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🔆 Sharing stories from the margins, truth from between the lines 🔆 I promote indie/underrepresented creators 🔆 The antidote to the official narrative 🔆 Mixed-race storyteller/editor 🔆 Yonsei 四世 Daburu ダブル Rejisuto レジスト Nidoto nai yoni 二度とないように
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Human Writes Now @humanwritesnow.bsky.social · Aug 19
I was dissatisfied with representation in available feeds so had to generate my own.

See the below and reply post for underrepresented writers/artists and their works.

Hope you like them and find them helpful!

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On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’

Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’
Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2026’s 16-book Longlist

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction today announced 2026's judges and 16-book longlist.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2026’s 16-book Longlist
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction today announced 2026's judges and 16-book longlist.
arablit.org
December 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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voidvelociraptor.bsky.social
One of my new faves honestly.

#photography #florespondence #bloomscrolling #flowers #naturephotography #MacroPhotography #CreativeToots #BlackArt #BlackPhotographer #MacroMonday
a macro photograph of a single white flower from behind against a dark background
December 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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illustriouscrow.bsky.social
Apsaalooke Saints:Schizm

Confronting inherited narratives to reclaim authentic cultural spirit – a visual reflection of self-decolonization.

Not all who wander are lost.

#farawayfineart #nativebeauty #nativepride #apsaalooke #nativeamericans #art #nativeamericanculture #art #native
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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drcarolyndunn.bsky.social
I’m so happy to be bringing the play How We Go Missing, the play I wrote with Anishnaabe Theatre Exchange, to my hometown of San Pedro @angelsgateart.bsky.social! Featuring @jehneanwashington.bsky.social, Dominique K. Turner, and Honokee Dunn, with a creative writing workshop directly after.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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angelsgateart.bsky.social
THIS SATURDAY Dec 13 • Join us for a staged reading of Dr. Dunn's award-winning play How We Go Missing. Free public reading followed by a healing writing workshop for the Indigenous community. Limited space, RSVP now: HowWeGoMissing.eventbrite.com
#IndigenousArt #HowWeGoMissing #AGCC #MMIW
December 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
humanwritesnow.bsky.social
Sundress Publications (@sundresspub.bsky.social) is accepting microgrant applications from Palestinian writers with a chapbook or full-length WIP. Any genre. No fee. Apply by 12/31/25.
www.sundresspublications.com/news/2025/09/sundress-publications-open-for-2025-microgrant-for-palestinian-writers/
Sundress Publications Open for 2025 Microgrant for Palestinian Writers - Sundress Publications
Sundress Publications is open for submissions for microgrant applications from Palestinian and Palestinian diaspora writers with a chapbook or full-length book in progress. Projects of all genres are ...
www.sundresspublications.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
humanwritesnow.bsky.social
The Vocabulary of the Unthinkable. A powerful piece on how language, communication and thought can also become victims of humanity’s worst impulses.
Quote: “Language is stripped of adjectives, stripped even of grammar, until it beats like a heart forced to run, never fully exhaling, always ready to sprint again. Over time, that compressed rhythm moves from our devices into our bodies. We begin to speak, even face-to-face, in short bursts, as if the conversation itself might be cut at any second. But the compression of speech is not only the result of technical limits or fear of the next strike. It comes from the overwhelming scale of reality, from the knowledge that no sentence can carry what people have seen and heard.”
December 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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zovisions.bsky.social
✨️The Burlesque Queen✨️

#art #artist #blackartist #painter #Canvas #canvasart #canvaspainting #painting #Burlesque #roaring20s #blackart
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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luunaathh.bsky.social
•Ancient Wings 🏜️

#indigenousart #nativeart #indigenousartists #nativeartists #latineartists
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Hey, welcome to my holiday shopping guide. Here you’d find my picks for literature, art, and music by Palestinian creatives. slimanmansour.com/product/symb...
Symbol of Hope, 1985 - Palestine art by Sliman Mansour
Symbol of Hope, 1985 , Browse through our collection and choose one of the many colorful and symbolic Palestine art prints and posters of Sliman Mansour
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social
Now Reading: The Bone Seekers by Tahar Djaout, who was an Algerian Journalist/Poet/Author assassinated for “wielding a fearsome pen”.

The book follows a teen boy who sets out on a journey to find his brother’s remains after the war. #DiverseBookSky 📚💙
Book cover is white and features illustration of a boy a donkey and an adult walking under a big yellow sun
December 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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firstamart.bsky.social
Shelley Patrick (Mvskoke) explores the meanings of two photos by Destiny J. Green (Chickasaw) in a new blog on our site: firstamerican.art/the-photography-of-destiny-j-green

📷: Destiny J. Green (Chickasaw), “Faithlyn,” 2024. Image courtesy the artist.
December 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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sgj.bsky.social
Wow, honored to have The Buffalo Hunter Hunter on NYT’s 100 Notable Books of 2025:
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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arablit.bsky.social
Please help us out. If you know of a Palestine book club / reading group, let us know.

