It's self-promotion Friday. My newest short story collection, Residents of the Deep, is a mix of horror + speculative fiction, with a few more traditional stories, most set in the Philippines. www.mariannevillanuevaauthor.com

Purple

Deer crossing

Summer evening.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

A strong literary community is an amazing thing. On June 6, help us celebrate San Francisco Writers Workshop and our venue @noisebridge. Here are some items we'll be raffling off, thanks to donations fr Counterpoint Press, @mumblers.bsky.social, @cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social and others! #readings #SF

Celebrating ‘#KIN’ Poetry & Harp Music with Allison Hulmes, Nessie Wood-Davies & myself at the #ChurchInTheWoods on Bramdean Common, Alresford, Hampshire (also known as the Gypsy Church) August 2nd @ 3pm - all welcome. @lillianhowan.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @poet-pratibha1.bsky.social

@joannackalbus.bsky.social’s fabulous reading of her memoir, The Boat Not Taken, at the Redwood City Public Library. A powerful memoir of secrets and revelations.

Are you in the San Francisco Bay area? Join us today in Redwood City at 6:30 PM. @wtawpress.bsky.social @bettybooks.bsky.social #newrelease #authorevent #memoir #supportsmallpresses

Thrilled to be In Conversation with @joannackalbus.bsky.social, TODAY May 20 at 6:30 pm, discussing her powerful memoir of secrets and revelations. Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield, Redwood City. #AANHPIHeritageMonth

Have you heard the news? @joannackalbus.bsky.social's The Boat Not Taken is officially out in the world—and she can’t wait to share it with you! Come celebrate at one of her upcoming events, starting with tonight’s exciting virtual launch featuring special guest Jimin Han. Register: bit.ly/3GXjfIU

The people who lived here before us planted a bunch of rose bushes that mostly look terrible because the climate isn’t right for them. But once a year this spindly one puts out a couple big ass flowers, and I want to give it its due:

Join me for the virtual launch of my memoir THE BOAT NOT TAKEN at 5:30 PM (Pacific) on May 15, when I will be in conversation with Jimin Han. You can register for this free virtual event here: [link from Betty Books] #WTAWPress #BettyBooks #virtualbooklaunch @jiminhan @BettyBooks

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies. 📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Olga Zilberbourg discovers the flora of the United States Botanic Garden—the oldest living forced migrants to the US—and a Russian writer, Vsevold Garshin, who wrote a story about a captive palm. Enjoy this new essay and translation! @olgaz.bsky.social worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/h...

I'm so grateful to @worldlittoday.bsky.social for publishing my translation of Vsevold Garshin's 1879 short story (written 100 years before I was born!), and my accompanying essay on how I came to (re)translate this story. Read: worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/essay/h... #fiction #essay #booksky

My poem ‘SHELTER’ commissioned by the TT, a tribute to the Church in the Woods, also known as the Gypsy Church on Bramdean Common. @fft.bsky.social @travellerpride.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social @romanistanpodcast.bsky.social

You know that if the New York Times is reporting this, then the situation is extremely dire. Palestinians have been saying for months that famine is happening due to Israel’s siege. That is a war crime, Israel is the agent, the US is the sponsor, and American taxpayers are rendered complicit.

Unusual and beautiful Nacreous clouds over UK, 2024, photo via Kate Guilding #WomensArt

NEW: Federal judge appointed by Trump rules that Trump's AEA proclamation is "unlawful." The final judgment blocks Trump's March 14 Alien Enemies Act proclamation from being used to deport anyone from southern Texas.

New micro up @pitheadchapel.bsky.social!! Thank you @kimmagowan.bsky.social! pitheadchapel.com/mission-boys...

Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from ICE detention. Video Credit: Riley Livermore Read: zeteo.com/p/breaking-m...

Friends, i have a ragy cnf micro featuring Gauguin in @epistemiclit.bsky.social. Hope you’ll read. Thanks @kristinwrites.bsky.social @melruthwrites.bsky.social @gcbwrites.bsky.social for being the most awesome, supportive editorial team 🧡🧡🧡 epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

Nikki, the Library Program Coordinator at the Feldheym Central Library, wrote: "I wanted to share this picture with you. I read your book and added page tags. Look at how much stood out to me when reading!" I’ll be reading from my memoir at the Feldheym Central Library in San Bernardino on June 7.

Trees and reflections. Arbor Day.

Trees and reflections. Arbor Day.

Our cover this week.

Translated literature has never been more needed. I'm MCing a reading by translators I admire, voices from across the continent and the globe. Zoom-based! Register: bit.ly/4hvfXZK @ilzeduarte.bsky.social, Jenny Bhatt, @bdralyuk.bsky.social, @katherineeyoung.bsky.social, @yilinwriter.bsky.social

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Spring green

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Fog at night

I’m excited to officially reveal the cover of my upcoming book. Coming out from Betty Books on May 6. You can secure your copies now at a 20% discount. Preorder it here: www.wtawpress.org/product-page... #BettyBooks #WTAWPress #memoir #coverreveal #newrelease #herstory

TOMORROW!! Come see me and @sabinaki.bsky.social at the Millbrae Public Library at 6pm, you could score a free book 📘🙌🏽 @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social

I taught at the VONA Workshop for writers of color, off and on, for about a dozen years—one of the most rewarding experiences in my life. The list of writers who found their way to your bookshelves via the experience is truly remarkable. www.vonavoices.org

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.

Yes! And if you need more encouragement (I def do) read this from @cassmannes.bsky.social too:

Thank you Redwood City Library hosting @anitafelicelli.bsky.social & myself for Anita’s darkly dreamy & sharp How We Know Our Time Travelers! Thank u full house audience & @anngelder.bsky.social @ilzeduarte.bsky.social @jayrit.bsky.social Caroline Kim @gracelp.bsky.social @2waystreet.bsky.social!

TOMORROW Redwood City Public Library hosts @anitafelicelli.bsky.social in conversation with @lillianhowan.bsky.social to discuss and read from Anita's latest short story collection, HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS. Learn more about How We Know Our Time Travelers here: bit.ly/42LjkIg

looking forward to a conversation about HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS with novelist Lillian Howan on Saturday, February 8 at 3 pm at the Redwood City Public Library (downtown), 1044 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City. swing by and say hi, please!

Plum blossoms at night.

In Conversation with @anitafelicelli.bsky.social re her dazzling HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS, Sat Feb 8 at 3 pm! Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City. @wtawpress.bsky.social Join us!

let justice roll on like a river

Inaugural Address of San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Genevieve Lim! Celebrate fabulous, brilliant & compassionate Poet Laureate Genny Lim: Sun Feb 2, 3 pm - 5 pm, Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco!

An elegiac #flowerreport: reupping a 2023 essay for World Literature Today that includes a remembrance of my grandfather’s garden in Altadena, now gone. www.worldliteraturetoday.org/2023/july/gr...

Lunar New Year approaches. Flowering quince. #LunarNewYear

I just came across this (very!) old flash of mine while updating my short story collection. Many things are different now, but I still like this piece. tinhouse.com/the-mother-s...

don’t touch that it’s my emotional support bedside book I like to look at longingly while I scroll on my phone for an hour

For those interested, I'll be teaching fiction at the Oʻahu Writers Retreat on Saturday, 4/26. For more information on the retreat, check out: oahuwritersretreat.com

reactivating my account here.