Writer. Trinidad NYC.
Joined January 2011
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
25 Feb 2025
Get ready for our spring issue! We’ll have essays by @joel_whitney, Kristin Keane, @sqorio, and Adalena Kavanagh; interviews with @suzzannescanlon, @authenticdelroy, and @likaluca; @noahhawley in conversation with @TheRealJasonSch; poetry by Ocean Vuong; and so much more.
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14 Nov 2024
Writing is silly because sometimes I’ll drop a bar on the page and be like I can’t WAIT until everyone reads this in three years
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
19 Apr 2024
.@nypl revealed the five finalists for its Young Lions Fiction Award, given each year to a book by an author aged 35 or younger: @NK_Adjei, C Pam Zhang, @thisisejkoh, @magnoliasnmud, and @sqorio. The winner of this year’s prize will be announced June 13. ow.ly/7Q3e50Rkc3T
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
19 Apr 2024
To be a part of this group—@NK_Adjei, @sqorio, @magnoliasnmud, C Pam Zhang. Congratulations to the finalists. Thank you to the judges—@nycnovel, @CaoilinnHughes, Zain Khalid.
nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awa…
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
18 Apr 2024
Loved interviewing @NK_Adjei @sqorio and @magnoliasnmud last year, so I'm so dang glad to see these books all getting their due! Congrats all of y'all!
nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awa…
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
18 Apr 2024
Such super news for Eskor David Johnson @sqorio and his brilliant book PAY AS YOU GO.
18 Apr 2024
We just announced the finalists for the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award, honoring the works of five talented young authors!
Congratulations @NK_Adjei, @magnoliasnmud, @sqorio, @thisisEJKoh & C Pam Zhang.
→ 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
on.nypl.org/3xDpvRf
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
18 Apr 2024
We are so pleased to announce @sqorio is a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award from the @nypl for his book Pay As You Go nypl.org/help/about-nypl/awa…
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
18 Apr 2024
We just announced the finalists for the 24th annual Young Lions Fiction Award, honoring the works of five talented young authors!
Congratulations @NK_Adjei, @magnoliasnmud, @sqorio, @thisisEJKoh & C Pam Zhang.
→ 2024 Young Lions Fiction Award Finalists
on.nypl.org/3xDpvRf
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
10 Mar 2024
Eskor David Johnson considers "American Fiction": "Whether its participants intend to or not, the very presence of a white-centered market comes to dominate the imaginations of those who live and work within it." lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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13 Mar 2024
Hi all,
I wrote about American Fiction and the limits imposed on Black art for the LA Review of books:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/…
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12 Jul 2021
“Sports are like life, and American sports are like American life.”
I wrote about Sha'Carri, Instant Replay, and the dangers of being ruled by the rules.
medium.com/@eskor.johnson/th…
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3 Jul 2021
“Remember when comedians used to shut the fuck up? Me neither.”
I wrote about comedians having to toe the fine line of societal taste and bombastic disregard, the ones who succeed, and the ones who complain when they fail.
medium.com/@eskor.johnson/th…
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19 Jun 2021
Hi all,
I wrote about why I think “People of Color” is an awful term here on Medium: medium.com/@eskor.johnson/ag…
Happy #JuneTeenth!
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
20 Apr 2021
Great now do the whole system
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Eskor David Johnson retweeted
7 Jan 2021
Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol.
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