Every book in this room is by a Black writer.

Royal Roots - Orion Magazine A conversation about Black sovereignty, legacy, and land ownership

Author conversation w/ sister @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social in @orionmagazine.bsky.social on Black sovereignty, land ownership and legacy in her fourth novel, HAPPY LAND, out this week from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social in paperback.

Among The Ruins | Broadcast Heat won't show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame.

Heat won’t show up in family photos, but its quiet violence is felt beyond the frame. Emily Raboteau (@emilyraboteau.bsky.social) on raising kids and growing trees in the mouth of a lion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/am...

Orion Magazine - Finding Community in Isolation I STARTED READING Kate Zambreno’s incandescent new book The Light Room a month before its publication date during a camping trip with my ten year old at

Author convo. w/ kindred spirit Kate Zambreno on parenting and teaching in the pandemic. Check out her new book. THE LIGHT ROOM, out today.