@ArielDumas
My best friend’s dad would order us pizza, and after serving us, he would KEEP THE PIZZA BOX IN THE OVEN AND TURN THE OVEN ON WARM.
L U X U R I O U S 💅
News: Novels by Hilary Mantel and Anne Tyler are among those longlisted for this year's Booker Prize in a list heavy on novels by debut, female authors
One of my favorite professors always said that the job of a fiction writer is to tell the truth, especially when it’s inconvenient. I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity to discuss inconvenient truths in
@nytimesbooks
My husband and Bryce Stucki wrote about black farmers and discrimination at USDA under Obama. It’s smart, damning, and has great graphics. It also highlights why voting Trump out of office isn’t enough.
After two years of reporting, more than 150 interviews, and dozens of FOIA requests, I have a new investigate piece with Bryce Stucki on how Obama’s ag secretary, Tom Vilsack, covered up widespread discrimination against black farmers.
This week, I'm sharing a short daily video about my favorite books of 2020.
Today it's . . . SUCH A FUN AGE, written by
@kileyreid
and read by Nicole Lewis.
“If you want to understand wealth and inequality in this country, you have to understand black land loss.”
@rosenblawg
quoted by
@lizziepresser
in this week's
@NewYorker
.
@nikkiblackcat
After we broke up, he sent me a video of himself crying in his room while lip syncing to a song he had written, sang, and pre-recorded for said video. It reminded me of when Mandy Moore’s song came on in A Walk To Remember.
@laurenzcollins
My girlfriend is in NY and I’m in Philly but we watch it “together.” We call and say “One, Two, Three, Play!” And then we text the entire time. This was during a proposal...
@TisforThompson
“Well do you drink enough water? I bet it’s water. You should do a water restrictive diet concerning water. I had a zit once but then I drank more water.”
Fuck off, Maggie.
@tayari
My grandma and her siblings were Creole French w/ light skin & kinky hair. My great aunt told me that they were so poor that that only showered on tues / thurs when the natatorium was open. That was a place where they could “pass” and pretend their hair was only curly when wet.
@juleneely
💯 well said. so many notes on my work that said, “hey! here’s my feedback on your office drama, but take it with a grain of salt cause I’ve never had a job lolz!”
@annehelen
@CarolineMoss
This shoe reminds me of every writing workshop where people said, “I think this story was trying to do too much and should have just picked one thing.”
@domenicahope
@ibbybel
It’s either this or, “I just wrote this write before class so I don’t care and I’m definitely not going to cry in the shower cause I literally just pooped this out, you guys r dumb for taking it seriously lol.”
#lies
@KristinRunyon
This is so fun and nice. Also - I love the multiple points of view too and my favorite might be The Little Friend by Donna Tartt. You might like it, too! 🖤
@ArionneNettles
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@gretamjohnsen
Every week its
“but guys, I can’t write about MYSELF.”
And then she turns around with 1200 words titled “Why I decided it’s ok when I used the word Bae.”
@BernieSanders
I called a Minute Clinic and asked if they did pap smears. Guy on the phone said yes. I go in. Doctor says they actually do not do pap smears. But I made an appointment so... $188.
@HillaryKelly
When I was a babysitter I was like, “Why don’t these kids take me for my word?” Oh right, because their parents just lie for fun???????
Cool cool cool.
"Beginning with an interview of these young women could easily have felt like the laziest kind of exposition, but in Reid’s hands it serves as a brilliant demonstration of her own approach as a novelist: Listen…."
@sbwier
@Jxnewton
@JBSlough
@ACLU
Yeah.. so I live here. It's possible to live in a state and still think its laws are insane. Not everyone has the means to leave.