"I’m a seventy-year-old woman who in her thirties exercised her bodily autonomy in choosing twice not to be pregnant." Contributor @misdonnacolta.bsky.social was published by @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social buff.ly/ndCluC3 and featured in The Overturning Anthology: buff.ly/0d4SrxS

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What happens when you sign up for a creative writing class in a language you're still learning? donnamiscolta.com/2025/10/31/l...

"Has tenido un aborto. You’ve had an abortion." www.hypertextmag.com/ordinary/ These are the opening lines to my short essay "Ordinary." You can read it here and it also appears in the anthology THE OVERTURNING - Writers respond to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

We're so excited to celebrate the release today of Lisa Borders' LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO, a "deliciously deranged cri de coeur." Happy #bookbirthday, Lisa! regal-housepublishing.mybigcommerce.com/last-night-a...

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session. Want to know why? Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out. Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

In September I spent a third of my life in Málaga outside of Málaga. donnamiscolta.com/2025/09/28/l...

Bookshelfie Review, Residents of the Deep Residents of the Deep is a gripping yet at times unsettling collection of short fiction that moves fluidly between myth and history. It is in short a collection of surreal short stories, anchored in the history of the Philippines yet unafraid to dip into…

LAST NIGHT AT THE DISCO drops three weeks from today, and I’m thrilled to share this excerpt via the good folks at @mcsweeneys.net. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

A hot and busy August that began with sheep and ended with Flamenco dresses. donnamiscolta.com/2025/08/26/l...

I end the month at a writing retreat in the Spanish Pyrenees. donnamiscolta.com/2025/07/30/l...

So this made my day.

Not just excess, it’s a system built to keep people hungry so the rich can keep feasting. But the masses are waking up. Powerful video…

A little about turning 72 in Marbella, a story about assassinated Barbies, and a publication date for my forthcoming book. donnamiscolta.com/2025/06/26/l...

Hellos and goodbyes and the sparks they leave in me. donnamiscolta.com/2025/05/28/l...

I sustained a hand injury while killing a second cockroach last night. There better not be a third cockroach because I'm lousy at wielding a mop with my left hand.

Yesterday during the blackout in Spain as I was walking down a dark stairway thinking how easily one might fall, I, of course, fell, bruising my feet and my head. Now I’m limping, but we’ve got power and back, and I finished this month’s blog which is about books. donnamiscolta.com/2025/04/29/l...

We begin our third year in Málaga in a new apartment decorated French-style by its Spanish owners who have resided in France for decades. donnamiscolta.com/2025/03/30/l...

Finished the move to the new apartment, bringing the last of the plants. Still in Malaga Centro but on a smaller, quieter street.

In which I interview two Asian American entrepreneurs in Málaga who are creating community spaces and then question the description of a community in a social media post.

Carnaval began today in Malaga. Here is the Diosa del Carnaval.

It's coming up on two years of living in Spain. I take two private Spanish classes and two group classes a week (it's fun!). I listen to news podcasts in Spanish and read several pages from a novel in Spanish every day (it's elucidating!) So why am I still stumbling and bumbling when I speak?

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The universe speaks in mysterious ways.

“Madrid kills me” —a slogan of the Movida Madrileña of the 70s and 80s—is a positive thing. Madrid kills me every time I’m there. donnamiscolta.com/2025/01/27/l...

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Went to this bar in the Malasãna neighborhood in Madrid, a place frequented by Almodóvar during the movida madrileña when he was in his twenties. The demographic of the bar is still the same and since I'm nearly the same age as Almodóvar I was surely the oldest person in the room.

It was a very fine day and even finer night in Madrid. Here's the view from the azotea del Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Claudia Sheinbaum responde a Donald Trump y sugiere cambiar el nombre de EE. UU. Great suggestion. Mexico's president suggests renaming the United States Américana Mexicana, as it appeared on a 1607 map, which also shows the Gulf of Mexico, so named 169 years before the founding of the U.S.

Happy New Year! Resolve to take the stage—like our granddaughter did at this concert.

December blog post: a visit with my Madrid cousins, the joy of walking alone in Madrid, how to be the least interesting person in the room, and my fabulous and essential writing group. donnamiscolta.com/2024/12/29/l...

The other day at the cat cafe the best seats were taken.

Momentary sing-along fail. Later the good times did roll at Café Central, Madrid.

Despite insomnia. Or because insomnia.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.

Looking forward to this!

Spoiler alert: if a work explores “a dark chapter in our nation’s history,” chances are the subject is an ongoing series and not an isolated incident.

My whole essay "Verde" at The American Scholar is not available to read online (outside the paywall). "Words change the way we see, taste, smell, and live in the world." theamericanscholar.org/verde/

I’ve said it before and I’m sure I’ll say it a thousand times more: We are not a Christian nation. We are a nation where you are free to be a Christian. — Your religion guides you, not all of us. It’s as simple as that.

More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm RFK Jr. The letter marks the first time in recent memory that Nobel laureates have banded together against a Cabinet choice. But Kennedy is a threat they could not ignore, one said. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...

Very very excited to be sharing the excellent books on our NBCC Award longlists! Stay tuned! They drop next week. First time in NBCC history that we are releasing our longlists.

Join us December 12 at 6:30 pm at Bear’s Books in Macon, GA, to celebrate the launch of Peter Selgin's A Boys Guide to Outer Space. Please support this wonderful indie bookstore and get your signed copy at the event. #shoplocal thebearsbooks.com/events/autho...

Dragon in the Festival de las Linternas in Málaga, one of the many holiday light shows in the city.

I walked to the gym this morning, forgetting it was closed due to the holiday (Día de la Constitución Española) so I walked to the beach to see the sunrise.

The moment the Christmas lights were turned on in Málaga Centro.

November was despair, but there were still moments of joy and the gratification that comes from books, art, thoughtful discourse, and learning about the lives of those who contribute such things. donnamiscolta.com/2024/11/29/l...

"Who doesn't create, doesn't live." Ana María Matute, Spanish novelist.

I’m teaching my last class of the year for @tinhouse.bsky.social on Dec. 15. If you’re in a rut with your memoir & want to experiment with hybrid forms in a generative class, this is for you! Registration info here: tinhouse.com/product/fall...

Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer – Ayer en Málaga Centro Histórico

If anyone would like a personally inscribed book for a gift, I’d be happy to do that. 🥚