I went to a screening of #AmericanFiction last night at AMC Magic Johnson Harlem. @cordjefferson did a smart and funny (gut-bucket laughter at times) adaptation of Percival Everett's Erasure. It's still in limited release, goes wide in Jan, but go see and talk about this film.

Watch the new trailer for what critics are calling “the Best Picture of the Year!” #AmericanFiction is now playing in select theaters. Additional cities opening this Friday.

My inaugural spoken word piece as Berkeley’s poet laureate on Black/Palestinian/Jewish solidarity. With song lyrics from @devamahal+Stevie Wonder.

Still photo below. Full video on IG…

Huge thanks to @shailjapatel+Penny Rosenwasser for editing+support

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Congrats to @AyadeLeon for being named Berkeley's 2nd-ever poet laureate! Story here @berkeleyside buff.ly/3Rqu3k9

Aya's been doing incredible work forever and has been a part of countless Litquakes. Here's Aya's 2021 event for Litquake Out Loud: buff.ly/3NuA126

“Artists lead in many powerful ways that are sometimes not visible and acknowledged, so it’s deeply honoring and humbling to get to be a voice in the community and for the community but within the arts.”So cool! Congratulations @AyadeLeon! #poetlaureate
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Spreading the word in the Rust Belt. (Thanks, @ABerzanskis.)

Nonfiction writers: @GraywolfPress's Nonfiction Prize will open for submissions in Feb. 2024! Learn more here and get ready to submit: buff.ly/48fI0rM

Remarkable news today. Francis's posture toward gay Catholics has long been a welcome change, but this is the most concrete step forward he's yet taken—and it is a significant one.

Thank you, Pope Francis!

Black Artistry. Literary Excellence. Delectable Breakfast.

Join us for the 1st Roundtable Writer’s Breakfast of 2024 featuring Maryemma Graham.

TICKETS & INFO:
Call TBAAL – 214.743.2400
Visit tbaal.org or ticketmaster.com

#dallasthingstodo

This is a bit of a niche request, but I'm looking for 2024 books *about* books, writers, publishing, etc. for a story I'm working on.

Could be biographies, histories, essays, even novels featuring real literary figures as characters.

“Things come and go, emotions come and go. The important thing is to accept them all.”

- Kobe Bryant

The Mellon Foundation is investing $500 million in the Monuments Project, a grantmaking initiative that helps communities create new memorials bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab

“The Mellon Foundation has raised its funding to half a billion dollars for its Monuments Project, an initiative to provide grants that support the creation of new memorials celebrating the history of the United States.” news.artnet.com/news/mellon-fo…

Luther: Never Too Much is premiering at the 2024 #Sundance Film Festival. From @dawnporter, the documentary follows the iconic Luther Vandross as he charted his own course becoming one of the most influential pop artists of all time. Learn more here: festival.sundance.org

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SF is great. We all knew this. Playing DAL, KC, and BUF the prior 3 weeks didn’t do us any favors, but no excuses here. We got whooped. Credit to them on the very convincing win.

Lock in for Dallas, and win the rematch in January.

We love y'all. 'American Symphony’ is a raw, intimate portrait of our lives that speaks to the healing power of love and creativity. We are grateful to team up with @MattHeineman, @netflix and @BarackObama and @MichelleObama’s Higher Ground Productions to share this story. Coming November 24th and worldwide on Netflix on November 29th #americansymphonynetflix

"Moving and musical, this is a striking portrait of courage and creativity"

Musician Jon Batiste and partner Suleika Jaouad share a year of their life in documentary #AmericanSymphony – in cinemas now and on Netflix from Wednesday.

Read Empire's review: empireonline.com/movies/reviews…

This is the cast of the Netflix movie, RUSTIN. I worked on the staff directed by BAYARD Rustin from the Harlem headquarters. My character is played by Jules Latimer in the SNCC uniform of denim overall skirt. My sister, Dorie is played by Jamila Rosemond.