Lori D. Johnson

“Thousands of years ago, cats were worshiped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.”--Anonymous--
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“Being a Black woman writer is not a shallow, but a rich place to write from. It doesn’t limit my imagination, it expands it.”
--Toni Morrison--

12 Lit mags just opened for submissions They pay writers Don't charge fees • Andromeda Spaceways Magazine $20 - $100 or $0.01/word • Infrarrealista Review | $50 - $100 • FreeFall Magazine | $10 - $50/page or $25/piece • Philadelphia Stories | $0 - $25/piece • If There's Anyone Left $0.08/word • Eaten: The Food History Magazine | pays • Socrates on the Beach Literary Journal I pays • Haven Speculative | $0.08/word or $20/piece • Pleiades Magazine / Jun 30, 2025 • Black Stone / White Stone - A Deep Dive Zine | $10 flat • Granta | pays • The Paris Review | pays

Some choice places to send your writing to this week…

or at least a list to save and think “I’ll do this later” and then forget 🖤

Submission details & links to their websites: www.chillsubs.com/lists/13_pay...

#writingcommunity

This is one of the many reasons I'm spending less and less time on social media.

LOL 😆

RIP Theo. 😢

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Justice Dept. Asks for 1-Day Sentence for Ex-Officer Convicted in Breonna Taylor Raid

This is disgusting. Even in the era of no shame, it’s shameful. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/u...

ten writers by whom i've read more than five books

James Baldwin
Pearl Cleage
Alice Faye Duncan
Ernest J. Gaines
Nikki Giovanni
bell hooks
Toni Morrison
Walter Mosley
Elizabeth Strout
Alice Walker

Sigh. 💔😡

I keep thinking about how Gov Abbott had plenty of funds to fly and bus migrants all across the country but couldn't come up with a million for a flood warning system.

LOL 😆😏

A rare bit of good news.

Sad. :-(

This sounds interesting. I've added it to my long "want to read" list. 😉

What Will It Take to Fix AI School librarian Jean Darnell prompted ChatGPT to write a paper on Black history, and the result had glaring omissions. That's just one part of the problem, she says.

As we-the people- are learning, there's federal bias in favor of AI continuing their cloak & dagger privacy violations, data extraction & 0 transparency regarding information intel. As a librarian that grew up w/lawyers as parents, this is a glaring conflict of interest. www.slj.com/story/What-W...

Even though I'm in the process of downsizing my book collection, keeping less than 30 is NOT the plan. 📚😀

I borrowed this book from my parents back in the day and never gave it back. It was a good read! 👍

Facts!

My dad had a career in the Air Force. As a child, I knew lots of kids who were born in places like Germany or France because their military-aligned fathers and families were stationed there. To think that some, if not all, of those kids (now adults) are subject to being deported is horrifying.

My dad had a career in the US Air Force. As a child, I knew lots of kids who were born in places like Germany or France because their military-aligned fathers and families were stationed there. To think that some, if not all, of those kids (now adults) are subject to being deported is horrifying.

The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities.
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For real, though. 🙄

A post about downsizing my book collection. If you’ve been there, done that, and have a few tips to share on the process, please feel free to do so.
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We're extending our celebration through this weekend to give more writers the opportunity to submit their work! We will close end of Sunday, or when we hit our cap.

When two disgusting individuals attack one another, we all win! At least, that's one way of looking at this. 😏

A nice Father's Day read. ❤️

Not taking anything away from Senator Padilla because he was treated atrociously

But I JUST want to remind everyone that the Congresswoman LaMonica McIver, a Black woman, was just indicted for just asking questions at an ICE detention center in her state

Keep that same energy of support for her

A word!

Sobering thought.