Amanda Johnston
@amandajohnston.bsky.social
Writer, Visual Artist, 61st Poet Laureate of Texas, founder/ED of Torch Literary Arts.
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Announcing Torch's Fall 2025 Season! Join us for inspiring readings, conversations, workshops, and more!
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-releases-2025-fall-season
Amplify Black Women Writers ✨️🌻🙌🏽💛💐📚
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-releases-2025-fall-season
Amplify Black Women Writers ✨️🌻🙌🏽💛💐📚
August 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Announcing Torch's Fall 2025 Season! Join us for inspiring readings, conversations, workshops, and more!
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-releases-2025-fall-season
Amplify Black Women Writers ✨️🌻🙌🏽💛💐📚
Details: torchliteraryarts.org/news/torch-literary-arts-releases-2025-fall-season
Amplify Black Women Writers ✨️🌻🙌🏽💛💐📚
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Today is National Nonprofit Day! Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and amplifying Black women writers.
Discover how you can get involved and support our mission at TorchLiteraryArts.org
#torchliteraryarts #nationalnonprofitday
Discover how you can get involved and support our mission at TorchLiteraryArts.org
#torchliteraryarts #nationalnonprofitday
August 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today is National Nonprofit Day! Torch Literary Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and amplifying Black women writers.
Discover how you can get involved and support our mission at TorchLiteraryArts.org
#torchliteraryarts #nationalnonprofitday
Discover how you can get involved and support our mission at TorchLiteraryArts.org
#torchliteraryarts #nationalnonprofitday
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It's Friday! Check out "The Museum of Fiction" by Friday Feature, Yolanda Kwadey, in Torch Magazine at TorchLiteraryArts.org.
Read: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-yolanda-kwadey
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction #fridayfeature
Read: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-yolanda-kwadey
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction #fridayfeature
August 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It's Friday! Check out "The Museum of Fiction" by Friday Feature, Yolanda Kwadey, in Torch Magazine at TorchLiteraryArts.org.
Read: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-yolanda-kwadey
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction #fridayfeature
Read: torchliteraryarts.org/post/friday-feature-yolanda-kwadey
#torchliteraryarts #torchmagazine #fiction #fridayfeature
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Harriet Jacobs was an African-American abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, is now considered an American classic.
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
August 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Harriet Jacobs was an African-American abolitionist and writer whose autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published in 1861 under the pseudonym Linda Brent, is now considered an American classic.
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
#wednesdaywisdom✨ #torchliteraryarts
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Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2023 and an excerpt from "the women (in this house)" by Ariana Brown.
Check out Torch Magazine and the archive on our website!
Read more: Torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2023-feature-ariana-brown
Check out Torch Magazine and the archive on our website!
Read more: Torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2023-feature-ariana-brown
August 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2023 and an excerpt from "the women (in this house)" by Ariana Brown.
Check out Torch Magazine and the archive on our website!
Read more: Torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2023-feature-ariana-brown
Check out Torch Magazine and the archive on our website!
Read more: Torchliteraryarts.org/post/november-2023-feature-ariana-brown
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Monday's Mission = Sustain Torch!
This August, we're celebrating 19 years of supporting and amplifying Black women writers across the diaspora.
Become a Community Impact Member today with as little as $10 per month or $100 annually and receive CIM benefits.
Join Us: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
This August, we're celebrating 19 years of supporting and amplifying Black women writers across the diaspora.
Become a Community Impact Member today with as little as $10 per month or $100 annually and receive CIM benefits.
Join Us: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
August 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Monday's Mission = Sustain Torch!
This August, we're celebrating 19 years of supporting and amplifying Black women writers across the diaspora.
Become a Community Impact Member today with as little as $10 per month or $100 annually and receive CIM benefits.
Join Us: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
This August, we're celebrating 19 years of supporting and amplifying Black women writers across the diaspora.
Become a Community Impact Member today with as little as $10 per month or $100 annually and receive CIM benefits.
Join Us: torchliteraryarts.org/donate
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Kathy Collins was an activist with SNCC during the Civil Rights Movement and a playwright and filmmaker known for the film Losing Ground, and two plays, In the Midnight Hour, and The Brothers. A collection of short fiction, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?, was published in 2016.
