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For the week of September 13th

Roxane Gay
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Why Design Matters by Debbie Millman is available for pre-order. Yes, this link will be available in this newsletter until it goes on sale on 11/9 (damn supply chain).

Our next book selection is Renunciations by Donika Kelly. Sign up on Literati to join our great discussions about the book of the month. You can register, now, for our conversation with Donika on September 22nd.

Tressie, Debbie Millman and I are hosting a writing workshop retreat in July 2022. You can also register for this if you want to spend a weekend with us.

Roxane Gay Books is open for submissions.

I partnered with Mayors for a Guaranteed Income and published five thoughtful, compelling essays about the importance of a financial safety net.

Wings and Fleas by Quinisha Jackson-Wright.

Living in the Age of Uncertainty, One Aisle at a Time by Hoang Samuelson

When Breath Isn’t Enough by Amy Kenny

A Good Parent by Rosa Garcia

A Moral Argument for Basic Income by David Williams

And in the Emerging Writer Series Lana or the Wazazhe ie Word for Guilt by Chelsea T. Hicks


Reimagining the Black ABCs.

Henry Giardina reviews Maggie Nelson’s On Freedom for Into.

The October cover story of The New Republic tracks how Tucker Carlson descended into the mire of trolling, white supremacy and other bullshit on which he thrives. You know how sometimes, in New York (or other cities), you’ll step in some murky, fetid water at a curb. It’s an odd color and there’s a film of grossness on the top and who knows what lies beneath. Anyway, that’s a metaphor for Tucker Carlson.

The Alvaro Barrington show The Quiet Storm at Nicola Vassell’s gallery is excellent. Highly recommend. The show is up until October 23rd if you can pay a visit.

A great article on understanding the money aspect of selling a book.

An interview with Ocean Vuong.

Supply chain issues have come for books, too.

Speaking of supply chains, here is a great Twitter thread explaining what all is going on. And a syllabus.

Calling in Nicki Minaj. Now, I respect the sentiment there and think calling in is a useful strategy but in this instance, I’m fairly certain Minaj needs to be called out. As does her husband. And there’s always a cousin.

Philly is gonna pay.

I am a fan of Ryan Ken. That’s it.

A new era of Black Westerns.

Fast food hip hop wars.

Simone Biles shares that she learned about the extent of Larry Nasser’s crimes from the amazing reporting of the Indianapolis Star.

Erin Overbey has been working on a byline diversity project at The New Yorker. The results will not surprise you.

Lil Nas X, a master of marketing, has created a baby registry for his new album Montero. Each song has an entry in the registry for contributions to nonprofits.

Levar Burton doesn’t want to host Jeopardy anyway.

A travel points hacker shares how he does what he does.

New television series Reservation Dogs, is opening up a necessary conversation about suicide in indigenous communities.

Buy now, pay later.

A timeline of the Gabby Petito case.

The “reality” show The Activist, is being retooled from a competitive show to… uhhh…. something else. OKIE DOKIE!

A conversation with Jean Smart. See Hacks!

The 500 greatest songs of all time.

Some Texas abortion providers have stopped doing abortions all together which, we all know, is exactly what those craven lawmakers intended.

A short story by Brandon Williams.

A guy wrote some fake Dear Prudie letters.

A review of Harlem Shuffle.

LOL. Taco Bell subscription service. End times.

A weird murder situation down in South Carolina.

The ridiculous governor recall in CA was a complete bust. Which it was always destined to be. And it cost like $270 million.


Twitter avatar for @bobbyteriyakibobby wasabi @bobbyteriyaki
your science teacher was handing back your tests face down but you wanna do your own research on the vaccine 🤨

September 15th 2021

22,427 Retweets150,539 Likes
Twitter avatar for @Ryan_Ken_ActsRyan Ken (they/them) @Ryan_Ken_Acts
I think having such a close relationship with your toxic stans is almost embarrassingly revelatory. The folks whose opinion matters most to you are those with your likeness in their profile and posting hourly praise of you. Imagine needing that. Now imagine letting everyone know.

September 17th 2021

320 Retweets2,493 Likes
Twitter avatar for @ThinDieselleDIESEL ⛽️ @ThinDieselle
an unvaccinated person died (crowd cheers) but they were unvaccinated because of their disability (crowd boos) but they were a republican voter (crowd cheers) but they were a mother (crowd boos) to a future school shooter (mixed reaction from crowd)

September 16th 2021

3,996 Retweets47,936 Likes
Twitter avatar for @4everNeverTrumpPé @4everNeverTrump
@RepRosendale imagine being so racist you write a 7-tweet thread about 75 refugees being settled in your state of 1.07 million people.

September 16th 2021

1,645 Retweets20,329 Likes
Twitter avatar for @bcheungzBrian Cheung @bcheungz
incredible sequence outside my window just now

September 16th 2021

13,585 Retweets87,131 Likes
Twitter avatar for @DrakeGatsbyjon drake @DrakeGatsby
You can just buy an ice cream cake whenever you want. They don’t even check if it’s your birthday or anything they just take your money

September 15th 2021

17,676 Retweets203,069 Likes
Twitter avatar for @pefrasePeter Frase @pefrase
The circle of cop life
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September 15th 2021

77,126 Retweets282,632 Likes
Twitter avatar for @NE0NGENESlSteddy (scene girl arc) @NE0NGENESlS
new geep just dropped
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September 14th 2021

23,161 Retweets196,900 Likes
Twitter avatar for @cathyparkhongcph @cathyparkhong
Poets, especially Asian American female poets, don't dream about being on the Time 100 List. But it happened and I'm on the cover.

TIME @TIME

.@aliwong on @cathyparkhong: "I annotated the hell out of 'Minor Feelings'—it’s the kind of book you want to dog-ear and underline. Reading it was such a crazy feeling: I felt so seen that I couldn’t believe that this book existed" #TIME100 https://t.co/u2QogxkQ9X https://t.co/9MfcoarQct

September 15th 2021

2,715 Retweets29,954 Likes
Twitter avatar for @doctuh_pDoc McStuffins @doctuh_p
I don’t know about y’all, but I don’t have any more passwords left in me.

September 14th 2021

43,472 Retweets229,558 Likes
Twitter avatar for @PeaceAndFadesilyPhillipWhite👼🏽 @PeaceAndFades
Girl look at this damn baby 😭🤣🥺🥺🥺🥺
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September 12th 2021

10,937 Retweets108,912 Likes
Twitter avatar for @wickettredHeather Chacon @wickettred
My son has been sick (not Covid) and shout out to my mom, who loaned us the SAME pot of Vicks she used to use on me growing up. Expiration date 1-87
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September 12th 2021

20,209 Retweets331,727 Likes
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Sarah Pomranka
Writes Pom Pom's Mixtape ·Sep 18, 2021

Okay, I am worried about the test for that supply chain thing because that syllabus is a little... intense.

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Catherine Prendergast
Sep 18, 2021

Yup my pub date got pushed back bc of the great supply chain snafu. This year in lit is going to be a mess.

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