Tananarive Due - The Reformatory
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Octavia E. Butler signed this copy of Parable of the Sower for my late mother, Patricia Stephens Due.
The power of these Black women inspired me to write an essay after Tr*mp's inauguration in 2017. I've reposted a slightly revised version I hope will bring you hope today.
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The power of these Black women inspired me to write an essay after Tr*mp's inauguration in 2017. I've reposted a slightly revised version I hope will bring you hope today.
tinyurl.com/mwazxrb4
Surviving President Tr*mp: Lessons from the 1960s and Octavia E. Butler
I originally wrote this essay to coincide with the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017. It deeply grieves me to publish it…
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"The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez."
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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February 1, 2026 at 9:18 PM
"The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez."
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Don’t forget to read Black books ESPECIALLY this month. Kicking it off with Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social because it came from the library just in time 💜
February 1, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Don’t forget to read Black books ESPECIALLY this month. Kicking it off with Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social because it came from the library just in time 💜
Some good news: I'm thrilled that I'll appear with Stephen Graham Jones at the Bay Area Book Festival and Locus Awards in May! Horror fans, come celebrate with us!
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January 31, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Some good news: I'm thrilled that I'll appear with Stephen Graham Jones at the Bay Area Book Festival and Locus Awards in May! Horror fans, come celebrate with us!
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Don Lemon is one of FOUR Black journalists arrested.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
January 30, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Don Lemon is one of FOUR Black journalists arrested.
This is fascism.
This is fascism.
This is SUCH a great collection of essays!
Proud to be included in this group of fantastic writers for such a meaningful project.
Proud to be included in this group of fantastic writers for such a meaningful project.
Congratulations Head Halloween Librarian @raforall.bsky.social & her book WHY I LOVE HORROR for making the Stoker Preliminary ballot. And @tananarivedue.bsky.social @claymcleod.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social for their essays from that book also making the prelim ballot.
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This is SUCH a great collection of essays!
Proud to be included in this group of fantastic writers for such a meaningful project.
Proud to be included in this group of fantastic writers for such a meaningful project.
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I really enjoyed this episode of Lifewriting by @tananarivedue.bsky.social and @kundalinisteve.bsky.social
Great inspiration for writers setting goals for the new year.
Great inspiration for writers setting goals for the new year.
Lifewriting Live! Finding Your
Podcast Episode · Lifewriting: Write for Your Life! · 01/16/2026 · 1h
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January 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I really enjoyed this episode of Lifewriting by @tananarivedue.bsky.social and @kundalinisteve.bsky.social
Great inspiration for writers setting goals for the new year.
Great inspiration for writers setting goals for the new year.
A single mother in our Lifewriting family is in need of housing.
Here's her fundraiser:
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Support CaCo
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January 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A single mother in our Lifewriting family is in need of housing.
Here's her fundraiser:
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Here's her fundraiser:
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A single mother in our Lifewriting family is in need of housing.
Here's here fundraiser:
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Support CaCo
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January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
A single mother in our Lifewriting family is in need of housing.
Here's here fundraiser:
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Here's here fundraiser:
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Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Why I love horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
Also: this is not just a post about horror.
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"A haunting work of historical fiction written by @tananarivedue.bsky.social -- piecing together the life of a [young] relative and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel." ⬇️
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The Reformatory: A Novel
Book — Historical fiction. By Tananarive Due. 2023. 576 pages. Follow 12-year-old Robbie Stephens Jr., who journeys into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they c...
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January 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"A haunting work of historical fiction written by @tananarivedue.bsky.social -- piecing together the life of a [young] relative and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel." ⬇️
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favorite first-time reads of 2025!
Cuckoo @scumbelievable.bsky.social
The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Ring Shout @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Night of the Living Rez @morgantalty.bsky.social
Woman in the Dunes, Kobe Abe
Role Models, John Waters
Mythologies, Roland Barthes
Cuckoo @scumbelievable.bsky.social
The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Ring Shout @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Night of the Living Rez @morgantalty.bsky.social
Woman in the Dunes, Kobe Abe
Role Models, John Waters
Mythologies, Roland Barthes
January 1, 2026 at 1:48 AM
favorite first-time reads of 2025!
Cuckoo @scumbelievable.bsky.social
The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Ring Shout @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Night of the Living Rez @morgantalty.bsky.social
Woman in the Dunes, Kobe Abe
Role Models, John Waters
Mythologies, Roland Barthes
Cuckoo @scumbelievable.bsky.social
The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Ring Shout @pdjeliclark.bsky.social
Night of the Living Rez @morgantalty.bsky.social
Woman in the Dunes, Kobe Abe
Role Models, John Waters
Mythologies, Roland Barthes
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The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social #blackbooksky
12. What is your favorite book that you've read this year?
December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social #blackbooksky
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Oh and: The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social, it's the 2025 haunting we need, and the one we deserve.
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The Reformatory: A Novel
A Novel
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December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Oh and: The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social, it's the 2025 haunting we need, and the one we deserve.
