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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself." — Anne Rice, born on this day in 1941 #AmWriting

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Jeffery Berg @jdbrecords.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Talked about poetry with @gastonlacombe.bsky.social on his Art Colony Podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Am... 💜

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The Life of a Poet with Jeffery Berg

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Jeffery Berg @jdbrecords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Grateful for / humbled by Dennis Cooper’s RE-ANIMATOR shoutout: denniscooperblog.com/5-books-i-re... 🩵

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Art of the Day: "Negro Soldier," 1934, by Malvin Gray Johnson (1896-1934) #HarlemRenaissance

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers." — T. S. Eliot, born on this day in 1888

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hear, hear: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs." — Stephen King, born on this day in 1947

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"To choose to write is to reject silence." — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, born on this day in 1977 #AmWriting

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hear, hear: "Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration." — Roald Dahl, born on this day in 1916 #AmWriting #AmPerspiring

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn." — Leo Tolstoy, born on this day in 1828

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Art of the Day: "Ice Man," 1936, by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) #HarlemRenaissance

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Omar Brambila.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos." — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, born on this day in 1797

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Rereading this beautiful collection by the great Sandra Cisneros.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Art of the Day: "Mending Socks," 1924, by Archibald Motley (1891-1981) #HarlemRenaissance

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, born on this day in 1749 #AmWriting

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

"Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public." — Paulo Coelho, born on this day in 1947 #AmWriting

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Jerry L. Wheeler @jwden.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New Review Monday takes on a great reissue as guest reviewer Keith John Glaeske looks at the new ReQueered Tales edition of Gary Zebrun's "Only the Lonely," and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/o...

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Jeffery Berg @jdbrecords.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

RE-ANIMATOR now available to order from Strand: www.strandbooks.com/re-animator-... ❤️

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Re-Animator

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Sorry for sharing again, but I’m fighting these edits with no contract and all that and every single copy counts, you know? Also, still only $1.99! That’s a lot for a little. Chunk of my soul, too. Love crime? Horror? Magic? Revenge? A little drama? I got you! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"When my father would yell at me, I told myself someday I'd use it in a book." — Paula Danziger, born on this day in 1944 #AmWriting

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Art of the Day: "Cocktails," 1926, by Archibald Motley (1891-1981) #HarlemRenaissance

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Highly recommend this one. Beautifully written. Takes place decades before the infamous Salem witch trials.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"I sit in my new room and write everything down. My heart never stops talking." — Sue Monk Kidd, born on this day in 1948 #AmWriting

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

After performing a new poem in conversation with Shakespeare, I’m looking ahead to my Fall 2026 readings and events. If you’re new to my work, I’d love for you to start with my latest poetry collection, Still, We Are Sacred. a.co/d/0iMKPoZq

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Jerry L. Wheeler @jwden.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New Review Monday wipes the sweat from its brow and brings you August's new releases, and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/n...

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

"You want to write a sentence as clean as a bone. That is the goal." — James Baldwin, born on this day in 1924 #AmWriting

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Jerry L. Wheeler @jwden.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New Review Monday tells tales as we look at G&LR's "Here's My Story: Personal Essays from The Gay & Lesbian Review," and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/h...

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Jerry L. Wheeler @jwden.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

New Review Monday gets interstellar as we look at some diverse speculative fiction from Reuben "Tihi" Hayslett in "Orbital Bebop," and it's only at Out in Print - all you need to read about all you need to read. outinprintblog.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/o...

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Art of the Day: "La Baker," 1977, by Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998)

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Art of the Day: "Fetiche et Fleurs," 1926, by Palmer Hayden (1890-1973) #HarlemRenaissance

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

"Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth." — Wole Soyinka, born on this day in 1934 #AmWriting

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Music of the Day: "Count Basie/Sarah Vaughan," 1961. Basie doesn't actually play on these tracks, but members of his orchestra do.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Night #1 of nothing but Wayne Shorter.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

"While I'm writing, I'm far away; and when I come back, I've gone." — Pablo Neruda, born on this day in 1904 #AmWriting

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Last day to apply to my novel in a year class with @storystudiochicago.bsky.social! Bring me your horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, and weird stuff! I even took on a nonfiction book last time. Let’s write. Details here: www.storystudiochicago.org/advanced-wri...

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I'm SO there on August 3 in NYC to see this terrific writer. Can't wait for the book to come out.

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Hear, hear: "Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled." — Dean Koontz, born on this day in 1945 #AmWriting

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Joe Okonkwo @joeokonkwo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of. But do it in private and wash your hands afterwards." — Robert A. Heinlein, born on this day in 1907 #AmWriting

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This storm hits shelves in France on September 3rd. More info about the tour when I have it. For now, vous pouvez lire le premier chapitre ici: www.calameo.com/read/0054139...