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Unsanitary, overcrowded and inhumane: Surge of new detainees at Adelanto ICE Processing Center brings dire conditions, critics say. www.latimes.com/california/s... #immigration #ICE #humanrights

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The Creative Rebellion of Black Liberated Life: A Reading List for Juneteenth lithub.com/the-creative... #juneteenth2025

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Tune into part one of James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1922) on Wednesday, a work that inspired all manner of discussions philosophical, psychological, linguistic, theological, cinematographical... and scatological.

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"Olivas’s extraordinary reimagining of a classic play lays bare the destructive and brutalizing effects of the United States’ anti-immigration policy on undocumented immigrants and their families." "Waiting for Godínez" drops Sept. 2. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin... #immigration

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Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Secure Court Order Blocking Unlawful Use of Federalized National Guard for Law Enforcement in California Communities. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r... #NationalGuard

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Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Ask for Immediate Court Order Blocking Unlawful Use of Military, National Guard for Law Enforcement in California Communities. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...

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Attorney General Bonta, Governor Newsom Challenge Trump Order Seeking to Federalize California National Guard. oag.ca.gov/news/press-r... #immigration #California

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My Bay Area Book Festival haul: - Cinemas zine by @matratype.bsky.social - Chicano Frankenstein by @danielolivas.bsky.social - I Am Maroon by Russell Shoatz - Sin is a Puppy That Follows You Home (via @blaft.bsky.social) - “Grievers” by @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social - Moazzam Sheikh’s newest

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What a wonderful panel we had at the Bay Area Book Festival! Our panel, Nightmares Revealed: The Rise of #Latinx Horror Fiction, included Cynthia Gómez, M. M. Olivas, and me. Our fantastic moderator was Kristina Canales. #HorrorCommunity #BABF2025

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Happening TODAY! Come join us! #babf2025

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Can’t wait for this panel at #BABF2025 on Sunday, celebrating trans & genderqueer & BIPOC history and FUTURES. 🙌🏼🏳️‍⚧️ Three visionary elders from the book will join me onstage, with Nayomi Munaweera as moderator.

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Today, June 1, 12:30 p.m., at the Bay Area Book Festival, join our panel, "Nightmares Revealed: The Rise of #Latinx Horror Fiction." With Cynthia Gómez, M. M. Olivas, Daniel A. Olivas. Moderator: Kristina Canales www.baybookfest.org/session/nigh... #BABF2025 #HorrorCommunity

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🎭Cover Reveal! 🎭 WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ: A TRAGICOMEDY IN TWO ACTS by @danielolivas.bsky.social is a #Latinx retelling of Waiting for Godot that gives an unflinching look at the absurdity of US anti-immigration policies. 💙📚 Learn more and preorder the book at: www.unmpress.com/waiting-for-...

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🎭Cover Reveal! 🎭 WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ: A TRAGICOMEDY IN TWO ACTS by @danielolivas.bsky.social is a #Latinx retelling of Waiting for Godot that gives an unflinching look at the absurdity of US anti-immigration policies. 💙📚 www.unmpress.com/waiting-for-...

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The Bay Area Book Festival is coming May 31 – June 1. Join our panel, "Nightmares Revealed: The Rise of #Latinx Horror Fiction." Sunday, June 1 @ 12:30 Panelists: Cynthia Gómez, M. M. Olivas, Daniel A. Olivas Moderator: Kristina Canales www.baybookfest.org/session/nigh... #HorrorCommunity

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m sharing the comeback baby, the first barrio noir, the novel that gave me a career in France, the little book that could! www.amazon.com/Zero-Saints-... bookshop.org/p/books/zero...

