Kim Johnson
@kimjohnson.bsky.social
USA Today Bestseller
THIS IS MY AMERICA, INVISIBLE SON, THE COLOR OF A LIE
LA Times Book Award Finalist | NPR Best Book
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THIS IS MY AMERICA, INVISIBLE SON, THE COLOR OF A LIE
LA Times Book Award Finalist | NPR Best Book
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Congratulations to client @kimjohnson.bsky.social who was awarded the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature last week!
May 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to client @kimjohnson.bsky.social who was awarded the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature last week!
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A wonderful panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival along with Dr. Yohuru Williams, @lm-elliott.bsky.social, and @kimjohnson.bsky.social. All my co-panelists are doing such important work with history for young readers, and it was an honor to be in conversation with them.
May 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A wonderful panel at the Gaithersburg Book Festival along with Dr. Yohuru Williams, @lm-elliott.bsky.social, and @kimjohnson.bsky.social. All my co-panelists are doing such important work with history for young readers, and it was an honor to be in conversation with them.
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remember when they defeated racism
March 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
remember when they defeated racism
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I will *not* be watching the State of the Union tomorrow evening. Nothing enrages Trump more than us tuning him out. Instead, I will be viewing and contributing to the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of counter-programming beginning this evening. Register at stateofthepeople.media.
March 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I will *not* be watching the State of the Union tomorrow evening. Nothing enrages Trump more than us tuning him out. Instead, I will be viewing and contributing to the State of the People, a 24-hour livestream of counter-programming beginning this evening. Register at stateofthepeople.media.
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@samiraahmed.bsky.social talks banned books, speaking out against injustice, and INTERNMENT on @msnbc.com ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...
Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@samiraahmed.bsky.social talks banned books, speaking out against injustice, and INTERNMENT on @msnbc.com ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6TG...
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As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
March 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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I am furious that @joyannreid.bsky.social was axed from her show at MSNBC. This is what authoritarianism looks like. Toni Morrison warned us that they will go after the journalists, scholars and artists first.
Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.
Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.
February 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am furious that @joyannreid.bsky.social was axed from her show at MSNBC. This is what authoritarianism looks like. Toni Morrison warned us that they will go after the journalists, scholars and artists first.
Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.
Please support Joy in her next endeavors. I hope her former colleagues protest.
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KINDLING is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! 🔥 I’m so thrilled to be included alongside K.A. Cobell, Safia Elhillo, Carolina Ixta & @kimjohnson.bsky.social. 📚 Congratulations to all the finalists & a huge thank you to LA Times & the judges for this honor! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
February 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
KINDLING is a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize! 🔥 I’m so thrilled to be included alongside K.A. Cobell, Safia Elhillo, Carolina Ixta & @kimjohnson.bsky.social. 📚 Congratulations to all the finalists & a huge thank you to LA Times & the judges for this honor! www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The news is out ✨THE COLOR OF A LIE ✨is a LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalist for Young Adult Literature! This is two years in a row, with INVISIBLE SON as a finalist last year. This is a huge honor, especially with an incredible group of finalists @tracicheeauthor @ka_cobell @safiamafia and @carolinaixta
February 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The news is out ✨THE COLOR OF A LIE ✨is a LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE Finalist for Young Adult Literature! This is two years in a row, with INVISIBLE SON as a finalist last year. This is a huge honor, especially with an incredible group of finalists @tracicheeauthor @ka_cobell @safiamafia and @carolinaixta
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Congratulations to @kimjohnson.bsky.social, THE COLOR OF A LIE is the winner of The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!
February 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Congratulations to @kimjohnson.bsky.social, THE COLOR OF A LIE is the winner of The Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!
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Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize theonion.com/kendric...
February 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize theonion.com/kendric...
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“advocate”???
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“advocate”???
The African American Children’s Book Fair in Philly was amazing!! It was packed from babies to great great grandparents.
February 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The African American Children’s Book Fair in Philly was amazing!! It was packed from babies to great great grandparents.
Well hello Black History Month and new followers! Im an award winning author who combines the things I love the most, Black people, Social Justice, and Thrillers. Former VP in Higher Ed and forever student.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...
February 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Well hello Black History Month and new followers! Im an award winning author who combines the things I love the most, Black people, Social Justice, and Thrillers. Former VP in Higher Ed and forever student.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608330...
I’m still in shock at the news my historical thriller set in 1955 Levittown Pennsylvania won the 2025 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! 🏆
January 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m still in shock at the news my historical thriller set in 1955 Levittown Pennsylvania won the 2025 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction! 🏆
Fear the Dead Season 8: we didn’t need all them kids and monologues or the flip flopping of character arcs.
January 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fear the Dead Season 8: we didn’t need all them kids and monologues or the flip flopping of character arcs.
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Today I was granted access to speak with incarcerated firefighters.
They told me:
- they hadn’t showered in 5 days
- they were not provided regularly meals
- they were working 24 hours in a row
- they feel under appreciated and underpaid
They told me:
- they hadn’t showered in 5 days
- they were not provided regularly meals
- they were working 24 hours in a row
- they feel under appreciated and underpaid
January 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Today I was granted access to speak with incarcerated firefighters.
They told me:
- they hadn’t showered in 5 days
- they were not provided regularly meals
- they were working 24 hours in a row
- they feel under appreciated and underpaid
They told me:
- they hadn’t showered in 5 days
- they were not provided regularly meals
- they were working 24 hours in a row
- they feel under appreciated and underpaid
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$40 million to license a documentary about the "first lady." How many people in America will die today because they couldn't afford healthcare? Zuck rolling back online protections. They're all obeying in advance and it's mind boggling.
January 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
$40 million to license a documentary about the "first lady." How many people in America will die today because they couldn't afford healthcare? Zuck rolling back online protections. They're all obeying in advance and it's mind boggling.
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I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so
I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so
Meta ends fact-checking, drawing praise from Trump
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg ended fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in favor of community notes, calling the recent election a “cultural tipping point” on free speech.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so
I think I am more concerned about the fact that fact-checking departments at actual news organizations are few and far between over the last 10 years or so
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A third of the 1400 firefighters involved are prisoners who are unpaid.
“Governor Gavin Newsom has described the fire outbreak as “unprecedented”, and NBC News has reported that at least 49,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes.”
Southern California wildfire live: more than 1,400 firefighters deployed to tackle ‘unprecedented’ fires
California’s governor Gavin Newsom says emergency services are ‘all hands on deck’ as fire officials say they are working on three separate major fires
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A third of the 1400 firefighters involved are prisoners who are unpaid.
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Who’s Putin these ideas into his head?
January 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Who’s Putin these ideas into his head?