Ravi Howard
@ravihoward.bsky.social
Author of Driving The King and Like Trees Walking. Work in Best American Mystery and Suspense, Salon, and Gravy. NEA Fellow and winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence.
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i’m sure someone else has already put this together but fucking wild he called for members of congress to be hanged the same day the coast guard said a noose is no longer a hate symbol
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 AM
i’m sure someone else has already put this together but fucking wild he called for members of congress to be hanged the same day the coast guard said a noose is no longer a hate symbol
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I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
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Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
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Deepen your craft and expand your community at the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop!
At this fully remote Workshop, you will receive feedback on your work-in-progress from a fantastic faculty member and your curated cohort, plus much more!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
At this fully remote Workshop, you will receive feedback on your work-in-progress from a fantastic faculty member and your curated cohort, plus much more!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
September 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Deepen your craft and expand your community at the 2026 Tin House Winter Online Workshop!
At this fully remote Workshop, you will receive feedback on your work-in-progress from a fantastic faculty member and your curated cohort, plus much more!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
At this fully remote Workshop, you will receive feedback on your work-in-progress from a fantastic faculty member and your curated cohort, plus much more!
Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/win...
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Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.
August 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saying this again: there is a scammer out there targeting newbie authors, claiming I'm one of their clients. They use different names, and I'm already pursuing legal action. But I have never worked with a PR company, editing service, or book packager, so anybody saying so is lying, period full stop.
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A shame what's going on in cultural journalism right now. Too many of us have lost jobs at a time when this work is desperately needed. Without it, the less curious people will become, and the less motivated they will be to challenge the culture they're consuming. That could be by design right now.
August 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A shame what's going on in cultural journalism right now. Too many of us have lost jobs at a time when this work is desperately needed. Without it, the less curious people will become, and the less motivated they will be to challenge the culture they're consuming. That could be by design right now.
Thanks to host Don Noble, NPR podcasts, and the Alabama Aloud team at Troy Public Radio. My story, Eventide, is available online to listen and download.
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
Alabama Aloud with Don Noble
The work of Alabama authors deserves to be read out loud - and now it is! Join host Don Noble as he reads the diverse and extensive work of Alabama’s finest authors. (All works appear with permission ...
www.npr.org
July 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thanks to host Don Noble, NPR podcasts, and the Alabama Aloud team at Troy Public Radio. My story, Eventide, is available online to listen and download.
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
Thanks to host Don Noble, NPR podcasts, and the Alabama Aloud team at Troy Public Radio. My story, Eventide, is available online to listen and download.
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
Alabama Aloud with Don Noble
The work of Alabama authors deserves to be read out loud - and now it is! Join host Don Noble as he reads the diverse and extensive work of Alabama’s finest authors. (All works appear with permission ...
www.npr.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thanks to host Don Noble, NPR podcasts, and the Alabama Aloud team at Troy Public Radio. My story, Eventide, is available online to listen and download.
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
The story debuted in Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City’s Forgotten Waterfront in 2016.
www.npr.org/podcasts/125...
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Thrill your darlings.
July 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Thrill your darlings.
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Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
June 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.
On May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud by a Union Army general on the steps of the Knott House in downtown Tallahassee. The day would become Emancipation Day.
May 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was read aloud by a Union Army general on the steps of the Knott House in downtown Tallahassee. The day would become Emancipation Day.
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Here’s the 9th grade teacher who changed my life. “You can write,” Ms. Spicer said, explaining that she wanted to move me into the honors English class. But because of scheduling conflicts, transferring wasn’t an option. So instead, Ms. Spicer told me… 1/6
#teacherappreciationweek #teacher
#teacherappreciationweek #teacher
May 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Here’s the 9th grade teacher who changed my life. “You can write,” Ms. Spicer said, explaining that she wanted to move me into the honors English class. But because of scheduling conflicts, transferring wasn’t an option. So instead, Ms. Spicer told me… 1/6
#teacherappreciationweek #teacher
#teacherappreciationweek #teacher
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“[T]here is still a sweetness in revisiting the stories and pictures of a time and place that has come and gone.”—@ravihoward.bsky.social explores Mobile’s forgotten Banana Docks, which once brought the Caribbean fruit to the nation.
https://shorturl.at/xH8LX
📷 Rothstein, LOC.
https://shorturl.at/xH8LX
📷 Rothstein, LOC.
April 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“[T]here is still a sweetness in revisiting the stories and pictures of a time and place that has come and gone.”—@ravihoward.bsky.social explores Mobile’s forgotten Banana Docks, which once brought the Caribbean fruit to the nation.
https://shorturl.at/xH8LX
📷 Rothstein, LOC.
https://shorturl.at/xH8LX
📷 Rothstein, LOC.
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is there such a crying need for reams and reams and reams of additional writing in the world that we need to ask computers to pitch in
March 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
is there such a crying need for reams and reams and reams of additional writing in the world that we need to ask computers to pitch in
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Just because something calls itself a library doesn’t mean it is. Libraries BUY books for readers to borrow. They don’t steal them. And authors get paid a tiny amount of money on every borrow. That’s how actual libraries work. Those trying to defend that pirating site…
March 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Just because something calls itself a library doesn’t mean it is. Libraries BUY books for readers to borrow. They don’t steal them. And authors get paid a tiny amount of money on every borrow. That’s how actual libraries work. Those trying to defend that pirating site…
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Just a loving reminder to authors: please be excited to promote your books. Even at this time. We need author joy, and we need books!
March 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just a loving reminder to authors: please be excited to promote your books. Even at this time. We need author joy, and we need books!
For the Oxford American Food Issue, I wrote about my grandfather's time working on the Banana Docks in Mobile, Alabama. It features Arthur Rothstein's FSA photographs from his Alabama journey in 1937.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
For the Oxford American Food Issue, I wrote about my grandfather's time working on the Banana Docks in Mobile, Alabama. It features Arthur Rothstein's FSA photographs from his Alabama journey in 1937.
www.oxfordamericangoods.org/products/iss...
www.oxfordamericangoods.org/products/iss...
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A good government agency is nearly invisible. You have safe food, clean water, stable power etc and you never have to think about it. The best societies have boring bureaucracy notices in the paper and not much else.
February 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A good government agency is nearly invisible. You have safe food, clean water, stable power etc and you never have to think about it. The best societies have boring bureaucracy notices in the paper and not much else.
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I can’t change the minds of adults. But for a decade now, Chris and I have been arming the next generation of kids with determination, kindness, and compassion. It’s a battle I’ll take any day. Buy I AM SALLY RIDE here: bit.ly/IamSallyRide.
#books #space #inspiration
#books #space #inspiration
February 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I can’t change the minds of adults. But for a decade now, Chris and I have been arming the next generation of kids with determination, kindness, and compassion. It’s a battle I’ll take any day. Buy I AM SALLY RIDE here: bit.ly/IamSallyRide.
#books #space #inspiration
#books #space #inspiration
"We are the ship; all else the sea." -Rube Foster
February 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"We are the ship; all else the sea." -Rube Foster
James Baldwin in Durham, North Carolina in 1963. Credit @Africanarchives
February 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
James Baldwin in Durham, North Carolina in 1963. Credit @Africanarchives