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Christian A. Coleman

@colemanthe2nd.bsky.social
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Digital marketing by day, SFF writing by night. Indie press. Beacon Press. Interviews in Lightspeed Magazine.

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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
May Lady G rest in dip
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Melt Je Fonds: Judge Doom's Transformation
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Some of my favorite books ran away from me because of my sweaty hands 😢
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
You could argue that since these students don’t enjoy reading or prose in general, they’re better off writing plays or screenplays if they want that fast track to “success.” But Spoiler Alert! That still requires reading 🥴🫠
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Sarah Moss: Some students believe they can be writers without reading. This raises questions for me
Wanting to write without wanting to read is, at best, trying to skip the first stage of an artistic apprenticeship
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Happy Octavia E. Butler Day to all who celebrate! 🌌✨🙌🏽
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Her Eyes Weren’t Watching God: The Empathetic Secular Vision of Octavia Butler
By Christian Coleman: There was one story Octavia E. Butler wouldn’t write. Reveling in science fiction/fantasy for an openness she saw lacking in other genres, Butler gave us gene-trading extrater…
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
What is your favorite #Juneteenth read and why is it Octavia E. Butler’s KINDRED? It’s also your favorite as a graphic novel, too! @drdamianduffy.bsky.social talked to @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social all about adapting her novel. buff.ly/OUrF1ZY
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Octavia Butler’s “Kindred” in Living Color, from Novel to Graphic Novel
A Q&A with Damian Duffy | It was an honor and a privilege for John and me to be the first to adapt Octavia Butler’s work to a visual medium. It was also, in equal measure, nerve wracking, exhau…
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Super late to the party, but I’m finally diving into @imaniperry.bsky.social’s biography on Lorraine Hansberry, LOOKING FOR LORRAINE, right on Lorraine’s birthday. As you do. 🎉🫰🏽 I’m taking Imani’s lead and calling her by her first name, too. Happy birthday to the maverick and queer ancestor! 🎂🍾
Holding a copy of the paperback edition of Imani Perry’s biography on Lorraine Hansberry, LOOKING FOR LORRAINE, backed by linens in soft light.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
So psyched for you on your publication day, @kpc.bsky.social! 🙌🏽 If y’all wondered what quantum physics have to do with queerness, this is the book. ⚛️ This kind of intersectionality is my jam. And for the metal heads and makeup mavens, there’s something in here for y’all, too. 😉
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I live for an Octavia Butler shout-out, especially when it’s for my fave series of hers 🤩
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Making Ken Russell’s THE DEVILS available to stream before Holy Week? I see what you did there, @shudder.com 😉
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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The horrific brutality of US prisons has always been with us. It's a structural feature, not a "bad apple" issue. I work for ICE (and prison) abolition; have for a long time. It's important to recognize that the bloodlust didn't start with ICE. ICE just made it more visible to more folks. #ICEout
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
5 women authors by whom I’ve read at least 5 books: - Octavia E. Butler - Toni Morrison - N. K. Jemisin - Margaret Mahy - Q Hayashida
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Not the Boston Public Library telling me to fuck around and find out in the fiction stacks. 🤭 Don’t mind if I do
Photograph of bookshelf at the Boston Public Library in the fiction section. The plaque on the shelf reads: “FA - FO, Organized by Author’s Last Name. FICTION,” indicating where in the alphabetized part of the fiction section we’re in.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Stubborn ASS? Well, at least I’m consistent
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
You did the damn thang, @blaqueword.bsky.social! So glad you’re here to document the new Black digital arts movement, because it takes us to keep the history about us. Like they say: Pics or it didn’t happen. You wrote an entire book. We are the culture. High five to you on publication day! 👋🏽💥👋🏽
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Wole Talabi | Preorder THE FIST OF MEMORY @wtalabi.com · 20/01/2026
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a man with sweat on his face is holding his hand up in the air and says `` if he dies , he dies . ''
Alt: Scene from the movie rocky iv where a man (ivan drago) with sweat on his face says `` if he dies , he dies . ''
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
FINALLY! US history from a Black queer perspective. I’ve been waiting on this installment for a minute. @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost really came through and did us a solid by writing it. Happy publication day, you two! Y’all werked it and slayed! 🙌🏽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
So did I. I’m not a mature person, either 🤭
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors
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scott topics™️ @scottpb.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
“Go back to your country”: a close read(ing) ✊🏾✊🏾
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Watching @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social talk about Octavia E. Butler—master of the gray area, master of discomfort, aka my matron saint 👑—was my jam last night. 🙏🏽They reminded me that I’m long overdue for another reread of her Xenogenesis trilogy. Reading it now 1/3
A black laptop whose monitor shows the live feed of Prof. Tananarive Due, left, and Prof. Imani Perry, right, sharing the screen as they discuss Octavia E. Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The 🍉. It’s a texture thing
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Absolutely adored the TV series, so when word got out that the original play it’s based on was at @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social, of course I had to go. So wonderful to see the OG vision. 🤌🏽
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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A story in three parts
A story in the parts
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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 07/10/2025
You could just talk about Jim Crow. I promise you, there's no need to leave America's shores to talk about life in a fascist state
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Cyriak @cyriak.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
In Alien Earth, a guy is typing "crew dead" on a computer and the words are reflected on his face, but they aren't reversed like they should be. For readabilty I guess. They should've used a palindrome instead, so we can still read it backwards. "Ya won, evil aliens. Is neil alive? no way"
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 24/08/2025
Hadn’t realized that someone had posted this here but this really was one of my finer bangers from the old place
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
I legit laughed out loud at this 🤣🤣🤣
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
TIL Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense in a Chipotle
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In this blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, Dorian gets cruised in a park right after dumping Sibyl Vane. Save for a change of threads, not much difference between Victorian cruising and today’s variety. lol. 😏 This is from the restored, uncensored version. #HappyPride
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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Beacon Press has always been in the forefront of struggles for justice and freedom: anti-fascist, Indigenous sovereignty, racial justice, immigrant rights, and more. And has ALWAYS published queer/queer-affirming work. Proud to be associated with Beacon. @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social
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Lara Elena Donnelly @larazontally.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
For the last year or so, I've been scheming with some wonderful friends to--GULP--start a small press. The Kickstarter for our first book is coming this fall. You can follow along here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hom...