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I thought about dressing up with hubby as if we were going out to fool our son and post some pics, but we didn't even feel like doing that 🤣
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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January 1, 2026 at 5:31 AM
I thought about dressing up with hubby as if we were going out to fool our son and post some pics, but we didn't even feel like doing that 🤣
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Enjoy!!!
December 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Enjoy!!!
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If you're in LA and you're not racist, sign up for my bookish event at the Reparations Club with content creator, actor and musician Tre Melvin
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BOOK EVENT: Forever For The Culture w/ Steven Underwood & Tré Melvin
Join Rep Club for a discussion on 'Forever For The Culture' by author Steven Underwood in conversation with Tré Melvin
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December 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If you're in LA and you're not racist, sign up for my bookish event at the Reparations Club with content creator, actor and musician Tre Melvin
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I may not know a great deal about Nigerian politics, but I do know that this administration did not launch a Christmas Day strike to "protect" anyone with black or brown skin.
Come on.
Nigeria has oil. Venezuela has oil. Full stop.
(And release the full Epstein files. We're still waiting.)
Come on.
Nigeria has oil. Venezuela has oil. Full stop.
(And release the full Epstein files. We're still waiting.)
December 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I may not know a great deal about Nigerian politics, but I do know that this administration did not launch a Christmas Day strike to "protect" anyone with black or brown skin.
Come on.
Nigeria has oil. Venezuela has oil. Full stop.
(And release the full Epstein files. We're still waiting.)
Come on.
Nigeria has oil. Venezuela has oil. Full stop.
(And release the full Epstein files. We're still waiting.)
Those gifts we ordered from social media ads won't be getting here before Christmas, fam.
My tracking is like: China. Italy. *sigh*
My tracking is like: China. Italy. *sigh*
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December 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Those gifts we ordered from social media ads won't be getting here before Christmas, fam.
My tracking is like: China. Italy. *sigh*
My tracking is like: China. Italy. *sigh*
Grades are posted!!!!
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ALT: a man is dancing in a living room in front of a fireplace .
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December 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Grades are posted!!!!
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Read The Reformatory immediately! It's got more history than most history textbooks and takes the reader on an incredible journey. Breathtaking and so alive and terrifying. @tananarivedue.bsky.social as usual, did that thinggggg
The Reformatory is one of the all-time great horror novels IMO. Truly brilliant. I recommended that podcast archive bc google is a mess & finding people doing the work on local histories is getting stupidly difficult, def didn’t mean to erase or undervalue any other resources in the process!
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Read The Reformatory immediately! It's got more history than most history textbooks and takes the reader on an incredible journey. Breathtaking and so alive and terrifying. @tananarivedue.bsky.social as usual, did that thinggggg
Translation says the poster says "Terrifying but also kind."
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The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social — історичний горор, який попри об'єми, став нерозривним зі мною, жахливим, але і добрим. Відгук: t.me/othermyth/20...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Translation says the poster says "Terrifying but also kind."
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Yes, here are dozens of people's history stories from Florida & recommended books, including "Reformatory: A Novel" by @tananarivedue.bsky.social & "Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing & White Violence in Florida" . . . by Paul Ortiz ⬇️
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People’s History Banned in Florida
In the face of attempts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban AP African American studies, social justice books, and critical race theory in K–12 schools (and DEI in public colleges), we take a look...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yes, here are dozens of people's history stories from Florida & recommended books, including "Reformatory: A Novel" by @tananarivedue.bsky.social & "Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing & White Violence in Florida" . . . by Paul Ortiz ⬇️
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Linda Holmes sums up so much of what we loved about Reiner and his films, an enormous part of which is the enormous amount of love in them.
For me it was When Harry Met Sally… which I saw too young and which defined “adult relationships” for me for good and for… misguided.
It’s perfect.
For me it was When Harry Met Sally… which I saw too young and which defined “adult relationships” for me for good and for… misguided.
It’s perfect.
December 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Linda Holmes sums up so much of what we loved about Reiner and his films, an enormous part of which is the enormous amount of love in them.
For me it was When Harry Met Sally… which I saw too young and which defined “adult relationships” for me for good and for… misguided.
It’s perfect.
For me it was When Harry Met Sally… which I saw too young and which defined “adult relationships” for me for good and for… misguided.
It’s perfect.
Appropriate
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Appropriate
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I have to sit down for this one. Literary titan
@tananarivedue.bsky.social has recommended THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in @peoplemag.bsky.social.
I'm stunned and honored.
Link to her full quote in comments. Preorder link in comments.
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@tananarivedue.bsky.social has recommended THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in @peoplemag.bsky.social.
I'm stunned and honored.
Link to her full quote in comments. Preorder link in comments.
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I have to sit down for this one. Literary titan
@tananarivedue.bsky.social has recommended THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in @peoplemag.bsky.social.
I'm stunned and honored.
Link to her full quote in comments. Preorder link in comments.
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social
@tananarivedue.bsky.social has recommended THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS in @peoplemag.bsky.social.
I'm stunned and honored.
Link to her full quote in comments. Preorder link in comments.
@erewhonbooks.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social