Shanna "Read Black Fantasy" Miles

Technically, yes but practically that would never happen.

Distribution through the publisher.

You know they will and the line would get murkier and murkier on what is considered "explicit" or objectionable.

I see where you're going, but it makes it hard to hold your personal Congressman accountable and corporations could just buy anyone off. Unless we had a ban on lobbying I don't think it would help much.

Thank you so much for supporting us! We're funded. If you'd still like to help, we have an Amazon list for March to support our "Manga Madness" and other giveaways for readers. #readacrossamerica

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Haven't authored a bill in a decade, but sit and chat and collect a check.

A little quiz.

Or well meaning, but didn't have the negotiation skills or connections to make things happen.

Absolutely.

Agreed.

My Congressman is 80. Retirement age is 65. Now I'm not saying we don't need older people in Congress because they need representation too, but just sitting and taking up space? No.

I'm still trying to get funds to raffle off a #kindle for my kiddos who won the reading challenge earlier this month. We need $198. Please share!
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The American Library Association strongly denounces new federal book banning legislation proposed in Congress. Call your Reps. Tell them to oppose H.R. 7661. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 American Library Association, Show Up For Our Libraries

"Parents, not politicians, should guide their children’s reading. In our school, campus, and public libraries, materials are selected by trained literacy professionals who understand child development and community needs. Their work is grounded in one clear purpose: helping young people become lifelong readers. H.R. 7661 isn’t fundamentally about protecting kids. It’s about giving politicians broad authority to restrict whose stories are allowed on the shelves. That should concern anyone who believes in the freedom to read and the right of families to make decisions for themselves.” - ALA President Sam Helmick

"Rather than targeting librarians and teachers, Congress should invest in them. The Right to Read Act offers a better path, supporting well-staffed and well-resourced school libraries, strengthening evidence-based literacy instruction, and protecting the dedicated professionals who help young people discover books that open doors and expand horizons. When we trust families, support educators, and protect the freedom to read, our young people thrive.” - ALA President Sam Helmick.

NEW: ALA strongly denounces new federal book banning legislation introduced in Congress, HR 7661.

As ALA President Sam Helmick said, "Parents, not politicians, should guide their children's reading." Call your Rep and tell them to oppose this new bill.

More from ALA: www.ala.org/news/2026/02...

I get really irritated with Congressmen who just sit and vote with the party line. We need term limits, because I need ACTION behind some of these bills.

A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives Hours after the State of the Union address, House republicans introduced legislation banning LGBTQ+ books from public schools nationwide.

🚨NATIONWIDE BOOK BAN ALERT

Whenever the administration takes a loss (like in the supreme court for tariffs) they go for low hanging fruit and book banning is a favorite.

Call and Email your Congressman to keep their hands off school and library funding.
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I’m making my way through! Started yesterday

What are we reading this week #booksky

I like to celebrate the Ides of March on March 15 in our school library. Got any ideas of ways that we could celebrate this year? #shakespeare #tlsky

The Disappearance of Young Adult Books and Services in Public Libraries: Book Censorship News, February 20, 2026 Teen collections in public libraries are disappearing. So, too, are professionals dedicated to serving this demographic.

"Wyoming legislators have on their docket this session a bill that would effectively dismantle YA sections in public libraries. It follows the same patterns seen in South Carolina."

Y'all focus too much on the presidency & let local elections go to pot.
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White Jesus, Black Demons and Old Time Religion How did we go from civil rights marches to denouncing Blackness?

How is it that in 2026, the Black church, which has a history of fighting for equality and social justice since enslavement to Civil Rights, now calling for Black people to denounce their Blackness in favor of their Christian-ness (as if the two could be separated)?

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Racial slurs are pre-cursors to violence. Full stop.
They aren't just rude asides.
The use of racial slurs should ALWAYS come with consequences.
If you believe that you would have to punish too many people then..
a) I question who you're around
b) you only believe punishment is for certain people

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The answer is they don’t like the US, they like the Confederacy. Explicit, codified, unashamed racism ruled by oligarchic elites. Strict social codes and mores that buttress the entire thing who themselves were built on misremembered imagined histories.

Put her in a choke hold and the other kids jumped in to beat his ass. The kids are alright.

It’s reading bowl day!!

The party is next week but we’d love to raffle a #kindle to our top readers. Can you help us get there? #booksky

I've never read Wuthering Heights. I'm going to save it for Women's History Month and watch the movie on streaming.

Opinion | What Jesse Jackson and Zohran Mamdani Have in Common

i wrote this last year about jackson and mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...

Same as it ever was The poverty cycle and why Black women been catching hell from WWII to America's Next Top Model

I am a mood reader & a slower reader, but I do read. My read for BHM was a piece of Black literature that I hadn't gotten around to.
With a few changes this book could be about today & its SCARY. Class, Race, Gender are all mixed in 1946 Harlem. Compare to NATIVE SON
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Reading Challenge Prizes, a project from Ms. Miles Help me give my students reading incentives for a Super Bowl reading challenge. We are challenging every student in the building to read more in a quarterly challenge leading up to the Super Bowl. ...

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Our pizza party for our 🏈Superbowl Reading Challenge was pushed into next week so there's still time to get prizes.
💘If you use code: HEART
we can give out some great prizes to the kiddos

#superbowl #booksky
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