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...

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-...

I had fun writing this for my Substack newsletter, and it comes with a poem in it. Subscribe for more 😊
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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.

Lovely poetry reading with some incredible poets friends 🧡

Spanish moth baby sighted today 🥰

Trying to conduct a Zoom call with a needy dachshund

Hey hey, I am excited for this. I am chatting with Barbara Kingsolver in a free virtual event hosted by @penamerica.bsky.social

Get tickets: pen.org/event/kingdo...

Hope you can join!

Started the new year with reading and coffee -- nothing better.

Tomorrow if you're in Miami, I hope you can join me and Preston Allen in conversation about Kingdom of No Tomorrow! Details here:
www.booksandbooks.com/event/an-eve...

What an incredible Miami Book Fair experience yesterday! Couldn't have asked for better panelist friends ❤️ #mbf2024