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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Congratulations to client @kimjohnson.bsky.social who was awarded the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature last week!

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Amanda McCrina @mccrina.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

A wonderful panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival along with Dr. Yohuru Williams, @lm-elliott.bsky.social, and @kimjohnson.bsky.social. All my co-panelists are doing such important work with history for young readers, and it was an honor to be in conversation with them.

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I saw Seb Gorka IRL and he is a tiny little man. @mizzmelissa.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

remember when they defeated racism

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I will *not* be watching the State of the Union tomorrow evening. Nothing enrages Trump more than us tuning him out. Instead, I will be viewing and contributing to the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of counter-programming beginning this evening. Register at stateofthepeople.media.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

@samiraahmed.bsky.social talks banned books, speaking out against injustice, and INTERNMENT on @msnbc.com ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.

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Sarah Raughley @sraughley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I am furious that @joyannreid.bsky.social was axed from her show at MSNBC. This is what authoritarianism looks like. Toni Morrison warned us that they will go after the journalists, scholars and artists first. Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.

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Traci Chee @tracichee.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

KINDLING is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! 🔥 I’m so thrilled to be included alongside K.A. Cobell, Safia Elhillo, Carolina Ixta & @kimjohnson.bsky.social. 📚 Congratulations to all the finalists & a huge thank you to LA Times & the judges for this honor! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

The news is out ✨THE COLOR OF A LIE ✨is a LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalist for Young Adult Literature! This is two years in a row, with INVISIBLE SON as a finalist last year. This is a huge honor, especially with an incredible group of finalists @tracicheeauthor @ka_cobell @safiamafia and @carolinaixta

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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Congratulations to @kimjohnson.bsky.social, THE COLOR OF A LIE is the winner of The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/02/2025

Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize theonion.com/kendric...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

“advocate”???

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The African American Children’s Book Fair in Philly was amazing!! It was packed from babies to great great grandparents.

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Well hello Black History Month and new followers! Im an award winning author who combines the things I love the most, Black people, Social Justice, and Thrillers. Former VP in Higher Ed and forever student. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’m still in shock at the news my historical thriller set in 1955 Levittown Pennsylvania won the 2025 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! 🏆

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Fear the Dead Season 8: we didn’t need all them kids and monologues or the flip flopping of character arcs.

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Jeremy Lindenfeld @jeremotographs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Today I was granted access to speak with incarcerated firefighters. They told me: - they hadn’t showered in 5 days - they were not provided regularly meals - they were working 24 hours in a row - they feel under appreciated and underpaid

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G.G. Speaks @ggreadsandwrites.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

$40 million to license a documentary about the "first lady." How many people in America will die today because they couldn't afford healthcare? Zuck rolling back online protections. They're all obeying in advance and it's mind boggling.

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Candice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so

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Meta ends fact-checking, drawing praise from Trump

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election a “cultural tipping point” on free speech.

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

A third of the 1400 firefighters involved are prisoners who are unpaid.

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Eric Benet @ericbenet.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Who’s Putin these ideas into his head?

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Meta messing around made it a whole lot easier for me to figure out where I should spend my energy on social media.

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Funny that other platform taking advice on how to run their company based on another failing platform. Fact check this. 🧵🤡 X🤡🧵🤡X

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

2024 big book year -Left Vice Provost role, took an adjunct MFA faculty position -INVISIBLE SON: LA Times Book Finalist, Elizabeth Walden Award Finalist, ALA Black Honors Caucus Honor book. -THE COLOR OF A LIE, first historical thriller, 4 starred reviews, Kirkus, SLJ, & NYPL Best Books of 2024

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

If the government shuts down Saturday, the richest man in the world will be largely to blame. You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way. If this isn’t oligarchy, I don’t know what is.

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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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Quise @marquisedavon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni

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Scott Myers @gointothestory.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Here's a nifty trick to motivate you to start writing the next day: Stop writing in the middle of a scene. That way you start the next day with the positive experience of finishing a scene and jump-start the new writing session. gointothestory.blcklst.com/dumb-little-... #writing #scriptsky

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Kara Berry @karaberry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Waiting on the aliens so we can wrap this up

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Another list! This time School Library Journals Best Books of 2024!!

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We've compiled a list of all upcoming pitch events on BlueSky! We've also created a Starter Pack for the accounts running these events: go.bsky.app/UzNMwUV Please let us know if there's any we missed! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying #Writers #AmWriting #LiteraryAgents #LitAgents

Upcoming Pitch Events
Dec 9 - #CheerPit
Dec 14 - #WIPPit
Dec 15 - #HoliPit
Dec 18 - #ShortPit
Jan 13 - #BluePit
Jan 17 - #P2PPit
Jan 23 - #YouDeservePit
Feb 12 - #QuestPit
Feb 26 - #WIPsSnipsPit

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Please share widely 🙏🏼 I am taking item donations (literally anything from the publishing community or readers) for the next #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser to run Jan 15th through 31st. I am at about 100 items, trying to get to at least 500. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It’s Best Books list time of year! THE COLOR OF A LIE made it on the New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2024 list!!!

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Black creators this is your time! We have always brought genius and innovation— even in the most challenging times. We are made from the earths most precious things. Pressure only amplifies us. Tackle the thing that’s been burning inside! Get quiet and listen to your inner knowing! Get busy!

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

You know the "🔹AI Overview" you get on Google Search? I discovered today that it's repeating as fact something I made up 7 years ago as a joke. "Kyloren syndrome" is a fictional disease I invented as part of a sting operation to prove that you can publish any nonsense in predatory journals...

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Leslie Mac @lesliemac.com · 19/11/2024

I made my first Starter Pack! #TrustBlackWomen - I'll keep adding as more amazing Black Women join this app - but this is a great start. #BlackSky go.bsky.app/4b49z4w

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This has always been my practice and I rarely have people harassing me. Which is saying something because I write books that they absolutely want to harass me for. But it’s never been worth my time to engage with someone not willing to listen or learn. Read my books or leave me alone.

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5hahem @5hahem.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

there are conservative/racist people joining en masse to try and rile people up. do not engage. block and move on, seriously there’s a reason they are constantly trying to get our attention.

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Kim Johnson @kimjohnson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I heard Marriott’s DEI division positions were eliminated. They’re not even waiting to let the paint dry. We need a list of all the private orgs that jump to get rid of DEI the second they have a chance.

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Grumpy dad energy @fdsignifier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Please just block folks. They heard we were having fun over here and they know their existence depends on our attention. Please just block. Don't argue, don't repost, just block and ignore.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.

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