Latria Graham

How It’s Made: A 7,000-Word Story on Coal in Oakland “This is the only time in my entire life, I think, where I wrote long and someone was like, ‘Well, could you make it longer?’”

People said they wanted more culture pieces on Bsky, right? For COYOTE, I interviewed the @oaklandreviewofbooks.org and @meganwachspress.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes account of how Megan's 7,000-word feature (!) on coal in Oakland came to be—a phenomenal work of longform journalism.

WE MADE IT OUT OF THE GROUP CHAT! Happy that get to talk with my whip-smart friends about how we're all surviving as working writers. 💜

Thank you Tommy! I appreciate your support over the years...from my days as a baby longform writer at SBNation. 💜

Thank you Amanda! 💜

Freelance Journalists Latria Graham and Zaydee Sanchez Awarded 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize Journalists Latria Graham and Zaydee Sanchez Awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize for Coverage of Misrepresented Communities, Including Black Americans, Migrant Farmers, and Transgender Latinx...

😅 I didn't plan to start my early days on this platform this way, but yesterday I was named a recipient of @heisingsimonsfdn.bsky.social's 2025 American Mosaic Journalism Prize. I'm thrilled to share this recognition with photojournalist Zaydee Sanchez. More info here: tinyurl.com/28rt8pz2

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Thank you for the warm welcome friend! I'm slow on the uptake but figuring this all out 😭

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History a book by Manjula Martin H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman's experience of life in Northern California dur...

If there’s one thing I’m going to do in this life it’s recommend books, and today that book is Manjula Martin’s THE LAST FIRE SEASON.