Shaina Monet

I think UNO's black CWW grads are killing it. But, I'm probably biased. @CWWMFA @MauriceRuffin @jerichobrown @brywashing @nordettewrites

Join us for a reading with @MauriceRuffin - author of WE CAST A SHADOW - celebrating his highly anticipated collection of New Orleans stories, THE ONES WHO DON'T SAY THEY LOVE YOU. Tues Oct 5 at 6pm. Order copies + event details: octaviabooks.com/event/maurice-…

Thanks author @MauriceRuffin for signing a load of THE ONES WHO DON'T SAY THEY LOVE YOU! Get yours now at Octavia Books and plan to join us for his reading on 8/31, octaviabooks.com/event/maurice-…

Recording from @tiananob live CLEAVE launch last night. So honored to have read with @shainamonet and Tiana for this stellar event. facebook.com/OctaviaBooks/v…

I remember 20 years ago wondering if writing would ever truly feel any different, and it occurs to me now that everything about it feels completely different now. The processes, the confidence, the results—none of it feels the same, and that’s lovely.

@JennyMitchellGo much like a game of dnd 🤓

I love it when I'm in control of a poem at the beginning and it's in control of me at the end. 🦋

@MauriceRuffin totally forgot this tweet is what made me you that fucking long text. lol.

@shainamonet 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Write because you love to write. Forget about money and fame. That's separate. Fill yourself up first.

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@suitofscales also, idk if you play rpgs or dnd or if you're interested, but if you're are, lemme know. i'll need some players eventually🙃

@suitofscales if you made any notes on the manuscript i sent you, i'm down to get them. if not, no worries. i've been just playing dnd and world building to DM for some theoretical dnd campaign that will prob never happen, so i'm not sweating it 🤓

@suitofscales i will! it's been living in the back of my mind like, "oh shit, i still haven't sent this back when i already made notes on them since forever. adhd/procrastination shame 😣

“Science or / magic trick, Sun, / please teach us / not to drown.” - Kamilah Aisha Moon, “Summer Prayer Over Fresh Graves” Featured in Crazyhorse No. 98 buff.ly/3iURjF8 #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackPoets

@suitofscales yayayayayay! i still never sent you the notes i made on the manuscript, which i enjoyed reading so much! i just need to find it, because i moved since then. though you prob don't really need them. congrats!! copious amounts of positive and belated energy in your direction :)

(1/15) We are giving away our Afrofantasy 5E D&D book for free. It's the new Wagadu setting + a lvl 1-4 adventure + a 40 creatures monster book. here is a teaser thread with its content! full book here for FREE: mailchi.mp/429f07350770/q… #Afrofantasy #5E #GIVEAWAY #Enjoy 🥰🎲🧝🏾‍♀️✨

2. When I was a child in the 1940s, my mother would cut up slices of fruit for me (there wasn't much) and as she put it in front of me she would say, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." How about, “A sonnet a day keeps the doctor away”? So...here we go: Sonnet 1.

@bloodjetpoetry lolzzzz

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CON: my congenital torticollis (wry neck) has been so bad for the last few weeks that i can hardly hold my arms above my head for longer than a few seconds. so, i haven't been able to wash my hair in a while. PRO: i basically look like an anime character now.

BREAKING: New Orleans native @sarahmbroom in running for the National Book Award for her powerful memoir. nationalbook.org/2019-national-…