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Bee Quammie @beequammie.blacksky.app · 07/06/2026

Been a wild busy Sunday, but I came across this photo of me with some amazing writers ( @myriamjachancy.bsky.social, Janielle Brown, and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social) from last week and I'm smiling again.

Four Black women. One in a blue dress and white scarf with a beige bag and dark sunglasses, one in a red dress and beige strappy heels, one in a blush dress and black shows, one on a multicoloured top, black tights, black shoes, and a black face mask)

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 09/05/2026

We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.

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How Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme Court

The state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it.

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AL @jebushchrist.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

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The Carol Shields Prize For Fiction @carolshieldsprize.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The 2026 Shields Prize Longlist! On behalf of the Jury, Carmen Maria Machado shared: “It’s been such an honor and a privilege to encounter this body of work by women and non-binary authors, who are writing some of the most exciting literature...” carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2026-longlist 🧵 1/5

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Join us on Saturday, February 21 at 3PM for the next episode of our Immigrant Pioneer Women in America virtual series, as we explore Black History and the Black Immigrant Experience through Fiction with @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! queenslibrary.org/calendar/bla... #BlackHistoryMonth

Pictures of Dr. Myriam J. A. Chancy, Doris Jones, and Selina Sharmin, and promotional text for the QPL virtual program Immigrant Pioneer Women in America, Episode 4: Black History and the Black Immigrant Experience through Fiction with Dr. Myriam J. A. Chancy.

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Natália Affonso @nataliaaffonso.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Come see me talking about translation and a career in publishing tomorrow!

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Hope for Haiti @hopeforhaiti.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On #InternationalDayofCharity we celebrate the incredible generosity of people like you who make our work in #Haiti possible. 💙Your support creates lasting change! 👉 Donate today and be part of the movement: give.hopeforhaiti.com/campaign/711...

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 08/08/2025

"Quebec-based GardaWorld, which has [..] been awarded a US$8-million contract for work on ['Alligator Alcatraz'], has also been awarded more than $100 million in Canadian government contracts since Carney won the Liberal leadership." #Canada #Florida #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

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The Canadian Company Staffing ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Carney’s government awarded GardaWorld millions in contracts and isn’t ruling out more.

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“The achievement of this volume is nothing less than a new approach to literary criticism. TPN takes seriously that poetry pedagogy is impt & needs reshaping. Contributors report from the front lines, giving a whole & accurate picture of the stakes of humanities teaching today” - @mmvty.bsky.social

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Small Axe Project @smallaxeproject.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

René Johannes Kooiker focuses on the magazine Watapana, which published poetry, criticism, fiction, and translations from the Dutch Caribbean between 1968 and 1972, and hosted debates about the politics of language in the Papiamento- and Dutch-speaking islands. Read @ Duke tinyurl.com/ycxah3bx

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the result of federal policy choices — most immediately, sweeping job cuts across public-sector agencies where Black women have long held the strongest foothold in middle-class employment.”

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300,000 Black women have left the labor force in 3 months. It’s not a coincidence.

For decades, the public sector has been a lifeline for Black women shut out of economic opportunity. It’s no surprise that Trump's federal downsizing targeted them first, explains gender economist Kat...

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Chair of the 2025 OCM Bocas Nonfiction Prize Judges, Denise deCaires Narain, introduces the winning title in that category, Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social deCaires Narain says the book has become part of her life, calling it a work of "remarkable fluency" @tinhouse.bsky.social

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Heralding her as a "master weaver", Erna Brodber, Chief Judge, announces the winner of the 2025 OCM Prize for Caribbean Literature, Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social #OCMBocasPrize #bocas2025 @tinhouse.bsky.social

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

🏆 Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! 🏆 She has won the 15th annual award for her book, Village Weavers (@tinhouse.bsky.social) #bocas2025 #OCMBocasPrize

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social ! Winner of the 🏆2025 OCM Bocas Literary Prize for Best Caribbean Book of the past year! www.bocaslitfest.com/2025/05/03/h...

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

#bocas2025 Day 3 featured author panels with @myriamjachancy.bsky.social, Wendell Berkley Semple, @justinhayneswriter.com, and more! Full album: facebook.com/media/set?va... #alwayscominghome

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 28/04/2025

Personal Narrative's submission window is extended! You now have until 5/4 to submit your longform personal narrative essays. Submit: buff.ly/VDL6a2k

Electric Lit Submissions call: Personal Narrative WINDOW EXTENDED! Personal narrative essays of 2000 - 6500 words. Open through 5/4 (original date of 4/27 is slashed through) or until 750 cap is reached. More info on EL's Submittable page

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Noodle | Britney @oodlesofnoodle.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

FRIENDS - we're raising money for @hopeforhaiti.bsky.social today! Come hang out while we raise money for a good cause! ❤️ www.twitch.tv/oodlesofnood...

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Happy Independent Bookstore Day. Support indies any change you get! You can pre-order the Village Weavers paperback from Bookshop, they are offering a discount and free shipping. bookshop.org/p/books/vill...

