Ber Anena
@beranena.bsky.social
Author of The Lies We Tell for America, a memoir forthcoming from Flatiron Books, Fall 2026.
PhD student @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln ll Author of A Nation in Labour 📚 ll Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa 🏆
PhD student @ University of Nebraska-Lincoln ll Author of A Nation in Labour 📚 ll Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa 🏆
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Our latest issue is now available for purchase! Featuring work by @bcar.bsky.social, @lenakt.bsky.social, @ninacpelaez.bsky.social, @pagestar.bsky.social, @preetivangani.bsky.social, @michaelimossan.bsky.social, and more.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our latest issue is now available for purchase! Featuring work by @bcar.bsky.social, @lenakt.bsky.social, @ninacpelaez.bsky.social, @pagestar.bsky.social, @preetivangani.bsky.social, @michaelimossan.bsky.social, and more.
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It’s July 11 — my birthday.
Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
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The Kidney Tree & Other Poems - Arao Ameny | Lolwe
Three poems by Arao Ameny
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July 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It’s July 11 — my birthday.
Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
bit.ly/KidneyTree
Happy to announce that my poems are published in Lolwe Issue 11 alongside Loic Ekinga (DR Congo), Frank Njugi (Kenya), Susan Goffe (Jamaica), David Emeka (Nigeria) & Amanda Nechesa (Kenya).
Many thanks to editor Nadia Bongo (Gabon) for her guidance.
bit.ly/KidneyTree
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Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
July 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Brunel University of London is hosting a series of writing workshops and publishing webinars for aspiring writers.
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
Sign up for the free online workshops here: bit.ly/4evXE6M
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"A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger"
King of Ashes is on sale now!! 🔥
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King of Ashes is on sale now!! 🔥
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Book Review: ‘King of Ashes,’ by S.A. Cosby
In S.A. Cosby’s new book, “King of Ashes,” an investment banker returns home to protect his family from a local gang.
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June 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger"
King of Ashes is on sale now!! 🔥
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King of Ashes is on sale now!! 🔥
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What l #read in #May
ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong. Started reading his new novel but put it aside to try this one and Gosh was l moved! I’ve never read a book with such beautiful language. “Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you’ve been ruined.”
ON EARTH WE’RE BRIEFLY GORGEOUS by Ocean Vuong. Started reading his new novel but put it aside to try this one and Gosh was l moved! I’ve never read a book with such beautiful language. “Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you’ve been ruined.”
May 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
One of the books l read as a child was by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. He was among the authors who stirred my love for writing. I’m sad to hear of his passing today. What a loss to the world and to literature. May God receive him with mercy.
Photo: UCI Podcast
Photo: UCI Podcast
May 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
One of the books l read as a child was by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. He was among the authors who stirred my love for writing. I’m sad to hear of his passing today. What a loss to the world and to literature. May God receive him with mercy.
Photo: UCI Podcast
Photo: UCI Podcast
Tulips @ the #TulipFestival at Nelson Produce Farm
April 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Tulips @ the #TulipFestival at Nelson Produce Farm
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April 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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1/2
Read in Jan, Feb, March
Read in Jan, Feb, March
April 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Read in Jan, Feb, March
Read in Jan, Feb, March
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Like @coloradotravis.bsky.social I consumed this over the weekend, and I highly encourage everyone to read it.
The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
March 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Like @coloradotravis.bsky.social I consumed this over the weekend, and I highly encourage everyone to read it.
The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
The coverage is treating the book as an expose of Meta culture and execs and while it is that, I think the more interesting parts are in between and focus on global power dynamics 1/
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Follow the new Sudan Solidarity Collective account and help them increase their followers! Get updates on upcoming Workshops4Sudan events and information about how you can support mutual aid on the ground.
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
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March 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Follow the new Sudan Solidarity Collective account and help them increase their followers! Get updates on upcoming Workshops4Sudan events and information about how you can support mutual aid on the ground.
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
→ @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
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Our annual book prize in poetry and fiction is closing soon! Send us your manuscripts by March 15 for a chance to win $3000 and publication by @univnebpress.bsky.social.
For full guidelines, visit prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...
For full guidelines, visit prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...
March 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Our annual book prize in poetry and fiction is closing soon! Send us your manuscripts by March 15 for a chance to win $3000 and publication by @univnebpress.bsky.social.
For full guidelines, visit prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...
For full guidelines, visit prairieschooner.unl.edu/book-prize-g...
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One more week for our BIPOC-only short story collection call! We haven't received many submissions yet, and we'd love to read yours. If you've been going back and forth about submitting because you're not sure your book will be a good fit, send it in anyway: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
SHORT STORY COLLECTION SUBMISSION CALLSingle-author horror and Weird fiction short story collections by BIPOC writers only. 40K to 60K words—no exceptions. Submission window is open until our 2026 …
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February 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
One more week for our BIPOC-only short story collection call! We haven't received many submissions yet, and we'd love to read yours. If you've been going back and forth about submitting because you're not sure your book will be a good fit, send it in anyway: cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
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We're launching our very first influencer program—FLATIRON FIRST LOOK!
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February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're launching our very first influencer program—FLATIRON FIRST LOOK!
Apply now: read.macmillan.com/fib/flatiron...
Apply now: read.macmillan.com/fib/flatiron...
“Chuka” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Just saying l’m looking forward to Dream Count 💁🏿♀️
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“Chuka,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I have always longed to be known, truly known, by another human being.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“Chuka” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Just saying l’m looking forward to Dream Count 💁🏿♀️
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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it should be illegal to ask "so when is your next book" when less than six months have elapsed since your last book was published
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
it should be illegal to ask "so when is your next book" when less than six months have elapsed since your last book was published
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February 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM