Joe Okonkwo
@joeokonkwo.bsky.social
Author of JAZZ MOON and KISS THE SCARS ON THE BACK OF MY NECK. #JazzMoonNovel | #KissTheScars | JoeOkonkwo.com
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Joe Okonkwo
@joeokonkwo.bsky.social
· Dec 27
Author of JAZZ MOON and KISS THE SCARS ON THE BACK OF MY NECK. #JazzMoonNovel #KissTheScars
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🏳️🌈🐈 This one’s packed with a saddlebag full of juicy sapphic catnip.
📚🥊 This Means War by @BennaBos.
👉 Preorder today everywhere fierce sapphic books are sold!
#SapphicRomanceSky #EnemiesToLovers #SecondChanceRomance #FieryRomance #SmallTownRomance #StrongFemaleLeads
📚🥊 This Means War by @BennaBos.
👉 Preorder today everywhere fierce sapphic books are sold!
#SapphicRomanceSky #EnemiesToLovers #SecondChanceRomance #FieryRomance #SmallTownRomance #StrongFemaleLeads
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🏳️🌈🐈 This one’s packed with a saddlebag full of juicy sapphic catnip.
📚🥊 This Means War by @BennaBos.
👉 Preorder today everywhere fierce sapphic books are sold!
#SapphicRomanceSky #EnemiesToLovers #SecondChanceRomance #FieryRomance #SmallTownRomance #StrongFemaleLeads
📚🥊 This Means War by @BennaBos.
👉 Preorder today everywhere fierce sapphic books are sold!
#SapphicRomanceSky #EnemiesToLovers #SecondChanceRomance #FieryRomance #SmallTownRomance #StrongFemaleLeads
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Looking for good news? New Review Monday has some brand-new titles for November, and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read! outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/n...
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Looking for good news? New Review Monday has some brand-new titles for November, and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read! outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/n...
Giving this one a shot. Gritty, edgy, interesting.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Giving this one a shot. Gritty, edgy, interesting.
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"All clean and comfortable I sit down to write." — John Keats, born on this day in 1795 #AmWriting
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"All clean and comfortable I sit down to write." — John Keats, born on this day in 1795 #AmWriting
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🏳️🌈📚🦇 “The best Sapphic vampire book since Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 classic, Carmilla.”
—Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
👀 NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023.
Get it everywhere great queer books are sold!
#SapphicRomance #DarkRomance
—Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
👀 NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023.
Get it everywhere great queer books are sold!
#SapphicRomance #DarkRomance
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🏳️🌈📚🦇 “The best Sapphic vampire book since Sheridan Le Fanu’s 1872 classic, Carmilla.”
—Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
👀 NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023.
Get it everywhere great queer books are sold!
#SapphicRomance #DarkRomance
—Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics
👀 NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023.
Get it everywhere great queer books are sold!
#SapphicRomance #DarkRomance
“People reach for the things that make them feel the most in control in a really kind of wild time.”
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A photographer’s intimate exploration of motherhood blurs fiction and reality | CNN
Naima Green’s exploratory body of work took a few years, a community of parents, and a 20-pound silicone baby bump to make.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“People reach for the things that make them feel the most in control in a really kind of wild time.”
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"There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth." — Doris Lessing, born on this day in 1919
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth." — Doris Lessing, born on this day in 1919
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🏳️🌈📚 Whether you're looking for a trick or a treat, we have great books waiting to surprise you.
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Check us out: https://bywaterbooks.com
#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #QueerBookSky
☠️🦇🎃 Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Check us out: https://bywaterbooks.com
#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #QueerBookSky
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🏳️🌈📚 Whether you're looking for a trick or a treat, we have great books waiting to surprise you.
☠️🦇🎃 Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Check us out: https://bywaterbooks.com
#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #QueerBookSky
☠️🦇🎃 Bwahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Check us out: https://bywaterbooks.com
#SapphicBookSky #BookSky #QueerBookSky
"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories." — Ursula K. Le Guin, born on this day in 1929
October 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories." — Ursula K. Le Guin, born on this day in 1929
"The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always." — Arthur Miller, born on this day in 1915 #AmWriting
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always." — Arthur Miller, born on this day in 1915 #AmWriting
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Fun doing this with Ben Davis and Ginosko. open.substack.com/pub/ginoskol...
The Writing Life... with Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante
In this edition, Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante discuss their new collaborative craft book, The Lab: Experiments in Writing Across Genre (W.W. Norton, 2025).
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Fun doing this with Ben Davis and Ginosko. open.substack.com/pub/ginoskol...
Hear, hear: "I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write and read and read and write." — Katherine Mansfield, born on this day in 1888 #AmWriting
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Hear, hear: "I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write and read and read and write." — Katherine Mansfield, born on this day in 1888 #AmWriting
"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." — Elmore Leonard, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it." — Elmore Leonard, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting
Fave music (this week)
October 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Fave music (this week)
Giving this one a shot, because why not?
October 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Giving this one a shot, because why not?
"If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied." — Paula McLain, born on this day in 1965 #AmWriting
October 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"If I can write one sentence, simple and true every day, I'll be satisfied." — Paula McLain, born on this day in 1965 #AmWriting
"Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!" — Gore Vidal, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!" — Gore Vidal, born on this day in 1925 #AmWriting
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The U.S. government may be shut down, but Out in Print is up and running, bringing you October's New Releases. We're all you need to read about all you need to read! outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/n...
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The U.S. government may be shut down, but Out in Print is up and running, bringing you October's New Releases. We're all you need to read about all you need to read! outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/n...
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New Review Monday leaves you hunting for clues as we look at "Crime Ink: Iconic," and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/c...
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New Review Monday leaves you hunting for clues as we look at "Crime Ink: Iconic," and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/c...
"Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet." — Rumi, born on this day in 1207
September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet." — Rumi, born on this day in 1207
Authors in Art: Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)
Illustration by Joelle Avelino
Illustration by Joelle Avelino
September 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Authors in Art: Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006)
Illustration by Joelle Avelino
Illustration by Joelle Avelino
Authors in Art: Felice Picano (1944-1925)
Painting by Christopher Oakley
Painting by Christopher Oakley
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Authors in Art: Felice Picano (1944-1925)
Painting by Christopher Oakley
Painting by Christopher Oakley