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[clarksgables]

Nick + Nora THE THIN MAN (1934)

[mithrandirl]

[captainspauldingsmustache]

even more

[capinejghafa]

When l stuck it on, l saw the pyramids at Giza. Then, whoosh! Straight across the desert to Karnak.

[boyd-stevens]

THE MUMMY 1999, dir. Stephen Sommers

[nevver]

[nevver]

Summer’s over.

[sophsun1]

The Mummy (1999) dir. Stephen Sommers

[capinejghafa]

cleo (evelyn's cat) appreciate post

cats are the guardians of the underworld.

[maceysbookclub]

You have been greeted by the book frog, he wishes you well in your reading jouney.

[pixarsource]

WALL·E (2008), dir. Andrew Stanton

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.

[evegoldenwoods]

For my own future reference, and for anyone else who wants it, a list of authors mentioned in the notes. (I cannot promise this is comprehensive, there are a lot of reblogs and I might have missed some.) I've included a link for each author, where possible I've tried to find one that leads you to their books, prioritising own websites/publishers, falling back on wikipedia otherwise.

If you find any mistakes in the links let me know and I'll edit. This post will be in two parts, because I literally broke tumblr with how many authors there were. I think it's about a hundred and fifty.

Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - speculative fiction

Marguerite Abouet - graphic novels

Elizabeth Acevedo - fiction, poetry

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - fiction

Tomi Adeyemi - young adult fantasy

K Ancrum - speculative contemporary young adult

Lily Anderson - fiction

Ashley Antoinette - fiction

Ama Ata Aidoo - poetry, fiction, plays

Kemi Ashing Giwa - speculative fiction

Kalynn Bayron - young adult, fantasy

Malorie Blackman - childrens' books, young adult

Natasha Bowen - fantasy

Gwendolyn Brooks - poetry

Natasha Brown - fiction

NoViolet Bulawayo - fiction

Constance Burris - speculative fiction

CL Clark - fantasy, speculative fiction

Wahida Clark - urban fiction

Lucille Clifton - poetry, fiction

Alyssa Cole - romance, thrillers, graphic novels

Kamilah Cole - fiction

Claire Coleman - fiction, essays, poetry

Maryse Condé - fiction, non-fiction, plays

Emma Dabiri - non-fiction

Edwidge Danticat - fiction

Angela Davis - philosophy

Carolina Maria De Jesus - memoir

Hayley Dennings - fiction

Tracy Deonn - fiction

Nicky Drayden - speculative fiction

Tananarive Due - horror, comics

Camille Dungy - memoir, poetry

Esi Edugyan - fiction

Zetta Elliot - childrens' books, teen fiction, adult fiction

Bernardine Evaristo - fiction

Conceição Evaristo - fiction, non-fiction

Eve Ewing - poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics

Radna Fabias - poetry

Namina Forna - young adult fantasy

Latoya Ruby Frazier - non-fiction

Stella Gaitano - fiction

Camryn Garrett - fiction, middle grade

Roxane Gay - fiction, non-fiction, comics

Nicole Glover - fantasy, speculative fiction

Nikki Giovanni - poetry, essays

Jewelle Gomez - fiction, plays

Annette Gordon-Reed - non-fiction (history)

Pumla Dineo Gqola - non-fiction

Deanna Grey - romance

Yaa Gyasi - fiction

Andrea Hairston - fiction

Lorraine Hansberry - plays

Saidiya Hartman - non-fiction, theory

Alexis Henderson - dark speculative fiction

Adriana Herrera - romance

Talia Hibbert - romance

bell hooks - fiction, non-fiction, poetry

Pauline Hopkins - fiction, non-fiction, plays

Nalo Hopkinson - speculative fiction

Jordan Ifueko - comics, fantasy, young adult

Samantha Irby - non-fiction

Justina Ireland - science fiction, fantasy, comics

Meka James - contemporary and erotic romance

Tiffany D Jackson - young adult

Beverly Jenkins - romance

Alaya Dawn Johnson - speculative fiction

Micaiah Johnson - science fiction

Mariame Kaba - non-fiction

Petals Kalulé - fiction, poetry [Petals is noted as using she/they, I'm not 100% sure of their gender identity and past a certain point it feels weird to investigate too much]

Mikki Kendall - fiction, non-fiction

Jamaica Kincaid - fiction, non-fiction

Zaire Krieger - poetry

Nella Larsen - fiction

Karmen Lee - romance

Kirsten R. Lee - young adult

Margot Lee Shetterly - non-fiction

Audre Lourde - poetry, non-fiction

[evegoldenwoods]

And here's part two:

