The joy I feel when my barber is back from vacation 😭

To be on a list full of the homies like this. Honored. Truly grateful.

Some folks are so loud in their attempts to silence others.

great interview with Mateo Askaripour ahead of his CityLit Project talk on Saturday. read my latest before hearing Mateo and D. W A T K I N S this weekend baltimorebeat.com/citylit-previe…

Baltimore! Hitting the stage with D. W A T K I N S on Saturday, 4/20, at 3:30pm for CityLit Project's festival. If you're around, pull up! Would love to see/meet you.
citylitproject.org/citylit-festiv…

A message like this will never, ever get old. They always seem to come when I need them most, too, and affirm that showing love costs nothing.

'Park is widely heralded as one of the world’s great filmmakers, but his movies remain divisive.'

Thoroughly enjoyed this piece by Jia Tolentino, as well as the first episode of THE SYMPATHIZER.
newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

To retract your support of someone because they apologized for doing something outta character to them (which is a positive thing) says more about the criticizer than anything tbh.

I get this is hip hop, but why did y’all even support him in the first place?

For real, y’all!

I've avoided Twitter for years because I always found it to be full of the meanest people and the most bullshit takes. But then, as the moon Mutombo'd the sun during the eclipse, I realized: if you can't beat them, out-tweet them. And thus, a star was born.

How is this even a question?

You ever say, “It’s been a week,” and it’s only Tuesday?

The Poet Laureate of Jamaica is now our own Kwame Dawes! Kwame Dawes 🇯🇲🇯🇲

it’s officially 1 week till WOKE UP NO LIGHT hits shelves! 📕🌓 now’s your chance to preorder to get your copy as soon as possible - and check out the audio version, i got to narrate it myself! more soon!! 🌱💋 preorder: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672149/w…

Life made! Thank you Belmont Books!!!

The incredible Mateo Askaripour NYT review of VICTIM lives in physical form today and the real estate is crazy! Read it here: nytimes.com/2024/03/09/boo…

hot tip because it's come to my attention that authors dont know this - if something goes well, write that long grateful note to your publishing team, publicists, marketing ppl - and cc all their bosses. even if it seems formal/weird/you have a casual rship with yout team, do it.

Early review love for CINEMA LOVE!
⭐️ 'A haunting story of shared pasts and troubled memories.' Kirkus Reviews
⭐️ 'Resonant and textured.' Publishers Weekly
⭐️ 'An excellent first novel and a captivating reading experience.' ALA_Booklist

Tomorrow!

All my appreciation & thanks to the nominating librarians and the judges ❤️❤️❤️