Alaya Dawn Johnson
@alayadj
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****DEFUNCT/UNATTENDED ACCOUNT**** FIND ME ON IG (SAME HANDLE) OR SUBSTACK (A STRANGER COMES HOME)
San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca
Joined August 2010
All right. It's time. I'm officially closing this account. There have been some great moments but I'm not here to support Apartheid Clyde in his next bid for supervillainy. Find me on Instagram (same handle) or my Substack (link in bio). Much love to all.
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Happening tomorrow (or today, depending where you are)! Tune in for a conversation between me and the always brilliant @malindalo about my new novel, The Library of Broken Worlds, courtesy of @Loyaltybooks.
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So excited to be in conversation with the brilliant @malindalo for this event next Tuesday! Please tune in if you can!.
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RT @imagineUCSD: Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? . Online platforms come and go, but the singular @alayadj is only the @ClarionUCSD Week 2….
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RT @thehoneypop: It's our favorite time of the month! Get the inside scoop on all the amazing books out this June! 😍📚 There are gems from @….
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With the summer coming we can't wait to dive into some new reads! These June 2023 book releases have something for everyone!
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Reminder that the annual SFWA auction fundraiser is happening now, and you have two more days to bid on awesome items, including a manuscript critique by me!
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RT @victoriwrites: #bookoftheweek is THE LIBRARY OF BROKEN WORLDS by @alayadj! An epic sff story that is wholly unique bc of its stellar wo….
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ICYMI, my essay on trauma, quantum physics, and being a science fiction writer came out in @lithub last week:
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Before I dedicated my life to taking pot-shots at the nature of the universe—I mean, before I became a science fiction writer—I was a frightened child. Death scared me, but living was the constant …
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RT @nytebird45: Readings #CelebratingOctavia from @carlbrandon: join @alayadj @AAhairsto @Ebonyteach @HenryLienAuthor @JIJennings @tinytemp….
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Have I mentioned how much I adore the UK edition of my book? No? And if you like this, just check out the unboxing videos of Harper's special Locked Library edition. 😍.
This epic tale of oppression and the cost of peace - #TheLibraryofBrokenWorlds by @alayadj where stories hide within other stories, and narrative has the power to heal… or to burn everything in its path.
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Excited to participate in this tomorrow!.
Loud and Proud YA Fantasies! Keep the spirit of Pride going strong on Thursday, June 22nd at 6pm with this Fantastic Queer YA event, featuring @lorraineavila_, Maya MacGregor, @tjbentonwalker, @alayadj, and @WriterikJB. RSVP:
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RT @torbooks: '#TroubletheSaints (@alayadj) is just plain gorgeous. It is gritty and violent and achingly real, but stitched through with f….
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Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand by Samuel R. Delany, The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell, Destroyer of Light by @jennbrissett. I know there's a lot more.
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I just saw a review of The Library of Broken Worlds that called it High Science Fiction, because why not, High Fantasy is a thing, and. I love this idea. What else is High SF? Elegance, big ideas, sweeping interstellar backgrounds? Definitely The Left Hand of Darkness. .
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That's why I write the stories that I write: in the hope that I can give someone else that back door, that I can help them see what's real in their own lives because they've shared the journey of a character confronting her own trauma, and healing.
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