August 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Kathy Collins was an activist with SNCC during the Civil Rights Movement and a playwright and filmmaker known for the film Losing Ground, and two plays, In the Midnight Hour, and The Brothers. A collection of short fiction, Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?, was published in 2016.
Won't you celebrate with us?
Torch Family, This month, we're celebrating 19 years of supporting Black women writers and sharing their stories with the world unapologetically. That's 19 years of features in Torch Magazine, free wo...
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August 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Won't you celebrate with us?
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Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2022 and an excerpt from the poem "DARK STAR" by Ebony Stewart.
If you would like to read more, check out the Archive on our website, TorchLiteraryArts.org!
If you would like to read more, check out the Archive on our website, TorchLiteraryArts.org!
July 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2022 and an excerpt from the poem "DARK STAR" by Ebony Stewart.
If you would like to read more, check out the Archive on our website, TorchLiteraryArts.org!
If you would like to read more, check out the Archive on our website, TorchLiteraryArts.org!
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Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Gwendolyn Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.
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Angela Jackson
Q&A with Jae Nichelle
from @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
Your work—across poetry, fiction, and drama—often centers Black womanhood, myth, and spiritual inheritance...
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Q&A with Jae Nichelle
from @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
Your work—across poetry, fiction, and drama—often centers Black womanhood, myth, and spiritual inheritance...
www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/july-20...
July 2025 Feature: Angela Jackson
Angela Jackson is an award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright who has published three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and served as the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois. Born in Greenville, Miss...
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July 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Angela Jackson
Q&A with Jae Nichelle
from @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
Your work—across poetry, fiction, and drama—often centers Black womanhood, myth, and spiritual inheritance...
www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/july-20...
Q&A with Jae Nichelle
from @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social
Your work—across poetry, fiction, and drama—often centers Black womanhood, myth, and spiritual inheritance...
www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/july-20...
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Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2024 and an excerpt from "The Harlem Trilogy" by Sapphire.
If you would like to read more, check out Torch Magazine and the Archive on our website!
Read More: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/january...
If you would like to read more, check out Torch Magazine and the Archive on our website!
Read More: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/january...
July 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Welcome to Torch Tuesdays, where we take a trip down memory lane! Today, we revisit Torch 2024 and an excerpt from "The Harlem Trilogy" by Sapphire.
If you would like to read more, check out Torch Magazine and the Archive on our website!
Read More: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/january...
If you would like to read more, check out Torch Magazine and the Archive on our website!
Read More: www.torchliteraryarts.org/post/january...
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Ava DuVernay is an award-winning American director, producer, and writer. DuVernay is known for films like Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, and was the first Black woman to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
#wednesdaywisdom
#wednesdaywisdom
July 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Ava DuVernay is an award-winning American director, producer, and writer. DuVernay is known for films like Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, and was the first Black woman to receive a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director and have a film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
#wednesdaywisdom
#wednesdaywisdom
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Announcing Torch Magazine's August 2025 Feature, Kendra Allen! Read "Baby Powder" along with an interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/august-2025-feature-kendra-allen
#torchliteraryarts #monthlyfeature #fiction
#torchliteraryarts #monthlyfeature #fiction
August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Announcing Torch Magazine's August 2025 Feature, Kendra Allen! Read "Baby Powder" along with an interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/august-2025-feature-kendra-allen
#torchliteraryarts #monthlyfeature #fiction
#torchliteraryarts #monthlyfeature #fiction
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Meet 2025 Torch Fellow, .CHISARAOKWU.!
Don't miss the Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24, at 7p.m. at the Carver Museum to hear a reading of this major work-in-progress! Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/2025torchfellowsreading/
#torchliteraryarts #2025TorchRetreat
Don't miss the Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24, at 7p.m. at the Carver Museum to hear a reading of this major work-in-progress! Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/2025torchfellowsreading/
#torchliteraryarts #2025TorchRetreat
July 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Meet 2025 Torch Fellow, .CHISARAOKWU.!
Don't miss the Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24, at 7p.m. at the Carver Museum to hear a reading of this major work-in-progress! Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/2025torchfellowsreading/
#torchliteraryarts #2025TorchRetreat
Don't miss the Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24, at 7p.m. at the Carver Museum to hear a reading of this major work-in-progress! Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitart/event/2025torchfellowsreading/
#torchliteraryarts #2025TorchRetreat
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Do you know that the City of Austin offers funding for Central Texas independent artists and arts organizations—and that the future of these grants currently needs your feedback? Join MoHA, Torch, and Future Front Texas to learn more.
