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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson

@jocelynjohnson.bsky.social

Reader, Writer, List-drafter, Former public school art teacher, Author of My Monticello

91 Followers  |  54 Following  |  18 Posts  |  Joined: 18.01.2025
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We've just restocked our New Dominion Bookshop mugs! These gorgeous pottery mugs are stamped with Lana Lambert's design of our grand staircase and are made in small batches by an artisan pottery studio here in America. Stop by the shop to purchase yours!

#IndieBookstore #Charlottesville #ShopMerch

02.07.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How lovely that My Monticello has been translated into Japanese!! πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

09.05.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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08.05.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Dandyism takes the spotlight at the 2025 Met Gala Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter calls it "a full circle moment" as she reclaims history at the 2025 Met Gala.

Looking forward to the diversion, spectacle and grandeur of the MET GALA runway this eve! ✨✨✨ anyone else watching? πŸ‘€https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5372642/2025-met-gala-black-dandyism-tailoring-style

05.05.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

23.04.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5191    πŸ” 2202    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 123
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Founder's Day Keynote Address Join us to celebrate the birthday and lasting achievements of our favorite Founder, Thomas Jefferson.

www.monticello.org/exhibits-eve... Bryan Stevenson at Monticello this morning!

13.04.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So glad you are still teaching this story, BenπŸ’ͺ🏽

11.04.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Folks were wrapping up, but there were A LOT of folks for our relatively small communityβ€”πŸ™ŒπŸΎ #handsoff #charlottesville

05.04.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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10 noteworthy debut books you should read this March Debutiful’s Adam Vitcavage recommends noteworthy debut books for readers to discover each month.

Love seeing We Contain Landscapes by Patrycja Humienik (@patrycjasara.bsky.social) on @debutiful.bsky.social's list of the Best Debut Books of March!πŸ’œ

debutiful.net/2025/03/03/1...

07.03.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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12.02.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have a discount code if you or anyone you know is interested, Katie. Feel free to DM me, and generally, sending lots of ✨ your wayπŸ’›

11.02.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Some of my earliest public writing sprung from motherhood, so I’m excited to be a guest in Rachel Yoder’s Writing Motherhood series. Find out more at Off Assignment or my author webpage.

11.02.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, escritora: β€œCreo que lo que nos salva es llevar a cabo las acciones correctas, incluso cuando no obtenemos el resultado correcto” Alpha Decay publica en espaΓ±ol Algo dulce en la lengua, un libro de relatos de la escritora estadounidense Jocelyn Nicole Johnson en el que la psicologΓ­a de los personajes queda en el centro.

'Something Sweet on the Tongue' a translated collection of the 5 short stories in My Monticello, is out today from Alpha Decay--along with the article in Vogue Espana. www.vogue.es/articulos/jo...

03.02.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What rough leadership under which to head into Black History Monthβ€” and yet, there are SO many books and stories : beautiful, heartrending, complicated, courageous black stories for all readers! A testament. Happy Black History Month, everybodyβ€”Thanks Chapel Hill Library & Leila Motley)

01.02.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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28.01.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So much is going on in this world rn, still it brings me some joy to be able to lead a fiction workshop at the 2025 Colgate Writers Conference in June! Join this inspiring week of workshops, craft talks & literary community. Scholarships available. More info at colgate.edu/cwc

28.01.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful! Congrats!

20.01.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

circa 1978

20.01.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
7 elementary aged girls in brown "Brownies" uniforms, standing in a line.
2 girls holding hands. 
2 girls lifting an American flag.

7 elementary aged girls in brown "Brownies" uniforms, standing in a line. 2 girls holding hands. 2 girls lifting an American flag.

20.01.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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About a year ago, in speech at Mt. Zion church, I explored the idea that maybe there is a secret utopia in the *act of working in community toward justice, toward equity, toward love, toward repair. Happy MLK jr day, everyone!

20.01.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just putting up my sign post, checking out the new digs & holding space here for when I'm ready to rock SM again. Looking good, everybody! 🀍

18.01.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0