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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Apr 29

“What’s today?” cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes.

“Today?” replied the boy. “Why, it’s Book Release Day sir!”

ABENI and the KINGDOM of GOLD | 4•29•25

Book II in the ABENI’S SONG Trilogy Out Today! #Bookrelease #Middlegradefantasy

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 4d

fun fact—in The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, ants & yogurt are a rare delicacy.

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 5d

Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants. Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it. They even partnered with Danish chefs to create three recipes using ant yogurt. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Scientists revive old Bulgarian recipe to make yogurt with ants

Ants carry lactic and acetic acid bacteria that help coagulate milk, as well as formic acid to acidify it.

arstechnica.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 5d

yup. I’m not sticking around to figure out what that spooky sh*t is. your first warning is that I’m already gone. #nope

Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 5d

HEROINE: And we’ll have @pdjeliclark.bsky.social be our getaway driver!
CLARK: I will call you from the other side of the street. “Heard a noise. I’m out. Just thought you should know.”

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 6d

Here is the Goodreads article number 2!
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
@sgj.bsky.social @angelaslatter.bsky.social @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @delilahsdawson.bsky.social @spookypurcell.bsky.social @daviddemchuk.com @tananarivedue.bsky.social

Horror for Beginners: A Guide to Horror Reading Based on Your Go-To Genre

Sadie Hartmann (known as Mother Horror on social media) is the co-owner of the monthly, curated, horror fiction subscription company Night Worms and...

www.goodreads.com

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Michelle Kenneth @michellekenneth.bsky.social · 5d

Whoa! Check out all the horror writers! Definitely the funniest talk I've been to. From tonight's BN Union Square Terror & Tales Panel.

Featuring: @natcassidy.bsky.social @tkingfisher.com @pdjeliclark.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social & Maddie Martinez.

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 6d

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 6d

meanwhile, on Ghorman…

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 6d

“It was heartbreaking to watch,” said Watson. “Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.”…

“Stuff was everywhere…people’s birth certificates, and papers thrown all over. Water was leaking into the hallway. It was wicked crazy.”

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 21d

There are only two kinds of serious writers/readers of SFF today: those who ferociously love the work of Kai Ashante Wilson and want to see a great deal more of it in the world, and those who have not yet read him. Good news, everyone!
www.patreon.com/posts/introd...

introductory post | Kai Ashante Wilson

www.patreon.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 22d

“And then remember this. The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.”-Nemik, 5 BBY

Article in newspaper stating the removal of slavery images from public spaces by the administration. Features photograph of enslaved man with deep scars on his back.

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Christopher Hennessy @thealtchris.bsky.social · 26d

Check it out! For the reader who has everything, some new discoveries?

Books by @itregillis.bsky.social , @pdjeliclark.bsky.social , @patricknessbooks.bsky.social @justinaireland.com

reactormag.com/backlist-bon...

Backlist Bonanza: 5 Underrated Books Set in an Alternate 20th Century - Reactor

Sentient robots, grumpy ghosts, and a magical Great Depression...

reactormag.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 26d

it was a great book.

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 27d

always

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 28d

Seems like a good reason to return to social media. Happy to share my article in NYT books featuring some of my favorite fantasy authors, including works by Alaya Dawn Johnson, Rebecca Roanhorse, John Wiswell and more. #fantasybooks

Great Fantasy Novels With Unlikely Heroes

www.nytimes.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jul 15

Let’s gooooo!

Andrea Hairston @andreahairston.bsky.social · Jul 14

Readercon next weekend: P Djèlí Clark is Guest of Honor. I'm moderating a panel on his work! A Griot of this Galaxy! Cecilia Tan is also a GOH. We're doing Bisexuals in Science Fiction! Here is program schedule: schedule.readercon.org
@pdjeliclark.bsky.social @ceciliatan.com
@readercon.bsky.social

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jul 12

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Jul 8

JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jd-vanc...

JD Vance: Some Americans Are More American Than Others

The day after President Trump signed a bill that throws unprecedented amounts...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jun 22

Congrats to all the Locus winners—but in particular @sj-fennell.bsky.social & @wiswell.bsky.social !!!

File 770 @file770.bsky.social · Jun 22

2025 Locus Awards Winners
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2025 Locus Awards Winners

Locus Awards trophy. Art by Shaun Tan. The 2025 Locus Awards were announced June 21 in a ceremony during Locus Awards Weekend in Oakland, CA. SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL The Man Who Saw Seconds, Alexande…

file770.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jun 22

“At one point the fear was expressed that if we found too many descendants [of slavery], it would bankrupt the university.”

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’

When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired

www.theguardian.com

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · Jun 6

The blockbuster horror film "Sinners" features the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in a short, impactful scene. For some Choctaw, it is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.

'Sinners' Puts 'Truth on Screen' For The Mississippi Choctaws

For many Mississippi Choctaws, “Sinners” is the first time they've heard their language and seen their culture accurately portrayed on screen.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jun 6

deserves an award.

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Jun 5

I think bout this Simpsons episode at least once a month.

“Oh, he ain't pretty no more.”

John Rain🥇 @johnrain.co.uk · Jun 5

Everyone on Twitter right now.

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · May 29

*snicker*

Emily Regan Wills @ajnabieh.bsky.social · May 27

I’m a sucker for meta-puns. I’m reading The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social. There’s a group of sons of the elite practicing magic on the edges of morality…he calls them Edgelords. One group of them is the Three Beards. The protagonist calls the Neckbeards.

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Martha S. Jones @marthasjones.bsky.social · May 29

I’ve told the story many times. Now @katemasur.bsky.social and I have filed it in federal court: Free Black Americans were first to recognize BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP in the US. When denied it, they fought to secure it. They show us what the 14th Amendment meant and what it meant to live without it.

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · May 29

Historian @marthasjones.bsky.social & @katemasur.bsky.social, a member of the Historians Council on the Constitution, filed a brief against the birthright citizenship executive order. History contradicts the administration's claim that the 14th Amendment applies only to “newly freed slaves.”

www.brennancenter.org

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Eric Gardner @profgardner.bsky.social · May 24

September will mark the 200th anniversary of author-activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s birth. Here’s the sixth of six essays in the exciting forum on Harper in the current issue of Legacy, @brigfield.bsky.social’s breathtaking & visionary “Generational Harper.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · May 23

Well that’s that then. I had nuff problems with this show, but it had some standout moments. At least I got to see a visually stunning walk through the rings at Rhuidean and visions of the Breaking and the Age of Legends. Will be grateful for that.

‘The Wheel Of Time’ Canceled By Prime Video After 3 Seasons

Prime Video will not be renewing The Wheel of Time for a fourth season.

deadline.com

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · May 21

my fave show right now…

David Dennis Jr @daviddennisjr.bsky.social · May 21

I wrote about Netflix’s “Forever,” a show that provides a blueprint on how to write about Black children, allowing them freedom, care and an escape from terror

andscape.com/features/net...

Netflix’s ‘Forever’ succeeds by allowing Black teens to be free — and in love

Based on a Judy Blume novel, this Mara Brock Akil series showcases unproblematic Black love

andscape.com

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Obscura Editorial @obscuraed.bsky.social · May 21

⚔️🐈¡Llegó el día!⚔️🐈

🐾Los Asesinos de la Cola del Gato sin Vida, la última obra de @pdjeliclark.bsky.social , os espera en la librería para acompañaros a la ciudad de Tal Abisi...🎭

🖊️Con traducción de @raulgarciacampos.bsky.social
🎨Cubierta de @davidgvaquero.bsky.social

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