Dr. Jennifer Maritza McCauley (Mah-reet-za)
@maritzareader47
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Author of SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, WHEN TRYING TO RETURN HOME and Kinds of Grace.@NEAarts fellow. Fiction Editor at @pleiadesmag. Asst Professor. Loves anime & comics.
Joined April 2023
Hey y'all! No longer on this thing for obvious reasons. But you can contact me elsewhere :) <3
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new bookstore visited today: People's Book in Takoma Park, MD! and spotted my latest read, When Trying to Return Home by Jennifer Maritza McCauley so i had to take a pic of the beautiful book cover 🥰🥰🥰 @CounterpointLLC @maritzareader47
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The world is better with you in it. Thanks for staying with us. 💙
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe at the “Blues and Gospel Train” concert on May 7, 1964.
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“Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” ― Franz Kafka, born on this day in 1883
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“Jazz is not just music, it's a way of life, it's a way of being, a way of thinking.” — Nina Simone
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I’m glad you came out of hiding, reclaimed your voice, and started honoring your heart.
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10 years ago today…Remember: Ethel Lance Rev. Depayne Middleton-Doctor Tywanza Sanders Rev. Clementa Pinckney Cynthia Graham Hurd Susie Jackson Daniel Simmons Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Myra Thompson #MotherEmanuel #Charleston #EndRacism #EndAntiBlackHate
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“They got money for wars but can't feed the poor" — Tupac Shakur
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Never, ever thought I’d see my work in @pleiadesmag, let alone that the lovely editor Jennifer Maritza McCauley would DM to solicit work from me. But both these amazing things have happened. 🙏 😭
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Alice Coltrane plays live with Pharaoh Sander. 📽️: an excerpt from the 16mm short documentary "A Love Supreme" made for a segment of National Education Television's Black Journal (1970). #alicecoltrane #pharoahsanders
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The right person will make you fall in love with yourself too.
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“Life is a very bad novelist. It is chaotic and ludicrous.” —Javier Marías
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Your monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write.
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“The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.” — Duke Ellington
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You’re a cycle breaker - generational cycles are fading in your lifetime. Embrace your new life. Give thanks. You’ve outgrown the former model.
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"To starve a people of their language, is to kill their memory."- Ngugi wa Thiongo
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