Myriam J. A. Chancy

Pictures of Dr. Myriam J. A. Chancy, Doris Jones, and Selina Sharmin, and promotional text for the QPL virtual program Immigrant Pioneer Women in America, Episode 4: Black History and the Black Immigrant Experience through Fiction with Dr. Myriam J. A. Chancy.

Join us on Saturday, February 21 at 3PM for the next episode of our Immigrant Pioneer Women in America virtual series, as we explore Black History and the Black Immigrant Experience through Fiction with @myriamjachancy.bsky.social!

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Come see me talking about translation and a career in publishing tomorrow!

Dorian Johnson, witness to Michael Brown’s death, killed in Ferguson Dorian Johnson died due to injuries sustained during a shooting Sunday morning on Abaco Court, less than a mile away from where a police officer killed Michael Brown in 2014.

The friend who witnessed Michael Brown’s death was shot and killed Sunday morning less than a mile away from where a police officer killed Brown.

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Inside the USAID Fire Sale Around the world, defibrillators, motorbikes, and water towers are being donated, sold, or simply abandoned.

The fire sale at the end of the empire
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The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.

"Quebec-based GardaWorld, which has [..] been awarded a US$8-million contract for work on ['Alligator Alcatraz'], has also been awarded more than $100 million in Canadian government contracts since Carney won the Liberal leadership."
#Canada #Florida #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

“The achievement of this volume is nothing less than a new approach to literary criticism. TPN takes seriously that poetry pedagogy is impt & needs reshaping. Contributors report from the front lines, giving a whole & accurate picture of the stakes of humanities teaching today” - @mmvty.bsky.social

René Johannes Kooiker focuses on the magazine Watapana, which published poetry, criticism, fiction, and translations from the Dutch Caribbean between 1968 and 1972, and hosted debates about the politics of language in the Papiamento- and Dutch-speaking islands.

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300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence. For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

Thank you, Bee 🥰

Chair of the 2025 OCM Bocas Nonfiction Prize Judges, Denise deCaires Narain, introduces the winning title in that category, Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social

deCaires Narain says the book has become part of her life, calling it a work of "remarkable fluency"

@tinhouse.bsky.social

Heralding her as a "master weaver", Erna Brodber, Chief Judge, announces the winner of the 2025 OCM Prize for Caribbean Literature, Village Weavers
by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social

#OCMBocasPrize #bocas2025 @tinhouse.bsky.social

A beautiful moment 🧡

🏆 Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! 🏆

She has won the 15th annual award for her book, Village Weavers (@tinhouse.bsky.social)

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💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social !

Winner of the 🏆2025 OCM Bocas Literary Prize for Best Caribbean Book of the past year!

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#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with @myriamjachancy.bsky.social, Wendell Berkley Semple, @justinhayneswriter.com, and more!
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#alwayscominghome

Electric Lit Submissions call: Personal Narrative WINDOW EXTENDED! Personal narrative essays of 2000 - 6500 words. Open through 5/4 (original date of 4/27 is slashed through) or until 750 cap is reached. More info on EL's Submittable page

Personal Narrative's submission window is extended! You now have until 5/4 to submit your longform personal narrative essays. Submit: buff.ly/VDL6a2k

FRIENDS - we're raising money for @hopeforhaiti.bsky.social today! Come hang out while we raise money for a good cause! ❤️

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Village Weavers Check out Village Weavers - In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their ...

Happy Independent Bookstore Day. Support indies any change you get! You can pre-order the Village Weavers paperback from Bookshop, they are offering a discount and free shipping. bookshop.org/p/books/vill...

Join us at the 2025 Awards Ceremony! Be there for the exciting moment when the overall winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is announced, and witness the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award being presented to the @jwilonline.bsky.social! Doors open at 6 pm!
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🌻Coming next week in paperback!🌻

Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social!

The Winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction!

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May is going to be lit 🔥

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There Is No Such Thing as a Good Book: On “The Art of Libromancy” - Public Books "I do not think bookselling is an art. I think it is a job."

"I get the sense that 'bookseller' is Josh Cook’s dream job. It is for a lot of people; it’s an easy job to romanticize. For myself, I do not dream of labor."

Revisiting this excellent essay, "There's No Such Thing as a Good Book," in Public Books: www.publicbooks.org/there-is-no-...

Beginning in 1940s Port-au-Prince, ranging across decades and continents, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social's Village Weavers by — winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction — explores connections and disconnections across lines of class and family.
#bocas2025 #alwayscominghome
@tinhouse.bsky.social

Hello & thank you Bocas, Trinidad & Tobago for recognizing _Village Weavers_!
I will be seeing you soon!

Congrats @beequammie.bsky.social !! 🥰🥰

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Thank you 😊