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

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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

#poetry #audrelorde #blackbooksky

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

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 · 12d

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 · 14d

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 · 17d

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 · 21d

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 · 22d

"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 · 23d

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 · 25d

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

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 · 29d

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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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Aug 28

Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe is a Nigerian poet. She is the winner of the 2020 Bloomsday Poetry Prize, longlisted for the 2022 Palette Poetry Emerging Poets Prize and was also the awarded a 2025 - 2026 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship.

#poetry #art

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Quotes By Her @quotesbyher.bsky.social · Aug 27

"A LitUp Fellow turned debut author, Ashley’s voice is vibrant, funny, and full of heart. I read this in one sitting, it’s that good!"

Reese Witherspoon's August 2025 book club pick.
#booksky #debutauthor #writingcommunity

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

"A powerful story of family, belonging, and identity interlaced with thriller elements."

Out September 2
#booksky #bookrelease #nativebooks

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

Slow down, sip a cup of tea, and get lost in a good book. Here are a few recommendations to carry you through the weekend.

#booksky #art #bookrecommendations #weekendreading

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · Aug 21

‘Babel’ Author R.F. Kuang’s New Book ‘Katabasis’ in the Works as Amazon TV Series From Writer Angela Kang (EXCLUSIVE) variety.com/2025/tv/news...

‘Babel’ Author R.F. Kuang’s New Book ‘Katabasis’ in the Works as Amazon TV Series From Writer Angela Kang (EXCLUSIVE)

"Babel" and "Yellowface" author R.F. Kuang's new fantasy novel "Katabasis" is already in the works as a TV series at Amazon

variety.com

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

RIP to Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen, a poet and cultural visionary. Known to many as the mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, she also published the Pulitzer-nominated “Spice of Dawns” in 1952, and her poem “Hawk,” written in 1957, earned recognition from NASA.
#poetry #vivianayersallen

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

Those who have
the power to
mobilize will
inherit the earth.
-Leslie Roach, Finish This Sentence

#booksky #poetry #art

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