There is: falasteenbookclub.com

And of course Llegir Palestina: arablite.org/2025/11/10/l...

Where else?
Falasteen Book Club – A growing local book club in the Austin, Texas area dedicated to Palestine. We discuss the history, the culture, the occupation, the geopolitics and various realities that are ra...
falasteenbookclub.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
humanwritesnow.bsky.social
For the record, these prohibited words/concepts are precisely the issues public universities should be encouraging discussion around.

Prohibiting discussion is not education, it’s indoctrination into group think, and reinforces historical bias and related privilege. By design.
littlebadger.bsky.social Darcie Little Badger @littlebadger.bsky.social · Nov 20
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
“Prohibited words and concepts: Equity, diversity, & inclusion; anti-racism; Bias; Critical race theory; implicit bias; oppression; intersectionality; prohibited discriminatory practices; racial privilege; promoting stereotypes based on personal identity characteristics.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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filsonhistorical.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who joined us for a discussion on the role of print in Native American communities. Myaamia artist Megan Sekulich and Mark Alan Mattes shared insights on how printmaking can preserve Indigenous history and culture.

#NativeAmericanArt #Printmaking #Myaamia #CommunityVoices
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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kash2dawizzle.bsky.social
Abstract Commission Painting 🎨 60x80cm #canvasart #kashartworks

DM for your own

IG: kash2dawizzle

#blackart #blueskyart #blackskycreativesinc
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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misterman70.bsky.social
A tour de force

Naziyah Mahmood, artist, poet, Astrophysicist Aerospace Engineer and martial artist, by photographer Fiona Brims #WomensArt
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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jordantrobinson.bsky.social
"Assata Shakur"
Mixed Media
18x24
November 2025
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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arablit.bsky.social
Palestinian Author Nasser Abu Srour Wins 2025 Prix de La Littérature Arabe

The awards ceremony for the 2025 Prix de la littérature arabe -- held at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on November 18 -- was an emotionally charged affair.
Palestinian Author Nasser Abu Srour Wins 2025 Prix de La Littérature Arabe
The awards ceremony for the 2025 Prix de la littérature arabe -- held at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on November 18 -- was an emotionally charged affair.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Congratulations to our contributor, Robin Myers, for winning the 2025 National Book Award for Translated Literature! She is the translator of WE ARE GREEN AND TREMBLING by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara. We're so thrilled for both of you!
Translated Literature Winner We Are Green and Trembling Gabriela Cabezón Cámara Translated from the Spanish by Robin Myers New Directions Publishing Deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso begins to write a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the Basque convent he escaped as a young girl. Since fleeing a dead-end life as a nun, he’s become Antonio and undertaken monumental adventures: he has been a cabin boy, mule driver, shopkeeper, soldier, and conquistador. Now, caring for two Guaraní girls he rescued from enslavement and hounded by the army he deserted,
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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This Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to learn more about Freedman & Black Natives!

Visit IndigenousReadsRisin... for an insightful article on the history of Native Freedman and the legacy of Black Natives as well as related book lists for children, tweens, and teens.
Light brown graphic with orange and gold beaded flowers bordering the top left and bottom right corners. Bold white title text says, “Learn More About Native Freedman & Black Natives: a book list and resource”. There is a small orange “We Need Diverse Books” logo in the bottom left-hand corner of the graphic. Light brown graphic with orange and gold beaded flowers bordering the top left and bottom right corners. Bold white title text says, “Who are Native Freedman?” Beneath that is the following description: “Freedmen is the term for enslaved African Americans emancipated in 1865. Native Freedmen are those people of African descent enslaved by members of the five southeastern tribal nations—Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee, and Seminole—and like their Native slaveholders, they were forcibly removed during the Trail of Tears from their Indigenous ancestral lands to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Today, descendants of Native Freedmen are commonly known simply as Freedmen.” Underneath is a note to read the full article at IndigenousReadsRising.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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tobiascarroll.bsky.social
I have a new column on translated books up at @wwborders.bsky.social! wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Watchlist: October 2025 - Words Without Borders
Tobias Carroll is back with new autumn reads for your TBR list: fiction from Cuba, nonfiction from China, poetry from Uruguay, and much more.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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soniasulaiman.bsky.social
Cover reveal day for Palestine -1: Stories from the Eve of the Nakba by Comma Press! I have a story in this one. It launches November 13th. Pre-orders are open at the link below:

commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM