Same over here.
05.12.2025 19:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@crystalwilki.bsky.social
Novelist, Food Advocate, Professor. National Bestselling Author of PRAISESONG FOR THE KITCHEN GHOSTS, PERFECT BLACK, BIRDS OF OPULENCE https://linktr.ee/CrystalWilkinson?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=d3c6b47f-690c-483b-9898-8faed08cd35d
Same over here.
05.12.2025 19:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
In todayβs episode @kdwinchester.bsky.social talks to @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social about his new poetry collection THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMANβS WIFE. Have a listen!
www.readappalachia.com/blog/ep-51-u...
photo of The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife poetry collection
screenshot of website's holiday sale banner advertising 40% off all books when using frosty25 at checkout
well, well, well... what have we here?
40% OFF ALL BOOKS (hard or soft cover!) AT UPK WHEN USING FROSTY25 AT CHECKOUT?
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hey... that includes my book!!
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& GOOD UNTIL JANUARY THE WHAT?!?!? ππ
www.kentuckypress.com
A new favorite!
05.12.2025 10:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you!
25.11.2025 15:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0What a great mini-feature on this new work by @toniannj.bsky.social, published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social Screen Door Press imprint, edited by @crystalwilki.bsky.social #ReadUP
11.11.2025 18:53 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0Love it!
25.11.2025 13:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you Library of Virginia.
24.11.2025 15:01 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 3 π 0This is a photo of me at 7:30 am this morning with Stefan. I have a love/hate relationship with Stefan's ass and my shoulder hates his guts. He's good at his job tho. Today he released me from his services and my shoulder is at 80%. I'll be taking over my own progress from here.
24.11.2025 14:59 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@upfromsumdirt.bsky.social
Congratulations on another great reading!
me in a blue dashiki with white trim standing behind a podium at joseph-beth books
copies of the shoes of the Fisherman's Wife stacked on a table besides two microphones
me, a white bearded man with dreadlocks and a shaved side of his head, sitting down to sign books. out of focus in the background is my granddaughter, alexus, and her fiancΓ©e, brooke.
me, sitting behind a desk with copies of my book piled on it as crystal stands behind me, leaning in and smiling for the photo.
well, thats one down... mightve had 15 folks in the audience (almost half was family) and i am grateful for all that came out tonight, thank yall. β€οΈ
and thank you to joseph-beth books & my publishers at upk.
When your editor says "beautifully rendered" you allow yourself a little 5-minute victory lap and then get back to work.
15.10.2025 18:04 β π 21 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0in case it's slipped yalls mind...
09.10.2025 19:42 β π 11 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0Average sleep for the last month: Four hours
08.10.2025 21:17 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Me: Gordon Ramsey says baking your overnight oats w/ walnut or pecans is a game changer!
Him: I thought you were saying something universal.
Chile, let me get to my writing desk.
That's an amazing one!
10.09.2025 13:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Shout out to the ppl who hand write letters and notes in careful cursive on lush paper. A balm. What small things are carrying you today?
10.09.2025 12:44 β π 30 π 4 π¬ 6 π 0What's In The BHT Office? Part 1: Praisesong For The Kitchen Ghosts by Crystal Wilkinson!!
If you are looking for authentic Black Cookbooks to enjoy some unique recipes, this one is for you!
Visit us at 222 Court Street, Portmsouth, NH to come check it out! www.blackheritagetrailnh.org
Crystal Wilkinson will speak at Steely Library on Sept. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Wilkinson is the author of βPraisesong of the Friendly Ghosts,β a culinary memoir that reflects on the familial history and unique recipes of Black Appalachian food traditions.
linknky.com/culture/2025...
Thanks for reading!
30.08.2025 12:52 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0These are my people. Aunt Lovester's great-grandfather discovered Boneyville, Kentucky. Legends. Remember them. Remember us.
29.08.2025 16:02 β π 37 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0Sigh!
29.07.2025 09:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0No.
29.07.2025 09:57 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have an article in this issue! Big thanks to Greg Michalson, @crystalwilki.bsky.social, and @davidjoy.bsky.social for sharing their advice on writing difficult scenes.
10.07.2025 13:02 β π 13 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Feeling wobbly at my writing desk today, but thinking of the woman who helped raise me who is straddling this world and the next but going home today. She is 89. I'm writing about my mama but all my mamas come to me. I'm not steady at all but here. I'm here. Fingers on key board. I'm here.
28.07.2025 16:41 β π 43 π 0 π¬ 7 π 0Hospitals are strange places for trauma bonding. Shoutout to the stranger who tried to mirror my steps to the parking lot to tell me about the doctors drilling a hole in her niece's head. The image is with me on my pillow all these hours later.
14.06.2025 04:19 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of my favorite writers once said he never married young because he was afraid he'd have to choose family or writing and he was scared of the choice he'd make.
11.06.2025 20:13 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is writing a selfish act? Must we untether ourselves from family to get it done?
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