From Andrew Boryga: Many Black educators agree that too often today’s best-selling novels offer a limited, even cramped, perspective. Here are some alternatives to consider, recommended by English and literacy teacher The Madwoman in the Classroom, librarian K.C. the School Librarian of Wakanda🙅🏽‍♀️, and others: 🧵1/11

The Braves lost

Reading James Salter for the first time (A Sport and a Pastime) and it's literally changing the way I see and interpret my own world away from the page. That's pretty damn incredible.

He deserves it. He is not only talented but also has an incredible character.

Harris v. Trump, Berlanga v. Canelo. What a week for fights

Found this in my son’s book bag today and got so hype

Read widely and deeply for no other reason than your interior monologue becomes vastly more interesting, you can just partake in a three-way argument with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Richard Dawkins while you're waiting for the bus

Can't say I agree with every word of this, but… food for thought: Do we really want more male vulnerability in fiction? , by Andrew Boryga open.substack.com/pub/borywrites…

Martin Amis, fourteen rules for writers (2009)

This guy is 6 mos old today. I’m humble by all the love VICTIM has received so far from readers. It’s truly an honor to be read, and incredible to know that this book will continue have its own life, and find and speak to whoever it’s supposed to. Thanks for a helluva ride.

I need all of ya'll to stop sleeping on The Birthparents: amazon.com/Birthparents-F…

we recently parlayed endless plays of "la vaca lola" into "la vaca" by mala fe in the whip and I just want to take a moment to celebrate this parenting W.

Going to school is temporary; getting hype about book fairs is forever

Thinking of putting some money on this Berlanga v Canelo fight. Whats the best app to use?

Thank you Goodreads for including VICTIM on this wonderful list goodreads.com/blog/show/2828…

Watched Victims of Sin by Emilio Fernandez (1951) last night on Criterion Channel and can't get this song out of my head now youtube.com/watch?v=65KgIS…

If you would have told me ten years ago when I started my novel that I'd be on a list of Caribbean authors alongside Junot and Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat...well, I probably wouldn't have believed you penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/…

G. K. Chesterton, life is a novel

I'm so glad Literary Hub picked up this essential piece by a Doubleday editor that started out as an Instagram post. lithub.com/between-the-li…