author of The Blur (Knopf/PRH) | Lift, Drawn Together, more (LBYR) | Green Lantern Legacy (DC) | A Lotus for You (Parallax) | WNDB board | Hamline MFA faculty
Aug 5, 2019 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Still trying to process everything from Ocean Vuong’s brilliant talk that capped off a soul-stirring #AALitFest. ❤️
“Thank you, not for making my dream come true, but for giving me a reality I did not know I could dream.”
Nov 15, 2018 • 69 tweets • 52 min read
🚨 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION for the KWELI COLOR OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE CONFERENCE ends TOMORROW (11/15)! #Kweli19@kwelijournal
It’s THE BEST, but in case u need convincing (which you shouldn’t), here’s a thread of all the out of this world presenters:
kwelijournal.org/the-color-of-c…
Note: I learned last year that the list of luminaries is so impressive that this is going to take a while, so bear with me. 😉 #Kweli19