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A confession about educating in the current moment.
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November 22, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Imani Perry joins the podcast to discuss the place of gender, politics, and cultural life in the work of Black Studies. Here or on your preferred stream: go.umd.edu/ImaniPerry
Imani Perry - Department of African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · April 27 · 42m
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April 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Imani Perry joins the podcast to discuss the place of gender, politics, and cultural life in the work of Black Studies. Here or on your preferred stream: go.umd.edu/ImaniPerry
My fave #read last month was #Erasure by #PercivalEverett, which did double duty for my reading for pleasure & #reading for #writing. Added new #books to my library, including from #TaraRoberts & #ImaniPerry. #BookSky #BlackBookSky #WriterSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #BookLovers #WritersWrite
March 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
My fave #read last month was #Erasure by #PercivalEverett, which did double duty for my reading for pleasure & #reading for #writing. Added new #books to my library, including from #TaraRoberts & #ImaniPerry. #BookSky #BlackBookSky #WriterSky #AuthorSky #WritingCommunity #BookLovers #WritersWrite
“South to America” by #ImaniPerry #WritersWrite
November 16, 2024 at 12:56 PM
“South to America” by #ImaniPerry #WritersWrite
Highly recommend this thoughtful, poetic, historical book “Black in Blues” by @imaniperry.bsky.social . #blackexcellence #booksky #blackauthors #blackinblues #imaniperry #books #reading #blackhistory
February 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Highly recommend this thoughtful, poetic, historical book “Black in Blues” by @imaniperry.bsky.social . #blackexcellence #booksky #blackauthors #blackinblues #imaniperry #books #reading #blackhistory
Currently reading #ImaniPerry ‘s book and savoring every g*dd*a*n word.
Drops in January. Pre-order now.
Drops in January. Pre-order now.
November 13, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Currently reading #ImaniPerry ‘s book and savoring every g*dd*a*n word.
Drops in January. Pre-order now.
Drops in January. Pre-order now.
January 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
What an incredible event! Octavia E. Butler's work truly reshapes the SFF landscape. Can't wait to hear the insights from @imaniperry and @tananarivedue! 🌟📚 #OctaviaButler #S
Next Monday, 11/24, two celebrated writers and scholars explore the craft and influence of Octavia E. Butler. Join @imaniperry.bsky.social and @tananarivedue.bsky.social for an evening dedicated to the revered SFF author’s luminous imagination. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What an incredible event! Octavia E. Butler's work truly reshapes the SFF landscape. Can't wait to hear the insights from @imaniperry and @tananarivedue! 🌟📚 #OctaviaButler #S
March 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
...against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement! ✨🥼
Now available in paperback, LEGACY is “required reading” according to @gayleking, and @imaniperry calls this triumphant debut “vulnerable, human, and brilliant…
Now available in paperback, LEGACY is “required reading” according to @gayleking, and @imaniperry calls this triumphant debut “vulnerable, human, and brilliant…
March 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
...against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement! ✨🥼
Now available in paperback, LEGACY is “required reading” according to @gayleking, and @imaniperry calls this triumphant debut “vulnerable, human, and brilliant…
Now available in paperback, LEGACY is “required reading” according to @gayleking, and @imaniperry calls this triumphant debut “vulnerable, human, and brilliant…
Back when I had my Twitter account, I had scheduled a daily tweet that said, “Black people are not a monolith”. I spotted this same sentiment in @ImaniPerry book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People.
February 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Back when I had my Twitter account, I had scheduled a daily tweet that said, “Black people are not a monolith”. I spotted this same sentiment in @ImaniPerry book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People.
Here are two of this year's #LGBTQ Nonfiction Lammy finalists! Make sure to check them out! @imaniperry and Jim Elledge.
Speaking of, make sure to grab your tickets for this year Lammy Awards! Purchase them here: https://bit.ly/2NKqSCN
Speaking of, make sure to grab your tickets for this year Lammy Awards! Purchase them here: https://bit.ly/2NKqSCN
December 1, 2024 at 5:13 AM
Here are two of this year's #LGBTQ Nonfiction Lammy finalists! Make sure to check them out! @imaniperry and Jim Elledge.
Speaking of, make sure to grab your tickets for this year Lammy Awards! Purchase them here: https://bit.ly/2NKqSCN
Speaking of, make sure to grab your tickets for this year Lammy Awards! Purchase them here: https://bit.ly/2NKqSCN
For my past two solo shows at @lns_gallery , I have had an intimate exploration of a book, on the tail end of the run of the show. For 'Mementos of the Sun' it was @imaniperry book "Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People".
March 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For my past two solo shows at @lns_gallery , I have had an intimate exploration of a book, on the tail end of the run of the show. For 'Mementos of the Sun' it was @imaniperry book "Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People".
It has a place of honor on my memoir shelf.
February 28, 2026 at 3:30 AM
It has a place of honor on my memoir shelf.
“Not only is there extreme difficulty in remedying discrimination, there is a commitment to keeping discrimination intact,” said Imani Perry, professor at Harvard University. #DorothyBrown #ReparationsNow #ImaniPerry #Reparations #Juneteenth #Evanston www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwu...
‘A commitment to keeping discrimination intact’: Scholars react to Trump’s fight against equity
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June 20, 2026 at 9:49 PM
“Not only is there extreme difficulty in remedying discrimination, there is a commitment to keeping discrimination intact,” said Imani Perry, professor at Harvard University. #DorothyBrown #ReparationsNow #ImaniPerry #Reparations #Juneteenth #Evanston www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgwu...
Black in Blues is one of the most anticipated books of the year from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, and it just hit shelves!
HC: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
Audio: tidd.ly/3CvL214
Ebook: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
#ImaniPerry
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HC: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
Audio: tidd.ly/3CvL214
Ebook: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
#ImaniPerry
*affiliate link
Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
How a Color Tells the Story of My People
bookshop.org
January 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Black in Blues is one of the most anticipated books of the year from National Book Award winner Imani Perry, and it just hit shelves!
HC: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
Audio: tidd.ly/3CvL214
Ebook: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
#ImaniPerry
*affiliate link
HC: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
Audio: tidd.ly/3CvL214
Ebook: bookshop.org/a/1095/97800...
#ImaniPerry
*affiliate link
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Tell the origin stories of the parts of you that are most beautiful and good, even if just to yourself. How did you get to be so precious in this way or that? In the muck of so much ugliness we have to tend to our best selves and offer them to one another.
Tell the origin stories of the parts of you that are most beautiful and good, even if just to yourself. How did you get to be so precious in this way or that? In the muck of so much ugliness we have to tend to our best selves and offer them to one another.
IMANI PERRY (@imaniperry)
Tell the origin stories of the parts of you that are most beautiful and good, even if just to yourself. How did you get to be so precious in this way or that? In the muck of so much ugliness we have t...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
☺️☺️☺️
Tell the origin stories of the parts of you that are most beautiful and good, even if just to yourself. How did you get to be so precious in this way or that? In the muck of so much ugliness we have to tend to our best selves and offer them to one another.
Tell the origin stories of the parts of you that are most beautiful and good, even if just to yourself. How did you get to be so precious in this way or that? In the muck of so much ugliness we have to tend to our best selves and offer them to one another.
Imani Perry's questions, and a link to her newsletter:
"Writing requires me to answer a series of four intimately bound questions before I begin in earnest: What is the point? What are the particulars? What is the mystery? And what is its beating heart."
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"Writing requires me to answer a series of four intimately bound questions before I begin in earnest: What is the point? What are the particulars? What is the mystery? And what is its beating heart."
substack.com/@imaniperry
IMANI PERRY | Substack
Imani Perry is an intellectual, a writer of creative nonfiction, a mother of 2 amazing young adults, a professor, a 50 something movement baby, a native of Alabama, a dweller in the worlds of art, lit...
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November 10, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Imani Perry's questions, and a link to her newsletter:
"Writing requires me to answer a series of four intimately bound questions before I begin in earnest: What is the point? What are the particulars? What is the mystery? And what is its beating heart."
substack.com/@imaniperry
"Writing requires me to answer a series of four intimately bound questions before I begin in earnest: What is the point? What are the particulars? What is the mystery? And what is its beating heart."
substack.com/@imaniperry
Ethics & care. What if we started talking about each other in terms of "ethics & care," as @imaniperry does? Can you imagine?
November 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Ethics & care. What if we started talking about each other in terms of "ethics & care," as @imaniperry does? Can you imagine?