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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026

The new track is called “guess what? We’re white”

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Loving this Hermanos Gutiérrez album. It has completely changed my day

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of them is I Can See the Sun in Late December!!!! I love this song as done by Roberta Flack and have wanted to hear Stevie's version for a long time

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Some days I feel like my dad is reaching from the great beyond to haunt my inbox because when I get messages like this, I won't lie, it's a little haunting? weird? I never thought the name Percy Jackson would end up being as well-used as it is. He would absolutely love this

Email subject line from Bookshop.org reading "Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Impossible Creatures"

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The thing about Maria Bartriomo is that Joey Ramone wrote a song about her and when I'm reminded she exists I hear it in my head. It fills me with conflicting emotions. I'm going to be singing (screaming. let's be for real) that song all day long and hating/loving it youtu.be/vbJxMd3Pls8?...

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Joey Ramone - Maria Bartiromo

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

From hip-hop and funk to soul and dance, celebrate Black Music Month with titles about groundbreaking albums, iconic artists, and music-shaping movements. Start here and discover the stories behind the sound: bit.ly/43sYcpz 💡📚 #MusicSky @3313books.bsky.social @heyjackson.bsky.social

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I wrote this piece so long ago that the company I wrote it for went out of business then was resurrected. The new owners decided to use it, so it got a new life. Or got its old one back? It doesn't matter. Just listen to Max Roach. That's usually the right answer www.heyjackson.net/new-blog-1//...

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We Insist! — Ashawnta Jackson

A piece I wrote about Max Roach’s 1961 album We Insist! has gone from probably never seeing the light of day, to being in print.

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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Now’s the time. Rename it: SONNY ROLLINS WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE 📸 Jim Marshall, Newport Jazz Festival, 1963

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Hey! I wrote one of these! Super good deals on 33 1/3 books, including my own SOUL-FOLK, a look at a really cool moment in Black music www.bloomsbury.com/us/soulfolk-...

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Soul-Folk

Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Blac…

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Would it be on For Once in My Life (which is practically perfect as is). Saved it for a later one? Listening to Where I'm Coming From right now & I think he's already way past this by then. There are lots of things I should be doing instead of thinking about this. Those things probably won't happen

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Like many people I've been listening to a lot of Stevie this week. This song is probably one of my favs of his. The question that's got my living room hotly debating is which of his albums would this have best fit on if it were released at the time? youtu.be/4EnxOMY8FKg?...

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I'll Wait For You To Come Home

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Even though MM is very famous all I could think was that she'd entered a "win a scene with Mariska" raffle. I am also not complaining

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Rahawa Haile @rahawahaile.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

For my fellow writers and publishing people, I went long on how mad I am about nonfiction authors not getting paperbacks + the NYT moving its nonfiction paperback list from weekly to monthly. www.talkscratch.com/list-full-of...

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List Full of Daggers

What we stand to lose when paperback nonfiction disappears.

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is a very important song in my household. Guess I know what we're playing tonight youtu.be/Z1vxD6F1Ggo?...

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Funky Fried Tofu

YouTube video by Stanton Davis' Ghetto Mysticism - Topic

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Today is a good day to buy a book.

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Also, today (and every day) is a good day to listen to Country Preacher by Cannonball Adderley youtu.be/gByDuEwgE6U?...

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Country Preacher (Live)

YouTube video by Cannonball Adderley - Topic

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Everything always seems to come back Roberta Flack for me. Go Up Moses, co-written by Flack, Joel Dorn, and Rev Jesse Jackson youtu.be/hZ3yfsDfvGM?...

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Go Up Moses (2021 Remaster)

YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

My grandparents grew it on their farm and whenever we would visit, my uncles would cut stalks of it for us. It's one of my favorite memories

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Readers: keep buying, sharing, and talking about books, esp by marginalized authors. Put in purchase requests at your library. Buy from your local bookstore. Preorders are ideal. Don't wait for the series to finish before buying. Read widely and more often. Read trad pub, small press, and self-pub.

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Natasha @nathasquestions.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Here are your rights if ICE knocks on your door

IF ICE AGENTS SHOW UP AT YOUR DOOR

1. You do not have to open the door. If you do, stay calm- you have rights.

2. Ask what they are there for (and ask for an interpreter if you need one).

3. If they ask to enter, ask if they have a warrant signed by a judge and if so, ask to see it (through a window or slipped under the door).

4. If they do not have a warrant signed by a judge, you may refuse to let them in. Ask them to leave any information at your door.

5. If they force their way in, do not resist. Tell everyone in the residence to remain silent.

6. If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent. Do not sign anything until you speak with a lawyer.

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Pamela Toler (she/her) @pdtoler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

When women vanish from history, it’s rarely because they weren’t there. More often, their work was ignored or erased. Recovering women’s history means reading sideways, piecing fragments, and asking: whose voices were recorded—and whose were silenced? 🗃️ Do you have someone we all need to know about?