RSVP: withfriends.co/event/238173...
RSVP: withfriends.co/event/238173...
July 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Do you know that the City of Austin offers funding for Central Texas independent artists and arts organizations—and that the future of these grants currently needs your feedback? Join MoHA, Torch, and Future Front Texas to learn more.
RSVP: withfriends.co/event/238173...
RSVP: withfriends.co/event/238173...
Who will share our truth? Who will tell our stories? Who will have the resources and access to be heard? Support Torch Literary Arts by becoming a monthly donor and fuel the next generation of Black women writers. Visit torchliteraryarts.org/donate and invest in tomorrow's storytellers today!
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Who will share our truth? Who will tell our stories? Who will have the resources and access to be heard? Support Torch Literary Arts by becoming a monthly donor and fuel the next generation of Black women writers. Visit torchliteraryarts.org/donate and invest in tomorrow's storytellers today!
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Join us for the 2025 Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24 at the Carver Museum!
Doors: 6:30 PM.
Reading: 7:00 PM.
Light refreshments provided.
Fellows will read from their major works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
Doors: 6:30 PM.
Reading: 7:00 PM.
Light refreshments provided.
Fellows will read from their major works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
July 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Join us for the 2025 Torch Fellows Reading on 7/24 at the Carver Museum!
Doors: 6:30 PM.
Reading: 7:00 PM.
Light refreshments provided.
Fellows will read from their major works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
Doors: 6:30 PM.
Reading: 7:00 PM.
Light refreshments provided.
Fellows will read from their major works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script.
RSVP: secure.qgiv.com/for/torlitar...
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July 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Announcing Torch Magazine's July 2025 Feature, Angela Jackson! Read "For Our People" along with an interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/july-2025-feature-angela-jackson
Angela Jackson is the author of three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois.
Angela Jackson is the author of three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois.
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Announcing Torch Magazine's July 2025 Feature, Angela Jackson! Read "For Our People" along with an interview online: torchliteraryarts.org/post/july-2025-feature-angela-jackson
Angela Jackson is the author of three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois.
Angela Jackson is the author of three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and the fifth Poet Laureate of Illinois.
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Proud to work for a pub with a true track record of amplifying worthy voices! This #book, this #author, this #review #writer … @therumpus.net
“The verby, staccato prose holds the reader captive and propels them from scene to scene, conversation to conversation...”
Nathan Blum reviews David Szalay’s Flesh (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social).
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Nathan Blum reviews David Szalay’s Flesh (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social).
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June 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Proud to work for a pub with a true track record of amplifying worthy voices! This #book, this #author, this #review #writer … @therumpus.net
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Tamir Rice would have turned 23 today. He should be here, celebrating with his family. Instead, we honor his memory and recommit to ending the violence that takes too many, too soon.
June 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tamir Rice would have turned 23 today. He should be here, celebrating with his family. Instead, we honor his memory and recommit to ending the violence that takes too many, too soon.
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What a great literary event today!
Bloomsday and Beyond
featuring Emma Dabiri, author of
Twisted: The Tangled History
of Black Hair Culture
Thanks, @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social and
Ireland Consulate General in Austin,
and @bookpeople.com !
www.torchliteraryarts.org/event-detail...
Bloomsday and Beyond
featuring Emma Dabiri, author of
Twisted: The Tangled History
of Black Hair Culture
Thanks, @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social and
Ireland Consulate General in Austin,
and @bookpeople.com !
www.torchliteraryarts.org/event-detail...
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June 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
What a great literary event today!
Bloomsday and Beyond
featuring Emma Dabiri, author of
Twisted: The Tangled History
of Black Hair Culture
Thanks, @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social and
Ireland Consulate General in Austin,
and @bookpeople.com !
www.torchliteraryarts.org/event-detail...
Bloomsday and Beyond
featuring Emma Dabiri, author of
Twisted: The Tangled History
of Black Hair Culture
Thanks, @torchliteraryarts.bsky.social and
Ireland Consulate General in Austin,
and @bookpeople.com !
www.torchliteraryarts.org/event-detail...
Calliope at the Majestic Ball!
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Calliope at the Majestic Ball!