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B. Sharise
@bsharise.bsky.social
Kidlit Author, FIYAH Editor, & Curriculum Developer
Rep'd by Laurie McLean @ FUSE Literary
www.bsharisewrites.com
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ELA textbooks frustrated me when I taught. I didn't see enough diverse content. So, I curated an educational text featuring some of the best Black speculative writers/ artists I know. That text is Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students. #Education
It's such an honor to simply be nominated! Congrats to the other nominees!
In the mix once again!!! Your fave SFF mag is back in the running for the Hugo Awards 🔥🔥🔥 Pardon us while we cartwheel around the station 🤸🏿

Congrats to all the finalists! @thedeadlands.com @escapepod.org @khoreo.bsky.social @strangehorizons.bsky.social @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
✨ 2025 Hugo, Lodestar, & Astounding Awards Finalists (🧵 4/10) ✨

🚀 2025 Hugo Awards Finalists for:
- Best Semiprozine
- Best Professional Artist

Congratulations to all of the finalists!

#HugoAwards #HugoAwards2025 #Worldcon #Worldcon2025 #SeattleWorldcon2025
April 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone
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Self, Celebrity, and My Awkward Meeting with Angie Stone
I’ve lowkey wanted to be famous since I was a kid.
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March 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Can't believe it's just two months until release for Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster!
The follow up to my debut fantasy MG promises to deal with that cliffhanger that made folks so mad 🤣

Preorders are everything, please like and share! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
www.harpercollins.com/products/key...
Keynan Masters and the Remixed Monster
Return to Peerless Academy in this sequel to Keynan Masters and the Peerless Magic Crew, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and Am...
www.harpercollins.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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if you're looking for GFMs to donate to the working-class people of historic Altadena who lost their homes, this is for a Latino family with deep roots in the community - a kind couple who welcomed me into their home with open arms in the past.

Their total loss included German's workspace & tools.
January 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social

my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged.

"Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?
Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History
This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.
www.teenvogue.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I had a deadline to meet and it was flash fiction, but I'm proud of it. The story was inspired by liberation, Gaza, & The Congo. Though I'm unable to donate monetarily at the moment, I will always use my writing & my voice to amplify my anti colonial/anti imperial, pro environment beliefs. Free 🇵🇸 🇨🇩
December 2, 2024 at 1:59 AM
I'll be talking with my 7 yo son about native land today. I started the tradition last year. It's important that he knows about the land we live on, the people who were slaughtered, rounded up, and forced on the Trail of Tears, by whom, and why.
native-land.ca #NationalDayOfMourning
Native-Land.ca | Our home on native landMenuchevron-downchevron-downchevron-downchevron-downchevron-down
Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.
native-land.ca
November 28, 2024 at 2:12 PM
What are your favorite political Hip-hop songs? Here's my top 5 #Music

1. Mos Def~New World Water

2. Lupe Fiasco~Little Weapon

3. Rapsody~He Shot Ya

4. Scarface ft. Tupac~Smile

5. Dead Prez~Propaganda
November 28, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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If you’re looking to gift #Indigenous stories for your middle schooler: here are some recs!

-Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
-Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila
-Mascot by Charles Waters & Traci Sorell

#giftideas #holidays #shopsmall #reading #kidbooks #bookrecs #teachers
November 27, 2024 at 6:59 PM
It's 10:15 pm and I haven't written a single word toward my 150 word goal in my WIP. Let's go! #BlueSkyWriters
November 27, 2024 at 3:15 AM
ELA textbooks frustrated me when I taught. I didn't see enough diverse content. So, I curated an educational text featuring some of the best Black speculative writers/ artists I know. That text is Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students. #Education
November 25, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Hey everyone. My bio says it all. I'm a kidlit author and Mom. I'm anti-establishment, anti-war, and anti genocide. Hope that helps to figure out if you're in the right place or not. I want to meet and work with creatives, build community offline, and talk about writing and books. 🧡
November 25, 2024 at 10:31 PM
I don't know what's stopping me from completing this early chapter book, but I've been running from it for months. Anyone else running from a WIP? #Kidlit #Writers
November 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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"Temperatures in Palestine are increasing faster than the global average, and it is highly vulnerable to floods, heatwaves, droughts, and storms."-- @dharna.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29
Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Also, please make sure y'all boost and support our Palestinian siblings who are suffering in Gaza if you can, here is a list of verified accounts in Gaza:

bsky.app/profile/momm...
Please find threads here for:
New accounts from Gaza:
Common questions about Gazan fundraising:
Accounts from Gaza you can follow/ help:
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 PM