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Writer and Educator I Bylines in New York Times, Newsweek, Marie Claire, Wine Enthusiast I MFA at NYU Creative Writing Program I Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellow in Fiction I ASJA
When #JimmyCarter first entered hospice, @readersdigest.bsky.social asked me to write this article. I spoke to families who'd benefited from his tremendous work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social I'm resharing that article today. www.rd.com/article/jimm...
Former President Jimmy Carter Built My House—and Changed My Life
The Jimmy Carter housing initiative gave families in need a place to call home. Four recipients reflect on the former president's kindness.
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December 31, 2024 at 4:26 PM
When #JimmyCarter first entered hospice, @readersdigest.bsky.social asked me to write this article. I spoke to families who'd benefited from his tremendous work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social I'm resharing that article today. www.rd.com/article/jimm...
If 1930s cocktails, salvaged sailboats, and windswept beaches are your thing, you can follow along with my writing adventures on Instagram- samanthafacciolowrites.
November 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
If 1930s cocktails, salvaged sailboats, and windswept beaches are your thing, you can follow along with my writing adventures on Instagram- samanthafacciolowrites.
Congratulations to the four fellow writers whose works, along with mine, were selected as winners of Novel Slices’ Spring 2023 Contest. Many thanks to @NovelSlices for choosing my novel excerpt to appear in Issue Six, now available at https://www.novelslices.com/issues.html....
November 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Congratulations to the four fellow writers whose works, along with mine, were selected as winners of Novel Slices’ Spring 2023 Contest. Many thanks to @NovelSlices for choosing my novel excerpt to appear in Issue Six, now available at https://www.novelslices.com/issues.html....
Could Jalen Carter’s suit at the #NFLDraft2023 be a nod to Jalen Hurts’s winning outfit and attitude at the NFC Championship game?
Welcome to Philly, Jalen!
#FlyEaglesFly
Welcome to Philly, Jalen!
#FlyEaglesFly
November 16, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Could Jalen Carter’s suit at the #NFLDraft2023 be a nod to Jalen Hurts’s winning outfit and attitude at the NFC Championship game?
Welcome to Philly, Jalen!
#FlyEaglesFly
Welcome to Philly, Jalen!
#FlyEaglesFly
Opened my Sunday @nytimes and what did I see? Two @NYUCWP luminaries staring at me! Congrats to @RavenLeilani and Sigrid Nunez for being interviewed in today’s @tmagazine feature, Legendary Female Artists on the Younger Women Who Inspire Them.
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Opened my Sunday @nytimes and what did I see? Two @NYUCWP luminaries staring at me! Congrats to @RavenLeilani and Sigrid Nunez for being interviewed in today’s @tmagazine feature, Legendary Female Artists on the Younger Women Who Inspire Them.
Today, on #MarathonMonday and the anniversary of my grandfather’s passing, I am deeply touched and thrilled to see my words in print in @nytimes Tiny Love Stories. Many thanks to @yayamilee
#BostonMarathon @LLSusa @teamintraining @NYUCWP @bostonmarathon...
#BostonMarathon @LLSusa @teamintraining @NYUCWP @bostonmarathon...
November 16, 2024 at 9:09 AM
Today, on #MarathonMonday and the anniversary of my grandfather’s passing, I am deeply touched and thrilled to see my words in print in @nytimes Tiny Love Stories. Many thanks to @yayamilee
#BostonMarathon @LLSusa @teamintraining @NYUCWP @bostonmarathon...
#BostonMarathon @LLSusa @teamintraining @NYUCWP @bostonmarathon...
Thrilled to share the stories of four of the 4,390 families touched by #JimmyCarter and his 39 year commitment to @Habitat_org for @readersdigest
https://www.rd.com/article/jimmy-carter-housing/
@HabitatDenver @HabitatNash @SJCHabitat @CarterCenter
https://www.rd.com/article/jimmy-carter-housing/
@HabitatDenver @HabitatNash @SJCHabitat @CarterCenter
Former President Jimmy Carter Built My House—and Changed ...
The Jimmy Carter housing initiative gave families in need...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Thrilled to share the stories of four of the 4,390 families touched by #JimmyCarter and his 39 year commitment to @Habitat_org for @readersdigest
https://www.rd.com/article/jimmy-carter-housing/
@HabitatDenver @HabitatNash @SJCHabitat @CarterCenter
https://www.rd.com/article/jimmy-carter-housing/
@HabitatDenver @HabitatNash @SJCHabitat @CarterCenter
A rollercoaster of an essay about grief, uncovering childhood secrets, and the simple foods by which we remember those we love by @kittenwithawhip @foodandwine...
November 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
A rollercoaster of an essay about grief, uncovering childhood secrets, and the simple foods by which we remember those we love by @kittenwithawhip @foodandwine...
“The unfettered exchange of ideas is essential to the preservation of a free and democratic society.” @ALALibrary Read my latest in @readersdigest to learn how you can fight #BookBans
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
#booksunbanned @BKLYNlibrary @BannedBooksWeek...
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
#booksunbanned @BKLYNlibrary @BannedBooksWeek...
Meet the Teens Fighting Book Bans with Banned Book Clubs
In the face of censorship, students are coming together t...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:25 AM
“The unfettered exchange of ideas is essential to the preservation of a free and democratic society.” @ALALibrary Read my latest in @readersdigest to learn how you can fight #BookBans
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
#booksunbanned @BKLYNlibrary @BannedBooksWeek...
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
#booksunbanned @BKLYNlibrary @BannedBooksWeek...
Here’s your #MondayMotivation Be inspired by these teens fighting #bookbans by starting their own banned book clubs. My latest for @readersdigest
@ALALibrary @nprpolitics @nprbooks @BKLYNlibrary @AuthorsGuild #BooksUnbanned
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
@ALALibrary @nprpolitics @nprbooks @BKLYNlibrary @AuthorsGuild #BooksUnbanned
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
Meet the Teens Fighting Book Bans with Banned Book Clubs
In the face of censorship, students are coming together t...
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November 16, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Here’s your #MondayMotivation Be inspired by these teens fighting #bookbans by starting their own banned book clubs. My latest for @readersdigest
@ALALibrary @nprpolitics @nprbooks @BKLYNlibrary @AuthorsGuild #BooksUnbanned
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
@ALALibrary @nprpolitics @nprbooks @BKLYNlibrary @AuthorsGuild #BooksUnbanned
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
For @readersdigest I spoke to teens fighting #BookBans and the article was featured in @lithub Daily. Need a pick me up? Read about these incredible, inspiring teens!
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-august-12-2022/
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-august-12-2022/
Meet the Teens Fighting Book Bans with Banned Book Clubs
In the face of censorship, students are coming together t...
www.rd.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:41 AM
For @readersdigest I spoke to teens fighting #BookBans and the article was featured in @lithub Daily. Need a pick me up? Read about these incredible, inspiring teens!
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-august-12-2022/
https://www.rd.com/article/banned-book-club/
https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-august-12-2022/
The disappearance of manual transmissions is one more in a long line of moves leading to the automation of culture and separating humans from processes and understanding. @TheAtlantic @ibogost...
November 16, 2024 at 9:49 AM
The disappearance of manual transmissions is one more in a long line of moves leading to the automation of culture and separating humans from processes and understanding. @TheAtlantic @ibogost...
“If we educators find ourselves nose-to-nose with a mentally ill child wielding an AR-15, it might look as if we’re the first line, but that’s only because all the other lines have lain down.”...
November 16, 2024 at 9:49 AM
“If we educators find ourselves nose-to-nose with a mentally ill child wielding an AR-15, it might look as if we’re the first line, but that’s only because all the other lines have lain down.”...
My favorite “special occasions”
childhood drink has been elevated to the realm of adult beverages, just in time for summer! @KendrickWorks...
childhood drink has been elevated to the realm of adult beverages, just in time for summer! @KendrickWorks...
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
My favorite “special occasions”
childhood drink has been elevated to the realm of adult beverages, just in time for summer! @KendrickWorks...
childhood drink has been elevated to the realm of adult beverages, just in time for summer! @KendrickWorks...
Please read and share my latest- a teacher’s perspective on how we can all take action to prevent school shootings for @readersdigest
#GunReformNow @Everytown @sandyhook @GiffordsCourage @bradybuzz @utmbhealth @DrJeffTemple @essentialprtnrs
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#GunReformNow @Everytown @sandyhook @GiffordsCourage @bradybuzz @utmbhealth @DrJeffTemple @essentialprtnrs
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November 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Please read and share my latest- a teacher’s perspective on how we can all take action to prevent school shootings for @readersdigest
#GunReformNow @Everytown @sandyhook @GiffordsCourage @bradybuzz @utmbhealth @DrJeffTemple @essentialprtnrs
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#GunReformNow @Everytown @sandyhook @GiffordsCourage @bradybuzz @utmbhealth @DrJeffTemple @essentialprtnrs
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“Let’s supplement thoughts and prayers with concrete steps, based on nerdy evidence-gathering, based on hard conversations with people we disagree with, to reduce gun deaths so that elementary schools need not be graveyards.”@NickKristof #GunReformNow...
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM
“Let’s supplement thoughts and prayers with concrete steps, based on nerdy evidence-gathering, based on hard conversations with people we disagree with, to reduce gun deaths so that elementary schools need not be graveyards.”@NickKristof #GunReformNow...
My 2018 opinion piece on school shootings rings as true and urgent today as it did when @PhillyInquirer published it in 2018.
Angry? Despairing? Support orgs working for #GunReformNow
@Everytown @sandyhook @bradybuzz @GiffordsCourage...
Angry? Despairing? Support orgs working for #GunReformNow
@Everytown @sandyhook @bradybuzz @GiffordsCourage...
November 16, 2024 at 10:23 AM
My 2018 opinion piece on school shootings rings as true and urgent today as it did when @PhillyInquirer published it in 2018.
Angry? Despairing? Support orgs working for #GunReformNow
@Everytown @sandyhook @bradybuzz @GiffordsCourage...
Angry? Despairing? Support orgs working for #GunReformNow
@Everytown @sandyhook @bradybuzz @GiffordsCourage...
After #SandyHook the police chief came to a staff meeting. Our best defense against a shooter? Arm preschoolers w/ blocks. Congress sanctions assault rifles and teachers are handed toys. Mass shootings are preventable. Support @sandyhook @Everytown @NewtownAction #GunControlNow
November 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM
After #SandyHook the police chief came to a staff meeting. Our best defense against a shooter? Arm preschoolers w/ blocks. Congress sanctions assault rifles and teachers are handed toys. Mass shootings are preventable. Support @sandyhook @Everytown @NewtownAction #GunControlNow
Ocean Vuong (paraphrased) on connecting generations & dreams: My ancestors lived w/ heads bent over the nail salon desk so I could live w/ my head up. Today, I write at a desk w/ my head in that same posture so I can move forward w/ wonder & thriving. @NYUCWP #writingcommmunity
November 16, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Ocean Vuong (paraphrased) on connecting generations & dreams: My ancestors lived w/ heads bent over the nail salon desk so I could live w/ my head up. Today, I write at a desk w/ my head in that same posture so I can move forward w/ wonder & thriving. @NYUCWP #writingcommmunity
Three years ago, I served as an interpreter and child welfare expert advocating for asylum seeking minors in detention. This month, @NOVAcommcollege published my essay in The Northern Virginia Review. #WritingCommunity #immigration...
November 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Three years ago, I served as an interpreter and child welfare expert advocating for asylum seeking minors in detention. This month, @NOVAcommcollege published my essay in The Northern Virginia Review. #WritingCommunity #immigration...
“It has been my dream to make wine. I’m really thankful I have people who care about me, love me and take me in.” I wrote about wineries supporting individuals w/ disabilities for @WineEnthusiast https://www.winemag.com/2022/03/31/wineries-support-disabilties/
@EmilySaladino...
@EmilySaladino...
wineenthusiast.com
www.winemag.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
“It has been my dream to make wine. I’m really thankful I have people who care about me, love me and take me in.” I wrote about wineries supporting individuals w/ disabilities for @WineEnthusiast https://www.winemag.com/2022/03/31/wineries-support-disabilties/
@EmilySaladino...
@EmilySaladino...
Weaving together Ida Wells, Wedgwood, intergenerational inheritance, and aspirations toward joy, all while correcting centuries of racist imagery? One of the coolest articles I’ve read in a long time. @nytrealestate @vvchambers @harlemtoilegirl...
November 16, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Weaving together Ida Wells, Wedgwood, intergenerational inheritance, and aspirations toward joy, all while correcting centuries of racist imagery? One of the coolest articles I’ve read in a long time. @nytrealestate @vvchambers @harlemtoilegirl...
Looking for a Sunday uplift? Check out these teens doing amazing work in support for seniors in my latest article for @circlearound_ @teensforseniors @lifting_w
https://circlearound.com/inspiration/where-heroes-rise-4-remarkable-stories-of-kids-helping-seniors
https://circlearound.com/inspiration/where-heroes-rise-4-remarkable-stories-of-kids-helping-seniors
November 16, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Looking for a Sunday uplift? Check out these teens doing amazing work in support for seniors in my latest article for @circlearound_ @teensforseniors @lifting_w
https://circlearound.com/inspiration/where-heroes-rise-4-remarkable-stories-of-kids-helping-seniors
https://circlearound.com/inspiration/where-heroes-rise-4-remarkable-stories-of-kids-helping-seniors
Do writers dream of faraway bookstores the way most people dream of exotic travel destinations? I’ve never visited @MidtownScholar in Harrisburg, called “a religious experience” by @nytimes but they’re doing something very cool. #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter
November 16, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Do writers dream of faraway bookstores the way most people dream of exotic travel destinations? I’ve never visited @MidtownScholar in Harrisburg, called “a religious experience” by @nytimes but they’re doing something very cool. #WritingCommunity #BookTwitter
Looking for a delicious, easy to make dessert? Check out this Girl Scout cookie-inspired ice cream pie. It’s like a choose-your-own-cookie adventure! @circlearound_ @girlscouts #WritingCommunity
https://circlearound.com/recipes-and-food/girl-scout-cookies-and-ice-cream-pie-recipe
https://circlearound.com/recipes-and-food/girl-scout-cookies-and-ice-cream-pie-recipe
November 16, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Looking for a delicious, easy to make dessert? Check out this Girl Scout cookie-inspired ice cream pie. It’s like a choose-your-own-cookie adventure! @circlearound_ @girlscouts #WritingCommunity
https://circlearound.com/recipes-and-food/girl-scout-cookies-and-ice-cream-pie-recipe
https://circlearound.com/recipes-and-food/girl-scout-cookies-and-ice-cream-pie-recipe