Sarah Jane Cervenak
@sjcerv.bsky.social
Author of ‘Wandering: Philosophical Performances of Racial and Sexual Freedom’ and ‘Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life’
Co-editor with Dr. J. Kameron Carter, Duke UP book series, ‘Black Outdoors: Innovations in Poetics of Study’
Views my own
Co-editor with Dr. J. Kameron Carter, Duke UP book series, ‘Black Outdoors: Innovations in Poetics of Study’
Views my own
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
"the gates of hell legislation, set out the theory
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"the gates of hell legislation, set out the theory
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
Just saw that there are ever newer attempts at owning the moon.
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Just saw that there are ever newer attempts at owning the moon.
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
Enclosure’s precarity and terrible desire
fucking LEAVE THE MOON ALONE
"You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains." — Wesleyan University's @mjrubenstein.bsky.social joins @marketplace.org to discuss who has a right to the moon economy #space
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Enclosure’s precarity and terrible desire
"the gates of hell legislation, set out the theory
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
December 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
"the gates of hell legislation, set out the theory
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
along a long beach where who worries about proportion"
Dionne Brand,
"prologue for now-Gaza"
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
"Gaza is an island's way of saying
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Gaza is an island's way of saying
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
"Gaza is an island's way of saying
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"Gaza is an island's way of saying
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
'I matter'”
Cornel Bogel
Just saw that there are ever newer attempts at owning the moon.
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
December 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Just saw that there are ever newer attempts at owning the moon.
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Something I noticed and also read about the moon is that it defies photographic capture …presume it defies other forms as well
Enclosure’s precarity and terrible desire
fucking LEAVE THE MOON ALONE
"You can't own part of the moon, but you can own the stuff that the moon contains." — Wesleyan University's @mjrubenstein.bsky.social joins @marketplace.org to discuss who has a right to the moon economy #space
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Enclosure’s precarity and terrible desire
Printed out some new writing 🌺✏️💐
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Printed out some new writing 🌺✏️💐
A beautiful essay by @blacklikewho.bsky.social up on lit hub
“The unspeakable spoken feeling is a call to arms from the river, by which the singer was born, to some place else…”—Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, “A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia”
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A beautiful essay by @blacklikewho.bsky.social up on lit hub
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
This book is beautiful! Highly recommend 💐💐
Save 30% on "The City of Our Dreaming," which collects the third #AlchemyLectures with contributions from @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
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@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This book is beautiful! Highly recommend 💐💐
Beautiful books!!
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
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December 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Beautiful books!!
“The unspeakable spoken feeling is a call to arms from the river, by which the singer was born, to some place else…”—Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, “A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia”
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“The unspeakable spoken feeling is a call to arms from the river, by which the singer was born, to some place else…”—Dr. Rinaldo Walcott, “A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia”
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
@blacklikewho.bsky.social @lithub.com.web.brid.gy
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
"For music and the ornaments of air
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"For music and the ornaments of air
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
This book is beautiful! Highly recommend 💐💐
Save 30% on "The City of Our Dreaming," which collects the third #AlchemyLectures with contributions from @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @biidaasamose.bsky.social,
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
buff.ly/xQfzhOq
@hystericalblkns.bsky.social, V. Mitch McEwen, & Gabriela Leandro Pereira.
buff.ly/xQfzhOq
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This book is beautiful! Highly recommend 💐💐
Received a note today with kind words about my writing. Means alot 💐
I love this. A favorite practice
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Received a note today with kind words about my writing. Means alot 💐
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
Please read. And share. And contribute.
Today I will try to raise some funds for places and initiatives I support and that need continual support. It was my birthday on Tuesday but I was traveling all day.
I’ll add to the list throughout the day.
I’ll add to the list throughout the day.
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Please read. And share. And contribute.
"What poetry allows is the removal of parts of speech so that a life may make sense to itself."
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand
December 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"What poetry allows is the removal of parts of speech so that a life may make sense to itself."
Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand
I love this. A favorite practice
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I love this. A favorite practice
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
“If you are moved by someone, by someone's work, by their friendship, anything, tell them. You don't know how much they might need that ounce of encouragement, to feel noticed, to feel like their efforts are worthwhile.”
Victoria Wright
"For music and the ornaments of air
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
December 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"For music and the ornaments of air
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
without bombing"-
Dionne Brand, Inventory
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
So for #GivingTuesday I have a request. My laptop is old, and practically unusable. I am a writer, poet mostly, working on 2 manuscripts and also trying my hand at fiction. I am looking to raise at least $200 towards a new one with your help. Thanks for your support 💜
Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger
Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So for #GivingTuesday I have a request. My laptop is old, and practically unusable. I am a writer, poet mostly, working on 2 manuscripts and also trying my hand at fiction. I am looking to raise at least $200 towards a new one with your help. Thanks for your support 💜
Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger
Venmo Nikki-Wallschlaeger
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
&so to tenderness, I add my action.”
Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
&so to tenderness, I add my action.”
Aracelis Girmay
Aracelis Girmay
Reposted by Sarah Jane Cervenak
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
"Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to:
Would you save my life? or would you take it?"
Toni Morrison, Sula
Would you save my life? or would you take it?"
Toni Morrison, Sula
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Perhaps that's what all human relationships boiled down to:
Would you save my life? or would you take it?"
Toni Morrison, Sula
Would you save my life? or would you take it?"
Toni Morrison, Sula