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Marie D
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✍🏿 Writer ✊🏿 Africa + diaspora scholar 🎨 Lover of arts, culture, and humanities
💜 YA Fantasy novel Still Water, Skin out now!
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Marie D @mariedspace.bsky.social · 15d
Start your new year with a new read!

Get the ebook of Still Water, Skin for $0.99 during January. Available on Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Smashwords, Kobo, and more.

View all storefronts here: buy.bookfunnel.com/netbbw767l

#Booksky #YAFantasy #IndieBooks
mariedspace.bsky.social
Joining other #IndieAuthors during January in sharing *free* stories, chapters, and previews in the genres of fantasy, romance fantasy, sci-fi, and YA fantasy.

Find your next indie read and browse the selection here: books.bookfunnel.com/fresh-pages-...

#Booksky
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.
A photo of Claudette Colvin in a red sweater
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
mariedspace.bsky.social
Start your new year with a new read!

Get the ebook of Still Water, Skin for $0.99 during January. Available on Barnes & Noble, Google Play, Smashwords, Kobo, and more.

View all storefronts here: buy.bookfunnel.com/netbbw767l

#Booksky #YAFantasy #IndieBooks
January 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars For The Holidays
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the immense violence of the prison syste...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Ryan Coogler explains why he declined the invitation to join the Academy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/m...
Still, there is nuance to all the awards hype. Though “Sinners” looks to be a major Oscar player, that voting body has never nominated Jordan for his acting or Coogler for his directing — indeed, no Black filmmaker has ever won in the latter category. Asked to join the academy in 2016, Coogler declined the invitation. “It’s not out of animosity,” he told me, noting that he’s stretched thin with commitments to his film school and unions. “And I’m not good at judging things, bro. The act of ‘Hey, pick the best thing’ is very stressful for me, even when there’s no stakes involved.” He is more drawn to the everyday elements of his career than to the glamorous ballrooms. “People see the tuxedo, they see the red carpet, but it’s real blue-collar folks making these movies happen,” Coogler said, adding that he truly fell in love with filmmaking once he understood that, at its core, it’s a job. A photo of Ryan Coogler
December 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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University of Alabama suspended publication of two student-run magazines, claiming they weren’t in compliance with federal guidance on DEI

“This is an attack on the student press and nothing less”
University of Alabama shuts down student magazines for Black students, women students
University officials told editors of Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six that they believed they were out of compliance with Trump administration guidance on anti-DEI policies.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory. In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities. "The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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“The arts remind us that none of the current truisms are absolutes—that there are other ways of living.”
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Still Water, Skin is out in the world today! This month, five years ago during Covid, I wrote most of the first draft during #NaNoWriMo, which I'm sad to see is no longer running but am forever grateful for.

Get it in eBook or paperback: buy.bookfunnel.com/netbbw767l

#Booksky #IndieAuthor
Image: cover of Still Water, Skin Text: Out Now! When people have hope, their repressors can no longer silence their spirits.
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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An actual hero
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A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"Dozens of deportees have been sent to Africa from the U.S. since July after the Trump administration struck largely secretive agreements with at least five African nations — including Eswatini, Rwanda, and South Sudan — to take migrants under a new third-country deportation program."
West African Woman Attempts Suicide After U.S. Deportation to Non-Native Country
Attorneys say African migrants, deported under controversial U.S. policy, are facing life-threatening danger.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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TIL: There’s a UNESCO project by (mostly) African scholars known as the General History of Africa.

11 volumes, each covering a different period of the continent.

www.unesco.org/en/general-h...
General History of Africa
A pioneering corpus covering the history of the entire African continent
www.unesco.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Cover art on deck 💜

Shout out to the fine folks at MiblArt for creating the cover for Still Water, Skin! I couldn't be happier with the final result, and I'm excited to share this story with the world.

Still Water, Skin is out Nov 22 - get the first 3 chapters now: dl.bookfunnel.com/yrmely6j8y
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We built a team of young Black, Asian, queer, and trans staffers at Teen Vogue, and they deserve the world. They are passionate, whip smart, and incredibly talented. Many of them are now without jobs — please consider donating to their GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/help-laido...
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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love to see it. curious which unions will respond
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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lol everything happening right now is about maintaining white power.
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Don't resubscribe to Disney+, Hulu, and Disney Properties yet. If Kimmel gets to be authentic and they keep him on air we must keep the pressure up so that ALL the oligarchs TAKE NOTICE.
September 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Read every banned book you can get your hands on. Give them as gifts. Quote from them every day.
September 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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The commitment to dehumanizing Black women remains an enigma to me. I have no idea what we did to y'all, but I hope that in my lifetime, you leave us alone for good.
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
mariedspace.bsky.social
Still Water, Skin, my debut #YAFantasy novel, will be released tentatively in early November. After trying my hand with querying and the traditional publishing route, I'm excited to become an #IndieAuthor and take this process into my own hands.

Learn more at my website: maried.space

#BookSky
Marie D, Fantasy Author and Scholar
Marie D is a young adult fantasy author and emerging scholar of Africa and African diaspora relations.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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How about that? A victory for people who actually read.
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM