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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Just left this march an hour ago--my kid got sprayed by police too. No warning before getting sprayed. So many kids, elderly people choking and in tears. All protesters I saw were peaceful.

Lindsay Ayling

@AylingLindsay

4 years

Cops have used pepper spray at least 5 times against a Black led march to the polls in Graham NC. Multiple arrests. Kids got sprayed. Some of the pepper spray blew back on the cops and they were choking.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

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I repeat: police intimidated, pepper sprayed people and arrested Black people MARCHING TO THE POLLS on our last day of early voting in Alamance County, NC. THEY PEPPER SPRAYED BABIES AND GRANDMAS.

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@BelleBoggs

4 years

My dad is on dialysis. I'm a kidney match. Waiting for things to be safer Covid-wise to proceed. My first thought about a Biden presidency is that it will save my dad's life.

Jeff Sharlet

@JeffSharlet

4 years

I think Biden’s going to win. It’s not enough, but it’s what we *might* have. Don’t throw it away. It’s not nothing. With regard to covid, a Biden victory—even with GOP senate—will save lives. Maybe yours.

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Belle Boggs

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4 years

It was v. upsetting to see my child (6yo) choking, crying after a beautiful, peaceful march. And to think i could have had my 2yo there too--there were younger kids there. This was meant as an all-ages, nonpartisan march to the polls. An example of what democracy looks like.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

This march started with a prayer, words of peace, assurances that we had no weapons or ill intent. No one came to destroy property, cause trouble of any kind. It was a #BlackLivesMatter march to the polls in Alamance County, NC.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

2 years

Fiction writers! We're hiring in our MFA program--come work with me, @notsumatra , @themegdaystory , @EduardoCCorral & @CadwellTurnbull --and our wonderful MFA & undergrad students at @ncstate_english . Please help spread the word & feel free to reach out!

Assistant Professor of Creative Writing (Fiction) - Raleigh, NC

Posting Number:PG192006EPInternal Recruitment :NoWorking Title:Assistant Professor of Creative Writing (Fiction)Anticipated Hiring Range:$70,000 - $75

careers.insidehighered.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

I wrote about Joy Williams's BREAKING AND ENTERING, a Florida-based book I loved in college and love (even more) now, and a beloved fiction professor, in the @parisreview today: Shout-outs included to @vincentscarpa and @KavehAkbar

The Joys of ‘Breaking and Entering’

Published in 1988 and set in the Florida Keys, Joy Williams’s ‘Breaking and Entering’ is a strange waking dream of a novel.

www.theparisreview.org

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Just heard that 20 people have been arrested so far. This was a PEACEFUL non-partisan march for voting rights and #BlackLivesMatter . There weren't even many of the usual Neoconfederates causing trouble. This was all police violence, police escalation.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Even though it was not the largest march or action. But what is significant is that this was the LAST DAY OF EARLY VOTING. So those were voters being arrested. And that was a show of force against voting.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

There were police everywhere, police on top of the courthouse (with guns, so they look like snipers), police yukking it up with white male gawkers, so many barricades. People were TRYING to clear the streets, but it's hard to do that quickly for elderly people, children.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

No warning before the pepper spray, which I think was a fog device. Just "leave, clear the streets" then maybe 30 seconds later, screaming babies.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

The whole time we marched, we were followed by drones.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Now hearing that two of the people arrested were lawyers from out of state, here to monitor potential voter intimidation (!). Y'all, if you have time, please join me and @fight4nc tomorrow & Monday to make calls. You can call right in to Alamance County!

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@BelleBoggs

4 years

Bea (currently eating candy she got from some kind folks we passed as we left) says "It's sort of like a nightmare, how you get freaked out and then share it with people and then you sort of forget about it but you don't really forget."

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Some context on this I Am Change march/movement & recent activism in Alamance County NC:

How Black Lives Matter Is Getting Out the Vote in Rural North Carolina

A rural North Carolina county is working to turn anger over police brutality into lasting change.

slate.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

I have one more thing to say and that's just a reminder that this BLM/social justice coalition in Alamance is largely faith-based and they've had marches before, always peaceful. Reports so far sound to me like this is the largest number arrested (20 and counting)...

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Just found this while baby-wrangling at the Miami airport—The Gulf is a “hot debut, humor” in @EW 😊 ❤️

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

My dad's car got stolen across from his shop in Richmond, and then found again on the street, totally pristine and fine except that 1. my mom's Mason jars were missing, and 2. there was a blunt in the ashtray. So I'm pretty sure Martha Stewart did it.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Kind of hope my neighbors keep their Halloween display up:

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

2 years

In case anyone needs an easy cardboard-box-based costume idea here is Harriet as a Little Free Library…

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Well UPS has notified me that the finished copy of The Gulf, my first novel, was just delivered! Somewhere in the woods! The baby is sleeping & I don't think the monitor stretches that far so I will have to look/post a photo later. Thank you @GraywolfPress for sending! ❤️❤️

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

#nobannowallraleigh Growing protest in Halifax Mall downtown Raleigh now

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

1 year

Today is my birthday & I'm excited for my kids' camp share, cousins coming to town, dinner with @ambivalentricky & this awesome news! Have been thinking about the American school bus for a long time and am excited to write this book for @BeaconPressBks , which is its perfect home

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

I’m so honored—thank you! ❤️

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Here is the longer story of my experience with my 6yo at the peaceful #AlamanceCounty march on Halloween, and what I told her after we got pepper sprayed by police.

What I Told My 6-Year-Old Daughter After Police Pepper-Sprayed Us on a March to the Polls

“Mommy! Why is this happening?”

slate.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

I am so excited to take my daughter with me when I vote for @HillaryClinton #debate

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

I wrote about Natalia Ginzburg's "The Little Virtues" (& parenting, Arnold Lobel, and money) for @pageturner :

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

On becoming a teacher and some of the teaching writers I admire, including my friends @doriannelaux @TyreeDaye Jonathan Farmer & Anne Raeff. via @lithub

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

VOTING TOMORROW. VOTING EARLY IN NC. For @HillaryClinton obvs. CAN'T WAIT. I'm taking my daughter and I'm sure I will cry. #debate

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

In New York for #PENawards & feeling grateful to @katiedublinski & @GraywolfPress @mtaeckens @NCStateCHASS & of course @PENamerican !

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

2 years

Also, I've been director now for five/going on six years. I have two young kids, had one (at 41) as director. A goal for me has been making the program/MFA teaching sustainable for parents/caregivers of all kinds, not just the professors but for the students too. cc: @Momademia

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Hooray! I am so honored & amazed to be included on this list!

PEN America

@PENamerica

8 years

Announcing the longlists for PEN's award for the art of the essay. Congratulations, authors! #PENawards

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

New kitten ❤️ #shelterpet #Burlingtonanimalservices

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

@JoshStein_ I wouldn't say "all is calm"--my 6yo and I'm sure many other children who were there were scarred by the experience of being pepper sprayed by police and by watching adults they trust also treated violently by police.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

After last debate I seethed for 1 day then wouldn't let any man talk over me, claimed my airline armrests, and asked for a raise. #debate

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

A starred review for THE GULF from @KirkusReviews ! "A smart and slightly kooky exploration of art and money, faith and politics." Out April 2 from @GraywolfPress #kirkus

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Also, everyone: if you have a chance to work with/have your students study with @KavehAkbar DO IT! You/they will be talking/thinking about your visit for a long time... and you'll get some good poems out of it too! ❤️

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Pregnancy discrimination is real & current & I believe @ewarren . It happened to me before I was even pregnant--in 2011, when pursuing assisted reproduction as a high school teacher. I was not fired but I was harassed by my boss for seeing medical treatment... 1/2

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Huge crowd already in Moore Square Raleigh March. #WomenMobilizeNC

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Just got chided for sharing this reported piece I wrote about voting access in #NC on a department listserve. Voting access and police brutality are non-partisan issues that we should ALL care about.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Early voting with my daughter. Long line but we are happy to stand in it for @HillaryClinton & @RoyCooperNC & @DeborahRossNC

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Thanks for the beautiful design @kglyder & the kind words @JonathanEvison & @taniajam & @AimeeBender & @JillMcCorkle !

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Nancy Drew & Harriet the Spy #happyhalloween #bynum

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Canvassing this afternoon for @EricaforNCHouse & @earls4justice in Graham NC. I'll be slow (wearing a baby and making ice cream promises to a 4-year-old) but I need to feel hopeful today. #ncpol #GetOutTheVote

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

NC friends! You can pick up voter registration forms at these bookstores: @SoandSoBooks @Malaprops @mcibooks @FlyleafBooks or @rosswhite 's poetry house party this weekend. Are you a bookstore who wants some forms? DM me or @christonelli & we will get them to you! #GetOutTheVote

Gerry Cohen

@gercohen

6 years

We’re in last two weeks of NC regular voter registration. Must be postmarked by Oct 12 OR received by counties by then. Personally, I suggest mailing by October 9. If running a voter reg drive should mail at a post office by Oct 9 or hand deliver to county BoE by Oct 11. #ncpol

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

2 years

Just a note that organ donors and their families are heroes. My dad who's been on dialysis for almost 3 years is about to get a kidney. I was in process of living donor evaluation but thanks to this gift and the capacity of this family to bestow life he does not have to wait. 1/

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

3 years

Let's do it, writers! It's easy to ask your event organizers to offer voter information, or to ask bookstores to partner with Book the Vote. Registered voters who attend can pay it forward by taking that info to people in their communities. Young people can register. Win-win.

TEXAS Writers for Democratic Action

@TXWritersforDA

3 years

Enormous thanks to Belle Boggs and Jill McCorkle of North Carolina for this piece on NC and TX in LitHub today!! Writers, we need help registering voters here in TX! @JillMcCorkle @BelleBoggs @WritersforDA

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

I have a new essay in @TheAtlantic :

Julie Bogen (she/her)

@JaBogen

5 years

New from @BelleBoggs :

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Excited The Art of Waiting is on this list with great books by @gayrodcon @margotshetterly @jesmimi @repjohnlewis & more!

Isaac Fitzgerald

@IsaacFitzgerald

8 years

Here are some of my favorite essay collections, memoirs, and nonfiction reads of 2016:

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

I wrote about Frozen II, sacrifice, and some favorite books by Beverly Cleary and Atinuke (which are great as audiobooks too) in @Slate . Fellow parents, any good kids' book series to recommend? Would love to hear.

Ramona Quimby, Elsa, and Teaching My Daughter About the Choices Ahead

How many days do we have left to put off hard discussions?

slate.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Thank you @crooksbookprize ! I'm so honored to be on this excellent list of Southern books! ❤️

crooksbookprize

@crooksbookprize

5 years

🎉 Tip of the hat to @belleboggs for making the #crooksbooks20 longlist! 🎉 @GraywolfPress

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

I'm so honored to be on this list with these writers. Congratulations to all!

PEN America

@PENamerica

8 years

Announcing the finalists of PEN America's award for essay writing. #PENAwards

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

With @GraywolfPress family @totesmarisa @katiedublinski & @eekottke after great event @magersandquinn ! Sad to leave!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Thank you so much to @psharesjournal for selecting my story, “In the Shadow of Man” for the first Ashley Leigh Bourne prize in fiction! Huge thanks to the Bourne family for sponsoring the prize and to @jill .mccorkle for choosing my story for her guest-ed…

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

3 years

HOORAY!!!! Cheering in NC!

✍🏾 Hurston/Wright Foundation for Black Writers

@HurstonWright

3 years

Whoop! Congratulations to Tiya Miles! Her book, ALL THAT SHE CARRIED, won the National Book Award in Nonfiction. @TiyaMilesTAM @nationalbook

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Hooray! Very excited to be on this @KirkusReviews best-nonfiction-of-2016 list with fellow wolf @angpalm :

Graywolf Press

@GraywolfPress

8 years

Three cheers for @BelleBoggs & @angpalm & their @KirkusReviews Best Memoirs of 2016!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Lynda Barry has a @macfound Genius award and we are going to get our democracy back and my friends @dankois and @lsjamison will be at @FlyleafBooks this week (Dan tonight, Leslie tomorrow night, both at 7). BABIES & GRANDMAS DANCING:

One Hundred Demons

Today's demon: Dancing. The groove is so mysterious.

www.salon.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

2 years

Thanks for making such a lovely home for this essay, @EcotoneMagazine ! Always a pleasure to work with your smart editors.

Ecotone Magazine

@EcotoneMagazine

2 years

@BelleBoggs observes, before challenging, the status quo in “Unreliable Narrators”—“When a neighbor texts with a question—Where are all the acorns this year? What are the squirrels gonna eat?—we investigate it.” Read the rest, free on our website!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

9 years

New essay in @Orion_Magazine is adapted from my book, The Art of Waiting, out next Sept with @GraywolfPress :

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Such a pleasure to speak to @MJ_Croley about growing up in the South, parenting/writing/teaching during the pandemic, and of course his beautiful stories!

Southern Cultures

@SCquarterly

4 years

Welcome to the next stop on our virtual Book Tour! In this installment, @BelleBoggs chats with @MJ_Croley about home, parenthood, the importance of daydreaming, and his book "Any Other Place: Stories." #SCBookTour

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Thank you @texasbookfest & @FourSeasons ! The chocolate book cover is awesome & I am not eating it (can't say the same for other treats)

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

3 four-leaf clovers found at Bread Loaf @Orion_Magazine Environmental Writers' Conference this morning:

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Thank you @HillaryClinton for speaking about women's reproductive rights so eloquently and for defending @PPact #debate

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Good morning! It's sunny, we had crepes & candy for breakfast, later we're gonna push peacefully to the polls in #GRAHAMNC and later after that we're eating black-eyed peas & greens & cornbread for luck

Rev. Greg Drumwright

@gregdrumwright

4 years

We're Ready 4 Change, Peaceful Push to the Polls March! Starting at 3pm! SHARE SHARE SHARE

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

So excited to see THE GULF on this list with such wonderful companions--especially meaningful to me since @VCUEnglish is where I did my undergrad, where I was lucky to learn from the wonderful @MaritaGolden , who helped me see a path to making my life as writer...

VCU Cabell First Novelist Award

@FirstNovelVCU

5 years

ANNOUNCEMENT: The "TOP 20 Longlist" for the 2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! Our congratulations go out to the following... @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCUCabell @VCUnews @VCU #vcu #cabellfirstnovelistaward #debutnovel #amreading #rva

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Sometimes you just have to collapse in some ferns #orionatbreadloaf @Orion_Magazine

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

Just got asked by a reporter what I expect when I go to this march tomorrow. I thought for a second and said "that my children and I will not be PEPPER SPRAYED BY POLICE AT A PEACEFUL MARCH?" We have to keep expecting that "protect and serve" means something.

Rev. Greg Drumwright

@gregdrumwright

4 years

IM MARCHING BACK TO THE POLLS TOMORROW. YALL COMING??? Stay tuned for more info on my social media today.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

So happy THE ART OF WAITING is on @O_Magazine 's Top 10 books of 2016 list (with @colsonwhitehead & more!)

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Excited to see THE ART OF WAITING on this list of "21 Incredible New Books" from @BuzzFeedBooks :

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

“I miss trick or treating.” -4-y-o after canvassing today

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

3 years

I'm that professor. Used to be a K-12 teacher in high-poverty schools. At the start of pandemic I thought, oh good, how great to work in a place where there are so many resources/creativity/ability to adapt. Now I keep thinking: at least in my K-12 schools the damn windows opened

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

I'll be there, Reverend. Signal boost, friends?

Rev. Greg Drumwright

@gregdrumwright

4 years

IM MARCHING BACK TO THE POLLS TOMORROW. YALL COMING??? Stay tuned for more info on my social media today.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Really appreciate this @ShelfAwareness early review of THE GULF: "A rare combination of silliness and poignancy, with momentum and compassion, this is a story for every reader, but especially for struggling writers." Thank you, Julia Kastner!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

My @largeheartedboy playlist is up, includes songs by @tiftmerritt @devindude420 @NekoCase @mariabamfoo & DEVO:

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Spring break clover found by the Haw River on a beautiful day. I still mail these out— if you want one just DM or email me 🙂

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Harriet & I are headed out to look for The Gulf

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Impeach Trump + Student Loan Forgiveness + Universal Child Care

Elizabeth Warren

@ewarren

5 years

The only way we can make big, structural change is if we all work together. Chip in whatever you can and join our fight. Every donation makes a difference.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Congratulations to NCSU MFA grad @TyreeDaye ! We cheered you from Talley Student Union when we heard this news last night, just before a phenomenal night of poetry with @adalimon ! cc: @ncstate_english ❤️

Whiting Foundation

@WhitingFdn

6 years

Congrats to 2019 Whiting Award winner in Poetry, @TyreeDaye !

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

I interviewed @gregdrumwright & many others in the #BlackLivesMatter movement in Alamance County NC for this piece for @Slate . They're up against a lot but planning a big march to the polls this Friday & Saturday in Greensboro & Graham. Please share!

How Black Lives Matter Is Getting Out the Vote in Rural North Carolina

A rural North Carolina county is working to turn anger over police brutality into lasting change.

slate.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

Bea made a TV for herself, Harriet, and Coco the kitten today. It has three programs: Orange Family (for Harriet, who loves oranges); Octonauts (for Bea, who loves implausible underwater adventures); and Yarn World (for Coco, who likes to chase string). …

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

I wrote about FLOTUS Michelle Obama's fertility story in @TheAtlantic today: thanks to @RonishaBrowdy & @BrokenBrownEgg for insight & interviews!

