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Victor LaValle

@victorlavalle

4 months

Higher standards in 2024.

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

Americans celebrating Thanksgiving by spreading disease is actually an incredibly accurate way to honor the holiday.

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3 years

If you impeach Trump his followers will riot. If you don’t impeach Trump his follows will riot AND you won’t have impeached Trump. Those are the only two choices.

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5 years

I’d like to open a bar where everyone reads and drinks and no one talks to each other.

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3 years

When poor people talk like this the state threatens to take their children from them.

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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis say they don't believe in bathing their kids or themselves too much. "If you can see the dirt on them, clean them," Kutcher said. "Otherwise there's no point."

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3 years

If @staceyabrams turns Georgia blue, picks up two Senate seats *and* essentially saves America then I expect her to pick up that Nobel prize next year. And I am not joking.

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4 years

Any scholarship kid who went to a private high school can tell of the criminal behavior of wealthier kids. Drugs, violence, theft, property destruction. Behaviors many white Americans say justify police violence are Friday night fun for their children.

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3 years

Wild that Chapelle quit his show because he didn’t like how a white guy was laughing at his jokes, and now that same white guy is his ideal audience.

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4 years

Black Lives Matter protests are essentially a national exorcism. If seeing them makes you rage and shake and froth at the mouth, maybe you’ve got a demon in you.

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5 years

They hid that Sandra Bland video for four years. Think of how many more are being hidden. And how many have been destroyed.

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5 years

If a terrorist cell attacked the United States four times within a week, we’d be at war with the nation that protected them.

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4 years

Neighbor gets on elevator with me & our kids. Everyone wearing masks. She tells me she hates the mask order. Her: “You know how they got through the 1918 flu? Herd immunity.” Me: “50 million people died first. 675,000 in the USA alone.” *rest of the ride is silent*

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3 years

History books better not describe this as a “dark day” in history. This is a “white day” in history. White as it comes.

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7 years

Unhappy men are the deadliest weapon on earth.

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4 years

Wishing Rush Limbaugh the same level of sympathy he displayed for Michael J. Fox.

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4 years

I’m a Black dude who grew up on heavy metal & hip hop, loves the work of John Carpenter & Julie Dash, read Japanese Nobel laureates & Don Diva magazine. Complex Black folks are nothing new. Each one of us is special but none of us are unique.

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The hardest part about watching #WhenTheySeeUs by @ava is knowing that police & prosecutors are using these same tactics on our kids, right now. Like right this second. This show isn’t history, it’s current events. @netflix

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4 years

All this havoc because you hated the fact of a Black President and the idea of a white woman becoming President. My God.

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Victor LaValle

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4 years

Your friendly reminder that this system is failing exactly who it’s meant to fail. It isn’t broken. This is how it was designed. But I believe it can be remade. When this is over, let’s do that.

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

In 2017 51 Republicans voted in tax relief for the wealthy. In 2021 0 Republicans voted in Covid relief for the country. That’s your whole political ad in the 2022 election cycle.

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BREAKING: The Senate has voted 50-49 in favor of moving the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package forward using budget reconciliation. No Republicans voted for the resolution.

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2 years

I love when people say, “The white characters in this historical film are cartoonishly evil.” And I’m like, “Sometimes sailors would bash African babies heads against the mast until they died then throw the bodies overboard.”

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5 years

As a person who has paid off his enormous student debt I would only feel joyful to know others weren’t saddled with the same. Only a goblin would make this argument.

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New post: "Elizabeth Warren's plan to cancel student loan debt would be a slap in the face to all those who struggled to pay off their loans"

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5 years

I credit Equifax for evil genius. Filed for $ 125 compensation for data breach. Today they email: I only get money if I prove I have credit monitoring elsewhere. If not I MUST accept theirs. They were never going to pay. If corporations are people they are the worst kind.

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Uber Ride during my LA trip: Driver: So what do you do? Me: I’m a writer. Driver: Movies or TV? Me: Books. Driver: ....Never heard that one before.

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4 years

Every cop that quits at the very *idea* of police accountability, is a Black life that has just been saved.