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Village Weavers

Check out Village Weavers - In 1940s' Port-au-Prince, Gertie and Sisi become fast childhood friends, despite being on opposite ends of the social and economic ladder. As young girls, they build their ...

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Join us at the 2025 Awards Ceremony! Be there for the exciting moment when the overall winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is announced, and witness the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award being presented to the @jwilonline.bsky.social! Doors open at 6 pm! #bocas2025 #alwayscominghome

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

🌻Coming next week in paperback!🌻 Village Weavers by @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! The Winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction! 🌻Read more & preorder: bit.ly/VillageWeave... cc: @bocaslitfest.bsky.social

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

"I get the sense that 'bookseller' is Josh Cook’s dream job. It is for a lot of people; it’s an easy job to romanticize. For myself, I do not dream of labor." Revisiting this excellent essay, "There's No Such Thing as a Good Book," in Public Books: www.publicbooks.org/there-is-no-...

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There Is No Such Thing as a Good Book: On “The Art of Libromancy” - Public Books

"I do not think bookselling is an art. I think it is a job."

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Bocas Lit Fest @bocaslitfest.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Beginning in 1940s Port-au-Prince, ranging across decades and continents, @myriamjachancy.bsky.social's Village Weavers by — winner of the 2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Fiction — explores connections and disconnections across lines of class and family. #bocas2025 #alwayscominghome @tinhouse.bsky.social

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Hello & thank you Bocas, Trinidad & Tobago for recognizing _Village Weavers_! I will be seeing you soon!

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social! Winner 🏆2025 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, Fiction! #bocas2025 #bocaslitfest www.bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/

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Lorraine Sommerfeld -> 🇨🇦 @lorrainesommerfeld.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

"U.S. customs officials can look through a mobile phone, check comments made on social media and look through a laptop, she said. They can also take devices or download all of their contents, she added." Why would anyone travel to this country? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Why immigration lawyers warn you might want to bring a burner phone if you're going to the U.S. | CBC News

Amid stories of travellers facing hurdles or even being detained at the U.S. border, some immigration lawyers say Canadians should expect extra questioning, have plenty of documents on hand and even c...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I spoke to an expert in authoritarianism, who explained to me that things like this are extremely meaningful and they help protect democracy, even if there’s not a straight line between this and actual legislating

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Dr. Camille U. Adams 🇹🇹 @camilleuadams.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It was so lovely meeting @myriamjachancy.bsky.social at #AWP25 😁💛 Get her latest, Village Weavers, out now! Family drama, estranging secrets, Haitian dictator. And preorder How To Be Unmothered: a Trinidadian memoir. Family drama, estranging secrets, Trinidadian abuse of power #readCaribbean

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

AWP is around the corner, LA! Here's what I will be up to:

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Namrata Poddar 🧿🌀 @namratapoddar.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

@awpwriter.bsky.social’s conference in LA too. & while i’ve always talked there of poetics & politics of art-making, excited to moderate panels on the more pragmatic aspects of writing this year with a fab group of peers incldg @myriamjachancy.bsky.social & @writemadhushree.bsky.social. join us! 🤎👇🏾

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Namrata Poddar 🧿🌀 @namratapoddar.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Join me next month @pw.org? 21st century writers who don’t come from money, there’s sooo much I’ve to say that institutions won’t. And early bird discounts end on March 28. 👇🏾🙏🏽

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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

💐Congratulations @myriamjachancy.bsky.social ! Finalist for the 🏆2025 OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature, Fiction Category! www.bocaslitfest.com/awards/ocm/ #BocasLitPrize

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Happy to see _Village Weavers_ with @tinhouse.bsky.social on the fiction shortlist for the Bocas Lit Prize! Kudos to all those recognized in three categories for 2025:

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Next week, Pittsburgh! Get tickets to my talk/reading in support of the Latin American Museum of Pittsburgh- Friday, May 21st, in collab with the Pittsburgh Arts & Lecture Series

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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 09/03/2025

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people." -- Virginia Woolf

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

HANG IT IN THE LOUVRE. (President of Mexico on International Women’s Day)

Claudia Scheinbaum, President of Mexico, in the centre of the image in a purple dress on International Women’s Day, 2025. A search around on google fails to turn up an image credit unfortunately, I found it on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AccidentalRenaissance/s/MGhF9O80FL

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up

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Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

What the existential f* - why hasn't this been stopped yet? They obviously have no idea what they are doing.

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Larry La Fountain @larrylafountain.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Presentación del libro DE HUELGA A PANDEMIA EN PUERTO RICO: UNA DÉCADA DE INTERVENCIONES PERIODÍSTICAS INTERNACIONALES de Maritza Stanchich por Sandra Rodríguez Cotto. DÍA: martes, 4 de marzo de 2025 HORA: 4:30pm LUGAR: Sala Jorge Enjuto (Sala A), Facultad de Humanidades, UPR Río Piedras

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