tanita_writes (@tanitawrites) — Bluesky Profile

2 weeks ago

{pf: the peeps shine a light on Arthur Sze} Welcome to another year of Poetry Peeps Adventures! Poetry Peeps! You’re invited to our poetry challenge for the month of MARCH. Here’s the scoop: we’re writing tight little bundles of poetry called At present, I find fire and its environmental impacts too grief-inducing, so I tried for a lighter direction. I chose a positive moment […]

Welcome to another year of Poetry Peeps Adventures! Poetry Peeps! You’re invited to our poetry challenge for the month of MARCH. Here’s the scoop: we’re writing tight little bundles of poetry called At present, I find fire and its environmental impacts too grief-inducing, so I tried for a lighter…

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1 month ago

{happy…antiValentine’s! Here’s a giveaway!} ‘Tis the season for love, and to all my people out there who kind of hate Valentine’s Day… I see you. I was you, not because I was particularly anti-love, but because it all seemed like a lot of nonsense and noise – at least when I was in junior high. In honor of that […]

‘Tis the season for love, and to all my people out there who kind of hate Valentine’s Day… I see you. I was you, not because I was particularly anti-love, but because it all seemed like a lot of nonsense and noise – at least when I was in junior high. In honor of that […]

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1 month ago

{poetry friday: poetry peeps try the tricube} Welcome to another year of Poetry Peeps Adventures! Poetry Peeps! You’re invited to our poetry challenge for the month of FEBRUARY. Here’s the scoop: we’re composing

Welcome to another year of Poetry Peeps Adventures! Poetry Peeps! You’re invited to our poetry challenge for the month of FEBRUARY. Here’s the scoop: we’re composing

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2 months ago

Favourite Middle Grade Book Covers of 2025 – Pop! Goes The Reader

Always love Pop Goes the Library's gorgeous "favorite MG cover" posts. We're so lucky to have the talent turned towards our work! popgoesthereader.com/favourite-mi...

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9 months ago

A square that is half black and half white with a red heart outlined in white and black in the center. The words read National Loving Day.

Fifty-eight years ago today the last miscegenation law was struck down in the United States. Happy Loving Day, to those who celebrate love.

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9 months ago

Perception control, whoo, let me get in line to sign up for that!

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9 months ago

Bright orange, green and teal quilt with a book on top. Book has bright orange cover with a Black girl wearing cornrows tearing a red valentine in heart. The title of the book is BERRY PARKER DOESN'T CATCH CRUSHES. Below the book it says, "Coming September 2025."

I'd be a little jealous that my character has people making her quilts, except that it matches the book cover so well (and also *I* get to use the quilt, it's all good)!

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9 months ago

"There is no king

who has not had a slave among his ancestors,

and no slave who has not had a king among his."

Helen Keller

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10 months ago

YAY! I'm so glad!!!

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10 months ago

That cover, though. ::sigh::

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10 months ago

SCWC BIPOC Writer Scholarship | Sonoma County Writers Camp

Self-identified fem/nonbinary BIPOC writers invited to apply by May 1 for a full ride (room, board, tuition for all workshops & events) to 4-day Sonoma County Writers Camp at gorgeous Ratna Ling in Cazadero, CA. Short application, free to apply, here:

sonomacountywriterscamp.com/scwc-bipoc-w....

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11 months ago

I just mailed a box of books from Louisiana to California for $6. We do not appreciate the Postal Service like we should. We need to fight to keep it.

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11 months ago

The Horrifying History Behind a Beloved Skin-Care Ingredient Retin-A was developed through tests on incarcerated people.

The miraculous wrinkle-erasing, acne-fighting cream, is the result of decades of horrifying medical abuse.

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11 months ago

A blue spotted salamander crawling along a dirt and gravel path.

Close up of the salamander's skin, with little blue snowflakes against a black background.

