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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 3d

HOW TO SLAY A DRAGON
(A poem about the day I met myself)
- by poet Dr. Rebecca Dupas

#poetry #art #poetrycommunity

Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 6d

20 years ago, we lost Rosa Parks, the "mother of the civil rights movement". We will never forget your legacy. Your moment of defiance became a lifetime of advocacy for civil rights. RIP beloved ancestor.
#rosaparks #civilrights #blackbooksky

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 9d

"This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic."
― Eden Royce

Out Now!
@edenroyce.bsky.social
#Gullahheritagemonth #gullah #blackbooksky #writingcommunity

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 10d

Start reading books again.

#readingcommunity #writingcommunity #booksky

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 15d

“Afia brings a compelling mystery and mostly well-drawn characters to this story about the dark side of Hollywood, family secrets, and finding a place that feels like home.”
—Booklist
#blackbooksky #writingcommunity

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 17d

For two best friends desperate to escape their dead-end town, a viral online persona becomes a dangerous game of control in a twisting psychological thriller about class, power, and identity.

#newrelease #writingcommunity

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 19d

Maria Campbell's biography is a classic, vital account of a young Métis woman's struggle to come to terms with the joys, sorrows, loves and tragedies of her northern Saskatchewan childhood.

#indigenous #indigenousvoices #writingcommunity

Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 23d

In Girl Warrior, Joy Harjo speaks directly to Native girls and women, sharing stories about her own coming of age to bring renewed attention to the pivotal moments of becoming including forgiveness, failure, falling, rising up, and honoring our vast family of beings.
#writingcommunity #newrelease

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 24d

Drench Me In Silver is the debut poetry collection from @saraswatinagpal.bsky.social

#poetry #poetic #poet #writing #writingcommunity

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · 25d

Poetry is essential—not optional—for women's survival and empowerment.

#poetry #audrelorde #blackbooksky

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 29

With this collection, which includes brief letters and short prose from her life as well as poetry, Giovanni reaffirms her place as a giant of literature, a canny truth-teller, an indispensable radical orator, and one of America’s preeminent cultural critics.

#poetry #nikkigiovanni #blackbooksky

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 26

A writer, revolutionary and symbol of resistance, Assata Shakur represented her people well. Rest peacefully ancestor and thank you.

#Assatashakur #rip #blackbooksky

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 24

It’s Me They Follow is an allegorical love story that follows The Shopkeeper, a bookseller and reluctant matchmaker. Helping others find love through books comes easily for The Shopkeeper, until it is time for her to find love for herself.
#blackbooksky #newrelease #romance

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 21

The first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, Wangari Muta Maathai was a Kenyan environmental activist who became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”

#booksky #African

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 17

When asked if she could ever imagine not writing, Toni Morrison replied, "No, never."

#books #tonimorrison

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 16

"Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between."
― Maya Angelou
#booksky #poetry #mayaangelou

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 15

When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn’t trust… from bestselling author Isabel Cañas.

#booksky #horror #diversebooks

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 13

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 12

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her 1949 book 'Annie Allen.' She began writing poetry in her teenage years and published her first poem in American Childhood magazine. She also received numerous literary awards throughout her career.
#poetry #art

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 9

This collection of Jamaica Kincaid's nonfiction writings, from her early days at The New Yorker until now, amounts to a brilliant, hilarious, trenchant self-portrait of one of the most surprising and original writers we have.

#booksky #nonfiction

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 7

Molly Zhu is a Chinese American poet and attorney. Her poems are about gender, Chinese culture, family and the people she loves. She has been published in Hobart Pulp, the Ghost City Press, and Bodega Magazine, among others.
#poetry #poetrycommunity

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 2

"A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati’s life both as a woman and a writer."
#booksky #authors

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Sep 1

A masterful new work from one of the most exciting voices of her generation.
@meghamaj.bsky.social 's A Guardian And A Thief, is set for release on October, 14 2025

#booksky #writingcommunity #newrelease

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Aug 31

Octavia E. Butler attributed her development as an author to persistence.

"My most important talent — or habit — was persistence. Without it, I would have given up writing long before I finished my first novel. It’s amazing what we can do if we simply refuse to give up.”

#writingcommunity

Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Aug 30

Voices of Resilience explores the profound impact of female poets who have used their voices to be catalysts for social and political change.
Meet American-Palestinian Naomi Shihab Nye
#poets #Resistance #booksky

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