NoniShanéy
@athirdspaceisbooks.bsky.social
I’m here making remarks about books and authors.
Sharing my current reads. Reading is Political.
AM: Writer & Strategy.
PM: reader & comedian.
Always: Queer ✊🏾🪶🕎.
Autistic 👩🏻🦯🦻🏼
Worldbringer and Upstander.
Sign: 🔥🐍 ♈ & I like 🥾 with my �
Sharing my current reads. Reading is Political.
AM: Writer & Strategy.
PM: reader & comedian.
Always: Queer ✊🏾🪶🕎.
Autistic 👩🏻🦯🦻🏼
Worldbringer and Upstander.
Sign: 🔥🐍 ♈ & I like 🥾 with my �
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Monthly reminder —
Books are political
—even those “silly dragon books” —-
Fiction
Nonfiction
Fantasy
Romance
All.
Reading is an act of resistance.
#Booksky
Books are political
—even those “silly dragon books” —-
Fiction
Nonfiction
Fantasy
Romance
All.
Reading is an act of resistance.
#Booksky
Sorry, I’ve been absent on this app.
I’m going to come back to focusing here more.
I’m going to come back to focusing here more.
July 17, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Sorry, I’ve been absent on this app.
I’m going to come back to focusing here more.
I’m going to come back to focusing here more.
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Only 13 hours left if you want to enter our Goodreads giveaway to win one of 100 e-copies of Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho. It doesn’t cost anything to enter.
Cry, Voidbringer
In a broken system, do you save yourself or fight for t…
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July 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Only 13 hours left if you want to enter our Goodreads giveaway to win one of 100 e-copies of Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho. It doesn’t cost anything to enter.
You’ll often hear that Arizona has dry heat.
Dry Heat just means the sun skips the humidity and punches you directly in the face and then you melt within 3 minutes.
Dry Heat just means the sun skips the humidity and punches you directly in the face and then you melt within 3 minutes.
July 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
You’ll often hear that Arizona has dry heat.
Dry Heat just means the sun skips the humidity and punches you directly in the face and then you melt within 3 minutes.
Dry Heat just means the sun skips the humidity and punches you directly in the face and then you melt within 3 minutes.
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The way that some leftists talk down to Black people (like we haven't been the center of most progressive movements) in this country is weird.
March 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The way that some leftists talk down to Black people (like we haven't been the center of most progressive movements) in this country is weird.
Saturday morning reading - book quote edition.
— A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara, page 129
— A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara, page 129
March 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Saturday morning reading - book quote edition.
— A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara, page 129
— A Little Life: A Novel by Hanya Yanagihara, page 129
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@michaellaborn.bsky.social you lead the way and we are all here with you, WE GOT THIS!💪🏼
February 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Same
It’s why I use
Black, Indigenous, People of Color instead of BIPOC - or even better not grouping even nonwhite together as a monolith.
DEI is another great example.
It’s why I use
Black, Indigenous, People of Color instead of BIPOC - or even better not grouping even nonwhite together as a monolith.
DEI is another great example.
I don’t process acronyms well. I’m a pretty literal person, so that’s part of it. Also, a lot of meaning gets lost when things are abbreviated.
Prime example:
DEI. Instead of saying “DEI”, we should say the entire phrase, Divisity, Equity and Inclusion. Doing that…clarifies things.
Prime example:
DEI. Instead of saying “DEI”, we should say the entire phrase, Divisity, Equity and Inclusion. Doing that…clarifies things.
February 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Same
It’s why I use
Black, Indigenous, People of Color instead of BIPOC - or even better not grouping even nonwhite together as a monolith.
DEI is another great example.
It’s why I use
Black, Indigenous, People of Color instead of BIPOC - or even better not grouping even nonwhite together as a monolith.
DEI is another great example.
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If you’re trying to learn more about history not covered in schools I highly recommend Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert.
February 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
If you’re trying to learn more about history not covered in schools I highly recommend Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert.
Starting chapter 18 tonight…this book has a hold on me. I’m reading it far slower than normal and I’m triple thinking about ever damn sentences.
Someday I hope this is required reading for a class.
Someday I hope this is required reading for a class.
The way I NEED to talk to Tananarive Due about this book. Y’all don’t understand. It is destroying me.
February 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Starting chapter 18 tonight…this book has a hold on me. I’m reading it far slower than normal and I’m triple thinking about ever damn sentences.
Someday I hope this is required reading for a class.
Someday I hope this is required reading for a class.
