9 days left!
We're trying to stuff 12 bags for kids heading to college. Can you help with some laundry detergent or sheets? Scholarships don't cover these things.
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I was not optimistic at all. I see I was right.
Right to Read Day: April 20, 2026: Everywhere. For your freedom to read, For access to information, For understanding our past, For our communities, For our libraries. Unite Against Book Bans, ALA 150, American Library Association.
Today & every day, Lee & Low Books supports & fights for the right to read!
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10 Days Left!!
We're trying to send off students to college with the essentials you need for the dorm that are not covered by scholarships. Things like:
🎓Shampoo
🎓Sheets
🎓Detergent
🎓Sanitary napkins, etc.
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Donor's Choose: tinyurl.com/mtjxp9xp
What’s your fave genre?
It can’t hurt!
The push to have teenagers have more babies is about keeping House seats.
Red states are bleeding their young couples who leave and get jobs in big cities.
Population dips alone will have the GOP at a disadvantage without Dems having to raise a single dollar.
Three substacks to read this weekend
"...who he used to be doesn’t really matter. Who he became when he was frustrated, angry, and sad is the crux of the matter because girls and women are just as angry, oppressed, lonely AND mentally ill, but they don’t kill because of it."
#justinfairfax
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Men should read romance novels. A lot of them are dual perspective and have a lot of comedic appeal.
@bookshop.org we need online book fairs that support our favorite indies. Scholastic doesn't serve high schools and sometimes you need a little quick fundraiser.
Read any Black Feminist theory lately? THICK by is essential reading and it's on sale
#booksky #blackbooksky
Amazon: tinyurl.com/4wd52cmf
Bookshop (via an indie bookstore): shorturl.at/wozGR
"All you have is a horde of boys online like the Lord of the Flies on a virtual island w/Clavicular as tribal leader. $35k jaw surgery. Breaking your bones w/ a hammer. Meth for weight loss. It all comes down to who looks better (leaner, sharper, whiter), even if it kills you."
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'Wellness' is the new religion and it has it's child preachers just like any other backwoods Baptist church.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/w...
The Black Zine Fair is seeking VOLUNTEERS for May 9. There are many roles and we need many hands. You can sign up here. Anyone can volunteer provided you are reliable and have a good sense of humor :) - forms.gle/tL5z2fm1rtVY...
"Although agents of oppression have sometimes deliberately “dehumanized” their victims to justify violence and exploitation, they often need no such excuse. They know full well that the people they abuse are human beings, and they do it anyway."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/b...
Does anyone in my network teach an Outschool course? Any feedback is appreciated.
The UK is going paperback first for new book releases. I've long thought that this is the way to go to get more people reading. It's cheaper and easier to carry around. If it's a hit, people will buy the hardcover.
Thoughts? #booksky
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Want a little science fiction from Black authors? Got astronauts on the brain? All of these books have space travelers in them and you should pick them up today. #booksky #artemisii #blackbooksky
College student with a duffle bag and graduation cap with various toiletries in the foreground.
The list of things need for college is LONG! Not every family can help kids get prepared to leave. Some just won't.
We try to lighten the burden for kids every year. Check out our list & help if you can!
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My pleasure
Today is National Black Bookstore Day!
Don’t have a store near you?
You can support one online at Bookshop.org
Need some books?
Here’s a list of the “Black Canon”, 50 must have Black authored books essential to your home library #booksky #blackbooksky
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DuBois curated an exhibit to highlight the advances that Black Americans had made since emancipation. He knew that the only information about Black folks that was making it around the world was caricatures and lies.
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These are the people running against 80yr old Congressman David Scott in the Democrat Primary. Give them a look 👀. They deserve it.
Jasmine Clark: Georgia state Representative
Everton Blair: Former Gwinnett County School Board chair
Emanuel Jones: Georgia state Senator
Want to read more Black authors?
Want some escapism?
@mbalia1 Kwame Mbalia's Star Wars novel is $1.99! #booksky #blackbooksky
On Amazon:
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At Bookshop (support a Black Indie Bookshop):
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He is risen!
Thanks to @marissatanee on 🧵 for the reminder
And in related news 🗞️
Add these to your TBR #artemis fanatics #booksky #blackbooksky
Thanks so much!!