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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 26/06/2026

"It is my job to be fair. I don’t dictate to readers how to hold difficult characters in their minds and hearts. That’s for them to decide." Leslie A. Lindsay interviews @toniannj.bsky.social about But Where's Home? (Screen Door Press). ➡️ buff.ly/xczLUF8

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Tuesday night @northfigbookshop @toniannj.bsky.social @ladeziree.bsky.social & I talk about historical fiction and how some things never change.

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Cody Sisco @codysiscowrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Thank you so much for sharing your stories and telling family secrets last night! www.youtube.com/live/RZh2alZ... @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social @booksoupofficial.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social #AuthorEvent #Booksky

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BookSwell @bookswellclub.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @wehoarts.bsky.social @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social @booksoupofficial.bsky.social @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

Flyer for WeHo Reads Telling Family Secrets

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BookSwell @bookswellclub.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets, featuring Toni Ann Johnson talking about BUT WHERE'S HOME? a new collection of linked stories Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @toniannj.bsky.social

Flyer for WeHo Read: Telling Family Secrets

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... Join us virtually on February 18th at 6:30 pm PST as four writers talk about their work based on their families.

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... Join us virtually on February 18th at 6:30 pm PST as four writers talk about their work based on their families.

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BookSwell @bookswellclub.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Coming Soon: WeHo Reads: Telling Family Secrets, featuring Toni Ann Johnson, Aimee Liu, Juanita E. Mantz, and Hannah Sward Wed. Feb. 18 6:30 pm PT RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads... @toniannj.bsky.social @aimeeliu.bsky.social @codysiscowrites.bsky.social @bookswellclub.bsky.social

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

On Monday, January 12th @ 5 pm PST, 8 pm EST I’ll be in conversation live with Marcie L. Thomas of BrownGirlCollective. Please join us! And feel free to ask a question during the event. We’d love to see you. www.youtube.com/live/QGvgIun...

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

My childhood friend Annie Rudden sent me this hardcopy of the Publishers Weekly Endnotes feature on my book. I only had the online version and I appreciate this so much!

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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

What a great mini-feature on this new work by @toniannj.bsky.social, published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social Screen Door Press imprint, edited by @crystalwilki.bsky.social #ReadUP

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Leonard Chang @leonardchang.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

How 'But Where's Home' by @toniannj.bsky.social Got Made. (Publisher's Weekly) archive.vn/jBCte

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Getting people back to their families, giving them a chance in court. Bonded detainees have a better chance at getting a lawyer ands a better chance at staying with their families. Consider donating to @cluejustice bond fund. www.cluejustice.org/detained-imm...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified. So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life. Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/10/2025

just a reminder that there were people of the time — and of the same class and station — who saw this stuff and thought, "yeah this is bullshit"

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.

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Pete of The Chills at Will Podcast @chillsatwillpod.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

@grantginder.bsky.social, @lukeepplin.bsky.social, and @toniannj.bsky.social are a few of the greats already slated for 2026. You can support The Chills at Will Podcast here: www.patreon.com/chillsatwill...

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My forthcoming linked collection But Where’s Home? Is available for preorder on Amazon and on the University Press of Kentucky website. www.amazon.com/But-Wheres-H...

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But Where's Home?: A Novella and Stories

But Where's Home?: A Novella and Stories [Johnson, Toni Ann] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. But Where's Home?: A Novella and Stories

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Cover reveal! I’m so pleased with the artwork by Christian Noelle Charles that the design team at University Press of Kentucky chose for my forthcoming book But Where’s Home?

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

The Trumpists talk a lot about representing “real America.” How much of a bizarre propagandistic lie this is was on full display yesterday - when a vast, heterogeneous coalition of people mobilized in protest while all the regime offered was an embarrassing, lame, sad excuse of a military parade.

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Aimee Liu @aimeeliu.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

“I had to do the emotional recovery work to be able to access forgiveness and develop empathy and then go back and infuse that into the writing.” #writing #memoir #books substack.com/@aimeeliu/no...

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On Writing 'The River's Daughter'

A conversation with debut author Bridget Crocker about inspiration, perspiration, salvation and the grace of nature and memoir writing

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I’m honored to judge this story collection contest for the James Baker Hall Foundation and Accents Publishing. Submissions are open through June. www.accents-publishing.com/contest.html

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Kate Maruyama @katemaru.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

It’s finally happening!!! I’ll be in conversation w/ @toniannj.bsky.social at Chevalier Books at 6:30 March 11th to launch ALTERATIONS!!

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thank you, Crystal Wilkinson! I’m so pleased my book will be one of your first publications! And congrats to Avery Irons! uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture...

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UK’s Crystal Wilkinson selects inaugural winners of Screen Door Press

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olivia stowell @oliviastowell.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I was so thrilled to review Danzy Senna's COLORED TELEVISION for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! Senna's novel is not only thought-provoking, but also an absolute blast to read. highly recommend both checking out the novel & checking out my thoughts on it here: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-sh...

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A Show About People Like Them | Los Angeles Review of Books

Olivia Stowell considers Danzy Senna’s new novel “Colored Television.”

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Toni Ann Johnson @toniannj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

THE OFFING has a new podcast and I’m so happy to be one of the show’s first guests! Thank you to Dr. Ashaki Jackson for the opportunity to read from my story “The Way We Fell Out of Touch” from the collection Light Skin Gone to Waste. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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FICTION: Toni Ann Johnson's

Podcast Episode · The Offing Podcast · 11/19/2024 · 16m

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Antioch MFA Program @antiochmfa.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We know we're just barely scratching the surface with our Starter Pack of Antioch MFA Current Students & Alumni, because we have over 1200 alums! Please share and comment and we'll add you! Hoping to find our people & make this the first Student/Alum Starter Pack of many 🤗https://go.bsky.app/2urN99N

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Désirée Zamorano @ladeziree.latinsky.app · 18/11/2024

Folks, my recently published novel DISPOSSESSED is all abt making readers AWARE of the impact of the mass deportations of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals

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