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Coming soon: Homeward Books: The home for books without a home
Splendor over mediocrity. Stories for the hot bath & the cold plunge. Defying the constraints of genre & delving deep into your heart.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
It’s @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social’s publication day! 🙌🏽💃🏽 I’d like to think that if I were out during undergrad, I’d be all over queer of color theory. I’ll never know but I’m here and queer to soak it in now. Never too late. Thanks for introducing me to the work of José Esteban Muñoz, Marcos! 🙏🏽
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
By far, the most peaceful ASMR slasher I’ve seen. It gives an approximate idea of how Michael Haneke would approach the genre
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In a Violent Nature (2024) ⭐ 5.6 | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1h 34m | Not Rated
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It’s giving affirming and mind-blowing. 🤌🏽 Can’t wait for this to hit the literary runway, @blaqueword.bsky.social!
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Here are some actionable suggestions if publishers want to actually help Black and Brown writers (rather than some publicity stunt that helps one or two people, gives a pat on the head to the publisher, and does nothing for anybody else). 1. Actively hire more Black and Brown people in publishing.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Stepping in here to defend Ann’s statement, which I’ve now seen framed this way by several technologists. Ann is an author. Her context is about usability, not technical capacity. On the merits of her context, she is correct. Technical specificity does not change her conclusions.
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Tananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
SINNERS is an extraordinary fantastic lens through which to process (African-) American history. Aside from RING SHOUT by @pdjeliclark.bsky.social, also check out this extraordinary novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson, "The Devil in America." reactormag.com/the-devil-in...
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The Devil in America - Reactor
Scant years after the Civil War, a mysterious family confronts the legacy that has pursued them across centuries, out of slavery, and finally to the idyllic peace of the town of Rosetree. The shatteri...
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Hell to the yes! 🙌🏽
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Backed and pledged! The more Black superheroes in my life, the better. And the ones who want more Black superheroes, I see you, too. Rosarium Publishing has only 30 mins to make their goal! Come through, y’all!
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The Adventures of Lion Man
THE ADVENTURES OF LION MAN brings one of America's first Black superheroes back to life! From the minds of Eisner Award winners John Jennings and Damian Duffy, Bill Campbell, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and E...
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Janelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 02/04/2025
Remembering Val Kilmer in Real Genius (1985). Somehow laser science got an astonishingly accurate pop culture movie. It didn’t have to accurately depict building and troubleshooting excimer lasers and yet somehow it did.
Three Stanford geeks with 80’s hair wear laser goggles as they watch a green beam exit a laser
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Hard same. I dissociate when the singing starts. 😶‍🌫️
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
“I realized in all my public speaking about Rosa Parks both how hungry people are for this fuller history and also for understanding why we get the fables we get and what political work they do.” — @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social in convo w/ @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social #BHM
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Not Your Fairy-Tale Rosa Parks: The Second Edition of Her Rebellious Life Biography Turns 10
A Q&A with Jeanne Theoharis and Gayatri Patnaik | When I published the original edition, I did so without being able to see a cache of Rosa Parks’s papers that had been held for years by Guernsey’s au...
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Joyce Carol (p)Oa(s)tes 😱 @basicchunnel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Brains are back on the menu, boys
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Thank you to whoever left this sticker on the treadmill at the gym! 🙏🏽 #Booksky
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Goddamnit. Copilot is the new Clippy. 🤦🏽‍♂️ I feel like I’ll waste more time in online rabbit holes figuring out how to disable this ridiculous appendage than by ignoring it with all my spite.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
One of the oddest and tragic chapters in Boston history. If Ayo Edebiri hadn’t mentioned it on Seth Meyers’s show, it’d still be mostly a townie story. #WeirdHistory
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Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 09/01/2025
It's especially important to realize that at a time of water shortages contributing to the wildfires in LA, AI uses an absurd amount of water to keep its datacenters cool.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Because of the discourse I’ve seen comparing THE SUBSTANCE to it.
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Christian A. Coleman @colemanthe2nd.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Thanks to CUNK ON EARTH and CUNK ON LIFE, my appreciation of Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jam” has only increased. Doubled.
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