Have a nonfiction manuscript trying to find a home? Don't miss the October 31st submission deadline for River Teeth's Literary Nonfiction Book Prize.
The winning entry will receive $1,000 and publication by @UNMPress.
Find the guidelines here: riverteethjournal.com/the-book-prize
So thrilled that IHRAF Publishes has nominated my essay, "A Different Kind of Home," for a Pushcart Prize. Grateful that a voice from the margins is getting recognized.
"The different ways abled & disabled writers express frustration or displeasure w/ our shared art reveal inequities sustained & kept invisible by the cult of negativity" Great reading & learning here. brevity.wordpress.com/2020/09/22/neg…@amylorrainelong@brevitymag
Thanks to @bpHopeMag for publishing my latest blog! Read it here: The Friendship Life Cycle & Growing Socially with Bipolar Disorder bphope.com/blog/friendshi…
Today, I renamed the Lewis Cass Building in Lansing to the “Elliott-Larsen Building,” honoring the legislators who sponsored Michigan’s landmark civil rights act. This is the first time in our state’s history that a state building is named after an African-American woman.
We have decided to adopt this sweetheart of a shelter cat! Zooey is such a lovable fur baby! Here's to expanding the family... #sheltercat#foreverhome#cat#kittycomfort
I've been asking what I can do as an ally, knowing that I come from a place of privilege, though I have a #disability. But I can give voice to issues of #blackwomenshealth in the work I do, especially the #newpodcast on #childlessness and #mentalhealth I'm working to launch.
From @NYTOpinion: "The more we learn about the coronavirus, the more we realize it’s not just a respiratory infection," @lindy2350 writes. It can also go after the brain. And neurologists are worried. nyti.ms/3dzRDoE