Robert Lashley
@robertlashley.bsky.social
Writer. Jack Straw Alum. Artist Trust Fellow. Former Stranger Genius Award Finalist. 2024 Washington State Book Award Finalist.
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Robert Lashley
@robertlashley.bsky.social
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Epilogue: A Listener's Song.
My mother was one the smartest literary critics i've ever known. She would want me to write about how I became a critically acclaimed novelist in the least mauldin way possible. I tried, ma.
robertlashley1.substack.com
robertlashley1.substack.com/p/epilogue-a... Last week, my novel was listed in Bookshop as one of their favorite black titles in the last 10 years. I also learned that it s going to be translated into French. Emotional, it made me think of the greatest lit critic I've ever known: My mama. #booksky
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Stoked to have a new interview with Katie Wilson (no relation), Seattle's new mayor, Transit Riders Union co-founder, and living proof that bold vision for (and wonky obsession with) transportation reform can win elections.
'I'm Always on the Bus': How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle's Next Mayor — Streetsblog USA
"I really think that our public transit system is such a big part of people's daily experience of government," says the incoming mayor of the Emerald City.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stoked to have a new interview with Katie Wilson (no relation), Seattle's new mayor, Transit Riders Union co-founder, and living proof that bold vision for (and wonky obsession with) transportation reform can win elections.
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Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: thisispaulconstant@gmail.com.
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: thisispaulconstant@gmail.com.
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey, if you’re a Seattle/WA author with a book coming out next year and you have a firm pub date, please let me know for potential inclusion in the Seattle Times’s 2026 book preview. (Space is limited but I’ll do my best.)
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: thisispaulconstant@gmail.com.
Drop a link either in replies or at my email: thisispaulconstant@gmail.com.
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Even with SNAP benefits set to be reinstated across the country, we still need to be helping our neighbors.
There is a Discord called Surplus2Share.
If you need help download Discord and go to the Surplus2Share. They can get you help!!
Thank goodness for good people who do care!
#SheShed
There is a Discord called Surplus2Share.
If you need help download Discord and go to the Surplus2Share. They can get you help!!
Thank goodness for good people who do care!
#SheShed
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Even with SNAP benefits set to be reinstated across the country, we still need to be helping our neighbors.
There is a Discord called Surplus2Share.
If you need help download Discord and go to the Surplus2Share. They can get you help!!
Thank goodness for good people who do care!
#SheShed
There is a Discord called Surplus2Share.
If you need help download Discord and go to the Surplus2Share. They can get you help!!
Thank goodness for good people who do care!
#SheShed
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
So much of the young Jesse at his best. So much of the magic in our old labor masters in his words. Such a gift to make everyone feel they have a stake in this. So much about us, we, and a politics that feels like a light that defied a darkness that has plagued our team for so long.
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
So much of the young Jesse at his best. So much of the magic in our old labor masters in his words. Such a gift to make everyone feel they have a stake in this. So much about us, we, and a politics that feels like a light that defied a darkness that has plagued our team for so long.
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MbilI - Martinez is a great fight
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
MbilI - Martinez is a great fight
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Very curious to see if these comedians are given a list of topics they’re not allowed to joke about at the festival. Do you think they’ll risk their paychecks to bravely uphold the values of free speech and speaking truth to power that they’re always going on about?
Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., and Andrew Schulz are on the bill for the Riyadh Comedy Festival next month
Controversial US comics given major platform in Riyadh
Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., and Andrew Schulz are on the bill for the the Riyadh Comedy Festival next month.
www.semafor.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Very curious to see if these comedians are given a list of topics they’re not allowed to joke about at the festival. Do you think they’ll risk their paychecks to bravely uphold the values of free speech and speaking truth to power that they’re always going on about?
You helped me get on my feet so I could do this touring and traveling. You made sure I could eat, have my meds, and get back to health. That's enough of a birthday present for me, and I thank you for it.
July 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You helped me get on my feet so I could do this touring and traveling. You made sure I could eat, have my meds, and get back to health. That's enough of a birthday present for me, and I thank you for it.
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Hmmmm. Chris Rufo was really angry about Claudine Gay's missing citations, but this report doesn't seem to bother him at all. I wonder what the difference could be?
