Congratulations to client @kimjohnson.bsky.social who was awarded the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature last week!

A wonderful panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival along with Dr. Yohuru Williams, @lm-elliott.bsky.social, and @kimjohnson.bsky.social. All my co-panelists are doing such important work with history for young readers, and it was an honor to be in conversation with them.

Democrats doing democrat shit.

remember when they defeated racism

I will *not* be watching the State of the Union tomorrow evening. Nothing enrages Trump more than us tuning him out. Instead, I will be viewing and contributing to the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of counter-programming beginning this evening. Register at stateofthepeople.media.

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed YouTube video by MSNBC

@samiraahmed.bsky.social talks banned books, speaking out against injustice, and INTERNMENT on @msnbc.com ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...

As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

I am furious that @joyannreid.bsky.social was axed from her show at MSNBC. This is what authoritarianism looks like. Toni Morrison warned us that they will go after the journalists, scholars and artists first.

Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.

Person with long black hair in an orange checkered top holding up a red hardcover copy of Kindling by Traci Chee

KINDLING is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! 🔥 I’m so thrilled to be included alongside K.A. Cobell, Safia Elhillo, Carolina Ixta & @kimjohnson.bsky.social. 📚 Congratulations to all the finalists & a huge thank you to LA Times & the judges for this honor! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The news is out ✨THE COLOR OF A LIE ✨is a LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalist for Young Adult Literature! This is two years in a row, with INVISIBLE SON as a finalist last year. This is a huge honor, especially with an incredible group of finalists @tracicheeauthor @ka_cobell @safiamafia and @carolinaixta

Congratulations to @kimjohnson.bsky.social, THE COLOR OF A LIE is the winner of The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!

Thank you!

Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize theonion.com/kendric...

“advocate”???

Thank you!

I always recommend This Is My America! My first novel. But if you love historical, The Color of a Lie! Thank you!

The African American Children’s Book Fair in Philly was amazing!! It was packed from babies to great great grandparents.

Thank you!

Well hello Black History Month and new followers! Im an award winning author who combines the things I love the most, Black people, Social Justice, and Thrillers. Former VP in Higher Ed and forever student.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...

I’m still in shock at the news my historical thriller set in 1955 Levittown Pennsylvania won the 2025 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! 🏆

Fear the Dead Season 8: we didn’t need all them kids and monologues or the flip flopping of character arcs.

SAME.

This is me now! Every day I just love sitting in rest in front of the window with my feet on the radiator sipping a cup of tea!

Thank you for reading!!!

Today I was granted access to speak with incarcerated firefighters.

They told me:
- they hadn’t showered in 5 days
- they were not provided regularly meals
- they were working 24 hours in a row
- they feel under appreciated and underpaid

$40 million to license a documentary about the "first lady." How many people in America will die today because they couldn't afford healthcare? Zuck rolling back online protections. They're all obeying in advance and it's mind boggling.

Meta ends fact-checking, drawing praise from Trump Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election a “cultural tipping point” on free speech.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so

A third of the 1400 firefighters involved are prisoners who are unpaid.