I second the recommendation for Dana Salvador’s incisive, vivid poetry. Winner of the 2025 Cow Creek Chapbook Prize, the judge praised the collection as “cinematic, urgent, and precise.”

"THE LIBRARIANS” packs a riveting punch on the alarming surge of book banning." - The Utah Review Starting TOMORROW, Feb 9th at 12pm ET, stream THE LIBRARIANS for FREE on the PBS YouTube channel and app!

Great news from New Mexico!

ICE at the polls! Bannon is basically yelling “fire” in a crowded theater here. His objective is to cause chaos (and suppress votes on the left). And it’s already working. This threat works on multiple levels and doesn’t have to be “real” to serve its purpose. Let me explain & offer some advice.

I really love revision, especially when I put away a story for a while, and then rediscover it with fresh eyes! I would guess my stories go through at least 10 drafts before I consider them "done." #kidlitchat

I'm excited to delve into this list of feminist books for children & young people, which is new to me! "These books celebrate the moment when internal confidence transforms into external power and honor the history of women who refused to be silent."

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A newborn in Minneapolis hadn’t eaten for a day and a half. ICE agents took her mother when she went to work, trying to make money for diapers. Her 16-year-old and Bri, a local mother of two, saved that baby's life. @chabeli.bsky.social tells their story

Children detained at a South Texas ICE facility led a demonstration yesterday to protest their treatment. “He heard what sounded like ‘hundreds of children’ shouting, with voices he described as ‘high-pitched’ and ‘urgent’… chanting ‘Libertad.’”

It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

NEW from me: Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE —> religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.

Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic. The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.

No cheating. Reskeet with the most recent picture of your pet.

I just rediscovered my well-loved copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, signed by Eric Carle in the early 1980s. 💚

Please support the Freedom to Read & Fight Against Censorship #NewMexico. WRITE how books have affected you & ask the Gov to place 3 library bills on Legislative Session. Email: www.governor.state.nm.us/contact-the-... Share Story: www.freedomtoreadnewmexico.org/share_your_s... #books #kidlit

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

Guilty. (I went with the charismatic megafauna). New list below! Introduce yourself with 5 invertebrates you've seen in the wild: Mourning cloak butterfly Blue fungus beetle Klug's velvet ant Jerusalem cricket Sunflower sea star

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: African elephant Nile crocodile Howler monkey Black bear Porcupine

1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge. Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.

Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?

"There are about a thousand of us." Yes, because the thing about girls is that they don't stay girls for very long. Which makes them disposable. And which means that men like Epstein need a huge supply.

my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...

Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted. Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million. Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...

I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th! If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends. drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.

Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.

Now including New Mexico.

"How to Report ICE" 10/2: Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY San Francisco in Spanish tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x

Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek! I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern. Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit Sign up here: www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...

This huge gorgeous yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) has been hanging out in my school garden for a few weeks. #Arachtober #Invertebrates

I love this news! 🌈 📚

Some takeaways from ABC/Disney backtracking on Kimmel: 1) Corps only care about $$ SCOTUS says money is speech. So use your voice! Boycotts work. Collective action works! 2) A huge amount of energy went into helping Kimmel. We need that same energy for book bans & attacks on marginalized creators.

Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok. They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post. They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets. “Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.

I found a super cute hairy tufted jumping spider today. #invertebrate #BackyardRefuge

"Thousands of immigrant children in government custody are being denied something we expect for every other child in America: a real education." #AFTvoices

Good Monday Morning #BookSky! Did you add care & joy to the world this weekend? Great! As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇

It has emerged! And it’s been identified as a rustic sphinx moth.

September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books. How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth

Sundays, I'm posting quotes about #resistance in #nonfiction #picturebooks 📚 #edusky #lit-resistance

Now under threat: people who work with immigrants & transgender youth. “Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program.”

Kid quotes of the day from school, as they ate peaches at lunch: Kid 1: “I think a bee made this peach!” Kid 2: “I think a butterfly made mine!” #pollinatoreducation #beesmademylunch

This beautiful (and wriggling!) chrysalis was found in my school garden in Albuquerque this week. So far no ID on #Inaturalist. Suggestions? Found near ash and desert willow trees. #InvertID

I love this—inspiration for hope & courage in our young readers, as well as their adults!

We're looking for another contributing editor to join the @sfgate.com national parks team, reporting on the Southwest! More info here: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...