Joshunda Sanders
@joshundasanders.bsky.social
Author of Women of the Post & six other titles. 2024 NYFA Fiction Fellow & Gotham Book Prize finalist. Former journalist & Exec Comms lover. Devoted wife, new mom & freedom fighter.
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I have not properly said hello to folks since I started this account & it feels like a good place to start 2025. I’m a Bronx native & author most recently of the 2023 novel Women of the Post about the glorious Six Triple Eight. I work in Executive Communications for a leading health philanthropy.
Incredibly beautiful. youtu.be/t0B8sjxR7Mo?...
Come See Me In The Good Light — Official Trailer | Apple TV
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November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Incredibly beautiful. youtu.be/t0B8sjxR7Mo?...
I loved DC once I understood it better by seeing it up close. & I believe the symbolism of domestic terrorism under the guise of a federal takeover invokes old tropes to undermine Black prosperity and progress. It’s a very old story. joshundasanders.com/2025/08/28/t...
The Heart of America is Black: A DC Appreciation Post
A photo I took before a reading at the Library of Congress. When I moved to DC twelve years ago, it was one of the Blackest cities I’d lived in as an adult. Though I grew up in New York and Philly,…
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August 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I loved DC once I understood it better by seeing it up close. & I believe the symbolism of domestic terrorism under the guise of a federal takeover invokes old tropes to undermine Black prosperity and progress. It’s a very old story. joshundasanders.com/2025/08/28/t...
I don’t know about y’all but I’m watching these Katrina anniversary docs like…20 years of this mess. 🤷🏾♀️
August 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I don’t know about y’all but I’m watching these Katrina anniversary docs like…20 years of this mess. 🤷🏾♀️
Places of Black and immigrant flourishing are not inherently criminal, no matter what narrative is spun up to support military occupation of American cities.
August 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Places of Black and immigrant flourishing are not inherently criminal, no matter what narrative is spun up to support military occupation of American cities.
There is so much beauty here. open.substack.com/pub/blackboo...
Review: Misbehaving at the Crossroads
Or, My favorite read of 2025 so far
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May 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There is so much beauty here. open.substack.com/pub/blackboo...
Sending love to the ones who have lost mothers ahead of this weekend, and love to those of us becoming moms too: joshundasanders.com/2025/05/06/o...
On Becoming a Mother, Part I & II
Dear baby girl, I wonder how old you will be when you finally read this. I wish I had a letter from my mother when she was carrying me, so I could understand a little better what her world was like…
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May 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sending love to the ones who have lost mothers ahead of this weekend, and love to those of us becoming moms too: joshundasanders.com/2025/05/06/o...
The Six Triple Eight deserves these flowers - I am delighted to see it: apnews.com/article/six-...
Black female WWII unit, 'Six Triple Eight,' receives congressional medal
The only Black, all-female unit to serve in Europe during World War II, known as the “Six Triple Eight,” has been presented with the Congressional Gold Medal.
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May 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Six Triple Eight deserves these flowers - I am delighted to see it: apnews.com/article/six-...
Diversity, equity & inclusion will always be needed alongside assessments of merit because America is not a meritocracy. Black, Brown, poor, getting by, immigrant, queer, women, disabled: We all deserve to thrive; attacking equity doesn’t change our worthiness. joshunda.medium.com/on-merit-and...
On Merit and What You Deserve
You are worthy.
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March 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Diversity, equity & inclusion will always be needed alongside assessments of merit because America is not a meritocracy. Black, Brown, poor, getting by, immigrant, queer, women, disabled: We all deserve to thrive; attacking equity doesn’t change our worthiness. joshunda.medium.com/on-merit-and...
I have not properly said hello to folks since I started this account & it feels like a good place to start 2025. I’m a Bronx native & author most recently of the 2023 novel Women of the Post about the glorious Six Triple Eight. I work in Executive Communications for a leading health philanthropy.
January 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I have not properly said hello to folks since I started this account & it feels like a good place to start 2025. I’m a Bronx native & author most recently of the 2023 novel Women of the Post about the glorious Six Triple Eight. I work in Executive Communications for a leading health philanthropy.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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December 26, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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December 25, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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December 24, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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I made an end of year list on Substack because I love making them: open.substack.com/pub/blackboo...
My Favorite Black Books in 2024
A slight twist on an end of year list
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December 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM
I made an end of year list on Substack because I love making them: open.substack.com/pub/blackboo...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Book 17
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December 22, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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December 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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December 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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December 19, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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December 18, 2024 at 7:12 PM
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December 17, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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December 16, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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December 14, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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I love that Tyler Perry’s new movie Six Triple Eight illuminates further the story of the battalion I focused on in my novel Women of the Post. No affiliation between me & Tyler, just coincidence, but they deserve all the books & movies & flowers. joshunda.medium.com/remembering-...
Remembering Black Veterans & What We Owe Them
I spent several years writing a book about the valiant 6888th Central Postal Battalion, more widely known as the Six Triple Eight without…
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December 13, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I love that Tyler Perry’s new movie Six Triple Eight illuminates further the story of the battalion I focused on in my novel Women of the Post. No affiliation between me & Tyler, just coincidence, but they deserve all the books & movies & flowers. joshunda.medium.com/remembering-...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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#Books
Book 8
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Book 8
December 13, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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Book 8
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Book 8