The Significance of Michelle Obama’s Fertility Story

The cultural stereotype of an IVF patient is an older white woman, even though black women are almost twice as likely to struggle with infertility.

www.theatlantic.com

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

3 years

Triangle/Triad friends pls RT: Occupy Graham is standing in solidarity with the Brown family and #ElizabethCity at Wyatt Outlaw Park tonight at 5:30, after arrests/police harassment last night of peaceful protesters. Want to occupy 4-8 corners with 10 ppl each. #AndrewBrownJr

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

I'm so honored to see THE GULF included on the @FirstNovelVCU shortlist with these fine writers--two things make it extra special: 1. I'm a VCU grad 2. I'm here with my wonderful new colleague @CadwellTurnbull , who joins @ncstate_english & our MFA faculty in fall 2020.

VCU Cabell First Novelist Award

@FirstNovelVCU

4 years

ANNOUNCEMENT: The "TOP 10 Shortlist" for the 2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! Listed alpha by title... 1/4 . . @VCUEnglish @VCUCHS @VCUCabell @VCU @VCUnews #vcu #cabellfirstnovelistaward #debutnovel #vcumfa #amreading #amwriting #rva

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5 years

Bea (eavesdropping on her sitter talking about the Ted Bundy movie, always interested in scary stuff): What's it about? Sitter: a very bad guy Bea: Well you know who the real villain is... Me (knows what is coming): Bea: PRESIDENT TRUMP! Harriet: *chortles, slaps high chair*

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

As soon as this thing is called I'm taking my irascible but Biden/Harris-loving neighbor a shot of bourbon--he's had fireworks saved for this & fingers crossed we do not burn the woods down 🍀

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

So many ppl at Chavis early voting site in Raleigh NC. Very exciting!

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1 year

I wrote about our pandemic hobby (tadpole rescue) and fighting Moms for Liberty in my #NC county in the @nytimes today:

Opinion | How Rescuing Frogs Inspires the Way I Fight for Change (Gift Article)

Local battles are just as important as national ones.

www.nytimes.com

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

Also, republicans? We won't forget. I'll help my neighbors (urban/rural/everywhere in NC) remember too.

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

I love & appreciate this honest, personal @globeandmail review of my book, by @MissStaceyMay :

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

With @EKTBenn @ndennis_benn & @sunilyapa at AJC Decatur's great friendly book festival #decaturBookFestival

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

Didn't break down this AM until I walked into my daughter's inclusive preschool classroom. Thanked & hugged every teacher I could find.

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

Brought donuts for class this morning & sweet Dunkin Donuts employee gave unasked-for discount because, she said, "education is important"

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

6 years

Everything @EcotoneMagazine & @LookoutBooks puts out is so special & thoughtful. So happy to be included in this anthology on place, identity, & feminism with @aimeenez @TempestWilliams @saraswat_s & more. Love the little journal for trespassing notes too...

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

Wow! @emmastraub calls THE ART OF WAITING a "smart, smart book" on the @TODAYshow this morning! Thank you Emma!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

My new antidote to despair is starting mornings watching my toddler bop to Stereolab while thinking of how to defeat major @NRA funding recipient and Trump fan @ThomTillis in 2020. Starting to carry voter registration cards with me again; I don't care if I bother people.

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

8 years

Such an honor and pleasure to be in conversation with the brilliant poet Monica Youn for @lithub :

Literary Hub

@lithub

8 years

Writing infertility, roots of shame, and the pregnancy narrative: A conversation with @BelleBoggs & Monica Youn.

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8 years

Hooray! Thank you @GraywolfPress & @PublishersWkly . Congrats @nsabugsme (& @GarthGreenwell !!)

Graywolf Press

@GraywolfPress

8 years

Three cheers for @BelleBoggs and @nsabugsme and their @PublishersWkly Best Books of 2016!

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

4 years

What a beautiful winter catalog, @GraywolfPress ! Especially excited about THE WILD FOX OF YEMEN by @ThreaWrites (who happens to be a triple-wolf: BA/MFA from @ncstate_english and first book w/ Graywolf)

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Belle Boggs

@BelleBoggs

5 years

A good way to get your kid to keep hiking/walking somewhere is to say: "you might find a turtle."

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@BelleBoggs

8 years

Today's high: student in CNF class recognized his peers were distraught, offered to let us pet his service dog. It helped.

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