The New York Times has found at least two more fake citations in the MAHA report.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hmmmm. Chris Rufo was really angry about Claudine Gay's missing citations, but this report doesn't seem to bother him at all. I wonder what the difference could be?
www.thestranger.com/how-to-seatt...
Thank you for the kind words. Megan( Re: town hall) I take y'alls esteem seriously. I'm just going to work on being a better writer and human every day, but I'm glad that a coalition of new folks and lit vets still wants me around.
Thank you for the kind words. Megan( Re: town hall) I take y'alls esteem seriously. I'm just going to work on being a better writer and human every day, but I'm glad that a coalition of new folks and lit vets still wants me around.
How to Seattle: Arts & Culture
You never know when the Welcome Weiner will wave hello.
www.thestranger.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Thank you for the kind words. Megan( Re: town hall) I take y'alls esteem seriously. I'm just going to work on being a better writer and human every day, but I'm glad that a coalition of new folks and lit vets still wants me around.
Thank you for the kind words. Megan( Re: town hall) I take y'alls esteem seriously. I'm just going to work on being a better writer and human every day, but I'm glad that a coalition of new folks and lit vets still wants me around.
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AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?”
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
April 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?”
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
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Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
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Let's kick off #PoetryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter @robertlashley.bsky.social.
Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2016 #Poetry #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #PoetryMonth2025
Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2016 #Poetry #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #PoetryMonth2025
April 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Let's kick off #PoetryMonth with an excerpt from #JackStrawWriter @robertlashley.bsky.social.
Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2016 #Poetry #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #PoetryMonth2025
Pyrrhic Victory at the Corner Exhibition Match
(I flip a title of a Jean Toomer poem)
#JackStrawWriters #JackStrawWriters2016 #Poetry #RecordingStudio #SeattleRecordingStudio #Seattle #PoetryMonth2025
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People are angry; town halls overflow to capacity. Many are scared, concerned, and ready (after two months) for a new direction. If you wonder why Bernie and AOC are drawing such massive crowds, you must watch this video. This eighty-three-year-old man and a former waitress are electric.
#AOC2028
#AOC2028
AOC’s FULL SPEECH: ‘Fighting Oligarchy’ rally SHAKES UP ARIZONA
YouTube video by Diario AS
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March 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
People are angry; town halls overflow to capacity. Many are scared, concerned, and ready (after two months) for a new direction. If you wonder why Bernie and AOC are drawing such massive crowds, you must watch this video. This eighty-three-year-old man and a former waitress are electric.
#AOC2028
#AOC2028
As someone who has fought against the political social justice groups @adamsmith.house.gov recently made his name decrying, let me be the first to day that his championing Chris Rufo as a counter does nothing but give them a gift.
March 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
As someone who has fought against the political social justice groups @adamsmith.house.gov recently made his name decrying, let me be the first to day that his championing Chris Rufo as a counter does nothing but give them a gift.
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Rapist drunkard Pete Hegseth and the orange felon are continuing to remove all black excellence from the DOD’s website including the military service of baseball legend Jackie Robinson and hero Medal of Honor recipient General Charles C. Rogers.
Racism has always been the point.
Racism has always been the point.
March 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rapist drunkard Pete Hegseth and the orange felon are continuing to remove all black excellence from the DOD’s website including the military service of baseball legend Jackie Robinson and hero Medal of Honor recipient General Charles C. Rogers.
Racism has always been the point.
Racism has always been the point.
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HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE.
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
(President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)
Johnny look like he gonna put a whole bunch of extra baller vocal runs on Pagaliacci's Vesti la Giubba. #blacksky
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Johnny Gill showed OUT in the Jennifer Hudson Spirit Tunnel
YouTube video by Trending At Some Point
youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Johnny look like he gonna put a whole bunch of extra baller vocal runs on Pagaliacci's Vesti la Giubba. #blacksky
youtube.com/shorts/z4iwp...
youtube.com/shorts/z4iwp...
One of the best things I learned in 20 years of being a writer.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.
March 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
One of the best things I learned in 20 years of being a writer.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.
If it costs you your peace, it's too expensive.