Breaking news: @susanmd.bsky.social 's BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA is longlisted for the PEN/Faulkner award! Personal gratitude to jurors @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social @bruceholsinger.bsky.social @urrealism.bsky.social & 🥂 to an incredible longlist...if you haven't yet, read this bighearted book.
Good news. Anne Tyler has a new novel out, Three Days in June. This is a lovely interview. And by the way, she recommends Susan Muaddi Darraj's novel "Behind You Is the Sea." @susanmd.bsky.social
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Nice to see @susanmd.bsky.social's BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA on @thenewyorker.bsky.social Best of 2024
"Darraj writes with great emotional resonance about hope and disappointment."
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About The Book Celebrating 15 Years of Kweli: A must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. Hailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. This powerful anthology marks the journal’s 15th anniversary, showcasing 15 unforgettable stories curated by founder Laura Pegram. With a foreword from award-winning author Edwidge Danticat, the narratives included in this vivid anthology explore the devastation of leaving home and the struggle to adapt to reimagined lives, lost loves, distant families, and buried pasts. Featuring works from authors including Naima Coster, DéLana R.A. Dameron, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Daphne Palasi Andreades, Susan Muaddi Darraj, and Princess Joy L. Perry, this collection is a testament to the richness and diversity of voices often marginalized in mainstream literature. These stories delve into themes of displacement, loss, and resilience, challenging readers to broaden their perspectives and deepen their understanding of the human experience.
Featured Writers Edwidge Danticat • Naima Coster • Reem Kassis • DéLana R.A. Dameron • John Paul Infante • Daphne Palasi Andreades • Jennine Capó Crucet • LaToya Watkins • Ivelisse Rodriguez • K-Ming Chang • Susan Muaddi Darraj • Nicole Dennis-Benn • Kaitlyn Greenidge • Princess Joy L. Perry • Estella Gonzalez
We're so grateful for this chance to gather stories by 15 brilliant writers of color, incl @susanmd.bsky.social & @cholasalvation.bsky.social to celebrate Kweli Journal's 15th anniversary. Read the publisher's note on the book & stay tuned for pre-orders đź’« www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sing-t...
ASK THE NIGHT FOR A DREAM: PALESTINIAN WRITING FROM THE DIASPORA — edited by @susanmd.bsky.social — is available for pre-order; 20% off for a limited time with code: dream.
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And all of a sudden it's January, and my monthly Reads for the Rest of Us is live @msmagazine.bsky.social !
Check out my book recs which include new releases by @susanmd.bsky.social @drjengunter.bsky.social @crystalwilki.bsky.social and more!
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The GOP has introduced a bill to EXPEL Palestinians from the United States. I cannot read such things without remembering what happened to my own family after Pearl Harbor. After we and 120,000 other Japanese Americans were incarcerated in prison camps for years, without charge or trial... /1
My love letter to my fellow Palestinians. ❤️ 🇵🇸
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Proud to be Palestinian ♥️🇵🇸🕊
❤️❤️❤️
Refuse to be stored in black plastic sacks and placed in the containers provided
Do not go gentle into that good night
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.
Do you even know how many pillows I need to sleep bro
Have been baffled abt how to use social media the past few years, but it’s dawning on me what it’s gonna be now for gen x—and all generations, eventually: a place to share our collective grief.
It feels like a fresh, new school year here at BlueSky, and I'm bumping into all the people I want to hang out with at lunch:)
So grateful 🙏 to poet, novelist, and overall extraordinary human being Naomi Shihab Nye for her thoughtful statement about BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA!
Glad you're here!
I guess I should finally do one of those introductory posts on here. Hello everyone. My name is Hanna Alkaf, and I write critically-acclaimed, sometimes-award-nominated, sometimes-even-award-winning, very Malaysian MG and YA novels.
I have realized that I've been so tired for so long that I can't even remember what it feels like to be rested.
Dark clouds rolling in above Camden Yards, the Orioles baseball stadium
The sky before the Orioles game last night. We were all told to leave the stands and seek shelter. We camped out in the stairwells for over an hour. It was wild to watch the lightning flash across the sky and listen to the rain. What a storm.
Great to see so many writers coming here now. Let's rebuild the writing community. If you’re an author or screenwriter, reply and say hello so we can all find you and follow each other. And if you want to repost this, that would also help.
Finally wrote a blog post. First one this summer! "Where to Submit Your Stuff," in which I provide links to ranked lists and databases for writers looking for places to submit their work. Take a look. #authors
Today I wrote an essay called "A Clicking Time Bomb: Amazon, Social Media, & the Existential Threat to Creatives ."
It's about AI and capitalism, and what writers everywhere face right now.
I hope you'll read it and share it.
!! COVER REVEAL !!
I’m thrilled to reveal the cover of my novel, BEHIND YOU IS THE SEA, coming in January from HarperVia!
It's available now for pre-orders
(https://www.theivybookshop.com/book/9780063324237
Thank you for reading this long message! I am grateful for all of your support!!!
