Fabienne Josaphat
@fabyjosaphat.bsky.social
Author, PEN Bellwether Prize 2023
Fiction, poetry, art
Kingdom of No Tomorrow, Algonquin 2024
Fiction, poetry, art
Kingdom of No Tomorrow, Algonquin 2024
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So Napoleon Bonaparte gets movies made after him but where are the movies about the Black soldier who challenged him and paid the price? I wrote about Alexandre Dumas and his drive to rewrite his father into history.
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I wrote an essay on loss that is really a eulogy of a man who impacted me greatly. The essay is about how his loss was my first experience with grief as a child. Where would you submit such a piece?
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wrote an essay on loss that is really a eulogy of a man who impacted me greatly. The essay is about how his loss was my first experience with grief as a child. Where would you submit such a piece?
Sharing my last Substack once more. Subscribe! I'd love to grow a little community of readers and fellow writers/thinkers.
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In the Mood for Love (and Unafraid)
Writing about love is serious business and serious literature - writing prompts included for my paid subscribers
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October 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Sharing my last Substack once more. Subscribe! I'd love to grow a little community of readers and fellow writers/thinkers.
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When you read a book and love it and then take the time to post a review online, it means SO MUCH to the writers. Thank you.
September 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
When you read a book and love it and then take the time to post a review online, it means SO MUCH to the writers. Thank you.
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Dancing in the Baron's Shadow
by @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social
Nicolas, a bourgeois socialist is sent to the notorious Fort Dimanche prison by dictator Papa Doc's militia, and his brother Raymond must try to save him. 💙📚
[ #booksky #historicalfiction #bookrecommendations ]
by @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social
Nicolas, a bourgeois socialist is sent to the notorious Fort Dimanche prison by dictator Papa Doc's militia, and his brother Raymond must try to save him. 💙📚
[ #booksky #historicalfiction #bookrecommendations ]
September 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dancing in the Baron's Shadow
by @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social
Nicolas, a bourgeois socialist is sent to the notorious Fort Dimanche prison by dictator Papa Doc's militia, and his brother Raymond must try to save him. 💙📚
[ #booksky #historicalfiction #bookrecommendations ]
by @fabyjosaphat.bsky.social
Nicolas, a bourgeois socialist is sent to the notorious Fort Dimanche prison by dictator Papa Doc's militia, and his brother Raymond must try to save him. 💙📚
[ #booksky #historicalfiction #bookrecommendations ]
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Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
A man on a horse walks into the sea and disappear. It's a story about erasure and how Haitian art resists it. Read the full story here: fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/a-man-on-a...
July 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A man on a horse walks into the sea and disappear. It's a story about erasure and how Haitian art resists it. Read the full story here: fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/a-man-on-a...
Writing ancestors in fiction is not just woo woo stuff. I wrote about that in my new essay: fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/is-the-anc...
Is the Ancestor in the room right now?
Ancestors, dreamwork, and writing from the ancestral well - craft essay
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July 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Writing ancestors in fiction is not just woo woo stuff. I wrote about that in my new essay: fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/is-the-anc...
My week teaching Fiction as Resistance went just as expected: magical. I wrote about here:
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The Magic Was Already in the Room
On mentoring writers of color and the radical joy of storytelling
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July 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
My week teaching Fiction as Resistance went just as expected: magical. I wrote about here:
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Guitar from Sinners + Jamea Richmond-Edwards dragon rider = art as ancestral tech. I wrote about this in my Substack! Let me know your thoughts.
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They Put the Ancestors In the Group Chat
The Incredible Time-Bending Magic of Sinners & Jamea Richmond-Edwards' Art - an essay
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June 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Guitar from Sinners + Jamea Richmond-Edwards dragon rider = art as ancestral tech. I wrote about this in my Substack! Let me know your thoughts.
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Please join us in congratulating @agasendorf.bsky.social ! Florida Humanities has chosen "Dressing The Saints" as its 2025 "Great Reads from Great Places" selection.
"Dressing The Saints" will be featured at the National Book Festival on September 6th in Washington D.C.
"Dressing The Saints" will be featured at the National Book Festival on September 6th in Washington D.C.
June 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Please join us in congratulating @agasendorf.bsky.social ! Florida Humanities has chosen "Dressing The Saints" as its 2025 "Great Reads from Great Places" selection.
"Dressing The Saints" will be featured at the National Book Festival on September 6th in Washington D.C.
"Dressing The Saints" will be featured at the National Book Festival on September 6th in Washington D.C.
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Thank you, Fabienne, for addressing an important topic in such a beautiful way. We're so grateful to have given it a home. 💜 blreview.org/fiction/what...
What They Will Say – Bellevue Literary Review
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June 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Thank you, Fabienne, for addressing an important topic in such a beautiful way. We're so grateful to have given it a home. 💜 blreview.org/fiction/what...
I wrote this short story for my mother, and all the women navigating loneliness. Thanks @blreview.bsky.social for giving it a home ✨️. Read it here in their Body Politic issue ⬇️
June 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I wrote this short story for my mother, and all the women navigating loneliness. Thanks @blreview.bsky.social for giving it a home ✨️. Read it here in their Body Politic issue ⬇️
It's really the little things, like decluttering my desk in the morning and writing morning pages instead of end of day journaling, that make me feel a bit more motivated. Reading list for the class I teach next week: Fiction as Resistance.
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
It's really the little things, like decluttering my desk in the morning and writing morning pages instead of end of day journaling, that make me feel a bit more motivated. Reading list for the class I teach next week: Fiction as Resistance.
So Napoleon Bonaparte gets movies made after him but where are the movies about the Black soldier who challenged him and paid the price? I wrote about Alexandre Dumas and his drive to rewrite his father into history.
fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
June 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
So Napoleon Bonaparte gets movies made after him but where are the movies about the Black soldier who challenged him and paid the price? I wrote about Alexandre Dumas and his drive to rewrite his father into history.
fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
fabiennejosaphat.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
I have created every single excuse to avoid work today. I just sat down and then got up to go moisturize my hands.
June 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I have created every single excuse to avoid work today. I just sat down and then got up to go moisturize my hands.
I had fun writing this for my Substack newsletter, and it comes with a poem in it. Subscribe for more 😊
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June 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I had fun writing this for my Substack newsletter, and it comes with a poem in it. Subscribe for more 😊
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Two poems written in three past two days. I like this streak. 🦋
June 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Two poems written in three past two days. I like this streak. 🦋
Looking for Japanese cafés in Miami that serve coffee, matcha, pastries etc...
May 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Looking for Japanese cafés in Miami that serve coffee, matcha, pastries etc...
My handsome old man is at the groomer today and I'm having separation anxiety. I miss him. I realize how much I love having him by my side every day 💕
May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My handsome old man is at the groomer today and I'm having separation anxiety. I miss him. I realize how much I love having him by my side every day 💕
Met up with this book club yesterday to chat about ##kingdomofnotomorrow and we had a blast.
May 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Met up with this book club yesterday to chat about ##kingdomofnotomorrow and we had a blast.
Lovely poetry reading with some incredible poets friends 🧡
May 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Lovely poetry reading with some incredible poets friends 🧡
Spanish moth baby sighted today 🥰
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Spanish moth baby sighted today 🥰
I actually wrote today. A tiny flash piece. This is a gift.
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I actually wrote today. A tiny flash piece. This is a gift.
I'm definitely the person watching back to back true crime shows for the soothing effect. No bueno.
a gazelle is looking at a bowl of popcorn ..
ALT: a gazelle is looking at a bowl of popcorn ..
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March 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I'm definitely the person watching back to back true crime shows for the soothing effect. No bueno.