Sheila Black
sheilafionab.bsky.social
Sheila Black
@sheilafionab.bsky.social
Poet. Wanderer.
Tempe, Phoenix, join us this Friday for a reading and conversation with 2025 LA Times Book Award Winner Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo Fellows Lauren Espinoza + Lauren Licona “Speaking with the Ancestors.” 📅 Nov 7 | 🕖 7 PM | 📍 Piper Writers House.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Just a few seats left! Fair cost, fabulous, and via Zoom.
Explore self-portraiture through poetry with @rosebudbenoni.bsky.social in this intimate, two-session workshop. Register today at piper.asu.edu/classes
📅 Nov. 5 & 12 | 💻 Zoom
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us for an evening with Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo fellows Lauren Espinoza and Lauren Licona. Free and fabulous. Moderated by CantoMundo director Belinda Acosta!
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fair cost & Fabulous. Piper's new fall workshops are here!
Explore rhythm & reinvention with Maria Fernanda in Blues Poetry & The Cento 🎶 or delve into lyric self-portraiture with ‪@rosebudbenoni.bsky.social‬.
📅 Classes start early November
💻 Over Zoom
🔗 Register at piper.asu.edu/classes
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Gathering is our writer super power. Tempe/Phoenix join us this Wednesday at the Hotel Vib. Happy Hour. Tacos. Poetry and more! What more does a writer need?
October 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
TODAY IS THE DAY. This is your last chance to register for Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference in Tempe, AZ.
piper.asu.edu/conference/r...
September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Never wait until the last minute...except when it is Desert Nights, Rising Stars. Learn more and register at piper.asu.edu/conference#a... #writingcommunity #sandracisneros
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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On top of everything going on--- I still have a Resistance School to run!

My classes for Race, Media and International Affairs 101 begin Monday, October 6th!

We are expanding the class size (but not by much!)

So you still have a chance to enroll! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Three days - no four. That's all that is left before registration closes for Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Oct. 9-11, 2025. Join the writing conversation of the year at beautiful ASU Tempe. New drafts, new friends, new visions. #writingcommunity #sandracisneros #tempeAZ
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Final reminder. @andrewporter01.bsky.social, Sally Wen Mao, and @mdbell79.bsky.social Tonight at Changing Hands, Tempe. It is free. And it is going to be fabulous. Stop by if you can!
September 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Once more with mega feeling. I'm so excited to have @andrewporter01.bsky.social, Sally Wen Mao, & @mdbell79.bsky.social all in the house. Tomorrow, 7pm, Changing Hands, Tempe. www.changinghands.com/event/septem...
September 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You can join @mdbell79.bsky.social @andrewporter01.bsky.social and Sally Wen Mao for a free reading tomorrow at Changing Hands Bookstore Tempe at 7pm. As my dad used to say, be there or be square! Save your spot at www.changinghands.com/event/septem...
“I used to picture what our lives might have been like had things gone differently... In many ways, it was a futile exercise, and yet it was still a thing I did, in the same way one might revisit a poor decision over and over again, even though in doing so nothing is changed, no solace is found.”
September 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Casually dropping this--faculty list for the 2025 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Oct 9-11 on the beautiful very treed campus of ASU Tempe. Learn more at piper.asu.edu/conference#a.... Only seven more days!
September 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Your future novel called. It wants you at Desert Nights, Rising Stars. Registration closes in 7 days — don’t ghost your muse. Learn more at piper.asu.edu/conference/r...
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Free and Fabulous.Join us at Changing Hands, Tempe for a reading and conversation with ‪@andrewporter01.bsky.social‬ PLUS @sallywenmao.bsky.social with @mdbell79.bsky.social. Why stories matter.
September 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Me, too!
I’m worried it can still get stupider
September 21, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We're almost sold out so if you want to join Desert Nights, Rising Stars at ASU Tempe now is the time! Learn more/register at piper.asu.edu/conference/r...
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Tempe-Pheonix don't forget to come out TONIGHT. The first ever CantoMundo/Piper open mic at the Vib Hotel with Happy Hour and delicious tacos. "Things I Know for Sure" Share your words!
September 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Two extraordinary voices, one unforgettable night.

📚 Andrew Porter & Sally Wen Mao
🎤 Moderated by the amazing @mdbell79.bsky.social
📍 Changing Hands, Tempe
🗓 Sept 25, 7PM
✨ FREE & open to all!
Reserve your spot today: www.changinghands.com/event/septem...
#FreeEvent #LiteraryReading #TempeAZ
September 16, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The countdown is on! ⏳ Join Sandra Cisneros + other stars at Desert Nights, Rising Stars (Oct 9–11, Tempe). Only a few spots left—grab yours before they’re gone! 👉 piper.asu.edu/conference/r...
September 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Connect with incredible writers, sharpen your craft, and find your literary community. 💜⏳ Registration is almost full—reserve your spot today before it’s gone!

👉 piper.asu.edu/conference/r...

#DesertNightsRisingStars #WritersConference #WritingCommunity #ArizonaWriters
September 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Stories don’t just tell us who we are—they shape who we might become.”
On Sept 25, join Andrew Porter & Sally Wen Mao for an evening of fiction, poetry, and conversation, moderated by Matt Bell.
📍 Changing Hands, Tempe | 🕖 7PM. FREE. Register at www.changinghands.com/event/septem...
September 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM