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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I want to become the type of person who washes my breakfast/lunch tupperware at the office.

LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Yesterday, on my birthday, I was at a benefit for the board I'm on. While at the bar, a woman wearing a beautiful green suit walked over to order a drink. She introduced herself. At one point I looked down and noticed her shoes and started to tear up. I had to tell her about my best friend Myra.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Something really embarrassing happened to me today and I wanted to text my bestie so she could have a laugh and make fun of me but I can't. 😭 I guess this is how the rest of my life is going to be.

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Autofocus Books @autofocusbooks.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

For the first time in 18+ months, we (finally) have a call for open submissions again (for one month)! autofocuslit.submittable.com/submit

Autofocus Books is now open for book subs! Send your manuscripts in the forms that we publish up to 80,000 words. The majority of books we’ve published have been 15,000 to 40,000 words, but we also publish shorter and longer books, so send what you’ve got if it’s artful and autobiographical. Any questions, you can reply to this post. Deadline: Sun May 11 before midnight ET. Find the Submittable link at autofocusbooks.com.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My best friend Myra died after an 8.5 year fight against MBC (metastatic breast cancer). I keep telling people I'm ok when they ask & then I go to write something or pick up something & my hands shake. It's like the jitters when you haven't eaten. I'm hungry to talk to my friend again.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

My first ever panel at AWP is complete & I didn't shit my pants! Loved talking about the ghosts that haunt us in our writing, meeting new writers, and hearing the ghost stories of some of the audience members.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

All I did was register and take a walk around the book fair and I'm already overwhelmed. Day 1 of #AWP25

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I love it when I get to an airport and the security line is so long and I'm like, "Where the hell are all these people going?" like I'm not one of the people also traveling.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

My problem is that my village primarily exists inside my phone.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Can't sleep so reddit decides to suggest for the first time a sub where people post the last photos of their loved ones or famous folk before they died. Like, WTF, reddit? The algorithm said, "Let's make sure she doesn't sleep tonight."

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

When we ask where his missing socks are, my son usually shrugs and says, "they went on vacation!" Today I cleaned & organized his room with him & found so many pairs of socks that he threw in his toy & costume baskets. My husband just counted 93 socks. 💀🤷🏾‍♀️😂

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

So, both of my Senators need to be bathed in tomatoes? Y'all are such a disappointment.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/03/2025

Chuck Schumer Kirsten Gillibrand Eric Adams Andrew Cuomo Kathy Hochul the entire NY Democratic Party, outside of AOC, needs to be completely burned to the ground

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

JD Vance went to Sugarbush for the weekend and is getting a warm welcome….I love Vermont!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

My favorite part of the Bible is when Jesus changed his password right before giving his phone to the feds, and then claimed he forgot the new password.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Boycotts are taking hold. Protests are on the rise. Federal courts are hitting back. The Trump-Musk-Vance regime's popularity is plunging and DOGE is losing credibility. In these dark times, it's important to recognize that people are fighting back. Join them.

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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Imagine being worth $385 billion. It's enough to pay off every American's medical debt with plenty left over to feed the hungry, travel the world, buy whatever you wanted... ...but instead, you use it to hurt people. What kind of sick, sad, broken loser would do that, right?

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I thought the same thing when I read this. The "average" Black person. Sure, Jan.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I hope Hochul is paying attention 👀

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Lunchtime protesting with @bkindivisible.bsky.social. Didn't realize how much a midday yell would improve my mood.

Black woman with a salt and pepper afro holding a sign that says, "Elon You Raggedy Bitch."

Protest sign that is a large cardboard fist that says Resist

Crowd of people at a protest. Someone holds a yellow sign that says, "Schumer: It's a coup! Where are you?"

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

My daughter asked for Grammy updates last night since I was following results via social media. I told her The Weeknd was performing and she goes, "The Weeknd?! That's so 2018. That's OLD." I laughed but I also felt OLD.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

After crying about everyone's Renaissance tour pics and videos I vowed I'd see Beyoncé on her next tour. Rodeo Chitlin Circuit tour here I come...I better not have to fight for these tickets.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm not sure how this is defending me.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I contacted my senators & congresswoman. I worked today despite feeling like everything is spiraling out of control. I asked my husband to bring home lasagna & red wine & he delivered. I played the lottery. Calgon please take me away.

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Clarion West @clarionwest.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

We are delighted to announce a new Six-Week Workshop scholarship for Trans writers. The Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for the Six-Week Workshop, has been offered by an anonymous donor and will be available for the first time this year.

