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Hey AWP what is this garbage? This is such a hostile response, and against what? A statement being read? Who are the communities “rightfully feeling particularly threatened and unsafe”? Name them! Who does this obvious attempt to suppress free speech actually aid?

Guernica extends solidarity with #Gaza & stands against the Zionist. The Guernica bombing, carried out by the Nazi & Italian Fascist war planes during the Spanish Civil War. It's acknowledged as one of the initial attacks in modern military aviation on unarmed civilians.

Gay people be like “he saved my life” and it’s THE PEOPLE WHO REPORT MORE STRESS by Alejandro Varela (A queer book rec 🧵 of books that saved my life)

In the 1970s, Sandy Stone worked with the lesbian separatists at Olivia Records before going on to write the landmark essay: "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto" It's now considered *the founding document* of trans studies.

“Let me stop you right there…” Caribbean nation Guyana is booming after discovering oil. BBC’s Stephen Sackur puts it to President President Dr Irfaan Ali; lobbyists say oil is bad for the climate. Dude wasn’t having it. Mans was ready!

I got speak to one of our trans elders, Mia Yamamoto, for LGBTQ&A Podcast. 🥰 Mia is 80 and still a practicing criminal defense attorney. “We have to actually be seeking out allies. Be an ally. Stand up for communities that are being oppressed. That is where you find some nobility.”

In solidarity with the writers boycotting the PEN America World Voices Festival; PEN America United; Writers Against the War on Gaza; and all the other writers who have declined PEN awards this week––

I withdrew my work from consideration for the Jean Stein Award. I can't align myself w/ a human rights org that waits 5 months to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, while platforming zionists & pretending there's nuance to genocide. ✊🏽🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 ✊🏽Writers Against the War on Gaza ✊🏽PEN America United

In solidarity with PEN America United & Writers Against the War on Gaza I've decided to withdraw my book from consideration for the PEN America Jean Stein Award and Voelcker Award. Thank you to the independent judges of both prizes for the recognition and all their hard work.

Wow. "Jean Stein was a passionate advocate for Palestinian rights...the Estate of Jean Stein has directed PEN America to donate the $75,000 award to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.” lithub.com/the-pen-americ…

I got to speak to one of our amazing queer elders for LGBTQ&A Podcast this week. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Gigi Raven Wilbur is intersex, bisexual, nonbinary, polyamorous, and teaches BDSM. "I never believed that sex was a sin, even when the church spit it out as a sinful thing."

PLEASE SHARE: We are concerned that several CCNY students who have been arrested, predominantly students of color, have spent their 2nd night in jail and have yet to be arraigned. NY law requires arraignment within 24 hrs of arrest. We demand their prompt processing and release.

Craft, fiction, auto-fiction, creative nonfiction, books, teaching: if any of these appeal to you, check out the wonderful Morgan Talty here: substack.com/@morgantalty 📚 📖 💫

I want to say thank you Los Angeles Review of Books for this and my literary peeps will embrace this with love. And please purchase the book. 🎉🫶🏽❤️Love is LOVE lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-coll…

HAPPENING NOW: Over 300 members of ACT UP NY, Jewish Voice for Peace NYC, and Audre Lorde Project are outside Chelsea Piers on the first Monday of Pride, to ask Outright International and all Queer organizations, WHERE IS YOUR OUTRAGE? THERE IS NO PRIDE IN GENOCIDE.

NEW: NYC just launched a google maps layer showing all public bathrooms across the five boroughs—in parks, libraries, transit hubs etc. Check in out: on.nyc.gov/restroom

Every word of this. Bravo, Daniel José Older

#NBAwards Finalist Alejandro Varela (Alejandro Varela) revisits the 1990s in the fifth essay of the “75 Years: US Literature and the National Book Awards” series. | The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/books/2024/08/…

It was a lot of fun to write this essay! I hope you'll take some time to read it and to (re)discover the books I've written about. Thanks Not That John Williams for the edits. Thanks National Book Foundation & The Washington Post for the assignment and support. Thanks also to the Brooklyn Public Library 👇🏽

Take 6 minutes w/ this gem-filled interview of an incredible human. "We have a house for the president. It’s four stories. To have tea you have to walk three blocks. Useless. They should make it a high school." 👏🏽 Jack Nicas nytimes.com/2024/08/23/wor…