When the desire to write and writing groove comes back. Thank you.

a man is sitting in the back seat of a car making a funny face . ALT: a man is sitting in the back seat of a car making a funny face .

...when you been running from the page but come back to it and actually murk a word or two:

...in the tenth circle of hell that Dante and even Virgil himself feared: final paper grading.

Send fries.

'Preciate you!

...I love that #OutKast is being inducted into the RRHOF and its the 30th anniversary of Andrè Benjamin declaring "the South/Souf got something to say." Indeed indeed.

Also: see B. Brian Foster's I Don't Like the Blues. Maybe throw in a little Albert Murray South to a Very Old Place. Robin Means Coleman's Horror Noire. Kinitra Brooks' work. John Jennings and Stanford Carpenter's work on the Ethnogothic...

Syllabusin' folks:

There is no Sinners without Blues epistemology and there is no Blues epistemology without CLYDE WOODS….

Saw #Sinners this weekend and it still got my spirit hemmed up.

...still looking for my people.

a yellow teddy bear is running through a field of water ALT: a yellow teddy bear is running through a field of water

…me trying to scroll and avoid Sinners spoilers.

…I’ve been writing bout my Southern Black grandmother for over a decade. An archive of Nana Boo.

Ma’am? 🤣🤣

Was just thinking about this piece by Carrie Mae Weems because of earlier post about Yuri Kochiyama who also witnessed Malcolm X's last breaths on that stage. She remained friends with Mrs. Shabazz.

The Assassination of Medgar, Malcolm, and Martin, 2008
Carrie Mae Weems, from Constructing History

…grief ain’t no hoe. I’m the mountain. Grief is the storm.

DHS shuts ‘open door’ for women and queer immigrants to report abuse, advocates say Offices that helped survivors of violence and discrimination from inside the immigration system have been gutted by the Trump administration.

Offices that helped survivors of violence and discrimination from inside the immigration system have been gutted by the Trump administration.

…I wanna learn how to documentary 🤣😭

I can’t believe I’m back watching wrasslin’.

…I still feel some kinda way bout Yeet. Cause it’s Yeek. With a K. And Jey done left Ahlanna and is up in Memphis now *ugh ugh* 🤣🤣🤣

Correct.

Book bae. Still going strong and the South still got something to say! #weoutchea

I like that. Nana Boo manuscript is top priority but maybe a few sentences a day with the novel to get started.

*whispers* where’s Black Bluesky at? My timeline is a void.

Working on this collection of essays about my Nana Boo and me and putting paws on this novel…

I was with you till Fote Valley 🤣🤣

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

Ooooh whatcha writing bout?

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…Looking forward to a summer of writing and no teaching.

@dem8z.bsky.social 🗣HI DR. DEEEEEB 🫶🏽

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