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Such an honor to be long-listed for @penamerica.bsky.social award. 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹

“What really drew me to writing this book… is that I feel like I got this question a lot — ‘but where are you from?’” Jared Lemus said. The collection centers on four orphans in Guatemala and a tattoo artist navigating life. #TXST #JaredLemus #WritingCommunity @jaredlemus.bsky.social

Second to last #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday! This week is Hispanic authors with recently published works! 🎉 Tamika Burgess (instagram.com/tameeksb) 🎉 Jared Lemus (@jaredlemus.bsky.social) 🎉 Pedro Iniguez (@pedroiniguez.bsky.social) 🎉 Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro (@carolinaflorezc.bsky.social)

Guatemalan Rhapsody by @jaredlemus.bsky.social might be the pick for you if you're looking for an "Insightful read for book club that meets every 6 weeks and only covers a few chapters at a time." #AskALibrarian

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

How do I get someone to nominate me for the @nationalbook.bsky.social #5under35 award?! 34 is staring at me in the face later this month with nothing but more white hairs as a birthday present.

The El Salvador-born migrant was ordered to report to ICE custody on Monday, and could be deported to Uganda in the future.

Columbus! @jaredlemus.bsky.social, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Bob Johnson, and I will be talking short stories on our panel “Humanity in a Snapshot: Short Stories.” Come see us at the Columbus Book Festival! www.columbusbookfestival.org #columbusbookfestival #shortstories #writingcommunity 💙📚

What an honor it was to discuss Guatemalan Rhapsody with this wonderful human. Thank you to the @michiganquarterly.bsky.social for giving this interview a home.

I wonder how many more #microplastics I can ingest before it’s considered plastic surgery…

I need a Jackie Chan Adventures live-action series remake.

www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n... Finally getting rid of the DUI hire.

im sorry to be so divisive and partisan but i dont think the government should be inventing a criminal history out of thin air to justify sending someone to a concentration camp in a foreign country

Hiding Chicken McNuggets in my office desk and sneaking them in between advising appointments . . . the professorial version of Napoleon Dynamite's Tater Tots in his zipped pants pockets.

Who else is going to the #latimesfob this year?! #bookfest

I think all the writers brought their gloomy sadness to #awp and that’s why there’s no sun.

*puts all my winter black clothes away, gets out summer blacks Ahh, that's better

Just saw a white guy with Native American tattoos at the airport. He was wearing a “freedom” shirt.

What’s up with them egg prices, B¡tch?

If you’re incredibly shocked about the president invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act— well, just wait until you find out that lawyers are still citing cases involving enslaved African Americans as precedent in CONTEMPORARY legal cases. Enjoy: www.citingslavery.org

Sitting’ in my recliner drinking coffee and reading a book, like, “I really hope someone’s writing my novel for me.”

Check out an excerpt from Guatemalan Rhapsody on Lit Hub today!

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An absolute honor to be included in this list with so many other wonderful writers. 💛💛💛

It was an absolute honor to make a list for @electriclit.bsky.social . Here are 9 must-read books by Guatemalan writers. 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹

How I’m ordering at the bar from now on: Martini tout de suite, bitch.

Y’all remember that time the #orangeman yelled “Free food for everybody” at that café in Miami and then just left without paying for anything? Lol. Sigh. Anyway, gonna go by my $144 carton of eggs.

time to dig up the @adamkotsko.bsky.social tweet

10YO: Why are you reading so much #news Me: You have to stay informed. 10YO: Am I out of shape? Me: …what? 10YO: you said I have to stay in form Me: No, I meant knowledgeable. 10YO: I’m going to go do some sit ups. Me: Please…just read a #book Bunch of clowns in this house.

look at me hitting "send" on emails like I don't have spiraling anxiety about every freaking word

Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

Tuning in to the #superbowl to watch Kendrick and reaffirming that football makes no sense. 2 minute on the clock. 10 minutes later, 1:47 left. How? One touchdown scored, put 6, 7, or 8 points on that scoreboard, whatever feels right. SMH

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...

Yes Jasmine! 👏

Just a tax reminder to my fellow writers that you should be deducting EVERYTHING you possibly can that’s related to your writerly activities. Agent commissions, a percentage of your home expenses for a home work space (incld utilities), books, office supplies, conference/research expenses etc. etc.

I love that a white guy was flying the plane, a white guy was flying the helicopter, and a white guy gutted the FAA last week but somehow the blame is too much diversity.

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You can’t blindfold the pilot and then act surprised when people d¡e. You can’t offer fuck¡ng prayers and pretend you didn’t have a hand in making this happen. If there was a god who answered prayers, you wouldn’t be in office.

This is gold.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Companies Scaling Back or Denouncing DEI Amazon Boeing Brown-Forman Caterpillar Ford Harley-Davidson John Deere Lowe’s Molson Coors McDonald’s Meta Nissan Stanley Black & Decker Target Tractor Supply Toyota Walmart Support who supports you ✨✊

Stop letting unfunny men tell you there’s something wrong with you for not getting their “jokes”. Stop fake laughing. Let their reality reflect the truth of how fundamentally they misunderstand humor. Neuter their ability to use “it was a joke” for emotional cover. Make them see nobody laugh.

If you’re in an institution doing any kind of DEI work, the most important thing to do right now is simply call it something else. Change it to “Community Outreach” & then keep on doing the same important work. When they outlaw Community Outreach rebrand it as “Strategic Partnerships,” rinse/repeat.

Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in modern history. He should be rejected by the Senate.

A huge shoutout to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this wonderful, starred review of Guatemalan Rhapsody. Count down to pub date (3/4) continues!