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davidbowles.us
Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary and Inclusion Management. Co-editor-in-chief of Chispa Comics. President of the Texas Institute of Letters.
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If you combine Gen Alpha slang words, they become the names of Star Wars characters: Rizz Delulu Skibidi Gyat Sigma Cap Bussin Sus Ohio Cringe Fanum Tax (heh ... didn't need to combine here)

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ARE YOU SERIOUS LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

I've pretty much given up on grumbling about the rise of "graduate high school / college" in lieu of the traditional, standard "graduate FROM high school / college." But here's a question if you don't use "from": When someone says "graduate FROM," do you think they're speaking "incorrectly"?

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Here comes the Puerto Rican hurricane novel from the woman who "woke" Oprah "up" about the plight of immigrants. Will her publisher have someone throw paper towels at the people attending the launch party? What egregious symbols of PR's struggle will be made table centerpieces?

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Post a robot that's not from STAR WARS or TRANSFORMERS.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Whatever momentary use it may appear to have, the real goal of "AI" is to strip you of your skills, leaving you helpless. The Nahuas of pre-Invasion Mesoamerica warned their children not to neglect the skills that make life livable and worth living. From book VI of the FLORENTINE CODEX: 1/

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Revolutionary Nahuatl for May 10, 2025 Here is an interesting list of the qualities pre-Spanish Invasion Nahuas expected from a ruler ... and those they rejected [as preserved in the Florentine Codex]. It was inconceivable to them that a vile, lawless buffoon could rise to head of state.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

It's an honor to be in @thehornbook.bsky.social esp w/ @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social @halseanderson.bsky.social @davidbowles.us @adriannacuevas.bsky.social @janetsfox.bsky.social @MylisaLarsen @LaurenWolk @jenswanbooks.bsky.social & others. #kidlit #Megakidlit #WhoOwnstheMoon #spacelaw #spacetravel

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

There’s always too much “marginalized people are cheating the system” and not enough “the system is broken and rigged for the privileged to benefit”

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

submitted 13 days ago • 578 comments

THE HERO TWINS AND THE MAGIC OF SONG [Tales of the Feathered Serpent] by @davidbowles.us; illus. by Charlene Bowles (Cinco Puntos/ @leeandlow.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/newsle... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #MiddleSchool

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Will Ghost pause their tour so Papa V Perpetua can have a sit-down with Leo XIV? 😜👻💀

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

It's time that Mexican American groups across Texas establish private telpochcaltin (community schools) featuring curricula that are rooted in ancestral knowledge / ways of knowing, Mesoamerican pedagogy, Indigenous languages, and land-based / regionally rooted values of stewardship and familia.

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

Hey, I have ANOTHER translation coming out this year! It's my Spanish version of Gloria Amescua's beautiful Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the Nahua, and it'll drop November 11. Get yourself a copy of both the English and Spanish books ... They are must-reads!

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Yesterday we celebrated Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros, a tradition originating in Mexico connecting children with diverse books. These stories honor heritage & growth. ¡Los libros construyen puentes entre idiomas y corazones! @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social @davidbowles.us #kidlit #bilingualbooks

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Drew Edwards, @monicacomics.bsky.social, and I appeared on COMIC CULTURE over on PBS[.]org, discussing our Hill Country horror series THE MATRON

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#Folklore #HBReviewoftheWeek THE HERO TWINS AND THE MAGIC OF SONG by @davidbowles.us; illus. by Charlene Bowles (Cinco Puntos/ @leeandlow.bsky.social): "Straightforward + humorous language paired w/ clear, eye-catching comics-style illus make this an engaging retelling" www.hbook.com/story/review...

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I'm down for as many overly loud "fuck HARRY POTTER" declarations as possible in our society. Because, yeah, fuck Joanne Rowling, fuck HARRY POTTER, and fuck all of y'all who still support her through engaging with that derivative, overwrought IP.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Pos, sí. Creanme, si yo escribo algo que ustedes no pueden entender, es a propósito. A veces quiero hablar solo con ciertas personas, aún en público. Auh quemmaniyan nicnequi niquilhuiz quezquin. ;)

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments