Sufiya Abdur-Rahman
@mrsabolitionist.bsky.social
Lover of truth. Freedom fighter. Author. HEIR TO THE CRESCENT MOON (Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction). https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/heir-crescent-moon
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Volume 5, Issue 4: Prose — Passengers Journal
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You never know how much you need someone else to speak your words until you listen to your audio essay & find yourself nodding and saying "yes, that's right" like you didn't write it yourself. Listen to my essay "Consider the Sunrise" in Passengers Journal! www.passengersjournal.com/volume-5-iss...
Worth watching the story or reading the transcript www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-she...
Amy Sherald on her portraiture, her subjects' gaze, and the impact of painting Michelle Obama's portrait
Amy Sherald spent years painting in obscurity, and almost died from a rare heart condition. Now 52, the artist behind Michelle Obama's official portrait is one of America's most celebrated painters.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Worth watching the story or reading the transcript www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-she...
I'm on Substack! Trying something new. All about trying to provide uplift.
Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. substack.com/@sufiyasa/no... I would be so honored.
Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. substack.com/@sufiyasa/no... I would be so honored.
We Have Your Book Right Here
Introducing: Intermittent Inspiration
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October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I'm on Substack! Trying something new. All about trying to provide uplift.
Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. substack.com/@sufiyasa/no... I would be so honored.
Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. substack.com/@sufiyasa/no... I would be so honored.
You ever start reading something that you can't put down, even though you have other books you're supposed to be reading and no time to fit more lives and more perspectives in but you do anyway? That's a good book.
September 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You ever start reading something that you can't put down, even though you have other books you're supposed to be reading and no time to fit more lives and more perspectives in but you do anyway? That's a good book.
Look at your girl, inspiring the masses. pridepublishinggroup.com/2025/09/10/b...
Black authors and illustrators confront publishing bias amid growing literacy disparity - Nashville PRIDE, Inc.
Black authors and illustrators confront publishing bias amid growing literacy disparity
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September 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Look at your girl, inspiring the masses. pridepublishinggroup.com/2025/09/10/b...
Yes, Cherry Tree is open for submissions. Please submit your Creative Nonfiction!
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#AssayJournal #FriendsOfAssay #SubmitYourWork #SubmissionsOpen #CreativeNonfiction #Nonfiction #WashingtonCollege #CherryTreeLit #Litmag
August 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Yes, Cherry Tree is open for submissions. Please submit your Creative Nonfiction!
Woohoo!
Baltimore friends! This Saturday! My first book tour event is at The Ivy and it would be so amazing to NOT read to an empty bookstore?? 🫣
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hannah...
www.theivybookshop.com/event/hannah...
August 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Woohoo!
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Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza have killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, according to the Gaza health ministry and the media organisations the journalists worked for
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Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on hospital, Gaza health ministry says
Israel has opened an investigation after Gaza's health ministry said at least 20 people, including at least five journalists, were killed in two strikes on a hospital in the south of the territory.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza have killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, according to the Gaza health ministry and the media organisations the journalists worked for
news.sky.com/story/five-j...
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Heading into the nation's militarized zone. Going to work in DC today. Wish me luck.
August 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Heading into the nation's militarized zone. Going to work in DC today. Wish me luck.
Israel kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters: “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza,” Al Jazeera said after the attack.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/10/middleeast/israel-strike-kills-six-journalists-gaza-jazeera-latam-intl“The
August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Israel kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters: “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza,” Al Jazeera said after the attack.
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So they don’t dance no more in clubs. And under 40s making music and so called bangers. The answer is make MOVEMENT MUSIC .. for new designed skating rinks . Dope sound systems, screens and DJs and MCs across the world. By Aug 1 my 65 ill be skating back to trick form after 2-3 more get downs lets
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So they don’t dance no more in clubs. And under 40s making music and so called bangers. The answer is make MOVEMENT MUSIC .. for new designed skating rinks . Dope sound systems, screens and DJs and MCs across the world. By Aug 1 my 65 ill be skating back to trick form after 2-3 more get downs lets
No wonder people don't understand how I can be from Nassau. SMH. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
Nassau County Will Let Officers Wear Masks When Working With ICE
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July 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
No wonder people don't understand how I can be from Nassau. SMH. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
Trump compliments Liberian leader's English www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... *President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia — a nation founded by African Americans*
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July 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Trump compliments Liberian leader's English www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... *President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia — a nation founded by African Americans*
205 freshmen? That's sad. Small colleges start to feel claustrophobic with such low enrollment. It's a beautiful campus with people making a valuable contribution to the community.
St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines - Eye On Annapolis share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8...
St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines - Eye On Annapolis share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8...
St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines
St. John’s College in Annapolis is planning campus-wide budget and staffing cuts in response to a decline in student enrollment. The liberal arts institution, which also operates a campus in Santa …
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July 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
205 freshmen? That's sad. Small colleges start to feel claustrophobic with such low enrollment. It's a beautiful campus with people making a valuable contribution to the community.
St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines - Eye On Annapolis share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8...
St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines - Eye On Annapolis share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8...
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I’ve been preparing for my upcoming How to Write an Essay Collection seminar class, and I’m honestly excited for this Sunday. The class meets in two sessions, is recorded if you’re unable to attend at the time for some reason, and has ASL interpreters. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
Craft Seminar: How To Write An Essay Collection with Alexander Chee — The Shipman Agency
2 Sessions: Sundays, July 13 + 27 1:00-3:30 pm ET Alexander Chee Alexander Chee is the author of the essay collection How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, named most recently as one of...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’ve been preparing for my upcoming How to Write an Essay Collection seminar class, and I’m honestly excited for this Sunday. The class meets in two sessions, is recorded if you’re unable to attend at the time for some reason, and has ASL interpreters. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...
@faiz.bsky.social just described a tension that sometimes exists in my family. My brother and I are professors. Another brother and our dad are electricians. We're all intelligent so don't look down on each other. But having the summers off while my brother works nights may stir some hard feelings.
July 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@faiz.bsky.social just described a tension that sometimes exists in my family. My brother and I are professors. Another brother and our dad are electricians. We're all intelligent so don't look down on each other. But having the summers off while my brother works nights may stir some hard feelings.
As a relatively young black woman amongst colleagues who may be none of those things, I am familiar with the kind of rebuke that Justice Jackson got for using her voice. It may sting but it's not going to stop her from speaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke
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July 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
As a relatively young black woman amongst colleagues who may be none of those things, I am familiar with the kind of rebuke that Justice Jackson got for using her voice. It may sting but it's not going to stop her from speaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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The domestic policy bill championed by President Trump calls for cutting $295 billion in federal spending over the next decade from SNAP, according to the Congressional Budget Office. New York City food banks aren’t sure how they will survive.
‘An Existential Threat’: Food Banks Brace for Fallout From Trump Cuts
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July 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The domestic policy bill championed by President Trump calls for cutting $295 billion in federal spending over the next decade from SNAP, according to the Congressional Budget Office. New York City food banks aren’t sure how they will survive.
Love this. Just what I needed to see.
“We are researching and writing the matter of our lives.” Stephanie Elizondo Griest on life as an “art monk.”
The Agonies and Ecstasies of a Slow Book Project
Slow books. Long-haulers. Glacial-pacers. Forever-endeavors. Determine the quickest, most efficient way of writing a book, and then do the opposite: That’s me. Besides sleeping, there is no activit…
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July 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Love this. Just what I needed to see.
I'm moderating a reading with the phenomenal Kristina R. Gaddy at Loyalty Books on Thursday. We will talk research and nonfiction storytelling and abolition. Hope you can make it!
June 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm moderating a reading with the phenomenal Kristina R. Gaddy at Loyalty Books on Thursday. We will talk research and nonfiction storytelling and abolition. Hope you can make it!
It's his new shoes. Three times in the 2 weeks since he got them? What's up?
Game 7 of the NBA Finals took a somber turn in the first quarter when Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton had to be helped to the locker room with a right lower-leg injury.
In the second quarter, the Pacers announced Haliburton would not return to the game.
In the second quarter, the Pacers announced Haliburton would not return to the game.
Tyrese Haliburton suffers leg injury, won’t return to NBA Finals Game 7
The Pacers star was playing through a calf strain before Sunday’s injury forced him out of the title-deciding game.
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June 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It's his new shoes. Three times in the 2 weeks since he got them? What's up?
I participated in a reading of writers from the African diaspora on Juneteenth, and it was the warmest, most inviting gathering of exceptional black talent that I've been involved in, in a while. Big ups to Kinsman Avenue Publishing for putting together the Black Butterfly anthology and its reading!
June 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I participated in a reading of writers from the African diaspora on Juneteenth, and it was the warmest, most inviting gathering of exceptional black talent that I've been involved in, in a while. Big ups to Kinsman Avenue Publishing for putting together the Black Butterfly anthology and its reading!
Juneteenth reading tomorrow night. Here's the link: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/events
June 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Juneteenth reading tomorrow night. Here's the link: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/events
Looking forward to celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday. Here's something I'll be doing:
June 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Looking forward to celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday. Here's something I'll be doing: