
This blog is an amalgamation of many things, and the general idea is to follow wherever the dopamine leads me at any given moment in time, which at the moment is soft golf boys. Be aware I am incapable of shutting up.
Icon is Scottie Scheffler (my beloved) drawn by @kirchefuchs

the sound cheese makes when thawing is
annoying
pleasant
fades into the background/dont pay attention to it/neutral

hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.

For my own future reference, and for anyone else who wants it, a list of authors mentioned in the notes. (I cannot promise this is comprehensive, there are a lot of reblogs and I might have missed some.) I've included a link for each author, where possible I've tried to find one that leads you to their books, prioritising own websites/publishers, falling back on wikipedia otherwise.
If you find any mistakes in the links let me know and I'll edit. This post will be in two parts, because I literally broke tumblr with how many authors there were. I think it's about a hundred and fifty.
- Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - speculative fiction
- Marguerite Abouet - graphic novels
- Elizabeth Acevedo - fiction, poetry
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - fiction
- Tomi Adeyemi - young adult fantasy
- K Ancrum - speculative contemporary young adult
- Lily Anderson - fiction
- Ashley Antoinette - fiction
- Ama Ata Aidoo - poetry, fiction, plays
- Kemi Ashing Giwa - speculative fiction
- Kalynn Bayron - young adult, fantasy
- Malorie Blackman - childrens' books, young adult
- Natasha Bowen - fantasy
- Gwendolyn Brooks - poetry
- Natasha Brown - fiction
- NoViolet Bulawayo - fiction
- Constance Burris - speculative fiction
- CL Clark - fantasy, speculative fiction
- Wahida Clark - urban fiction
- Lucille Clifton - poetry, fiction
- Alyssa Cole - romance, thrillers, graphic novels
- Kamilah Cole - fiction
- Claire Coleman - fiction, essays, poetry
- Maryse Condé - fiction, non-fiction, plays
- Emma Dabiri - non-fiction
- Edwidge Danticat - fiction
- Angela Davis - philosophy
- Carolina Maria De Jesus - memoir
- Hayley Dennings - fiction
- Tracy Deonn - fiction
- Nicky Drayden - speculative fiction
- Tananarive Due - horror, comics
- Camille Dungy - memoir, poetry
- Esi Edugyan - fiction
- Zetta Elliot - childrens' books, teen fiction, adult fiction
- Bernardine Evaristo - fiction
- Conceição Evaristo - fiction, non-fiction
- Eve Ewing - poetry, fiction, non-fiction, comics
- Radna Fabias - poetry
- Namina Forna - young adult fantasy
- Latoya Ruby Frazier - non-fiction
- Stella Gaitano - fiction
- Camryn Garrett - fiction, middle grade
- Roxane Gay - fiction, non-fiction, comics
- Nicole Glover - fantasy, speculative fiction
- Nikki Giovanni - poetry, essays
- Jewelle Gomez - fiction, plays
- Annette Gordon-Reed - non-fiction (history)
- Pumla Dineo Gqola - non-fiction
- Deanna Grey - romance
- Yaa Gyasi - fiction
- Andrea Hairston - fiction
- Lorraine Hansberry - plays
- Saidiya Hartman - non-fiction, theory
- Alexis Henderson - dark speculative fiction
- Adriana Herrera - romance
- Talia Hibbert - romance
- bell hooks - fiction, non-fiction, poetry
- Pauline Hopkins - fiction, non-fiction, plays
- Nalo Hopkinson - speculative fiction
- Jordan Ifueko - comics, fantasy, young adult
- Samantha Irby - non-fiction
- Justina Ireland - science fiction, fantasy, comics
- Meka James - contemporary and erotic romance
- Tiffany D Jackson - young adult
- Beverly Jenkins - romance
- Alaya Dawn Johnson - speculative fiction
- Micaiah Johnson - science fiction
- Mariame Kaba - non-fiction
- Petals Kalulé - fiction, poetry [Petals is noted as using she/they, I'm not 100% sure of their gender identity and past a certain point it feels weird to investigate too much]
- Mikki Kendall - fiction, non-fiction
- Jamaica Kincaid - fiction, non-fiction
- Zaire Krieger - poetry
- Nella Larsen - fiction
- Karmen Lee - romance
- Kirsten R. Lee - young adult
- Margot Lee Shetterly - non-fiction
- Audre Lourde - poetry, non-fiction