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5 years

Marie Kondo is, essentially, a great editor.

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5 years

BOOK CHALLENGE! Think of five books that changed your life then keep that information to yourself.

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5 years

I wrote a loving letter to Miles Morales for @nytimes . How Miles Morales Changed the Spider-Verse - The New York Times

How Miles Morales Changed the Spider-Verse (Published 2019)

The writer Victor LaValle reflects on the power of the Oscar-nominated “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” and its young hero.

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Remembering how embarrassed I felt the first time I said “hyperbole” out loud and a friend leaned close. “It’s HI-PER-BUH-LEE not HYPER-BOWL.” I was a freshman. In college.

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On this day the barrier between the living & the dead is at its thinnest. If you listen close you can hear the spirits whispering, “Impeach that motherfucker.” Happy Halloween!

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My process with my editor, a story in three parts: 1) My book is done. Please read and agree with me. 2) What? I’m not fixing all this stuff. 3) That really is much better. I’m kind of a genius!

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6 years

To celebrate Black History Month invite a black writer to speak at your school in any month but February.

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4 years

“I’m not going to stop the wheel. I’m going to break the wheel.”

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3 years

5 minutes before my zoom class: “I am about to collapse in stress and tears.” Class starts: “Hello, everyone! Happy to see you. Let’s begin.”

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

It’s hard to convince someone that democracy is in danger if they know, deep down, it isn’t actually in danger for *them.*

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5 years

The greatest trick the Devil ever played is making people believe meritocracy is a real thing.

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5 years

My favorite new A train hustle: guy with a bottle of skin lotion, selling two squirts for a quarter.

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3 years

Rather than thinking this is over now, we should think longer term. They will try again, whether with Trump in 2024 or someone else. If nothing else, fascism is unrelenting.

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4 years

No one is enjoying their meal at Cracker Barrel today.

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Victor LaValle

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2 years

As the son of a single mom, let me say a particular Merry Christmas to all the single mom’s making it happen on their own. Your kids can’t alway say it in the moment, but we remember how much you did for us. And we love you so much. Merry Christmas, Mom!!

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Victor LaValle

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5 years

How to Walk Single File for Two Seconds: a guide for couples on crowded sidewalks.

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5 years

Horror is a living, breathing genre. It adapts to the times better than any other I can think of. That’s why it never dies.

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5 years

Holy lord, the pushback I’ve been getting for my Bloomberg tweets is wild. Imagine being a billionaire apologist. They’re not kings. Don’t volunteer for serfdom.

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Victor LaValle

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6 years

We have a sporty 5 yr. old daughter. I regularly try to find books about such a girl. I have yet to find one. So I am going to write one.

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Victor LaValle

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6 years

Cambridge Analytica & Facebook didn’t make white Americans fearful and racist. They just exploited how racist many white Americans are. Worth pointing out.

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Victor LaValle

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5 years

Being inconvenienced isn’t the same as being oppressed.

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Victor LaValle

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4 years

Sometimes I think back to 2016 when Trump was first elected and people were so scared. Then I remember those who dismissively said that nothing would change and we were being melodramatic. Fuck them, that’s all I mean. Fuck them.

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Victor LaValle

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5 years

Wishing a lucky break for every writer out there who needs one.

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2 years

Keanu doesn’t need anyone to fight for him, but it’s pretty sweet to see about 1 billion people ready to do so at a moment’s notice.

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

Get yourself a life partner who is as galant to you as the FBI is when arresting a white terrorist.

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2 years

Writing tip: nothing is mundane if it’s well observed.

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5 years

Son: Daddy? Me: Yes? Son: What if I’m still in Mommy’s stomach and I’m just dreaming all of this?

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Victor LaValle

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5 years

Aja Newman checked in to Mount Sinai’s emergency room with shoulder pain. Her famous ER doctor sexually assaulted her. A whole medical community worked to shut her down. Aja Newman won. Powerful story and worth a read.

One Night at Mount Sinai

Aja Newman went to the emergency room for shoulder pain. Her doctor was a superstar. What’s the worst that could happen?

