Twitter for J. Expressions popup bookshop/mobile library (by @afutureancient). Promoting literary arts/artists in southeast Queens!

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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!

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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Congratulations!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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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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"Building with Books!" -- J. Expressions 2021 Newsletter 2 tinyletter.com/JExpressions/…

"Building with Books!" -- J. Expressions 2021 Newsletter 1 tinyletter.com/JExpressions/…

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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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Join me this Saturday! We will discuss anthems, make our own anthem books and write one for Lewis Latimer!
☀️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.
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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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If you are in Southeast Queens, please volunteer! Help keep the neighborhood clean!
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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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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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.@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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