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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Nov 13

Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.

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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · 12d

Writing is kicking my ass!!!

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Jul 31

The school year is right around the corner and I want to help my students start the school year off right. Please check out my Donors Choose campaign: Successfully Organized to donate to my incoming 4th graders Planner and communication folder fund!

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Successfully Organized!, a project from Ms. Shakir

Help me give my students the tools they need to be organized and successful for this upcoming school year. Organization is crucial for a student's academic success and personal growth. In our c...

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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Jul 11

Sheryl Swoops is now my Soror!!!

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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Jul 10

Why did no one tell me that The Hunger Hames series was going to GUT me the way that it did! Like I need a day or two before I begin The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Jun 25

Ironheart!!! ❤️💛❤️💛🫶🏾

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · May 10

The disrespect!

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · May 10

So they dismissed the first African American and woman to hold the position of librarian of Congress…in an e-mail.

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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Mar 9

I had ordered my book in advance because I didn’t wanna miss out and imagine my surprise when I walked into the store on pick up day and saw little to no push for #Oathbound. No poster, no table, no nothing but you know what had a full table? OnyxStorm…

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Mar 9

The fact that people are having to go on journeys to find Oathbound in B&N is not sitting right with my spirit

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Mar 1

YA ALLAH NOT ANGIE STONE!!!

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Feb 24

If you get an early release of Oathbound please PLEASE do not ruin it for the rest of us! ❤️⚔️💙⚔️💜

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Feb 18

I hope you all have been buying physical books…

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Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Feb 17

Completed my first 1 hour writing sprint: 1,200/3000
Going into my second sprint after this 25 min Power Nap.

Pen N. Black @pennblackwrites.bsky.social · Feb 16

If White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson taught me anything it was the importance of apologizing to children. Adults may think children are resilient (which they are) but admitting your faults and apologizing for your wrong doing to them goes a long way. It shows that you value them. It matters!