Jessica Powers
@jlpowers
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J.L. Powers writes books. Under Water pubbed in Feb 2019. She's publisher at @catalyst_press, writes w/ bro @powers_squared, freelances at https://t.co/5AWcDq7zOI.
El Paso, Texas
Joined January 2009
RT @lithub: @jlpowers and @kenechiuzor on how Catalyst and Iskanchi Press are bringing African writers to wider audiences. .
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I met Kenechi Uzor a few years ago when he was new to publishing and launching his press, which focuses on publishing African writers. My own company, Catalyst Press, which also focuses on publishi…
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RT @wwborders: "Now I have decided. I will travel to search for her in every place." For #ReadingAfrica week, we're returning to this work….
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RT @wwborders: “Every so often a name spreads so far out that an entire community comes to believe nobody else is entitled to bear it. “ We….
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RT @catalyst_press: "I see an Africa that writes, & publishes, for Africa and beyond, with the focus on supporting the African way of writi….
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AiW Guests: Maureen Masamba, Azafi Omoluabi, Goretti Kyomuhendo, and Mutesi Gasana, with Jessica Powers. As part of this year’s #ReadingAfricaWeek, in the second part of this publishing serie…
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RT @GlobalLitin: Lit Hub: Books that travel: a report from the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair . #ReadingAfri….
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All photos courtesy of e-Kitabu. In 1993, I was a teenager, volunteering to work with street children in Kibera, the largest “slum” on the continent of Africa. I held babies, played hokey-pokey and…
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RT @catalyst_press: Though we don't publish any work by Palestinian writers (yet!), we wanted to support as best we could. Visit our site t….
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