Good. We need to have these conversations. We are in a reading crisis.
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Good. We need to have these conversations. We are in a reading crisis.
Fun fact: 54% of US adults read below a 6th grade level.
You have to actively remember literally over half the US adult population is *unable to perceive subtext*
www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/2024-2025-li...
Major update to the story of #HenriettaLacks and the first immortal human cell line, HeLa cells!
Novartis and the Lacks' estate have reached a settlement.
www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/novar...
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Thank you! I was honored by what you said about my novel!
Thanks for the shout out!
February is often the month that #romancelandia wonders if Black authors still exist. But they’ve been here all along, friends.
This. And are being written by marginalized authors.
🎉 It's official: When Trees Testify pub day!!! 🎉
Available wherever books are sold.
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Exercise isn’t just a break from sitting at a desk—it also acts as an extra twist to open the tap of creativity, Bonnie Tsui argues.
SAME! I see we have similar creds....I wonder if that has something to do with it....
Thank you! Others in other SM are RAVING about it and I....do not understand....
A dot plot of YouGov polling data with the headline: "Book genres Americans, men, and women read in 2025." The chart has the sub-headline: "Which of the following types of books have you read or listened to in 2025? Select all that apply. (% of U.S. adult citizens who read at least one book in 2025 selecting each genre)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "other fiction," "other non-fiction," "none of the above," and "I haven't read a book in the past year" are not shown."
6/ There's tons more interesting information in the full survey — more than I had space to write up! For example, here are the genres Americans say they read, and which ones men and women say they read!
The Ukrainian origins of Carol of the Bells.
A gift article for those who want to know more about this amazing author's story!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...
Love Is A Contact Sport cover features two Black men in an embrace. The taller one has light brown skin, bald head, and a beard, and is wearing a college athletics jacket. The shorter one has dark brown skin, twists and a fade haircut, and wearing a yellow sweatshirt with the words Black Romance Writer (and a small rainbow) on it. The cover is purple with red, yellow, and white writing.
Today is exactly 6 months out from the pub date for my forthcoming novel.
Love Is A Contact Sport, a Black, Queer, Second Chance, College Reunion, MM romance out 6/16/26 on @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social
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"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Of course, she wouldn't have had a case had there not been a phone call in the first place but everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Be blessed.
Scolding Fani Willis while dropping the case is giving "know your place girl..."
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Flatlay yellow background (it's my coffee table) with white circular trivet and a copy of the book in the center. Book is dark blue with a darker blue hand with gold sparks flying from it. Title in gold.
THE GLOWING LIFE OF LEEANN WU is out now! I hope you enjoy my novel about a magical midlife midwife dealing with generational trauma while discovering her true power.
Available in print, ebook, and audio. Info and buy links here: rubylangwrites.com/the-glowing-...
Agreed. Looking forward to when I can teach it in my next composition class.
Sigh
This. Thanks.
JUST IN: California has adopted Prop 50, the Democratic plan to redistrict the state, according to CNN.
They called it as soon as polls closed.
Fantastic. Prop 50 has been approved. Shane it has come to this but glad to see fire being fought with fire.
This reliance on AI....ugh
Black and Brown people. PLEASE, PLEASE for the love of us all do not allow yourself to be interviewed if SNAP benefits don't come on November 1. Make the white folks do the interviews. They love getting Black folks to do these interviews so that people think we are the only ones hurt.
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
my favorite part of this whole thing is that said reports were specifically written in Greek so when the explorers went back to Britain, the average person couldn't accidentally read about gay penguins and be scandalized
