Alice James Books I have a new (mischievous 😇) poem from “Autobiomythography of” in LINE LEVEL, Joanna Acevedo’s craft column Frontier Poetry. To read ‘Two Truths & A Lie’, my contributor’s note, & Acevedo’s engagement with the poem in its contemporary context, click here: frontierpoetry.com/2024/08/19/lin…

“In the beginning, there was a garden. / And then, a fire. Except it was no fire.” -Ayokunle Falomo (Ayokunle Falomo), Autobiomythography (Alice James Books) …n-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/falom…

Big congrats to Ayokunle Falomo, whose long-awaited collection, AUTOBIOMYTHOGRAPHY OF officially hits the shelves today 💙 Get your copy at bit.ly/autoBio and check out our Instagram stories (@alicejamesbooks) for a sample poem! #alicejamesbooks #booksthatmatter

🙏🏾 for the history books; for O. G.—as record. 🙏🏾 Welcome to the world, Autobiomythography of. May your journey be worthwhile.

You might have heard my voice on the radio this morning… If not, you can still hear me (here: houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows…) speak about Autobiomythography of (Alice James Books, 2024) + read a poem from it. Thank you Houston Public Media/Houston Matters for having me 🙏🏾

📖 book (launch) day // birth day 🎂

Autobiomythography of launch + tour begins today 🙌🏾 If you’re in Houston and/or San Antonio from today till Sunday, I hope you’ll stop by.

What? How? Reeling! So thankful! Thank you, thank you! The judges, my editors, Renee, every magazine that pubbed these stories! Unbelievable that Ghostroots is in such stellar company. 💛

This poem started in the immediate aftermath of 10/7, as a dream of otherwise, & it expanded as the year progressed, as I clung to moments of hope, of collective, of the beautiful unknowable we we are becoming. Thank you aurielle is off socials. email me! & Scalawag ❤️ scalawagmagazine.org/2024/09/on-the…

I'm just thinkin abt how amazing Ayokunle Falomo reading was at Kindred Stories. How in all the greatest on one stage w/how brilliant & bright afrohouturist. is, she still saw fit to shout me out. And, by God, that's the kind of love & carrying on I wanna be a part of. Everytime.

i really love my friends

It's midway through the month. ARE YOU POLISHING UP THAT MANUSCRIPT?????

"Look what we built / from the rubble of their imagination: they who could not fathom / this weight of us! We abandoned their failed future, failed / progress, failed names for human — we who know the cost / of leaving time, in our bodies, we who know no elsewhere / but today!"

Pub Day 🩵 Took my book on a walk to my favorite park, where the book begins & ends & my heart remains. Thank you to every friend, teacher & confidante for encouraging me. Thank you to Four Way Books for being a dream press. Saints of Little Faith is out in the world! 😌

my book is out today but i also have homework due tomorrow so hold on everyone hold on POST PENDING!!! BUT PLEASE BUY MY BOOK!!!!!! you can buy it from native-owned and operated birchbark books :D as a book birthday gift to yourself! birchbarkbooks.com/products/the-s…

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NEWS FLASH!!! 'Ghostroots', by Nigerian writer, @pemiaguda, has been longlisted for the 2024 United States' National Book Awards. Earlier in the year, Pemi's short story, 'Breastmilk', was shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize.