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Ami Bo
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· Feb 1
Want to diversify your reading list, think Black History Month is the perfect time to do it, but don’t know where to start? Over the next 28 days I will share one Black author a day that I’ve read & enjoyed. For the most part these are not the most famous, award-winning authors.
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2/28 I saved my favorite for last - Phoebe Robinson.
She didn’t write the most important book on this list (That’s Caste. Read it.) or most awarded or... but she is on my auto-buy list. I’ve read, and listened to, all her books because 1) they are FUNNY and 2)
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She didn’t write the most important book on this list (That’s Caste. Read it.) or most awarded or... but she is on my auto-buy list. I’ve read, and listened to, all her books because 1) they are FUNNY and 2)
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March 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
2/28 I saved my favorite for last - Phoebe Robinson.
She didn’t write the most important book on this list (That’s Caste. Read it.) or most awarded or... but she is on my auto-buy list. I’ve read, and listened to, all her books because 1) they are FUNNY and 2)
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She didn’t write the most important book on this list (That’s Caste. Read it.) or most awarded or... but she is on my auto-buy list. I’ve read, and listened to, all her books because 1) they are FUNNY and 2)
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2/27 Tee Franklin has written several “Harley Quinn: The Animated Series” comic books, but my favorite graphic novel of hers is “Bingo Love,” the sweet story of Hazel and Mari’s romance that spans over 60 years.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
2/27 Tee Franklin has written several “Harley Quinn: The Animated Series” comic books, but my favorite graphic novel of hers is “Bingo Love,” the sweet story of Hazel and Mari’s romance that spans over 60 years.
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2/26 Shonda Rhimes is another author much more famous for her other job – in this case, creating & producing too many hit tv shows to list – but her book, “Year of Yes,” is a favorite. Another where I recommend the audiobook as it includes recordings of some of her speeches.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
2/26 Shonda Rhimes is another author much more famous for her other job – in this case, creating & producing too many hit tv shows to list – but her book, “Year of Yes,” is a favorite. Another where I recommend the audiobook as it includes recordings of some of her speeches.
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2/25 For anyone who didn’t want to read Black authors in February because the month is already depressing, I give you Samantha Irby. She makes me LOL.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
2/25 For anyone who didn’t want to read Black authors in February because the month is already depressing, I give you Samantha Irby. She makes me LOL.
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2/24 Renée Watson is the author of picture, middle grade, and YA books. I loved her Newberry Honor book, “Piecing Me Together,” about Jade, a high school collage artist. Jade has a powerful and thought-provoking voice.
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February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
2/24 Renée Watson is the author of picture, middle grade, and YA books. I loved her Newberry Honor book, “Piecing Me Together,” about Jade, a high school collage artist. Jade has a powerful and thought-provoking voice.
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2/23 Today’s author, R. Eric Thomas, is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. His books include the YA novel “Kings of B’more” and two essay collections “Here for It, or How to Save Your Soul in America,” and “Congratulations, the Best is Over!”
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February 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
2/23 Today’s author, R. Eric Thomas, is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. His books include the YA novel “Kings of B’more” and two essay collections “Here for It, or How to Save Your Soul in America,” and “Congratulations, the Best is Over!”
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2/22 Today’s author, Mikki Kendall does a lot of things well. She is a non-fiction, graphic novel, and sci-fi author, activist, and cultural critic. She is probably best known for her book “Hood Feminism,” or her activity on Twitter... 1/2
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February 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
2/22 Today’s author, Mikki Kendall does a lot of things well. She is a non-fiction, graphic novel, and sci-fi author, activist, and cultural critic. She is probably best known for her book “Hood Feminism,” or her activity on Twitter... 1/2
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Send Dems into rural America to talk about what Trump is doing. The Republicans are too scared and won’t show their faces…in the vacuum of messaging, there is power.
Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.
Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.
February 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Send Dems into rural America to talk about what Trump is doing. The Republicans are too scared and won’t show their faces…in the vacuum of messaging, there is power.
Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.
Tell the folks who is hurting them. Point to the GOP. Be the foil to the shit that’s happening. Be the party of the people.
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Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org
We are the builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
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February 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Want to tell the public what US government workers actually do, vs. the propaganda spewed by DOGE? This incredible website, "We the Builders," is asking for first-person testimonials from government workers about their actual jobs, and how they make the government work. www.wethebuilders.org
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REMEMBER: Next Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can do this. I'm IN, are you? 👋💙
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
REMEMBER: Next Friday, February 28. NOT 1 PENNY SPENT. We can do this. I'm IN, are you? 👋💙
2/21 Today’s author is easily the most well-known person on the list, while obviously famous for other things. But I loved Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” & would highly recommend the audiobook. 1/2
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February 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
2/21 Today’s author is easily the most well-known person on the list, while obviously famous for other things. But I loved Michelle Obama’s “Becoming,” & would highly recommend the audiobook. 1/2
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Interesting thread. Scroll to the top to read it all.
I never expected my teenage fascination with Heraldry to be relevant to modern politics. Never expected it to be useful to know when I learned it circa 2006, except as trivia, that only two people actively declared themselves above any laws of man: The Pope, and Donald Trump.
But here we are.
But here we are.
Publicly abandoning American and Ukranian democracy on the same day.
February 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Interesting thread. Scroll to the top to read it all.
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There are, to my knowledge, only two significant individuals or institutions who break this rule, and use metals on metals. They signify by doing so that the normal rules don't apply to them - they claim a higher authority.
