Founder @Umbu___ Carleton @JSchool_Cu alumna | 2017 William Southam Journalism Fellow @MasseyCollege | @tuzonyerere | bylines @udadisi @thechanzo @thecitizentz
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Joined August 2011
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I said this before and will say it again, my daughter is an AMAZING writer and artist! These are her masterpieces. DO NOT STEAL THEM!!! 😄
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It's my birthday today and I’m please to announce what I’ve been working on: @joinmissa (beta).
Nearly 3,000 open calls, grants, residencies, fellowships and magazines for artists and writers, all in one place.
Free in beta. Go find your next yes: usemissa.com
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Some amazing news! My story “We Are Sorry For Your Suffering,” the December 2025 issue of One Story, is a “Distinguished Story” in the just-out Best American Short Stories anthology (2026), edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen! Thanks to all involved! Honored to be listed here!
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“In mathematics the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems."
- Georg Cantor (1845 - 1918)
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“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7
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How to Be an African Writer in the AI Era by Tope Folarin
A past winner of the Caine Prize draws a hard lesson from the controversy over its latest recipient.
Archived, no paywall link to the Atlantic article is here: archive.ph/8H2o7
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Neno la leo: Mbuya
Mbuya ni rafiki wa mtu ambaye mara nyingi wako pamoja.
#ElimikaWikiendi
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anne carson is proof that a phd in the humanities provides you with transferable skills
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Anne Carson. “You could whisper down a well. You could write a letter and keep it in a drawer. You could inscribe a curse on a ribbon of lead and bury it in the ground to lie unread for thousands of years. The point is not to find a reader, the point is the telling itself.”
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Princeton denied her tenure.
Congratulations to Anne Carson on receiving the 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature.
Carson taught at Princeton University in the 1980s and was recently on campus to deliver the 2025 Fagles Lecture: bit.ly/3TteJZj
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
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Zaburi 25:4–5
“Ee Bwana, unionyeshe njia zako, unifundishe mapito yako.”
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At the @festofauthors on October 29, series editor @laheyam and I will be presenting BEST CANADIAN POETRY 2027, and selected readings from some of the featured poets.
ALT Graphic with the following text against a background showing the side profile of a smiling audience: Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2026 Toronto International Festival of Authors
ALT Book cover featuring the following text: Best Canadian Poetry 2027 Selected by Tolu Oloruntoba
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Congratulations to our first #NobelPrize laureate of 2026 🎉
Early this morning Karl Deisseroth found out he was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
He seems very happy with the news!
ALT Karl Deisseroth on the phone looking happy
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Has anyone booked a solo trip near a beach for the sole purpose of just crying and reflecting on life for a week? Seriously considering this 😅
Tell me your stories!
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Well, I wasn't expecting that one! Best writing news of 2026 so far. Thank you so much @StanchionZine !!
Behold. Rejoice. Exclaim.
Stanchion Magazine's 2027 Best Small Fictions nominees are here. What another banner year for flash fiction in the pages of my wee publication.
Read all 5 pieces in full here:
stanchionzine.com/post/stanc…
cc: @brecht_dp @travis_shosa @MCzyzniejewski
