Happy about:

Having the opportunity to see Kara Walker’s latest installation, “Katastwof Karavan” at Algiers Point this weekend. Inspired by the history of Algiers Point, where slaves were held after arriving from Africa, Kara Walker built this caravan and installed a working calliope in it. She held performances several times this past week where songs of black liberation were played on the calliope. It sounded kind of like music and kind of like hundreds of terrified humans screaming in agony.

Delighted by:

Oprah surprising Tiffany Haddish on Ellen’s show. Tiffany Haddish is a treasure. “You said that to me in a dream!”

Relieved about:

Being assured that the MOTHERFUCKING SNAKE I found in my garden is not a water moccasin. I was very afraid that it was a water moccasin, but no, it is a non-venomous plain-bellied water snake. If it comes back, I can spray it with a hose to make it go away. In fact I think that the snake and I can live in harmony. But look how fat this snake is! Would you not be alarmed if you walked out on your porch and beheld such a snake?

What’s keeping you going this week? Link it up below or get at me in the comments!

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But anyway! On to the links!

The cost of reporting while female.

I always love reading the Lithub discussions of how book designers come up with their book covers. This is a particularly good one.

If you want to read romance, but you’re not sure where to start, Kelly Faircloth has your recs. I can cosign just about every one of these that I’ve read, so trust and believe that this is a good list for a romance newbie.

Oh yeah and then Kelly Faircloth talked to a bunch of romance novelists about how to make consent sexy. What a great idea to ask this question of people who spend their professional lives doing that very thing.

“Wakanda is a fictional place, but Wakanda is also an idea.” Sayantani DasGupta (middle grade author!) on spaces created by and for people of color.

(There is probably a ton of amazing writing on Black Panther, y’all, but since I haven’t seen it yet, I haven’t read any of it. Please drop your favorite Black Panther takes in the comments for after I do see it.)

Who wants a list of anticipated 2018 debut novels? ME OBVIOUSLY.

Tanita Davis writes about Daniel Handler and the way we respond to racist vs sexual harassment.

On Bari Weiss and the concept of the perpetual foreigner.

The Oxfam sex scandal arises from the charity industry’s white savior mentality, says Afua Hirsch of the Guardian.

Have a wonderful weekend, one and all!

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