I coined and trademarked the word: Angelcestor. I write novels, short stories, and essays. Professor by day. Foolish Dreamer. Globetrotter. Time Traveler.
Joined September 2008
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26 Jun 2019
in this episode on this, her 94th birthday, my grandmother talks about not believing she’s 94, the hazards of smoking and drinking and the bullshit that some folk call love.
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26 Sep 2025
Happy Birthday, Bernice L. McFadden @queenazsa. Harlan & his trumpeter friend leave the USA to perform at a cabaret in Montmartre. Then comes the Nazi occupation, & the young men are thrown into the Buchenwald concentration camp, irreparably changing the course of Harlan's life.
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29 Sep 2025
Fun fact:
Steak & Shake owner Sardar Biglari is a refugee who emigrated from Iran to escape an authoritarian theocracy
He is also the largest shareholder of Cracker Barrel
28 Sep 2025
Charlie Kirk 1993-2025
Stand up. Speak Out. Stay Bold.
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Happy Belated Birthday to one of my faves, the illustrious @queenazsa.
#BerniceMcFadden
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27 Sep 2025
BREAKING NEWS: Nobel Prize committee announces that @realDonaldTrump has been permanently disqualified from all future awards due to his renaming US Defense Dept "Department of War."
Community note
This "press release" originated on the X account of a parody website. There were no media announcements about any such disqualification and the organization behind the prize does not communicate about current nominations.
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/202…
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4 Sep 2025
Well actually…
A thread.
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‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler nytimes.com/2025/08/23/books… via @NYTimes
“One of the biography’s most compelling themes is Butler’s sustained critique of American imperialism.”
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Bernice L. McFadden retweeted
27 Aug 2025
At least 20 people injured and two killed in a mass shooting just now at Annunciation Catholic Church and its school in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Prayers aren’t working. We need action. If prayers worked a house of prayer wouldn’t experience this.
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10 Aug 2025
"Black people are the first people. Black people are the mothers and fathers of everybody on this planet."
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30 Jul 2025
Watch this!
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17 Jul 2025
Back in 2008, I was trying to find a home for my novel: Glorious. Editor after editor rejected the book claiming that there wasn't an audience for the story. It was a repeat of what I had experienced in the early 90's when I was trying to find a home for my debut novel: SUGAR.
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17 Jul 2025
and I have a hand written letter from the late, great Toni Morrison, praising my sophomore novel: The Warmest December. I'm telling you all of that to tell you this: A few weeks ago a publishing professional stated that this new novel I'm working on could be used as a stepping
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17 Jul 2025
"build my career." I can talk about erasure here but that's something I'll touch on in another post. Anyway, it's just like what Mark Twain said about history not always repeating itself but definitely rhyming....
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