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

Reading books is amazing because you do it alone and then you don’t feel so alone.

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3 years

In the same spirit that Peter Thiel backed lawsuit destroyed Gawker, I would love to see Dominion sue Fox News for a trillion and bankrupt the whole network. They would deserve it.

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Victor LaValle

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6 years

If the most gangster character in your show, movie, or book isn’t an old woman then I don’t believe your story. No one is more gangster than an old woman who no longer gives a fuck.

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Victor LaValle

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5 years

I find it moving that even a writer as successful as the King can be dejected by a bad review. Remember that when you’re feeling low about the writing life. If you care about the work, you always risk a bit of pain by sharing it. But at least you were bold enough to risk it!

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There may come a day when some story I'm associated with--book, TV show, movie--will get a decent review from AV Club, but I'm not holding my breath.

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5 years

What age does a male candidate have to be before this country will reasonably consider electing a woman? My guess is 1000.

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4 years

If white fathers were better role models we wouldn’t be in all this trouble.

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Victor LaValle

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3 years

Let me clear my throat… THE CHANGELING IS COMING TO @AppleTV Starring LaKeith Stanfield. Directed by @melinamatsoukas Created/Written by @MissMarcel And with me joyfully collaborating closely throughout. I could not be happier. This is going to be special.

Variety

@Variety

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LaKeith Stanfield to Star in Series Adaptation of Victor LaValle Novel ‘The Changeling’ at Apple

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4 years

CORRECTION: the vaccine has actually been announced by Pfizer Total Landscaping.

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4 years

Had a white dude come on here and tell me to stop thinking so much about black people and, instead, “think about real life.” If that’s not whole root of the poison right there, I don’t know what is.

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5 years

Killed off a character that I cared about deeply today. Strange to say I’m mourning a figment of my imagination but I am.

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4 years

The number of brilliant non-white folks who lost out on a job or a promotion because their bosses couldn’t “imagine having a beer with them after work.”

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2 years

Our 9 year old slipped a $10 into my Father’s Day card and I don’t know who is the parent now.

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4 years

Who would’ve guessed a nation founded with genocide and slavery would devolve into chaos?

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I don’t know how America will ever recover from being exactly what it’s always been.

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5 years

At this point I’m just planning on stealing spooky story ideas from my kids. Like, why are the children in this one so happy?

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6 years

Many years ago a book of mine was a finalist for a very fine literary award. I didn’t win. At the ceremony finalists read a page from their works for the crowd. After the reading one of the judges pulled me aside and said something I’ve never forgotten:

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If the gatekeepers have never met someone like you before then they might not be able to understand the value of what you’re doing.

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4 years

Right wing preaching unity & forgiveness is like someone who sucker punches you, then when you square up they say, “Wait, wait, I don’t want to fight.”

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5 years

Some days you work on the book, other days the book works on you.

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6 years

“He would’ve been a good man,” the Misfit said, “if it had been somebody there to shame him in an elevator every minute of his life.”

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Victor LaValle

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4 years

Imagine teachers quitting because new laws against beating children were to be passed. Or doctors leaving the profession because of new laws against sexual harassment against women during visits. What would that tell you about why those people had joined those professions?

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Victor LaValle

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4 years

Remember the glorious stories about record early voting? *So many* of those votes haven’t even been counted yet. If it look close tonight, it may look *quite* different soon. The election isn’t decided tonight. We’ll see how it goes, but tonight ain’t it.

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Victor LaValle

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3 months

The early scene in True Detective: Night Country ep. 1 means more on a second watch. The scientists are giving cooking lessons, exercising, doing laundry; their nonchalance is more…telling after you watch the last episode. That’s the mark of a great show.

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6 years

The judge said, “If I’d heard you read before I read I might’ve had a better connection to your book. I just wasn’t familiar with your kind of voice.” I’m not mad about the loss at all. I tell this story to point out why diversity matters behind the scenes.

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4 years

Some of your favorite writers, absolute geniuses, are still scrambling to make ends meet well into their 70s, 80s, and 90s. People act like the arts is the home off dilettantes & slackers but you got to have *heart* to make art.

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No joke, I’m hoping to see a *lot* of white literary novels reckoning with the deeply held prejudices of their family members. You want powerful and poignant and a *new*? Write that.

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5 years

Spent three hours writing today. Ended up with one sentence. It was the right one though, so I feel golden.

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6 years

Deciding who does or does not have talent is not the job of a writing teacher.

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6 years

Being “taken in unharmed” has got to be the greatest superpower white Americans have.

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10 months

We’ll, it’s official now. THE CHANGELING premieres on Apple TV+ on September 8. If you’ve read the book, you know what’s about to happen on this subway car. I’m telling you folks, this show is going to be amazing.

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@AppleTV

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Their love is the stuff of fairytales. The Changeling premieres September 8 on Apple TV+

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My first book, collection of stories was rejected by an editor who said it didn’t depict “real” black life in NYC. Mind you, the closest this editor ever came to black life was crossing the street to avoid it. Eventually sold for 10k, to an excellent editor.

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5 years

Every Election Day is a reminder that Election Day should be a national holiday.

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5 years

Breaking news: the Supreme Court has decided to let you pay for Trump’s wall. Conservatives complaining about deficits can, as always, STFU.

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Breaking News: President Trump will be allowed to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build a border wall while litigation proceeds, the Supreme Court ruled

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4 years

I don’t feel bad if destroying Confederate monuments erases their history. After all, this country has done its damnedest to erase ours.

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4 years

I’ve seen some writers wondering if their work matters in this current situation. I know I need good books and stories even more these days. So, yes, it matters. Please keep writing.

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Victor LaValle

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Per WGA rules, I’m not doing any press for my new show. I *am* allowed to repost this here on my personal page however. I’m so so proud of what we made. Loooong journey but it’s almost here. Check out the trailer to THE CHANGELING.

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@AppleTV

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This fairy tale begins in a library in Queens. The Changeling premieres September 8 on Apple TV+

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Bloomberg hates the idea of paying more in taxes that would benefit millions of other Americans. He’s fine with the idea of throwing tens of millions of dollars into a garbage bin by running for President. Billionaire bullshit at its finest.

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BLOOMBERG is filing to run for president

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No More "We Can't Find Any Black Female Writers": Here Are 62 Scribes in One Photo

No More “We Can’t Find Any Black Female Writers”: Here Are 62 Scribes in One Photo

For THR's largest shoot ever, members of Black Women Who Brunch, co-founded by Lena Waithe, gathered to discuss how the industry can do better and what they wish their colleagues knew about being a...

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4 years

When someone pays you a compliment on your work accept it. Don’t overthink or second guess it. Just accept it.

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2 years

You know it’s real when they make a galley. LONE WOMEN is coming!

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3 years

Never give assholes the chance to reject you twice. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Variety

@Variety

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LeVar Burton says he's no longer interested in becoming the next #Jeopardy host.

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“Well, I guess it’s back to the crypt for another thousand year sleep.”

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5 years

Me and Marlon James chopped it up over drinks and dim sum to talk sex and speculative fiction, among other things. Both our new books drop today. His: BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF Mine: A PEOPLES FUTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Vulture

@vulture

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Authors Marlon James and @victorlavalle on the changing state of speculative literature and why they each left literary realism behind

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Donald Trump is the worst things Queens ever produced. And we made the Mets.

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4 years

I won a Bram Stoker Award tonight! What a wonderful piece of news. I’m so grateful for this honor. And to be in the company of such talented fellow nominees. Special thanks to @JonathanMaberry for bringing me on board. Thanks @HorrorWriters !

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@HorrorWriters

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2019 Bram Stoker Awards® Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Victor LaValle - Up from Slavery (Weird Tales Magazine #363 ) (Weird Tales Inc.) Congratulations! #bramstokerawards #HWA #horror

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Hawk on our air-conditioner.

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2 years

Never trust a book where the main character is done wrong by others but they never do others wrong.

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3 years

Dear Democrats: just pass some shit. Racism is powerful but it can get beaten by one thing: programs that make people’s lives demonstrably better. So….just pass some shit.

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