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#ICYMI: Who Is the Real Monster in Frankenstein? Mary Shelley’s Novel and Its Many Adaptations Challenge Us to Explore Bias and Belonging. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/real-monster... #Frankenstein #adaptations #writinglife

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YESTERDAY: Ulysses Part 2 just dropped! Tune in for the shocking, explosion-laden, hostage situation-ridden conclusion to the 16 June 1904 with yet more of our coverage of James Joyce's magnum opus. Yes you said yes you will yes. Pprrpffrrppffff: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

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Publication day: 'The Rise of Office Literature' is out now! Every time I look inside I find something new to quibble with. Thanks to the team at @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social for all their hard work! Here it is in its natural element:

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Save Me From My Shelf (@smfmspodcast.bsky.social) is the perfect podcast for recovering English majors! Would love your treatment of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I wrote my version last year as a political satire. www.npr.org/2024/05/08/1... @drabigailboucher.bsky.social @dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social

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Gird your loins, everyone! Today we cover the first half of James Joyce's 800-page Modernist Irish masterpiece and light retelling of 'The Odyssey' (with far more poop and possibly more sex, if you can believe it): 'Ulysses' (1922). Will we go mad in the process? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Orlando Ortega-Medina’s ‘Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal’ www.ebar.com/story/154701... #novels #Latne #LGBTQ

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My novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), won a silver medal IBPA Book Award last night! Mil gracias to the judges and my wonderful publisher. Details: www.ibpabookaward.org/winners-lati... #books #HorrorCommunity #indiepresses #horror #Latine

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Are you planning a panel for #AWP26? If so, I'd be delighted to be part of it. This year, I have an immigration play that is being published in September, and last year, I had a #horror novel and a #shortstory collection come out. I have been an AWP panelist many times. DM me!

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"So I keep going. I can’t help it. I can’t turn the monster in my brain off . . . " labloga.blogspot.com/2025/05/chic...

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Fall releases from the University of New Mexico Press have been announced! I am delighted that my play, Waiting for Godínez, is included in such great literary company. Check out all the titles! www.unmpress.com/fall-2025/ #FallBooks #books #BookTwitter #immigration #playwriting

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Right this way, you simply MUST check out these short fiction highlights of April 2025, featuring necromancy, a moon journey, and a dead witch-doctor! reactormag.com/must-read-sh...

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Bay Area! I'm going to be IN you May 30-June 3 for the Bay Area Book Festival On the panel "Stories of Tomorrow: Speculative Fiction" with @anitafelicelli.bsky.social, Hon Lai Chu, @jacqlyy.bsky.social, moderated by @janeciab.bsky.social 12:30 Sunday, June 1 www.baybookfest.org/session/stor...

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We are thrilled that a UNM Press author has won a PEN Award! In A Passing West, Dagoberto Gilb casts a penetrating gaze upon the culture and history of the Southwest, Mexican American identity, and his own family. #Booksky Learn more about the book here: www.unmpress.com/978082636682...

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Anthony Aveni sits down with Deborah Kalb to talk about his new book ALIENS LIKE US?: An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life and the common misconceptions about the concept of extraterrestrial life. 👽💙📚 deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/q-wi...

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Library of Congress Acquires Raúl Ruiz Chicano Movement Collection lacartita.com/library-of-c...

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Dear #WritingCommunity, though I am primarily a fiction writer, my first play, Waiting for Godínez, will be published by UNMP on September 2 (distributed by Simon & Schuster). Any recs of publications that review plays? ¡Mil gracias! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Waitin... #playwriting #writing

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LOVE having a story in here- "Cookies" ! alongside other writers @danielolivas.bsky.social and icons like @anacastillowriter.bsky.social and Lucha Corpi! (Didn't announce it in January cuz I was distracted by things)

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Brooklyn, NYC — I’m looking foward to seeing you next week at the YeahYouWrite reading series! Join me and authors Madeline Thien and Zain Khalid. May 19 at Someday Bar Doors open at 6:30. They’re going to have mocktails for me and my sober friends! yeahyouwriteevents.com/monday-may-1...

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#TheEdgeofYesterday by #RitaWoods is featured in the 4/29 #newbooks haul! Watch the whole thing here: youtu.be/ZpuBFu6DF9U Buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n... Donate to the fundraiser for rewards: igg.me/at/locusmag2025

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