And here's part two:
- Terry Macmillen - fiction
- Robin Maynard - non-fiction
- Amber Mcbride - poetry, young adult
- Janet Mock - non-fiction, screenwriting
- Brittney Moris - comics, young adult, fantasy
- Bethany C Morrow - fiction, science fiction, young adult
- Leila Mottley - fiction, poetry
- Beatriz Nascimento - non-fiction
- Leticia Nascimento - I think non-fiction primarily
- Gloria Naylor - fiction
- Zora Neale Hurston - fiction, non-fiction
- Grace Nichols - poetry
- Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu - fiction
- Trifonia Melibea Obono - fiction
- Shirlene Obuobi - comics, fiction
- Nnendi Okorafor - science fiction
- Melatu Uche Okorie - fiction
- Chinelo Okparanta - fiction
- Helen Oyeyemi - fiction
- Nell Painter - non-fiction
- Morgan Parker - poetry, non-fiction
- Nikki Payne - romance
- Koleka Putuma - plays, poetry
- Claudia Rankine - poetry, plays, non-fiction
- Sarah Raughley - young adult
- Dia Reeves - fantasy, horror, science fiction
- Kiley Reid - fiction
- Stacy Reid - romance
- Djamila Ribero - philosophy
- Legacy Russell - fiction, non-fiction, poetry
- Layla F. Saad - non-fiction
- Sofia Samatar - fiction, non-fiction
- Liselle Sambury - fantasy
- Analeigh Sbrana - romance, fantasy
- Namwali Serpell - fiction
- Ntozake Shange - plays, poetry
- Christina Sharpe - non-fiction
- Nisi Shawl - fiction, alternate history
- Jamison Shea - dark fantasy/horror
- Patricia Smith - poet
- Tracy K Smith - poet
- Zadie Smith - fiction
- Sister Souljah - fiction
- Kiki Swinson - fiction
- Mildred D Taylor - young adult/children's lit
- Katerina Teaiwa - non-fiction
- Teresia Teaiwa - poetry
- Angie Thomas - young adult, middle grade
- Leah Thomas - non-fiction
- Spike Trotman - comics
- Tloto Tsamaase - science fiction
- Nikki Turner - urban fiction
- Maxine Tynes - poetry
- Ngozi Ukazu - comics
- Shola von Reinhold - fiction
- Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ - fiction
- Jasmine Walls - graphic novels
- Alice Walker - fiction, non-fiction, poetry
- Jesmyn Ward - fiction
- Monica West - fiction
- Phyllis Wheatley-Peters - poetry
- Rita Williams-Garcia - young adult, middle grade
- Stephanie Williams - comics, non-fiction
- Tia Williams - fiction, romance
- Raquel Willis - non-fiction
- Jamila Woods - poetry
- Jacqueline Woodson - childrens' books, young adult, fiction, poetry
- Alexis Wright - fiction, non-fiction
- Zane - erotic fiction
- Fiona Zedde - fiction
One note - Nisi Shawl is genderfluid and goes by they/them, though there are a bunch of older printings of their books that have their previous pronoun set in them so I’m not surprised folk added them to this list of suggestions.

thank you for catching that 🫡

Jamison Shea is also nonbinary and uses they/them

tumblr is such a different animal than other social media platforms for so many reasons obviously but one thing i really find funny about it is how on other sites if i see something that doesn't interest me i don't follow or don't like the post. but on here if someone i follow starts posting exclusively about something really niche that i have no interest in my reaction is never to unfollow. its just part of the natural environment. like oh mutual is now really into pro wrestling? ok i guess ill be seeing these guys around now

a pretty wedding pic, finally! :)
these two probably both teared up while saying their vows to each other... (funfact: murat cried the whole night before the wedding and good thing teia found a mage to help him with his red eyes and slightly swollen face. he was too excited and happy viago please stop yelling.🥺🥺🥺) also murat is a proud de riva-dellamorte now. also2 the wedding takes place 2-3 years after datv.
there'll be more wedding pics and maybe a little comic strip which i think is hilarious. so stay tuned!!
+ a sillie (how could it be without it) feat viago and teia
+ some bonus pics
Counter point, those machines can make me a peach sprite.
guys did you know the tech in that nefangled machine revolutionized preemie healthcare
yeah the guy who invented them made incredibly precise infusion pumps (as opposed to gravity fed ivs) which not only meant they could give medications to teeny tiny babies safely, it's also used for insulin pumps and portable dialysis machines. the key element is that it's a peristaltic pump so the liquid stays in sterile tubing for safety
(unholy drink cloaca uses it to dispense precise amounts of flavored sugar syrup)