Terry Macmillen - fiction

Robin Maynard - non-fiction

Amber Mcbride - poetry, young adult

Janet Mock - non-fiction, screenwriting

Brittney Moris - comics, young adult, fantasy

Bethany C Morrow - fiction, science fiction, young adult

Leila Mottley - fiction, poetry

Beatriz Nascimento - non-fiction

Leticia Nascimento - I think non-fiction primarily

Gloria Naylor - fiction

Zora Neale Hurston - fiction, non-fiction

Grace Nichols - poetry

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu - fiction

Trifonia Melibea Obono - fiction

Shirlene Obuobi - comics, fiction

Nnendi Okorafor - science fiction

Melatu Uche Okorie - fiction

Chinelo Okparanta - fiction

Helen Oyeyemi - fiction

Nell Painter - non-fiction

Morgan Parker - poetry, non-fiction

Nikki Payne - romance

Koleka Putuma - plays, poetry

Claudia Rankine - poetry, plays, non-fiction

Sarah Raughley - young adult

Dia Reeves - fantasy, horror, science fiction

Kiley Reid - fiction

Stacy Reid - romance

Djamila Ribero - philosophy

Legacy Russell - fiction, non-fiction, poetry

Layla F. Saad - non-fiction

Sofia Samatar - fiction, non-fiction

Liselle Sambury - fantasy

Analeigh Sbrana - romance, fantasy

Namwali Serpell - fiction

Ntozake Shange - plays, poetry

Christina Sharpe - non-fiction

Nisi Shawl - fiction, alternate history

Jamison Shea - dark fantasy/horror

Patricia Smith - poet

Tracy K Smith - poet

Zadie Smith - fiction

Sister Souljah - fiction

Kiki Swinson - fiction

Mildred D Taylor - young adult/children's lit

Katerina Teaiwa - non-fiction

Teresia Teaiwa - poetry

Angie Thomas - young adult, middle grade

Leah Thomas - non-fiction

Spike Trotman - comics

Tloto Tsamaase - science fiction

Nikki Turner - urban fiction

Maxine Tynes - poetry

Ngozi Ukazu - comics

Shola von Reinhold - fiction

Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ - fiction

Jasmine Walls - graphic novels

Alice Walker - fiction, non-fiction, poetry

Jesmyn Ward - fiction

Monica West - fiction

Phyllis Wheatley-Peters - poetry

Rita Williams-Garcia - young adult, middle grade

Stephanie Williams - comics, non-fiction

Tia Williams - fiction, romance

Raquel Willis - non-fiction

Jamila Woods - poetry

Jacqueline Woodson - childrens' books, young adult, fiction, poetry

Alexis Wright - fiction, non-fiction

Zane - erotic fiction

Fiona Zedde - fiction

[bespectacledbunnys]

Attica Locke - Mystery/Thriller Fiction

Oyinkan Braithwaite - Fiction

Isabel Wilkerson - Non-fiction

[leebrontide]

Hell yeah!!!

[boyd-stevens]

THE MUMMY 1999 — dir. Stephen Sommers

[zombeesknees]

Hello! First of all, I wanted to say that I am so excited to read the newest Hazeldine! I binged the series after I met you last year and loved it and I just ordered number 7 and can't wait to get it. I also wanted to ask, from one fellow writer in Bloomington to another...do you have any advice on how to make a name for yourself around here or meet other writers who are adults? The resources for anyone over 21 around here are pretty slim!

Aw, I'm SO GLAD to hear you're enjoying Hazeldine! Some big stuff goes down in this latest volume, so I hope you love it -- this is also making me want to sit down and get cracking at Vol. 8 again, so thank you for that!

My best advice is to reach out to the library and bookstores in the area -- Bobzbay downtown and our local Barnes; Book Rack (owned by Stacy Hardin) and Book Nook (run by Cheryl Langley) in Peoria -- and talk to them about:

a) upcoming events (for instance, Book Nook is doing the Readers and Writers Rendezvous event at the Peoria Civic Center in Sept! There's going to be around 100 different local authors/booths set up all day, including yours truly, so you can do a TON of networking while also picking up some new books) and how to get on their contact lists for future ones; being terminally online, I also have folks like Stacy, Cheryl, and other authors I've met at these things (Jackie Lawson, DM Gritzmacher, Jen Woodrum, etc.) friended on Facebook to stay up on news from them;

b) if they ever host writers' workshops or have an "in" for such things (even just a contact email for such a group!); in the past I've also done a virtual Write Club with several old friends/fellow writers, where we exchange our WIPs and give each other feedback through Google Docs and a monthly(ish) meeting via Discord; and

c) what their policy is re: selling copies of your book (should you have a book ready for sale). I know with the Peoria stores, Prairie Fox Books in Ottawa, and Bobzbay, there's just a form to fill out, you give them copies of your books, they sell them for you, and then they keep a small percentage and save the rest for you to pick up at a later date.

ALSO, the Bloomington Barnes has a Book Club that meets at 7 pm the first Tuesday of every month -- our next meeting is July 1st, in the cafe! -- and myself and another local author, Abby, are always there. There's no pressure to have read "the" book for the month; we usually spend most of our time talking about whatever random things we've read since our last meeting, there's always snacks to be had, and it's very laid-back and fun. New people are always welcome!

[paulnewoman]

[gentlier]

The tags on this post are amazing

[zombeesknees]

#it'll never not fry me when he is referred to as the salad guy #nobody did it like paul. not a single soul.

[theawkwardadorable]

Started watching The Sting as a kid for Robert Redford. Stayed for Redford...but mostly Paul Newman.

[marzipanandminutiae]

rereading Shirley Jackson's college-era letters to her then-boyfriend and future husband Stanley Hyman like

[theawkwardadorable]

I read her two books about her family before I read her biography Ruth Franklin. The amount of "done" with his shit she is by Raising Demons is so much more obvious when you know what was going on behind the scenes. The story of going to judge a beauty contest and his daughter says "Daddy likes to look at girls" at the dinner table always makes me stop and wonder...did that happen? Or was it her pointing out that he wasn't hiding anything anymore.

[shisasan]

From February 9 to 10, 1913 Letters to Felice by Franz Kafka First published : 1973

[evsalyn]

it's just so pretty