The front page of the Star Tribune on April 22, 2016, following the passing of Prince.

Help Keep Powderhorn Food & Basic Needs Going! Since December, a dedicated group of neighbors have helped delivery weekly food and basic needs to over 200 families! Our starting donation balance has been depleted and we are needing additional funds to continue supporting families through the end of the summer. Any amount helps! Venmo @southsideneeds

Hello! Powderhorn Food & Basic Needs (aka the Squirrels) needs some help to keep providing food and hygiene to vulnerable families in our area. Please share widely and give if you can!

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Congratulations <3 <3
And also, really excited to see how different this feels because you've changed so much as a writer!

I didn't realize how much I needed to read something that really engages with maximalist telling in its prose to feel excited about writing again

London Falling is the first book I've read in a long time where almost every page I'm like um excuse me, what??? about a new detail (pleasurable not derogatory)

I'm really excited to live in a reality where I read your debut novel and tell everyone how great it is

only way to live a true and fruitful life is by telling every baby and dog I meet that they are perfect and by swearing fealty to every cat who is willing to let me pet them

congratulations!! this is well-deserved

may this current wave of discourse encourage more people to think about all the different ways that American Arts culture is based on a you-should-be-grateful ethos rather than a we-should-treat-you-well-because-you-are-doing-labor ethos

imagine living in a country where no major political parties were engaging in elder abuse in order to maintain power!

a screen shot of the red flags of warning abuse: Some of the Red Flag warning signs of physical abuse include inadequately explained fractures, bruises, cuts or burns. Red Flag warning signs of psychological abuse may include the isolation of an elder or action by a caregiver that are verbally aggressive or demeaning, controlling behavior, or neglect. Red flag warning signs for finanical abuse can include a change in living standards, unable to meet basic needs, or transferring property or authority when unable to understand the nature of the transaction. Signs of self-neglect can include a lack of basic cleaniness, lack of adequate food, inappropriate clothing and unexplained sores or injuries

the moon said don't tag me!!!!! no selfies! no posed group shots!

when will we as a species accept that the moon hates us and wishes we would just keep her name out of our dumb, gross mouths and just leave her alone already? cease and desist, poets and telescope nerds, cease and desist.

Fairy Tales and the Subversive Power of Collective Storytelling. When: April 16, 6-8pm (central) Where: Online through Zoom Cost: Any amount of mutual aid contribution to https://givebutter.com/stan-eric ($20 is suggested. More is appreciated. But if you're unable...

I’m offering a single session class on fairy tales to raise money for rent relief in my south Minneapolis neighborhood.

Fairy Tales and the Subversive Power of Collective Storytelling
 
4/16, 6-8pm central, online through zoom

Coming soon: Thyme Travellers 2 An anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction

The Kickstarter for the sequel to my award winning anthology of Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror launches on Monday!

Sign up to be notified when the campaign is live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...

What we want: GENRE: FICTION, PROSE POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION THEME: RESILIENCE, STRENGTH, JOY, GRIEF, AND HEALING IN RESPONSE TO THE MN ICE OCCUPATION WORD LIMIT: UP TO 400 WORDS, MAX DEADLINE: APRIL 30 PAYMENT: $50 PER PIECE + 2 COPIES OF THE CHAPBOOK

Calling all Minnesota-based writers!

We're creating a chapbook of art and writing in response to the illegal ICE occupation of our state.

Send us your poems, stories and essays under 400 words — by April 30.

Submit & more info: bit.ly/MN-pride-zine

FUNDRAISER: SOMEONE IN MINNEAPOLIS LOVES ME T-SHIRT A belated Valentine to the city I am proud to call my home. The past 10 weeks here have been scary and intense for me and more so for many of my fellow residents. While many people have joined in resi...

In Minneapolis, there are still fundraisers going on for rent relief. Today's the last day where you can buy a very cool Someone in Minneapolis Love Me t-shirt and contribute to Neighbors Helping Neighbors: truthlizard.net/collections/...

Thank you!!

Chocolatiers create 'world's largest' Mini Egg at Cadbury World The milk chocolate colossus is 70cm tall and weighs 55kg, the same as an adult cheetah.

I am ready to do my own chocolate heist now:

www.bbc.com/news/article...

it's kind of fun watching someone do interviews around his creative work that feel like he's gearing up to admit he's using AI (I don't do any of the hard parts, I don't do any thoughts, just words on a page, bay-bee)

The cover of Black Arts. It features Stacey Abe Gillian's The Sitting 1 as its cover art.

Black Arts comes out on September 8th. It's a short story collection that has shipwrecks, exploding husbands, a Bluebeard retelling, spirits, and Black women trying to understand themselves as artists. You can get a 25% off pre-order right now at Barnes & Noble www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-arts...

The Job I Want Doesn’t Exist Anymore What is lost when arts criticism dies?

Today’s Scratch newsletter is a personal essay on being a Black critic at the end of arts criticism by @latriagraham.bsky.social. Come for the killer lede, stay for the dream deferred.

Thanks, Marty!!

You can also pre-order the paperback of Meet Me at the Crossroads (out on the packed June 2nd pub day!): www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meet-me-at...

The cover of Black Arts. It features Stacey Abe Gillian's The Sitting 1 as its cover art.

Black Arts comes out on September 8th. It's a short story collection that has shipwrecks, exploding husbands, a Bluebeard retelling, spirits, and Black women trying to understand themselves as artists. You can get a 25% off pre-order right now at Barnes & Noble www.barnesandnoble.com/w/black-arts...

We know folks still want to lend a hand! No contribution is too small! Please share this post to help your friends & family chip in! Venmo @PortiaSephori

From far away, it's easier to give to established orgs than to mutual aid. I get it! But if you trust me and want to put cash directly in the hands of someone in my south Minneapolis neighborhood who can't pay rent because they've been in literal hiding from ice, here's a way:

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thanks, Matt!

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