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I do not understand how one very small human being added to our household has caused our weekly laundry loads to triple.

Happy pub day to Sejal Shah (pre-order How to Make Your Mother Cry)! Y’all gotta get in line for this beautiful book!

This is the truth: Give a group of writers a little bit of time, a little bit of structure, and little bit of unconditional positive regard and they will create beautiful, beautiful words.

Every day is #Indiebookstoreday over here, but today I’m especially grateful to all the amazing bookstores and booksellers that have championed Another Appalachia! From Hazard, KY to Chinatown in NYC, from Rockland, ME to Johnson City, TN, y’all have made this book sing. ❤️

Pittsburgh! I'm gonna be at the Squirrel Hill branch of Carnegie Library PGH for a reading on June 9. First 25 attendees get free copies of Another Appalachia. New words will be read. Hope to see you there! carnegielibrary.org/event/author-e…

Baby ducklings are out at Jamaica Pond! ❤️

WVU is not 'just where West Virginia students come to get job skills. It’s a place they come to that opens up the whole world to them and makes things possible that weren’t possible to them. That’s just been driven into the ground.” Folklorist Rosemary Hathaway

I have a whole lot of thoughts about what it means to engage in book marketing through a relational approach, and how that can stave off burnout and prevent resentment. Shared them with Derek Krissoff, who really taught me a lot of this! Take a look! derekkrissoff.substack.com/p/book-marketi…

Why it's better to think about social media as a tool for authors to build community vs. so-called 'building a platform.'

One of many good points in a Neema Avashia & Derek Krissoff conversation about marketing collaboration between authors and presses. derekkrissoff.substack.com/p/book-marketi…

90!!! I don’t think it had ever occurred to me to count! Grateful to Derek Krissoff for this opportunity to reflect on our collaboration to support Another Appalachia!

Came into the kitchen this morning to hear Brooklyn-born boo and Boston-born 🦥 baby jamming to Doc Watson. Maybe you can’t go home again…but you can make home in a way that holds all the pieces of you. ❤️

This is on point.

This what community is all about. We raised $2,488 this weekend at Hillbilly Days and we ain’t stopping. With a goal of $20,000 by October, we need YOU all. Buy our merch. Share our stuff. Donate. All the help is appreciated and we love y’all.

11 day road trip from Pgh to Atlanta, with stops in Fairmont, Charleston, and Asheville along the way. So many necks hugged. So much chosen family love showered on 🦥 toddler. My Appalachian heart is very full. ❤️

This is what it’s all about. 🪞📘

You know you want some of these shirts 😉 $30 each and all proceeds directly benefit Pikeville Pride. We are a verified 501c3 non-profit doing LGBTQ+ work in 11 counties in eastern KY!

Did we come to Atlanta just to watch #FatHam at Alliance Theatre (in shifts, because…toddler)? Yep. Because that’s what happens when former students become chosen family. ❤️

Yessssss! Don’t quit on Appalachia!

Spotted in the staff picks Riverstone Books Sq Hill today. Neema Avashia