Lover of truth. Freedom fighter. Author. HEIR TO THE CRESCENT MOON (Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction). https://uipress.uiowa.edu/books/heir-crescent-moonhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3mnv7tkix6c27The Knicks may have lost yesterday, but they're still an inspiration. https://open.substack.com/pub/sufiyasa/p/inspiration-icon-new-york-knicks?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2f4k6g09 Jun 2026 22:14 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv7tkix6c27https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3meyqdl5tvs26Happy Black History Month. https://open.substack.com/pub/sufiyasa/p/to-support-or-nah?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2f4k6g16 Feb 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyqdl5tvs26https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3m3w2dewvkc26Worth watching the story or reading the transcript https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-sherald-on-portraiture-and-impact-of-michelle-obama-painting-60-minutes-transcript/24 Oct 2025 04:35 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3w2dewvkc26https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3m2rf4uks7c2dI'm on Substack! Trying something new. All about trying to provide uplift. Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. https://substack.com/@sufiyasa/note/p-175302055?r=2f4k6g&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web I would be so honored.09 Oct 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2rf4uks7c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lz256hh6gs2wYou 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.17 Sep 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz256hh6gs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lyq4ytoebs2qLook at your girl, inspiring the masses. https://pridepublishinggroup.com/2025/09/10/black-authors-and-illustrators-confront-publishing-bias-amid-growing-literacy-disparity/13 Sep 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyq4ytoebs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lxyfox7tuc2whttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-patterson-launches-go-finish-your-book-grants-for-authors/04 Sep 2025 05:22 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxyfox7tuc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lxkqlkikzs2aYes, Cherry Tree is open for submissions. Please submit your Creative Nonfiction! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2025 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxkqlkikzs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lxhjur5jhs23Woohoo! [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2025 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhjur5jhs23https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lwbtknt67k2kHeading into the nation's militarized zone. Going to work in DC today. Wish me luck.13 Aug 2025 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbtknt67k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lw5tgqysec2pIsrael 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“The11 Aug 2025 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw5tgqysec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3ltsx3n4mrs2yNo wonder people don't understand how I can be from Nassau. SMH. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/nyregion/nassau-county-police-officers-ice-masks.html13 Jul 2025 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltsx3n4mrs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3ltliy6wps22rTrump compliments Liberian leader's English https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/09/trump-liberia-english/ *President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia — a nation founded by African Americans* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/09/trump-liberia-english/President10 Jul 2025 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltliy6wps22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3ltlhwxr2gk2r205 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 https://share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8oieCc10 Jul 2025 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlhwxr2gk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lti2vipz4k2q@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.08 Jul 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lti2vipz4k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3ltbjslw75k2iAs 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. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/us/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson.html06 Jul 2025 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltbjslw75k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lszucdl7y22hhttps://deadline.com/2025/07/stevie-wonder-doc-martin-luther-king-jr-day-1236446693/03 Jul 2025 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lszucdl7y22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lsyiqpry3k2hLove this. Just what I needed to see. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2025 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyiqpry3k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lscgsrbgjk27I'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!23 Jun 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lscgsrbgjk27https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lsagodnwhc23It's his new shoes. Three times in the 2 weeks since he got them? What's up? [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsagodnwhc23https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3ls4lp7hbrs26I 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!21 Jun 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4lp7hbrs26https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lrvnewytq22iJuneteenth reading tomorrow night. Here's the link: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/events18 Jun 2025 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvnewytq22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lrtmdwg7zc23Looking forward to celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday. Here's something I'll be doing:17 Jun 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrtmdwg7zc23https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lrp4bfzlhk2aUh, 3 prominent Dems--Weingarten, Hogg, and Jean-Pierre--quitting the committee or the party in as many weeks is not a good sign. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2025 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrp4bfzlhk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lriwsfhnzs26“Now is the perfect opportunity to be taking risks—using your voice as a writer, a designer, a journalist, or whatever you want to be,” Ibrahim says. “With the world being so unpredictable, I think people want to hear and see people [risking something].” https://racketmn.com/hawwaa-ibrahims-sustainable-inclusive-fashion-biz13 Jun 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lriwsfhnzs26https://bsky.app/profile/mrsabolitionist.bsky.social/post/3lriwaq3dwk26I could hear him say "Sen. Alex Padilla" pretty clearly. The strong-arming was completely uncalled for. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2025 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:6eq57ssdxavsvmfvywsd2thy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lriwaq3dwk26