Aaron Foley
@aaronkfoley.bsky.social
Bylines and books. Documenting history, sometimes making it. Detroit expert and expat. Black gay elder millennial — it’s a lot! Sorta like Elle Woods except I’ll recap Beyond the Gates for you. Unserious thoughts with occasional bursts of intellect.
So I’ve been experimenting with AI a little bit. #beyondthegates
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
So I’ve been experimenting with AI a little bit. #beyondthegates
One of my good judys went on a date yesterday and the date mentioned reading Boys Come First in their book club. The flex isn’t the book club, the flex is that this isn’t even the first, second or third time that my work has come up when one of the homies is out with someone.
September 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
One of my good judys went on a date yesterday and the date mentioned reading Boys Come First in their book club. The flex isn’t the book club, the flex is that this isn’t even the first, second or third time that my work has come up when one of the homies is out with someone.
Once again nagging my siblings in the family group chat at an ungodly hour about the joys and wonders of higher learning in East Lansing
September 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Once again nagging my siblings in the family group chat at an ungodly hour about the joys and wonders of higher learning in East Lansing
Found some 2019 lost media in the deepest cracks of my Google Drive that foreshadowed things to come in my hometown
September 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Found some 2019 lost media in the deepest cracks of my Google Drive that foreshadowed things to come in my hometown
My inbox lately and I love it
September 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My inbox lately and I love it
For the five people from Detroit following me, I’ll be at Source Booksellers on Cass tonight in conversation with Ebony LaDelle on “You’ve Got a Place Here, Too.” Come on out!
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For the five people from Detroit following me, I’ll be at Source Booksellers on Cass tonight in conversation with Ebony LaDelle on “You’ve Got a Place Here, Too.” Come on out!
I love when readers do this 😍
August 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I love when readers do this 😍
I’m headed to @glaad.bsky.social’s Black Queer Creative Summit later this year, kinda cool
August 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’m headed to @glaad.bsky.social’s Black Queer Creative Summit later this year, kinda cool
Pub day for YOU’VE GOT A PLACE HERE,
TOO is here! Our love letter to Black love is now in print/audio (which, btw, just as Jelani Alladin spoke life to Boys Come First, he’s back here for another Detroit tale!).
One time for our mistress of ceremonies @ebonyladelle.bsky.social. Go get yours now.
TOO is here! Our love letter to Black love is now in print/audio (which, btw, just as Jelani Alladin spoke life to Boys Come First, he’s back here for another Detroit tale!).
One time for our mistress of ceremonies @ebonyladelle.bsky.social. Go get yours now.
August 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Pub day for YOU’VE GOT A PLACE HERE,
TOO is here! Our love letter to Black love is now in print/audio (which, btw, just as Jelani Alladin spoke life to Boys Come First, he’s back here for another Detroit tale!).
One time for our mistress of ceremonies @ebonyladelle.bsky.social. Go get yours now.
TOO is here! Our love letter to Black love is now in print/audio (which, btw, just as Jelani Alladin spoke life to Boys Come First, he’s back here for another Detroit tale!).
One time for our mistress of ceremonies @ebonyladelle.bsky.social. Go get yours now.
Late realization as I rewatch this weekend that Friends From College is basically “what if The Best Man went to a PWI”
August 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Late realization as I rewatch this weekend that Friends From College is basically “what if The Best Man went to a PWI”
Dear readers: Help us celebrate the launch of YOU'VE GOT A PLACE HERE, TOO, when classes are back in session, in a few cities across the country! Check each bookstore's website for more information, or visit ebonyladelle.com/events for city stops and registration links.
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Dear readers: Help us celebrate the launch of YOU'VE GOT A PLACE HERE, TOO, when classes are back in session, in a few cities across the country! Check each bookstore's website for more information, or visit ebonyladelle.com/events for city stops and registration links.
I have been in a funk for months and haven’t been feeling like myself, but y’know what? I woke up this morning feeling like things might be ok, but STILL that being said…
July 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I have been in a funk for months and haven’t been feeling like myself, but y’know what? I woke up this morning feeling like things might be ok, but STILL that being said…
Just here to read the room and leave
July 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just here to read the room and leave
The Detroit mayoral race is playing out like real-life Beyond the Gates and I’m just sitting here watching it all
July 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The Detroit mayoral race is playing out like real-life Beyond the Gates and I’m just sitting here watching it all
My girl got the Kash Doll #BeyondTheGates
June 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My girl got the Kash Doll #BeyondTheGates
I promised the #WeAllWeGot gang I’d post this, but here’s when I met with a book club in Grosse Pointe, MI — it blew me away that BCF was so warmly received across so many reading demographics. More to come, hopefully soon 🤞🏽
June 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I promised the #WeAllWeGot gang I’d post this, but here’s when I met with a book club in Grosse Pointe, MI — it blew me away that BCF was so warmly received across so many reading demographics. More to come, hopefully soon 🤞🏽
Here’s a sly lesson in the production schedule of soap operas. Eva and Leslie posted this TikTok on March 12. Note they’re wearing the same outfits as this week, three months later. For any viewers who think soap writers can instantly make a fix based on a tweet or two. #BeyondTheGates
June 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here’s a sly lesson in the production schedule of soap operas. Eva and Leslie posted this TikTok on March 12. Note they’re wearing the same outfits as this week, three months later. For any viewers who think soap writers can instantly make a fix based on a tweet or two. #BeyondTheGates
The show villain Actual villain
#BeyondTheGates
#BeyondTheGates
June 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The show villain Actual villain
#BeyondTheGates
#BeyondTheGates