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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory
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Lifewriting Podcast - Exec Producer #HorrorNoire: A History of Black Horror, Writer: Twilight Zone. UCLA Lecturer. Vanity Fair. Author: American Book Award #BLM #blacksky She/Her - https://linktr.ee/tananarivedue
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · Feb 2
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tananarivedue.bsky.social Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · Nov 8
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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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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libraryofamerica.bsky.social
On Monday, 11/24, join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an online program on Octavia E. Butler, speculative fiction trailblazer and author of Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy, just out from Library of America. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
The Radical Imagination of Octavia E. Butler, with Imani Perry and Tananarive Due. A free LOA LIVE program on 11/24. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radical-imagination-of-octavia-e-butler-registration-1967684174334?aff=threads
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Give away land from Miami-Dade Community College for the Donald J. Trump presidential library, hotel and condos on Biscayne Blvd.? NOPE.

gofund.me/4a18d82e8
Donate to Support Dr. Dunn's Fight for Miami-Dade College, organized by Marvin Dunn
My name is Dr. Marvin Dunn, historian and retired professor. I am raising … Marvin Dunn needs your support for Support Dr. Dunn's Fight for Miami-Dade College
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November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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sodamasochist.bsky.social
There are a few, but head and shoulders above them for me - The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social. It’s a compelling ghostly horror story, but the real horror is what the black community suffered on a daily basis. An urgent book, a passionate necessary book, an excellent read.

#bookvember
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 10!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of diverse voices in literature.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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largecat.bsky.social Large Cat @largecat.bsky.social · 21h
Beautifully written book despite the brutally horrific subject matter. Best book I read in quite some time.
Due is a master wordsmith.

@tananarivedue.bsky.social #BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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sifill.bsky.social
Seriously.
mauraquint.bsky.social maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 1d
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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sesmith.lol
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
You couldn't pay me to book air travel right now.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Fave post so far 😂

(And I loved it btw)
jessnevins.bsky.social Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 3d
I'll be honest, I lost interest in GDT's FRANKENSTEIN when I learned it would be ignoring an integral part of the original novel.
Abbott. Costello. Frankenstein.
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Congrats CALI!!!
We. Showed. Up.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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lexialex.bsky.social
I knew this wouldn't last. It was too good to be true. But it doesn't change that @leximcmenamin.com is one of my favorite political reporters and I will be a faithful reader. We need to figure out our own media economy...there isn't a single honest MSM outlet left
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
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leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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marizza.bsky.social
Waking up and reading before the sun is up. This book is already giving me feels!

The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
A book with a tiny white house and a tall oak tree with moss hanging. Reads: The Reformatory, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner Tananarive Due
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social
Now Reading: My Soul To Keep by @tananarivedue.bsky.social 🫶🏾

#BlackBookSky #HorrorSky 📚🩸
My Soul To Keep by Tananarive Due Image is of paperback book. Book cover is red with white lettering. Features a red image of a sunrise over a lake and a dark figure running
November 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Just turned in novel revisions to my editor!
AND ON HALLOWEEN!!!! #slaying
a black cat in a vampire costume is sitting on the floor .
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October 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
IT’S THAT TIME TO SHARE!!! Last year I finally taught myself the Thriller choreography — true bucket list!

Happy Halloween!!!

SEE THE FULL VIDEO:
youtu.be/aQVRyj2oICY?...
Tananarive in zombie rags dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Guess what!
titanbooks.bsky.social Titan Books @titanbooks.bsky.social · 12d
We are thrilled to reveal the cover of THE BIG BAD BOOK OF KAIJU, edited by @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social & @henryherz.bsky.social! An explosive collection of monster terror featuring 25 original tales from authors such as @tananarivedue.bsky.social, @cgolden.bsky.social & @seananmcguire.bsky.social.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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djcasualties.blacksky.app Good Vibes Villain @djcasualties.blacksky.app · 12d
Finished The Reformatory by @tananarivedue.bsky.social and I could’ve cried on the train.
Book Cover of The Reformatory by Tananarive Due. Cover has a white shed in the middle with trees behind it. Wild grass is on both sides of the shed.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Rewatching DRAG ME TO HELL. I don't think I've seen this since it came out in 2009.
a man in a red jacket is eating a sandwich
Alt: Michael Jackson eating popcorn in Thriller
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October 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
So good!
bloodyflicksuk.bsky.social Paul Downey @bloodyflicksuk.bsky.social · 14d
Excited to revisit The Blackening tonight #horrorsky
The Blackening
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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gesswrites.bsky.social
I can't handle these
#BestAmericanMysteryAndSuspense
(2024) stories. I can't take it!
@alyssacolelit.bsky.social's
"Just a Girl" hits too close to real life right now.
@tananarivedue.bsky.social's
"Rumpus Room" scared me so bad!
#AbbyGeni's "The Body Farm"?
As the song goes, "Earl had to die"!
Cover of The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2024 edited by S. A. Cosby
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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gaudymouse.bsky.social
Yoooo check out this awesome cover art!
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 15d
ICYMI, Space Unicorns! Behold, the Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Table of Contents and Paul Lewin cover! buff.ly/D7a2nXG
Cover: Mushroom Mother of Us All by Paul Lewin. In the center, an elderly Black woman has her eyes serenely closed, a brown-orange nose piercing on her right nostril and an orange line/mark on her chin. Her hair are the green leaves of trees, trunks growing out of the side of her face, and mushrooms growing through the leaves. She wears large earrings of orange, sienna, with aqua and white lines and dots. Her hands hold a bowl lined with Black faces and mushrooms growing out of the bowl. In the center of the bowl and thus the front of her chest is an orange sun surrounded by a dark pink halo like a globe. The text "Uncanny," "November/December 2025," "Issue Sixty-Seven," and the credits are in white.
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
Soooo...THIS happened! The Academy Museum invited me to moderate a talk on Jennifer's Body between director Karyn Kusama and star Megan Fox.

Sharp women. A horror movie gem. What a time!

PHOTO CREDIT: ©Academy Museum Foundation, Photo by: Andrew Ge

See the talk here: youtu.be/rRGd7sHN1io?...
Me with Karyn Kusama and Megan Fox instead of giant Oscars. Me and Karyn Kusama looking on as Megan Fox talks about Jennifer's Body. Karyn Kusama talking about Jennifer's Body Tananarive in her "bloody" socks on Jennifer's Body
October 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
This was so much fun!
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
tananarivedue.bsky.social
😍
erherringbone.bsky.social David Jeffers @erherringbone.bsky.social · 15d
Saw some leaves in a place where there shouldn’t be any, immediately thought of The Good House by @tananarivedue.bsky.social . Sometimes the stories just stick with you.
Tiny leaves on the floor of a covered walkway.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM