Twitter for J. Expressions popup bookshop/mobile library (by @afutureancient). Promoting literary arts/artists in southeast Queens!
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29 Jan 2021
Follow J. Expressions on Instagram (@jexpressionsbookshop) for a weekly spotlight on each contributor of the first issue of Jam Journal! JamJournalLit.com to read entire issue!
J. Expressions Books retweeted
4 Sep 2022
Join us and @JExpressBooks's @afutureancient on September 7 at 12PM for the next installment in her Wellness Wednesdays You Are Your Best Thing Writing Workshop.
The best conversation about health and wellness happens right here!
facebook.com/QPLNYC/live_vid…
youtu.be/XWj63V3zeG4
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
3 Aug 2022
Join us and @JExpressBooks's @afutureancient on August 3 at 12PM for the next installment in her Wellness Wednesdays You Are Your Best Thing Writing Workshop.
The best conversation about health and wellness happens right here!
facebook.com/QPLNYC/live_vid…
youtu.be/0VXyg7D6vj4
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
25 Mar 2022
Tag/Send to an artist! We're thrilled to announce the return of our Artists Residency and Training Seminar Series, known as ARTWorks.
ARTWorks is a Fellowship focused on career sustainability for emerging visual artists.
Learn more: jcal.submittable.com/submit/…
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
12 Apr 2022
We're pleased to announce the premiere of Season 3 of the @QueensMemory Podcast! Here's a sneak preview.
Listen to Episode 1 now, and subscribe to the Queens Memory Podcast on @Spotify, @ApplePodcasts, @Stitcher, @Google Podcasts, and @PodcastAddict! queensmemory.org/podcast/
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
3 Mar 2022
For #WomensHistoryMonth, we are thrilled to be working with @afutureancient on the Re-Memory workshop series. Join us to read works by Black women poets to reflect on and discuss the concept of memory. Saturday 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 at 1 pm. Register: bit.ly/3upnvZm
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
28 Feb 2022
A highlight from the #QPLArchives, “Blueprint for Change: The Life and Times of Lewis H. Latimer,” a book about African American inventor Lewis Howard Latimer, published in 1995 by @qplnyc.
Visit @lewislatimerhouse to learn more about the inventor and his achievements.
ALT A book cover with a collage of images that show technical drawings for a light bulb and other inventions, under a photograph in the center of inventor Lewis H. Latimer, a Black man in a suit with small spectacles.
ALT A black and white photo showing a group of people in formal dress staning in three rows.
ALT A technical drawing for an electric light bulb by Lewis H. Latimer.
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
4 Dec 2021
This holiday season, join us for our in-person Holiday Tinker Festival and Traditional Tree Lighting! We will be making pop-up architecture holiday cards, courtesy of our partners at @aiaqueens & @QfArch among other fun activities. Register here: holiday-tinker-fest.eventbri…
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
4 Dec 2021
Call for papers: @Center4BlackLit invites scholars to submit proposals on the work of Tracy K. Smith, Jacqueline Woodson, Herb Boyd, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Haki R. Madhubuti, and/or John Oliver Killens. The deadline is January 7, 2022. #SchomburgCenter centerforblackliterature.org…
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
2 Nov 2021
For our fourth session, we will be reading the Outing, Sonny’s Blues among other excerpts in discussing queerness & religion in the Black community with Sherese Francis @afutureancient. RSVP today: james-baldwin.eventbrite.com
#JamesBaldwin #BlackQueerMagic #ReadingGroup #Queens
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
30 Aug 2021
Thank you everyone for coming to our Natural An/Dems Outdoor Poetry & Bookmaking Workshop with artist @afutureancient last Saturday! Tag us @LatimerHouse to share your work ❤️ #art #workshop #nycmuseums
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25 Aug 2021
Join me this Saturday! We will discuss anthems, make our own anthem books and write one for Lewis Latimer!
24 Aug 2021
☀️Summer is not over yet! This Saturday at 3:00 pm, come to the beautiful garden at LLHM and join our Natural An/Dems Outdoor Poetry & Bookmaking Workshop as the closing for the My Soul Will Be a Star exhibition and part of artist Sherese Francis’ Herbarium Verbarium series.
J. Expressions Books retweeted
22 Aug 2021
For our 125th anniversary, we’re collecting your memories for our archives. Share your Queens Public Library story online and you could also win a prize package of QPL swag and signed copies of great books about Queens! connect.queenslibrary.org/81… #QPL125
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
12 Aug 2021
If you are in Southeast Queens, please volunteer! Help keep the neighborhood clean!
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
11 Aug 2021
For our 125th anniversary, we’re collecting your memories for our archives. Share your Queens Public Library story online and you could also win a prize package of QPL swag and signed copies of great books about Queens! connect.queenslibrary.org/81… #QPL125
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
19 Jul 2021
NEW INTERVIEW ALERT: Born & raised in Queens, Dr. Jessica Harris is an award-winning expert on the food and foodways of the African Diaspora. Her book, High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America served as the inspiration for the show on Netflix of the same name.
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J. Expressions Books retweeted
4 Jul 2021
.@JExpressBooks Thanks for ur sweet R/T! Join #TMPoets @PoetrySocietyNY #NYCPoFest rain/shine on Governors Island Sat. 7/24/21 @ 2:30 on Algonquin Stage!
@MariaLisella: Big-time thanks for ur @QPLNYC #workshop in Jan 2021 - from which emerged #TMPoets Thursday Morning Poets!
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