One is the Vatican.
The other is Donald Trump.
One is the Vatican.
The other is Donald Trump.
February 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There are, to my knowledge, only two significant individuals or institutions who break this rule, and use metals on metals. They signify by doing so that the normal rules don't apply to them - they claim a higher authority.
One is the Vatican.
The other is Donald Trump.
One is the Vatican.
The other is Donald Trump.
2/20 Today’s author, Lesa Cline-Ransome, has won numerous awards for her non-fiction and historical fiction picture, middle-grade, & YA books. I absolutely fell in love with her debut middle-grade historical fiction, “Finding Langston,”
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February 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
2/20 Today’s author, Lesa Cline-Ransome, has won numerous awards for her non-fiction and historical fiction picture, middle-grade, & YA books. I absolutely fell in love with her debut middle-grade historical fiction, “Finding Langston,”
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Minnesota’s deputy director for the Small Business Administration was fired Feb. 7, rehired days later when the government said it made a mistake, and then fired again last week.
Another federal employee who was abruptly fired has newborn twins in the NICU.
More stories of chaos + cruelty:
Another federal employee who was abruptly fired has newborn twins in the NICU.
More stories of chaos + cruelty:
Dozens of Minnesota federal workers fired in latest cuts, with no severance
The Minnesota Star Tribune talked to roughly two dozen workers who all said they were not the only ones in their departments to be cut.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Minnesota’s deputy director for the Small Business Administration was fired Feb. 7, rehired days later when the government said it made a mistake, and then fired again last week.
Another federal employee who was abruptly fired has newborn twins in the NICU.
More stories of chaos + cruelty:
Another federal employee who was abruptly fired has newborn twins in the NICU.
More stories of chaos + cruelty:
2/19 I was lucky enough to hear today’s author, Leland Melvin, tell his inspirational story about his life & the obstacles he overcame, including an injury that left him temporarily deaf, to finally go to space. An incredible advocate for education,...
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February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
2/19 I was lucky enough to hear today’s author, Leland Melvin, tell his inspirational story about his life & the obstacles he overcame, including an injury that left him temporarily deaf, to finally go to space. An incredible advocate for education,...
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2/18 Today’s author, Kacen Callender, writes middle grade & YA fiction & fantasy. Anyone who says, “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” never saw the gorgeousness that is the cover & story of my favorite, “Felix Ever After,” a beautiful story of identity & art & love.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
2/18 Today’s author, Kacen Callender, writes middle grade & YA fiction & fantasy. Anyone who says, “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” never saw the gorgeousness that is the cover & story of my favorite, “Felix Ever After,” a beautiful story of identity & art & love.
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2/17 Want to know more about civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis? Well, he made it easy for you by writing the graphic novels March (1-3) and Run, that follow his personal involvement in the fight for civil and human rights and the movement as a whole.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
2/17 Want to know more about civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis? Well, he made it easy for you by writing the graphic novels March (1-3) and Run, that follow his personal involvement in the fight for civil and human rights and the movement as a whole.
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2/16 Today’s author is the Newberry Award winning graphic novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist Jerry Craft. His wonderful middle-grade New Kid series follows middle schooler Jordan Banks as he struggles to fit in when he starts over at a prestigious private school where diversity is low.
February 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
2/16 Today’s author is the Newberry Award winning graphic novelist, illustrator, and cartoonist Jerry Craft. His wonderful middle-grade New Kid series follows middle schooler Jordan Banks as he struggles to fit in when he starts over at a prestigious private school where diversity is low.
2/15 Today’s author, Jamila Rowser, is known for her critically acclaimed debut graphic novel Wash Day Diaries, a slice-of-life look at a friend group of Black women co-created with artist Robyn Smith.
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February 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
2/15 Today’s author, Jamila Rowser, is known for her critically acclaimed debut graphic novel Wash Day Diaries, a slice-of-life look at a friend group of Black women co-created with artist Robyn Smith.
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2/14 Today’s author, Jasmine Guillory, is perfect for Valentine’s Day. Her best-known series of linked romances, The Wedding Date, features adults with high-powered & interesting careers – doctors, lawyers, writers – in interesting locations. Need a fun romantic getaway? Guillory has a book for you.
February 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
2/14 Today’s author, Jasmine Guillory, is perfect for Valentine’s Day. Her best-known series of linked romances, The Wedding Date, features adults with high-powered & interesting careers – doctors, lawyers, writers – in interesting locations. Need a fun romantic getaway? Guillory has a book for you.
2/13 Today’s author, Jacqueline Woodson, is a prolific writer of books for children, teens, & adults. Her work is often poetic and lyrical, like my favorite, Newberry nominated, “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a memoir of her childhood told in verse. 🧵1/2
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February 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2/13 Today’s author, Jacqueline Woodson, is a prolific writer of books for children, teens, & adults. Her work is often poetic and lyrical, like my favorite, Newberry nominated, “Brown Girl Dreaming,” a memoir of her childhood told in verse. 🧵1/2
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2/12 Today’s author, Isabel Wilkerson, was the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. The skills and heart that won her that honor, are on display in her books, two of the most powerful and compelling non-fiction books published in the last 15 years:
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February 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2/12 Today’s author, Isabel Wilkerson, was the first Black woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. The skills and heart that won her that honor, are on display in her books, two of the most powerful and compelling non-fiction books published in the last 15 years:
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