Writing “the Necessary Poems”: An Interview with Lolita Stewart-White An interview with Lolita Stewart-White about her poetry collection, “black frag/ments.”

Happy pub day to Lolita Stewart-White's collection, BLACK FRAG/MENTS, out today from @hubcitypress.bsky.social! Learn more about these poems in her interview with @croptopassassin.bsky.social.

Jae Nichelle & Christopher Diaz (Team LaLa) - "Repetition" (Bigfoot 2025) YouTube video by SlamFind

"Repetition" poem by me and the talented Christopher Diaz 🔥
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the mind is a difficult place to live my therapist used to ask me where I felt things in my body.

"when you live in your head as much as I do, you literally lose touch with your body’s cues."

August 2025 Feature: Kendra Allen Kendra Allen is a multi-genre award-winning author from Dallas, Texas, whose debut novel Like The People Do is forthcoming in 2026. Kendra Allen was born and raised in Dallas, TX. She's the author of ...

Author Kendra Allen shared with me her thoughts on writing fiction + other genres and what songs she thinks are perfect via @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social !! Spoiler: she is right about those songs. ✨️

#booksky #authorsky #litmag

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New Substack post! Today I’m meditating on secrets and privacy, inspired by reading the novel Conjure Woman. What is the art of keeping a secret today? and also, should we start lying more??

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AWP panels re: queer stuff, Poetry performance, multi-genre/ cross genre work?? being a silly Billy? experimentation? Invite me 😊

I hope, in his next film, that Ryan Coogler pushes himself to use 3 Michael B Jordans. maybe 5. really go for it.

Pass The Write Challenge 3 Movie Magic

Day 3 of this newsletter and I want to know: who wrote your favorite movie??

Pass The Write Challenge 1 Queer Liberation Library

It's day 1 of Pass the Write, and I shout out the @queerliblib.bsky.social and challenge you to discover a new book or writer today! Are you up for the challenge?? #substack

BEEN A LONG TIME COMING BUT Next week I launch my new newsletter, Pass The Write. Sign up now in my bio to get the first one in your inbox on Sunday 💖✨️🕺🏽

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I want some grillz so bad but my dentist would be pissed 😂

Free subs for Black poets open tomorrow morning 👇

a woman in a red dress is running on a red carpet ALT: a woman in a red dress is running on a red carpet

I was genuinely about to lose it after 3 crucial rejections in succession but now something just came through. Won't she do it 🙌🏽🙌🏽

writers be like what if my main character is.... a writer!

i can't promise that I'll keep up with this account, but dropping a link to my book here if you want words from me 😂

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My chapbook, BLOOD-FLEX, is about (Black) mother daughter relationships, Black girlhood, and coming of age. It debuts Spring 2025 ❤️ here’s a poem from it