LMJ
“We will not bow. We will not bend.
We. Will. Survive.”
—Letitia James, Atty. Gen. of NY
PROTECT BLACK WOMEN!!!
Community Reads:
#BornInBlackness
#ChroniclesOfOri (2/20)
#Sula (2/8)
#TheSaltEaters
I’m a 70s Classic, expect typos.
- ChiTown in the HOUSE! #Southside
- “Sula is, I think, one of Morrison’s most precious gifts to us.” —Jesymn Ward, 2025
- “Sula seemed inscrutable, mean, and vicious. She was an unlikable character, and I wouldn’t understand the value of wrestling with an unlikable character until I decided to write my own twenty years later.” —Jesmyn Ward, Introduction to Sula
- Narrated by Kelvin Harrison, Jr., Chris Chalk, and Rutina Wesley
- “With the executive orders against DEI programs, against civics and historical sites, and the historical education that everyone should really have, my speaking engagements just started drying up.” www.denver7.com/news/local-n...
- “Opening to Darkness is beautiful, wise, magical, earthly, and utterly necessary for our time.” —Resmaa Menakem, bestselling author of My Grandmother’s Hands, The Quaking of America, and Monsters in Love” #blackbooksky
- Birds still gotta eat… •Refilled bird feeder with four-legged companion •Containers filled with winter sown seeds •Limelight hydrangea adjacent to Miscanthus grass •Snow covered Autumn Joy sedum
- Week 2: Chapters 1-3 Collective study in Knubia with @africanacarr.bsky.social
- My next community read, Born in Blackness by @hofrench.bsky.social for Introduction to Africana Studies 2.0 (Office Hours) with @africanacarr.bsky.social beginning 1/26. Thank you Prof. @karenhunter.bsky.social for clean glasses of water. 🫶🏾 #blackbooksky #Knubia #Knarrative
- I’ve got my 👁️👁️ on Globe Thistle, Himalayan Blue Poppy, and Blue Flax.
- Order here: gfbpublishing.org/shop
- Thank you Prof. @karenhunter.bsky.social for creating a space for us to read in community. I am looking forward to our next community read and collective study with Dr. Black. Next up…Sula!!!
- Books Referenced: •The Healing Wisdom of Africa Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community •Introduction to Kemetic Cosmogony and Ancestral Veneration: Altars, Offerings & Sacred Arrangement #blackbooksky
