on the left side of the image, and a quote is on the right. The book cover is yellow with an image of the AI to or as a child smiling at the camera and wearing a large hat. The quote on the right says, β€œThere is no name for those of us who choose to deport ourselves. The Huddled Masses, yearning to breathe free from the nightmare of the American Dream. American Escapees. Refugees from America”

Read memoirs in summer. #JillDamatac #DirtyKitchen @atriabooks.bsky.social

26.06.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book Hardly Creatures by Rob Colgate is picked in front of a bush of white and pink flowers. The cover has a broken statue of a face, with a red salamander crawling across it.

The book Hardly Creatures by Rob Colgate is picked in front of a bush of white and pink flowers. The cover has a broken statue of a face, with a red salamander crawling across it.

Absolutely in love in with new collection, out tomorrow from @tinhouse.bsky.social . Hardly Creatures is a collection that focuses on disability, community, and so much more. The book is modeled to read like a walk through an accessible museum.

19.05.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
a hand holds up a copy of What Had Happened Was by Theri Pickens against a plant with dark pink flowers. The cover is various shades of pink, with a brown, ink-blot like repeating pattern of women whispering to each other.

a hand holds up a copy of What Had Happened Was by Theri Pickens against a plant with dark pink flowers. The cover is various shades of pink, with a brown, ink-blot like repeating pattern of women whispering to each other.

A stunning book of poetry steeped in Black culture references.
#Booksky #Blackbooksky

01.05.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Know a women who writes horror? Repost this! Currently open for submissions!

22.04.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
The book Marisolandia is held in front of a cactus. The book cover has a barren landscape and blue sky, with a stone statue in the bottom right corner

The book Marisolandia is held in front of a cactus. The book cover has a barren landscape and blue sky, with a stone statue in the bottom right corner

Support small presses, especially ones that publish short fiction! Check out my friend’s novella, Marisolandia from @wtawpress.bsky.social !

13.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
On top of a wooden shelf is a series of babysitters club books.

On top of a wooden shelf is a series of babysitters club books.

More thrift store book nostalgia
#90s #booksky

25.03.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A series of Animorphs books on a wooden shelf

A series of Animorphs books on a wooden shelf

β€˜90s kid bookish nostalgia in the local thrift. #booksky #90s #animorphs

17.03.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a hand holds up a book in front of a large cactus. The book, We Contain Landscapes, has black title text and a blue, white and purple swirling design on the cover.

a hand holds up a book in front of a large cactus. The book, We Contain Landscapes, has black title text and a blue, white and purple swirling design on the cover.

In the poem β€œOn Belonging,” Patrycja Humienik asks, β€œwhere do we go to find the myths that made us?” A beautiful #poetry collection releasing this week from @tinhouse.bsky.social

17.03.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Looking for cozy game recommendations for Nintendo switch. Loved Spritifarer and Wylde Flowers. Didn’t quite get into Cozy Grove. #cozygames

07.03.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Got those books read!!

06.03.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book Saving Five by Amanda Nguyen is propped up against a large black telescope. The book cover has a portrait of the author, a Vietnamese woman with long black hair wearing a pink sweater. There is a shadow effect behind her and stars overlaid on her hair.

The book Saving Five by Amanda Nguyen is propped up against a large black telescope. The book cover has a portrait of the author, a Vietnamese woman with long black hair wearing a pink sweater. There is a shadow effect behind her and stars overlaid on her hair.

This memoir is full of grief, but also with hope. Using an innovate structure, Nguyen tells the dual stories of how her experience of sexual assault led her into activism and the healing of her childhood trauma. #SavingFive #AmandaNguyen #Booksky #memoir

03.03.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The book Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis is pictured on a blue footstool. The book has a blue background and white title text with three spliced images of a pink feminine face. The bottom image of the face is blowing a bubble with gum.

The book Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis is pictured on a blue footstool. The book has a blue background and white title text with three spliced images of a pink feminine face. The bottom image of the face is blowing a bubble with gum.

Fundamentally is a book that surprised me. At first, I had a hard time sitting alongside the narrator, Nadia, whose brash and often offensive humor seemed like a defense mechanism that the reader didn’t have insight to. As I got more used to her & her naivety, layers of character were revealed.

23.02.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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19.02.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the book Waiting for A Long Night Moon. The cover is purple with stars in the background and two overlapping images of the moon, one orange and one purple at the center.

the book Waiting for A Long Night Moon. The cover is purple with stars in the background and two overlapping images of the moon, one orange and one purple at the center.

This book is holds you in its heartache and examines how folks move through/in/around grief. Grief of losing family members, of having few options, even the grief of surviving.
#booksky

19.02.2025 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dang. That’s such a bummer!

18.02.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
the book Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor sits on top of a red and orange hammock. The book cover has a red and blue Ankara-like pattern with squares that look like piece of technology. The silhouette of a Black woman’s face looking to the left is at the center. She has braids and the title text is white down the center of her head

the book Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor sits on top of a red and orange hammock. The book cover has a red and blue Ankara-like pattern with squares that look like piece of technology. The silhouette of a Black woman’s face looking to the left is at the center. She has braids and the title text is white down the center of her head

β€œTrue storytelling has always been one of the few great things humanity could produce that no automation could.”

So much I loved about this novel, but at its core, the power of a storyβ€” stories written for an audience and the stories we tell ourselvesβ€” will stick with me.
#booksky #nnediokorafor

18.02.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Just finished it and loved it.

17.02.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These are so cute and fit you perfectly!

17.02.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of the book We Were Made For These Times. The cover is black with white title text and has rainbow comets or asteroids across the cover.

A photo of the book We Were Made For These Times. The cover is black with white title text and has rainbow comets or asteroids across the cover.

Needing some easing of mind, some breathing? See Kaira Jewel Lingo’s We Were Made For These Times.

17.02.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Browse books from mixedreader1. jamie moore’s shop on PangoBooks.

New listings on my pango shelf: pangobooks.com/bookstore/mi...

09.02.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scorched Earth: Poems Poems

Link to pre-order: bookshop.org/a/12121/9781...

08.02.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
In the background, a black and white image shows a barren landscape. In the bottom right corner is a woman with curly hair looking up to the right. A faded thought bubble begins from her head into the sky above her. Inside the thought bubble is the cover of Scorched Earth by Tiana Clark, which has pink title text and an art piece by Kara Walker that features a desolate landscape, people on horseback and floating images of a head and hands

In the background, a black and white image shows a barren landscape. In the bottom right corner is a woman with curly hair looking up to the right. A faded thought bubble begins from her head into the sky above her. Inside the thought bubble is the cover of Scorched Earth by Tiana Clark, which has pink title text and an art piece by Kara Walker that features a desolate landscape, people on horseback and floating images of a head and hands

#ReadBlackPoetry forthcoming from Tiana Clark is a stunning collection, Scorched Earth! Clark lets us sit in the body as she faces pain while also being determined to celebrate aliveness. Out March 4th! #Booksky #BlackBooksky

08.02.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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08.02.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reading 3 books and beginning a book proposal draft!

06.02.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fledgling by Octavia Butler

06.02.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think all of these writers use concise, direct language and also have lots of video/interview resources online πŸ˜€

04.02.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Anything by Nikki Giovanni or Lucille Clifton. Citizen Illegal by Jose Olivarez. Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay. Electric Arches by Eve Ewing.

04.02.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh this is an interesting approach to ARCs!

03.02.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also any Jesmyn Ward! Long Division by Kiese Laymon.

03.02.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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