zora • zora
@zorahamsa.bsky.social
- reader
- writer
- artist
- black literary studies
- analog (ante)humanities
- writing instruments enthusiast
- ooloi: all pronouns
- book (in progress): 📖 all we have is flesh: on blackness and the disavowal of the human 📖
- writer
- artist
- black literary studies
- analog (ante)humanities
- writing instruments enthusiast
- ooloi: all pronouns
- book (in progress): 📖 all we have is flesh: on blackness and the disavowal of the human 📖
rattlebone, maxine clair. first edition (1994).
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
rattlebone, maxine clair. first edition (1994).
henry dumas: ROPE OF WIND AND OTHER STORIES, first edition 📚
July 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
henry dumas: ROPE OF WIND AND OTHER STORIES, first edition 📚
WHITE RAT | Short Stories by Gayl Jones
First Edition
First Edition
July 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
WHITE RAT | Short Stories by Gayl Jones
First Edition
First Edition
i cannot stop thinking about the clip i saw of leontyne price talking about—praising—her voice. it is incredible.
July 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i cannot stop thinking about the clip i saw of leontyne price talking about—praising—her voice. it is incredible.
i was one of the judges for this award! i am
very happy to see one of the books i reviewed and ranked on the longlist!!! congratulations to everyone!!! 🎉🎉🎉
very happy to see one of the books i reviewed and ranked on the longlist!!! congratulations to everyone!!! 🎉🎉🎉
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
i was one of the judges for this award! i am
very happy to see one of the books i reviewed and ranked on the longlist!!! congratulations to everyone!!! 🎉🎉🎉
very happy to see one of the books i reviewed and ranked on the longlist!!! congratulations to everyone!!! 🎉🎉🎉
one of my answers to “what is a piece of art that changed your (orientation to) life?” will always be audra mcdonald’s GYPSY performance. always. 🥹🥹🥹
July 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
one of my answers to “what is a piece of art that changed your (orientation to) life?” will always be audra mcdonald’s GYPSY performance. always. 🥹🥹🥹
i have not read zz packer’s short story “drinking coffee elsewhere” in twenty-two years. listening to someone read it this morning was truly a gift. 🎁
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
i have not read zz packer’s short story “drinking coffee elsewhere” in twenty-two years. listening to someone read it this morning was truly a gift. 🎁
y’all!!! 😳😳😳
will you look at what i just pulled out of my closet!!! a whole time capsule!!! #nowlistening to my top twenty-five played songs of the early(ish) 2000s 🥹🥹🥹
will you look at what i just pulled out of my closet!!! a whole time capsule!!! #nowlistening to my top twenty-five played songs of the early(ish) 2000s 🥹🥹🥹
July 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
y’all!!! 😳😳😳
will you look at what i just pulled out of my closet!!! a whole time capsule!!! #nowlistening to my top twenty-five played songs of the early(ish) 2000s 🥹🥹🥹
will you look at what i just pulled out of my closet!!! a whole time capsule!!! #nowlistening to my top twenty-five played songs of the early(ish) 2000s 🥹🥹🥹
oh… i am about to read this! let me know if you all want to jump on a zoom as an impromptu book club in a few weeks! ☀️
July 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
oh… i am about to read this! let me know if you all want to jump on a zoom as an impromptu book club in a few weeks! ☀️
first writing session of the day. ☀️
June 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
first writing session of the day. ☀️
my editorial essay, “marvelous pedagogy: octavia e. butler’s black speculative fiction in the university classroom,” is now available in the may 2025 issue of the journal of science fiction. thank you to a.d. boynton ii for the invitation to contribute.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
my editorial essay, “marvelous pedagogy: octavia e. butler’s black speculative fiction in the university classroom,” is now available in the may 2025 issue of the journal of science fiction. thank you to a.d. boynton ii for the invitation to contribute.
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
publish.lib.umd.edu/index.php/sc...
mission accomplished 🤩
May 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
mission accomplished 🤩
🗣️ we don’t need no water…
May 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🗣️ we don’t need no water…
🗣️ together, wherever we go!!! 🎶
congratulations to the trio!!! 🎉👏🏿🎉
congratulations to the trio!!! 🎉👏🏿🎉
May 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🗣️ together, wherever we go!!! 🎶
congratulations to the trio!!! 🎉👏🏿🎉
congratulations to the trio!!! 🎉👏🏿🎉
the range!!!!!!! my lord!!! 🪭🪭🪭
🗣️ you’ll be swell, you’ll be great,
gonna have the whole world on a plate!
starting here, starting now,
honey, everything’s coming up roses!
🗣️ you’ll be swell, you’ll be great,
gonna have the whole world on a plate!
starting here, starting now,
honey, everything’s coming up roses!
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
the range!!!!!!! my lord!!! 🪭🪭🪭
🗣️ you’ll be swell, you’ll be great,
gonna have the whole world on a plate!
starting here, starting now,
honey, everything’s coming up roses!
🗣️ you’ll be swell, you’ll be great,
gonna have the whole world on a plate!
starting here, starting now,
honey, everything’s coming up roses!
blackwing X independent bookstores
April 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
blackwing X independent bookstores
ok… now that you have heard the album, imagine being in the theatre when audra mcdonald delivers “rose’s turn.” i will not say how many times i went back to make sure what happened actually happened. lol.
April 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ok… now that you have heard the album, imagine being in the theatre when audra mcdonald delivers “rose’s turn.” i will not say how many times i went back to make sure what happened actually happened. lol.
y’all… i am so excited that i still have not pressed play. all the feelings from being there are right at the surface. 🥹
April 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
y’all… i am so excited that i still have not pressed play. all the feelings from being there are right at the surface. 🥹
if you can, please see audra mcdonald in gypsy. you will not regret it. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if you can, please see audra mcdonald in gypsy. you will not regret it. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
March 22, 2025 at 8:17 PM