#PettyPendergrass

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here because formerly-twitter is trash. and still, just like a magazine, i got issues. artsy. writersy. professory.

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#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· 1d

Texts and DMs from people reading From Infinite World bring me genuine joy … ! Don’t be left out (i am a terrible salesperson 🥴😬😩😂 but) … Preorder your copy today! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

A text message exchange between me and a friend about the book From Infinite World, with an image of the book’s cover.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· 6d

the table of contents for From Infinite World … coming soon! preorder today! (preorders are really important, sorry for posting over and over again 🥴 but also, preorder! lol) wwnorton.com/books/978132...

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· 15d

i was on vacation/a writing retreat for the past week and change, so i didn’t get a chance to hold the ARC in my hands until early early early this morning and i am so grateful! look at it! it’s so thiiiicccccc (a baddie, forreal! lol) … !

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· 19d

John Askew was a musical genius and a kind person. I wrote about him in From Infinite World. I hope you learn more about him from the book. wwnorton.com/books/978132... #JohnAskew #BlackGospelMusic #FromInfiniteWorld

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· 23d

Advance Reader Copies arrived at the publisher today … I’ll have mine later this week. I’m so grateful for this book of difficult and beautiful lives. I hope you enjoy it! Preorder today! wwnorton.com/books/978132... #FromInfiniteWorld #BlackGospelMusic #BlackChurch #TheSoulsOfBlackFolks

cover of the book From Infinite World: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church being held in someone’s hand, in front of a window with a view of a street below.

four copies of the book From Infinite World: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church in a box.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jun 30

Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for mentioning From Infinite World in their Fall 2026 preview! I’m excited to share it with you all. Preorder your copy today! wwnorton.com/books/978132...

cover art of From Infinite World: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church by Ashon Thomas Crawley. The cover has a Hammond organ at the bottom, wallpaper in black and white and rainbow colors around the border.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jun 18

soon. got the galley today. preorder From Infinite World wherever you get your books! @wwnorton.com

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· May 31

ronald was the better singer.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Apr 10

i defended my diss(ertation) track 13 years ago today. time flies. but we been workin. and still learning. grateful.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Mar 14

cover reveal for FROM INFINITE WORLD … very grateful for the design team and everyone at @w.w.norton! also, i am so very grateful for the generous and kind blurbs from imani perry, deesha philyaw and sarah schulman! preorder today!

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Feb 14

FROM INFINITE WORLD: The Sound of the Hammond Organ and the Tragedy of AIDS in the Black Church — description

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Feb 11

*coughs. loudly.* 🤧 preorder (if you feel so moved) from your favorite local bookstore. i don’t live in philly but i do uncle bobbie’s for my books … ! (bookshop.org/p/books/from...) cover reveal soon. 🤭

screenshot of the uncle bobbie’s page for the book.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jan 6

i have so many (enraged, sad) thoughts about donnie mcclurkin. this is one of them.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Dec 10

some words about the book that has been ruining, and saving, my life—FROM INFINITE WORLD: THE SOUND OF THE HAMMOND ORGAN AND THE TRAGEDY OF AIDS IN THE BLACK CHURCH. this is all imma say about it for now.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Aug 19

three years ago, HOMEGOING opened. still blown away that it happened. still grateful.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Aug 4

i made things last week. beginning tomorrow, week 4, the final week.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jul 30

to follow up, i am in week three of the summer intensive and tired don’t begin to convey what i am but i also am learning so much and am loving everything i’m doing! #landscapearchitecture

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jul 20

watched the whole thing like this…..

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· May 22

three of my moods. i don’t have much to say today except i’m 45 and i look good. amen. 🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾 oh, and i’m grateful etcetera etcetera. lol 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾🤲🏾🙌🏾 happy birthday to me!

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Apr 9

i’m going back to school at my big age 😩 studying landscape architecture at uva. hoping to learn skills that will be useful to prepare for, respond to and repair after the impacts of climate crises within already underserved and underresourced communities. imma be tired lol

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Apr 7

this was the moment for me. i was astounded. and i literally could not believe what i was hearing and seeing. knowing that he’s a black church boy and in a community choir and gay was a lot. there was mostly silence regarding him and the others that laughed and mocked.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Apr 7

a little sunday sermon.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Apr 5

Finished my last visit as the Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor at Duke/UNC Chapel Hill this week, including the performance lecture AGNOSTICOSTAL. Such a moving and exhausting experience to create while an organist, drummer and singer sang churchy things. Grateful.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Mar 21

i’m not doing a third season of #severance. season 2 made no sense and, ultimately, it was boringly incomprehensible. you gotta give viewers something that makes sense.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Mar 18

AGNOSTICOSTAL is a free public performance lecture in my 2024-25 Visiting Keohane Professorship at Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill. Wed, April 2 at 7:30pm Hayti Heritage Center Learn more at arts.duke.edu/agnosticostal 📷: Benita Mayo”

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Feb 9

what we see again and again is that what you allow to happen to "them"—whomever is marginalized, and the "least of these"—will undoubtedly happen to you too. we have to refuse these practices whenever they happen, to whoever they happen. anything less is acceptance.

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jan 19

mood.

a black woman named Angel with sunglasses on appears on the ricki lake show, the caption below her name: “says she knows she is ‘all that’”

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jan 14

i am selling postcard packs to fundraise for artists impacted by the wildfires in southern california. all proceeds will go to artists. i am limiting the amount of postcard packs so i’m not overwhelmed with orders. check out ashoncrawley.com/product-cate...

#PettyPendergrass@ashoncrawley· Jan 9

so glad they’re saving horses and also