Charlene Allen
@charleneallen.bsky.social
Writer & Activist. My novels, My Fairy God Somebody (2024) and Play the Game (2023) are available now!
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Remembering amazing jazz by Elliaver (@elliaver_music) at Le Duc de Lombards (@ducleslombards) in Paris, which pays homage to the legendary Duke Ellington. To me, the problem with “cultural appropriation” isn’t sharing art; artists want and need to feed one another. The problem is that...
July 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Remembering amazing jazz by Elliaver (@elliaver_music) at Le Duc de Lombards (@ducleslombards) in Paris, which pays homage to the legendary Duke Ellington. To me, the problem with “cultural appropriation” isn’t sharing art; artists want and need to feed one another. The problem is that...
What an honor to speak about Juneteenth and restorative justice at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. Our beautiful meeting space looked out over a pond that resembled Monet’s garden, and I was blown away by the exhibits I got to experience afterwards. Don’t pass up this gem of an experience!
July 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What an honor to speak about Juneteenth and restorative justice at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA. Our beautiful meeting space looked out over a pond that resembled Monet’s garden, and I was blown away by the exhibits I got to experience afterwards. Don’t pass up this gem of an experience!
What a gift to be with my sisters in Paris last month! So many thanks to @theamericanlibraryinparis for hosting my Writing From Life workshop! I absolutely loved sharing my experience with eager and talented young writers.
July 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What a gift to be with my sisters in Paris last month! So many thanks to @theamericanlibraryinparis for hosting my Writing From Life workshop! I absolutely loved sharing my experience with eager and talented young writers.
The world is crazy, but the books are still good! Here are my latest faves: A literary adult historical, and two middle grades, one historical, one a time-travel fantasy. An eclectic bunch, each delicious in its own way. What are other people reading to delight and enlighten these days?
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The world is crazy, but the books are still good! Here are my latest faves: A literary adult historical, and two middle grades, one historical, one a time-travel fantasy. An eclectic bunch, each delicious in its own way. What are other people reading to delight and enlighten these days?
I'm so proud that My Fairy God Somebody is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! If you enjoy it, please leave a review!
February 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I'm so proud that My Fairy God Somebody is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! If you enjoy it, please leave a review!
Literally the colonization of our minds and our art.
Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization.
Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Literally the colonization of our minds and our art.