It's the best time of the year. Blue spotted salamanders are out, and they're the perfect animal

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11 months ago

KNOW YOUR PROTEST RIGHTS:
1. You don't need a permit to protest in response to breaking news and
you don't need a permit to march in the streets or along sidewalks
as long as you're not obstructing traffic or access to buildings.
2. When you are lawfully present in any public space, you have the
right to photograph anything in plain view, including federal
buildings and the police,
3. If you believe your rights have been violated, when you can, write
down everything you remember, get contact information for
witnesses, and take photographs of any injuries.
If you get stopped by the police, ask if you're free to go. If they
say yes, calmly walk away.
5. If you get arrested, you have a right to ask why. Otherwise, say you
wish to remain silent and ask for a lawyer immediately. Don't sign,
say or agree to anything without a lawyer present.
6. If you get stopped by a member of the military or any law
enforcement officer at a protest, you have the right to remain
silent or to tell them that you'll only answer questions in the
presence of an attorney - no matter your citizenship or
immigration status.
KNOW_ YOUR RIGHTS
ACLU

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11 months ago

CONGRATULATIONS, @melissawiley.bsky.social

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1 year ago

{socializing calling} – {fiction, instead of lies}

I recently learned that back in the day "calls" lasted, in the labyrinthine social jungle of the early 19th. & 20th c., for a mere fifteen minutes. Can you imagine!? Fifteen. Minutes.

Can we bring that back? tanitasdavis.com/wp/?p=14020

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1 year ago

Picture Books About Immigration to America These stories will help anyone understand the motivations of immigrants, feel the sanctity of their bonds, and develop empathy in general.

Picture Books About Immigration to America | Book Riot

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1 year ago

So, yesterday's Poetry Friday dive on Harlem Renaissance poet Claude McKay reads more like an English paper than a blog post, but sometimes one must embrace the inner nerd ...http://tanitasdavis.com/wp/?p=13970

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1 year ago

2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Fiction Winner

A Royal Conundrum (The Misfits)
by @lisayee.bsky.social, illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Nominated by: @aquafortis.bsky.social

#mglit #booksky #cybils2024

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1 year ago

2024 Fiction Picture Book Winner

I am a Masterpiece!
Mia Armstrong; Illustrated by @alexandradraws.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission

#kidlit #picturebook #booksky #cybils2024

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1 year ago

2024 Board Book Winner

Who Laid These Eggs?: A Lift-the-Flap Book (An Animal Traces Book)
Laura Gehl, illustrated by Loris Lora
Harry N Abrams
Nominated by: @achrishelton.bsky.social

#kidlit #boardbook #booksky #cybils2024

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1 year ago

2024 Elementary Nonfiction Winner

My Antarctica: True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More
by G. Neri, illustrated by Corban Wilkin
@candlewickpress.bsky.social
Publisher/Author Submission

#kidlit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #picturebook #booksky

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1 year ago

2024 Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction Winner

Impossible Creatures
by Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Ashley Mackenzie
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: @sonderbooks.com

#mglit #kidfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024

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1 year ago

2024 Middle-Grade Nonfiction Winner

Why We Need Vaccines: How Humans Beat Infectious Diseases
by Rowena Rae and Paige Stampatori
@orcabook.bsky.social
Publisher/ Author Submission

#mglit #nonfiction #kidslovenonfiction #booksky #cybils2024

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1 year ago

Two categories, @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social !🥂

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1 year ago

2024 Poetry Collection Winner

Black Girl You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social
Nominated by: Amie

#mglit #yalit #poetry #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social

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1 year ago

2024 Young Adult Speculative Fiction Winner

Hearts Still Beating
by Brooke Archer
G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Leah

#yalit #teenfantasy #SFFbooks #booksky #cybils2024
@penguinschoollib.bsky.social

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1 year ago

2024 Young Adult Graphic Novel Winner

Pearl: A Graphic Novel
by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social, illustrated by Christine Norrie
GRAPHIX
Nominated by: BradB

#yalit #graphicnovel #booksky #cybils2024

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