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

"The difference isn’t in the quality of the music, it’s in who was listening." This whole project is amazing, but this line is so perfect and just gets to the heart of it. Jazz is beautiful and so very American in all the best and worst ways

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I meant to listen to Many Rivers to Cross over and over today but it wasn't the best day to bring myself to those particular depths. I went with Jimmy Cliff's version of Guns of Brixton instead Great cover, great voice. Thanks for the music, Jimmy youtu.be/x5YTKzVvTTM?...

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Jimmy Cliff - Guns Of Brixton

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Here's where I admit that I don't know a thing about Harry Potter. Never read the books. Never saw the movies. I guess I always thought that they took place in ye olde times? I think that's because of the capes. The ye olde times are the 1990s??

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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

dora.nyc this is OUTSTANDING. super navigatable directory for food distros, resources. and easy to remember because it’s like the explorer but also— directory of resources & aid

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NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid

A directory of aid resources in NYC

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

It's amazing music. And yeah, having a term to describe it all is tough. People have been batting around soul folk as a genre name for a long time, but it hasn't really stuck. As a label, I think it's both too big and too small for this music

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

No, unfortunately. It would have been amazing to see him live

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Me too! He started me down this soul-folk path

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Also, be sure to check out my website for a listening guide for the book. Lots of good music there (and I'm kicking myself for not including something from Givin' It Back!) www.heyjackson.net/listener-gui...

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Listener Guide to Soul-Folk — Ashawnta Jackson

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I absolutely loved talking with Natalie! Thank you so much for having me. And if you don't already, be sure to subscribe to Don't Rock The Inbox when you head over there!

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Cambridge and Boston folks, Steve McQueen is 2025-26 Norton Professor of Poetry Norton Lecture 2 of 6: Small Axe is TODAY Discussants: Tracey Scoffield, Producer; Hazel V. Carby, Yale University Moderator: Ashley Clark, Criterion Tickets free mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/steve-mcquee... 🎬

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Steve McQueen is coming to talk 'Small Axe.' Here are his insights before Harvard hears them. - Cambridge Day

The Harvard Film Archive is running free screenings of English filmmaker Steve McQueen's “Small Axe” series, celebrating his appointment as Harvard's Charles Eliot Norton professor of poetry. We spoke...

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Aaricka Washington @aarickawash.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Ten years after losing a close friend to suicide, Desmond Carter turned pain into purpose. Through his group Mental Health is Real Wealth, he’s giving men a space to be honest and unguarded. My latest story explores how Carter’s work helps men heal. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Mental Health Is Real Wealth: how Black men prioritize healing in a Los Angeles community

The bi-monthly group gives Black men a safe space to share, reflect and support each other

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I am ready for Tilted to give me some proper ear damage. You can only do so much at home

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

A good time to re-read this Lucille Clifton poem, always a good time.

after kent state
only to keep his little fear he kills his cities and his trees even his children people
white ways are the way of death come into the black and live

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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

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Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad

The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I grew up in a tiny town but knew the big city was for me because of Sesame Street. We didn't have buses (except for school buses. the bus stop was the end of my driveway) but I couldn't wait to ride one because of this song. A bus! To the zoo! Yay for public transportation! youtu.be/mMgqQkZtjyY?...

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Sesame Street - Meet Me at the Bus Stop (1980)

YouTube video by Tiny Dancer

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

I know that you can't generally tell goodness/badness just by looking, but it's really something that every person currently making life miserable looks like a villain trying to shut down a community center. And if 80s movies taught me anything, it's being able to spot those folks from a mile away

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I'm looking to speak with a Detroit historian (early-mid 20th century, particularly Black history). Bonus if you know a lot about music. I had someone lined up, but that fell through. We wouldn't need to talk very long unless we end up bonding over Frank Wilson's Look Out Your Window, then who knows

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 28/07/2025

Even if you can’t give… do me a solid Repost & reply

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Ashawnta Jackson @heyjackson.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Shameless self-promo, but check out my book if you're looking to read about race, folk music & the complications of genre. And during this sale, it's only $13.37. Not bad. The price, not the book. But the book's alright too. At least that's what my friends tell me www.bloomsbury.com/us/soulfolk-...

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Soul-Folk

Folk music of the 1960s and 1970s was a genre that was always shifting and expanding, yet somehow never found room for so many. In the sounds of soul-folk, Blac…

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Faith Pennick @faithp.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Posting this again because it’s hot as HELL in NYC today.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/06/2025

Two can play this game. A Muslim woman was attacked on the subway for being Muslim. What are you doing to ensure the safety of Muslim New Yorkers? Protestors are being attacked by police for executing first amendment righta contesting US policy in Gaza. How are you ensuring their safety?

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 28/06/2025

I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?

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