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February 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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“We know that if we do not learn from the past, it is destined to repeat itself. But what I want us to really sit with is the fact that we can avoid more than just history's worst moments. We can avoid it all. We can put our foot down right here at the beginning and refuse to comply with any of it.”
Bindery Books | Fearful Musings as I Read The Reformato...
I started reading The Reformatory last night and it has...
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February 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“We know that if we do not learn from the past, it is destined to repeat itself. But what I want us to really sit with is the fact that we can avoid more than just history's worst moments. We can avoid it all. We can put our foot down right here at the beginning and refuse to comply with any of it.”
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I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I can’t remember where I read this, but it’s important:
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
Why is it that when people think about traveling to the past, they worry about doing something small that will drastically change the present, but no one in the present thinks that doing something small today can drastically change the future?
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Suspect this is the early frontrunner for all the genre awards in 2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor review – an SF master moves into the mainstream
This book within a book weaves a writer’s struggles with scenes from their Africanfuturist tale of post-apocalyptic robots
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Suspect this is the early frontrunner for all the genre awards in 2026
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
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I wrote LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 👩🏾⚕️🩺 for my younger self so it was absolute honor to be selected by publisher @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to deliver a keynote about my book to hundreds of higher education professionals at the First Year Experience Conference!
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I wrote LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine 👩🏾⚕️🩺 for my younger self so it was absolute honor to be selected by publisher @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social to deliver a keynote about my book to hundreds of higher education professionals at the First Year Experience Conference!
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The thing about Mina that I love is that she sweet and kind and the type of librarian that will always go that extra mile to get you that book. But she is also a bisexual fem-dom and she will get you all together right quick.
Also, she will shoot you dead if you cross her.
Also, she will shoot you dead if you cross her.
Let's talk about my girl Wilhelmina "Mina" Harker from my Dracula retelling. She is not only fat, bi, and polyam! Mina is a head librarian and is a champion sharpshooter. bit.ly/aviciousthirstpromo
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The thing about Mina that I love is that she sweet and kind and the type of librarian that will always go that extra mile to get you that book. But she is also a bisexual fem-dom and she will get you all together right quick.
Also, she will shoot you dead if you cross her.
Also, she will shoot you dead if you cross her.
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My favorite book of 2024 is out in paperback TODAY!! I have more I want to say about this book so I’m creating a thread about how I even found this story and what it means to me. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #booksky #blackbooksky #bookreccomendations
February 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My favorite book of 2024 is out in paperback TODAY!! I have more I want to say about this book so I’m creating a thread about how I even found this story and what it means to me. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social #booksky #blackbooksky #bookreccomendations
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Same.
I will never understand why Black people will invite a mediocre white man who does the bare minimum to the cookout but in the same breath tell a biracial or a multicultural person that they are not invited.
I will never understand that shit.
I will never understand that shit.
February 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Same.
February 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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I said we don’t have enough Indigenous romance and people are recommending Nikki Payne’s Sex Lies and Sensibility and Kennedy Ryan’s The Kingmaker. Someone else had the audacity to say Twilight. An Indigenous romance is a book WRITTEN by an Indigenous author WITH Indigenous characters.
February 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I said we don’t have enough Indigenous romance and people are recommending Nikki Payne’s Sex Lies and Sensibility and Kennedy Ryan’s The Kingmaker. Someone else had the audacity to say Twilight. An Indigenous romance is a book WRITTEN by an Indigenous author WITH Indigenous characters.
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Day 15 of letting you know that I run a small publishing imprint that’s working to create access for marginalized authors. And we need your help to reach our goals. Please consider subscribing to our publishing community for $5 or $12. Help us make a difference.
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February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Day 15 of letting you know that I run a small publishing imprint that’s working to create access for marginalized authors. And we need your help to reach our goals. Please consider subscribing to our publishing community for $5 or $12. Help us make a difference.
Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com
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We "win" by challenging hegemonic narratives, not by imitating them.
February 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We "win" by challenging hegemonic narratives, not by imitating them.
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New Youtube video is out! This one gets pretty personal, has a couple book reviews, and is full of tangents! So if that's your thing, enjoy!
youtu.be/SGhX9B6kKG4
youtu.be/SGhX9B6kKG4
Autism, Self-Discovery and Books
YouTube video by Ezeekat
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February 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New Youtube video is out! This one gets pretty personal, has a couple book reviews, and is full of tangents! So if that's your thing, enjoy!
youtu.be/SGhX9B6kKG4
youtu.be/SGhX9B6kKG4