i love the cards i designed for this double series btw

also I'm back active on Substack y'all, i likely won't be returning to Twitter/X in any real way. i mostly just go there to connect with folks i already know and my account is locked for the foreseeable future.

thotscholar.substack.com

i normally don't comment on celebrity bs, but Rihanna is on her THIRD baby in three years, and i love that for her! while folk are commenting on her "lack" of a ring, complaining about the album, or sighing in disgust on racist "childfree" forums, she is basking.

i read a third of this last night. it's the only full novel written by the poet Margaret Walker. Jubilee.

currently reading Echo Tree: the Collected Short Fiction of Henry Dumas. it's rare to hear people mention Dumas (whom Toni Morrison championed). i believe it's because black men's hypervisibility has been rewritten as "privilege," rendering any focus on them regressive/misogynist.

i finally got new bookcases. i still don't have enough room for all of the books but I'm also in the process of culling some so we'll see.

the essays in art/exhibition books are severely underrated tbh, I'm reading this one right now that includes an essay from Suzanne Césaire. i wish i had been able to go up to Fort Worth to see the actual exhibition smh...

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.

1: Tumbling by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

#books
#BookSky
#BookChallenge

🤲🏿 bedtime reading

Sula by Toni Morrison

can't wait to read/listen to this

been watching this today

writing daily has always been my practice, but writing with a group is even better tbh. i look forward to it. I'm reading this book that Nisi Shawl suggested because i want to improve my speed. i know that i should allow myself room to finish whenever, but i also know that i need to pay my bills.

i updated the eventbrite with descriptions, link in next post!

grocery money lectures
tickets available on eventbrite

https://thotscholar.substack.com/p/grocery-money-lectures?sd=pf

here's the titles of each lecture

June 3rd: beyond proheauxism
June 10th: cite black women, but not like that
June 17th: black bisexual problems
June 24th: freaks vs. queers

baldwin

me teaching a course yesterday

looking forward to seeing how this goes. Twitter has been my main platform for years. at some point later today, i will update my bio. i can't do it right now because I'm supposed to be writing lol