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Announcing a Scholarship for Trans Writers

We are delighted to announce the Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for our flagship Six-Week Workshop, offered by an anonymous donor, which will be awarded each year to one…

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

@nytimes.com why not include one of the 92% of Black women who voted for Harris in these 7? 5 who voted for Trump including former Dems, 1 for Stein, 1 for Harris (though a Green Party supporter). What 7 Americans Thought About Trump’s Inauguration Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

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What 7 Americans Thought About Trump’s Inauguration Speech

We’ll be regularly checking in with this group of people during President Trump’s first 100 days in office. Here’s what they thought on Day 1.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This was my first published short story about placenta pills. I remember one of my writing group friends being grossed out about me writing that a newborn baby looked like a rotisserie chicken. 😂 Thanks for re-sharing @literarymama.bsky.social.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Motherfucking Zuckerberg made me auto follow Trump. WTF? Blocked him. Blocked Vance too. Zuckerberg is a dick.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

All the snot that has come out of me in the last 3 days could probably form a Snot Man who wants to steal me from my husband. I'm thinking a Chuck Tingle title like "Pounded by Her Cold."

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

There's a beautiful home for sale on my block for $2M+ I wish we could afford it & I hope I win the lottery so we can buy it. 😂 On the other hand this is the 2nd of these homes on my block to be renovated & turned single family where 3 separate renters had been before, including the basements.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Is it these braids giving me a daily headache or my lack of sleep because the world is 💩

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I could cartwheel down the halls of my office, there's only a few of us suckers here right now. 😂🙄

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

This is a reminder. From my holiday visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Text from the wall of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture: All men are created equal...with certain unalienable rights...whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to abolish or alter it. - Declaration of Independence

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Shirley Jackson Awards for 2024 works are open for submission. Only publishers can submit! Indie writers: don't be afraid to ask your publisher to submit your eligible works! Details here (scroll down after admiring my name as a 2023 winner): shirleyjacksonawards.org

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The Shirley Jackson Awards – The Shirley Jackson Awards

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Wicked memes & TikToks have temporarily replaced my post-election depression. "No wizard that there is or was is ever gonna bring me down."

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

After seeing Wicked today, I completely understand why Ariana and Cynthia have been crying in their interviews. They were phenomenal.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This ad is the talk of the town. From middle schoolers to the middle aged, we're talking about the sex lives of senior citizens.

Subway ad showing two older white adults with gray/white hair kissing with the text STDs are Timeless.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I hate the guilt that creeps in when I'm sick and working at a snail's pace or unable to be in the office. I thought the pandemic would help rid me of this but our work culture is ingrained in me.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

On Saturday night, me & my writing group stumbled upon The Overlook Bar. There was a magic show going on but we got invited to hang in Lloyd the Bartender's private apartment. Lloyd as in the bartender from The Overlook Hotel in The Shining. I left this note for him. It's kismet.

Letter written in The Overlook Bar stationery:

Lloyd,
Thanks for letting us celebrate my lovely achievement of winning a Shirley Jackson Award for my book. She wrote about ghosts & you're a ghost so it's kismet. ❤️ LaToya

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Out with my writing group to celebrate my Shirley Jackson Award. It's our first time together in person in two years and they came from another country, another state, and Flatbush 🤣 I brought my award and they rubbed my nomination rock for luck.

Shirley Jackson Award wooden box, nomination rock, book To the Woman in the Pink Hat, and glasses on a table.

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Starting to put together my January-April pitches for NPR, so if you have a novel coming, let me know. Horror/science fiction/etc go to NYT and Locus, so I’m mostly looking for literary fiction, short story collections, nonfiction, and whatever else you got.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It never gets old seeing my book (To the Woman in the Pink Hat) in the *only* book store it can be purchased in, Lofty Pigeon Books in Kensington, Brooklyn. On the same shelf as my neighbor @rachelcantor.bsky.social

Bookshelf filled with books in an indie bookstore. A couple of shelves feature local authors.

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My son's tutor asked him to read the word "hot." Instead he sings, "H-O-T-T-O-G-O you can take me hot to go." Patting myself on the back for a job well done.

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Mark D. Levine @marklevinenyc.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The NY Post editorial board interviewed RFK jr. a few months ago. This is what they wrote today about his nomination to lead HHS...

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

What stage of grief is this? Thanks to my driver for this lovely pic of a gordita getting her gorditas.

Barefoot Black woman standing outside her apartment door holding a plastic bag from her taco bell delivery. Photo was taken by her delivery driver and her head is partially cut off the photo so only her greedy ass mouth is showing

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LaToya Jordan @latoyajordanwriter.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I spent three days chaperoning 15 Girl Scouts tweens/teens on a Philly trip jam packed with American history, lots of walking & teen spirit. Now that I've learned how to make the stars Betsy Ross sewed onto the flag, I'm about to sew a flag for the new country I'm starting.

Actress portraying Betsy Ross holds up a replica of the first flag she sewed for America.

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