Don P. Hooper

Earth, Wind, and Fire tribute got em doing jump kicks on stage! — I’m HERE FOR IT

SIGN NOW: Tell Congress to support the Counseling Not Criminalization Act! We ALL want schools to be safe but we also must be clear that there is no evidence that increasing the number of police in schools actually improves school safety. Instead it takes critical resources ...

1.7 million students attend a school that employs a law enforcement officer but no counselor. Tell Congress to support the Counseling Not Criminalization Act! via @momsrising.org #youthandfamilyjustice action.momsrising.org/sign/counsel...

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You ever sit there frozen after reading the news, staring at the ceiling for hours, wondering why… this is what the few want. The oligarchs. The tyrants. To abuse their power and create in the masses a feeling of hopelessness. Hug your loved ones. Resist.

Mayor Karen Bass standing on business🔥

His name is Senator ALEX Padilla.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

If you haven’t checked to see if your work has been pirated by Meta/Facebook and Libgen check now:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Curse you meta. Stop stealing authors’ works

Take a breath. Hydrate. Keep fighting.

NEWS: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes.

Details ⤵️
http://dlvr.it/THxMGN

Books Inc.

Books Inc., the chain of indie stores I worked for for nearly a decade filed for chapter 11 today.

If you're in the SF/Bay Area, please consider dropping in and buying a few books.

If you're not maybe today's the day to order a book from their website. They ship everywhere.

booksinc.net

Ramen by Ra kind of day 😋

I hate when it’s so cold icicles start forming on my facial hair

True True a book by Don P. Hooper In this powerful and fast-paced YA contemporary debut, a Black teen from Brooklyn struggles to fit in at his almost entirely-white Manhattan prep school, resulting in a fight and a plan for vengeance....

TRUE TRUE is now available in Paperback
(get it everywhere books are sold but always support your local bookstore when you can)

bookshop.org/p/books/true...

Happy Eclipse Day! #science

Did yall just feel that earthquake in Brooklyn???

So much joy 💗! TRUE TRUE was selected by @bc_ala as one of the Best of the Best books of 2023.

These past few months have been a whirlwind. An abundance of conversations with students of all ages about community building, STEM, resilience, and finding your voice.

Such a great time st the Highbridge Green School in the Bronx signing books and chatting with students about writing, martial arts, voice over and building community. Big thanks to Meet the Writers for setting it up! 💜over 100 books signed and every 8th grader got a book.

One of those mornings where i can’t get Bone Thugs n Harmony verses out my head, most of which I cant tell if I made up the lyrics to

The Jetblue security check line at JFK is a very specific form of cruel and unusual punishment

Love this author community. A time was had at the @harlemfete celebrating good company, creativity and writing. Grateful for all the joy. Happy Holidays!
💜🫶🏽💜 #TrueTrue

Photos by @dp.jolly & @johnricard

Had a great time at Fordham HS for the Arts. I was delighted to present alongside: Christine Pride, Eliot Schrefer,& Gabriel Bump. I always learn so much from students at these author visits. Their words and enthusiasm fill me with hope and joy. Big up to the House Of SpeakEasy for setting it up.

⭐️Outside Juniorsw/ the homie Christopher Grant celebrating this ✨from School Library Journal on the TRUE TRUE audio book.
“Grant makes a prodigious debut: beyond Gil, he's effortlessly facile with all manner of accents, ages, and backgrounds; his fabulous, fierce Granma is an unforgettable marvel.”

This episode of The Write Time features Don P. Hooper, a writer and filmmaker of Jamaican heritage (and a programmer in a former life). His short story “Got ... The Write Time with Don P. Hooper and Abimbola Cole Kai-Lewis

Today at 4p PT/7p ET: I’m on with the National Writers Project, discussing TRUE TRUE with Ethnomusicologist and educator @BolaTeachesNYC. Join us! youtu.be/d6Z5jHktKiE?... @penguinteen #teachers

After Brooklyn Book Festival panel pic w/ these amazing authors. Had a great time talking about setting stories in New York as well as being a part of immigrant communities and families. Big up and much love 💜 to @elshenwrites , @patriciapark718 , & our wonderful moderator @dilemmalord
#yabooks

Excited to participate in the “New York! New York!” Panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival with these wonderful authors. Join us Sunday, Oct 1 at 3PM

Big thank you to everyone who supported. Still some things to vote on but we’re one day stronger thanks to you 🫵🏽 #UnionStrong #wgastrong

Don’t forget to vote #SagAftra members . Deadline is Monday at 5. #SagAftraStrong #voiceactor #vo

writing, publishing, author & book reading friends… still on strike over here. And got a picket for you.
Authors and Booksellers Solidarity Picket! Speakers to include Neil Gaiman and Taffy Brodesser-Akner &more…

Come out w/ friends,as we step back to the table with the AMPTP

WGA Investigating “Delayed” & Lower Residual Checks From Studios To Scribes The Writers Guild of America has opened investigations on both coasts into complaints by members of delayed and smaller than usual residual checks.

Screenwriters: if you’ve noticed any fall-off in your residual payments, especially this month, please report it to the guild

deadline.com/2023/09/writ...

Solidarity