Christina Cooke
@christinajcooke.bsky.social
Author of BROUGHTUPSY | Winner, Journey Prize | Finalist, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize | shit-talker & snack monster | all snark & unpopular opinions 100% mine | https://linktr.ee/christinajcooke
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BROUGHTUPSY—my debut novel about Jamaican girlhood, migration, sexuality & loss—is out now!
🌟 Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, CBC Books, Electric Lit & Debutiful
🌟”A dazzling symphony of what it means to love, to grieve & to belong”—Shondaland #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/731246...
🌟 Named a Best Book of 2024 by Elle, CBC Books, Electric Lit & Debutiful
🌟”A dazzling symphony of what it means to love, to grieve & to belong”—Shondaland #BookSky
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/731246...
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From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”
When Adoption Promises Are Broken
Many birth mothers hope to maintain contact with their child. But their agreements with adoptive parents can be fragile.
www.theatlantic.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”
apple’s latest product reveal was yawn at best—except! airpods that translate languages in real time? at long last, i’ll finally know what my dominican barber REALLY thinks of me next i go 😂 #Apple #Tech #Translation
September 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
apple’s latest product reveal was yawn at best—except! airpods that translate languages in real time? at long last, i’ll finally know what my dominican barber REALLY thinks of me next i go 😂 #Apple #Tech #Translation
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Thanks so much to our intern Ella Schweizer for curating this great back-to-school post featuring pieces with school vibes by @ruthlefaive.bsky.social @christinajcooke.bsky.social, Kenneth Lee, Jeremy Radin, Alan Charazo, Kasey Butcher Santana, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, and more!
Heading back to school? We're wishing you luck! And what better way to get in the back to school spirit than with classroom centered pieces from the archive? 📖 Check out our BACK TO SCHOOL post on our blog, LIP SERVICE: buff.ly/yl5uROp
September 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thanks so much to our intern Ella Schweizer for curating this great back-to-school post featuring pieces with school vibes by @ruthlefaive.bsky.social @christinajcooke.bsky.social, Kenneth Lee, Jeremy Radin, Alan Charazo, Kasey Butcher Santana, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, and more!
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We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
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Registration closes soon for "Writing the Body" with @margosteines.bsky.social! Write about embodied experiences with nuance and power, joined by renowned guest authors @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social, & @christinajcooke.bsky.social.
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How to Write About the Body — Off Assignment
A literary space for the candid tales behind official stories.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Registration closes soon for "Writing the Body" with @margosteines.bsky.social! Write about embodied experiences with nuance and power, joined by renowned guest authors @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social, & @christinajcooke.bsky.social.
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🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 We’ve got a ton of very good book recommendations for #PrideMonth. Here are just a few of them. How many have you read?
🔗 Find more books by LGBTQ+ authors here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...
#booksky #lgbtq+ #canlit #litfic
🔗 Find more books by LGBTQ+ authors here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...
#booksky #lgbtq+ #canlit #litfic
June 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 We’ve got a ton of very good book recommendations for #PrideMonth. Here are just a few of them. How many have you read?
🔗 Find more books by LGBTQ+ authors here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...
#booksky #lgbtq+ #canlit #litfic
🔗 Find more books by LGBTQ+ authors here: houseofanansi.com/collections/...
#booksky #lgbtq+ #canlit #litfic
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For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke set in Kingston #Jamaica
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
#booksky 💜📚
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
#booksky 💜📚
August 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke set in Kingston #Jamaica
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
#booksky 💜📚
Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity.
#booksky 💜📚
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Some more book recommendations for #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out the rest of our collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBookSky
Check out the rest of our collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBookSky
June 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Some more book recommendations for #PrideMonth! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Check out the rest of our collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBookSky
Check out the rest of our collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBookSky
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Christina Cooke's (MA'12) debut novel grew out of a series of short stories she wrote for her thesis in creative writing, part of her degree from @discoverunb.bsky.social.
Check out this fascinating interview with Christina as she reflects on the origins of "Broughtupsy" 📚 bit.ly/3SpvlwE
Check out this fascinating interview with Christina as she reflects on the origins of "Broughtupsy" 📚 bit.ly/3SpvlwE
May 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Christina Cooke's (MA'12) debut novel grew out of a series of short stories she wrote for her thesis in creative writing, part of her degree from @discoverunb.bsky.social.
Check out this fascinating interview with Christina as she reflects on the origins of "Broughtupsy" 📚 bit.ly/3SpvlwE
Check out this fascinating interview with Christina as she reflects on the origins of "Broughtupsy" 📚 bit.ly/3SpvlwE
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Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
July 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
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My flash story "Faultline" was on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist! It's truly the little story that could 😭 And I'm in good company: @christinajcooke.bsky.social is on the Top 50 and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is with me on the longlist, both Split Lip contributors. Read their stories below!
Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My flash story "Faultline" was on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist! It's truly the little story that could 😭 And I'm in good company: @christinajcooke.bsky.social is on the Top 50 and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is with me on the longlist, both Split Lip contributors. Read their stories below!
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"We were in the bathroom, the choir leader and me, but we were meant to be at lunch." *Please* check out What Happened Was by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, what a brilliant, limber, heartbreaking story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c....
What Happened Was — Split Lip Magazine
Here is a fact: at sixteen, I watched my father take our pictures off the walls and clothes from their drawers as he packed up my brother and sister and took them away from our home in Jamaica.
splitlipthemag.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"We were in the bathroom, the choir leader and me, but we were meant to be at lunch." *Please* check out What Happened Was by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, what a brilliant, limber, heartbreaking story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c....
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How do we occupy our bodies, what do we do with them, how do we feel in them? Explore this and more in our popular "Writing the Body" course w @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcolm Belc. buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
July 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How do we occupy our bodies, what do we do with them, how do we feel in them? Explore this and more in our popular "Writing the Body" course w @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcolm Belc. buff.ly/JOxfnwQ
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"Publishing a novel at all is a commendable achievement. I should be thrilled. So why am I so damn sad?"
Out now: @christinajcooke.bsky.social on post-publication blues after the release of her debut novel "Broughtupsy" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/07/a...
Out now: @christinajcooke.bsky.social on post-publication blues after the release of her debut novel "Broughtupsy" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/07/a...
After Thirteen Years, I Published My Debut Novel to Lovely Reception. So Why Am I Sad? - Chicago Review of Books
I thought I would be happy once my debut novel Broughtupsy was published. My novel represents nearly thirteen years of reading and writing and revising and learning and writing some more—all of it pri...
chireviewofbooks.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Publishing a novel at all is a commendable achievement. I should be thrilled. So why am I so damn sad?"
Out now: @christinajcooke.bsky.social on post-publication blues after the release of her debut novel "Broughtupsy" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/07/a...
Out now: @christinajcooke.bsky.social on post-publication blues after the release of her debut novel "Broughtupsy" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/07/a...
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Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
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WHAT HAPPENED WAS by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, a brilliant Wigleaf Top 50 story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
What Happened Was — Split Lip Magazine
Here is a fact: at sixteen, I watched my father take our pictures off the walls and clothes from their drawers as he packed up my brother and sister and took them away from our home in Jamaica.
splitlipthemag.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
WHAT HAPPENED WAS by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, a brilliant Wigleaf Top 50 story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
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So pumped to see Split Lip stories by @christinajcooke.bsky.social @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social on the Wigleaf lists! Thank you @wigleaf.bsky.social! It's always a fun time of year. Congrats all around! Make sure to read these stories in the 🧵 if you haven't already!
Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!
June 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So pumped to see Split Lip stories by @christinajcooke.bsky.social @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social on the Wigleaf lists! Thank you @wigleaf.bsky.social! It's always a fun time of year. Congrats all around! Make sure to read these stories in the 🧵 if you haven't already!
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"The counselor’s standing over me now. He’s looking at my forehead but not quite at me. I bet he thinks I’m damned, damned, damned." Brilliant heartbreaking by @christinajcooke.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social So deserving of @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50.
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
What Happened Was — Split Lip Magazine
Here is a fact: at sixteen, I watched my father take our pictures off the walls and clothes from their drawers as he packed up my brother and sister and took them away from our home in Jamaica.
splitlipthemag.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"The counselor’s standing over me now. He’s looking at my forehead but not quite at me. I bet he thinks I’m damned, damned, damned." Brilliant heartbreaking by @christinajcooke.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social So deserving of @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50.
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...
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In "Writing the Body," you'll connect the self to the corporeal, guide your body writing practice, and engage with world-class instructors @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcom Belc.
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In "Writing the Body," you'll connect the self to the corporeal, guide your body writing practice, and engage with world-class instructors @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcom Belc.
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP
new #interview about writing, reading, & what #diaspora means to me—up now on Creative Process 🙌🏽📚✨🇯🇲
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
Beginnings, Belonging & Diaspora Storytelling — The Creative Process
A Conversation with Author CHRISTINA COOKE
I was born on the island of Jamaica. My early upbringing there was foundational to my creative obsessions and narrative imagination. Jamaican characters and...
www.creativeprocess.info
June 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
new #interview about writing, reading, & what #diaspora means to me—up now on Creative Process 🙌🏽📚✨🇯🇲
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
Beginnings, Belonging & Diaspora Storytelling — The Creative Process
A Conversation with Author CHRISTINA COOKE
I was born on the island of Jamaica. My early upbringing there was foundational to my creative obsessions and narrative imagination. Jamaican characters and...
www.creativeprocess.info
June 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
new #interview about writing, reading, & what #diaspora means to me—up now on Creative Process 🙌🏽📚✨🇯🇲
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...
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Daily(ish) #Pride #SmallPress #books: Broughtupsy (@christinajcooke.bsky.social, @catapultbooks.bsky.social) books.catapult.co/books/brough... & High-Risk Homosexual (@otroedgargomez.bsky.social, Soft Skull) softskull.com/books/high-r...
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June 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Daily(ish) #Pride #SmallPress #books: Broughtupsy (@christinajcooke.bsky.social, @catapultbooks.bsky.social) books.catapult.co/books/brough... & High-Risk Homosexual (@otroedgargomez.bsky.social, Soft Skull) softskull.com/books/high-r...
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#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky 🌈📚 #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈📚
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#DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky 🌈📚 #PrideMonth 🏳️🌈📚