Happening soon in the DMV! 1/17, 2pm, A Literary Celebration of Muslim American Heritage Month, Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library with Authors Eman Quotah and Majda Gama @emanquotah.bsky.social @mcpllibraries.bsky.social #poetry #fiction #DMV REGISTER: mcpl.events/muslim-american

Who needs book reviews? My novel has been beadazzled. 🪩

Doing some local events this month. Please come! A Literary Celebration of Islamic Heritage Month W/ @majda.bsky.social 2 pm 1/17 McGee Library Silver Spring mcpl.libnet.info/event/15369848 @theinnerlooplit.bsky.social January Reading 7 pm 1/20 Shaw’s Tavern DC www.eventbrite.com/.../the-inne....

Looking for a scary read to distract you from 🌎🧨? The Kindle version of my second novel is on sale this month for $2.99. #horrorbooks #folkhorror

Stay tuned for the latest episode of America’s Got Autocracy

The only Venezuelan-Americans I know are in a husband & wife rock & roll band called Teen Cobra. They were able to flee while younger and on college programs. Let’s center Venezuelans today and not just the expected cheerleaders of regime change. Let’s hear from the artists. youtu.be/kAnrEDC2xn4?...

"Mamdani walks in an older Jewish tradition. Not that of ritzy Upper East Side synagogues, but of so many of our great-grandparents: the socialist sweatshop workers who fought for a better and more beautiful world." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This will work 😂🙃😆

Just delighted to be on the Washington Unbound list of recommended books for winter 2025-2026 in poetry! If you’re looking for your next read you’ll find fiction and nonfiction here as well. #DMVWriters www.washington-unbound.com/bookreviews/...

Hey, hey, novelists and aspiring novelists: I'm teaching novel revising in the spring. Sign up! www.litcleveland.org/classes-work...

I posted about AI on LinkedIn and got way more views and comments than my posts usually do there. 😱 So now I'm here looking for people talking about whatever the opposite of AI is ...

A new #fallforthebook Podcast has dropped. Poet Majda Gama discusses her new collection In the House of Modern Upbringing for Girls. It spans growing up in the Saudi Arabia, her time in the DC Punk scene, and the power of music in her work. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i... @majda.bsky.social

One of my favorite classes to teach, one of my most popular classes with students. I’ll stuff your brain so full of info, you’ll feel like you ate a million brain burritos. writer.org/event/book-p...

F*&^, I missed that Tom Stoppard died over the weekend. RIP to a wordsmith extraordinaire.

new & restocked horror now available at b&n sioux falls!

Join me and Amy Freeman of @thewriterscenter.bsky.social tonight at 7pm, online! #horrorwriters #horrorbooks writer.org/event/eman-q...

As.someone who used to work in advocacy communications, I know this kind of data from companies is part of a communications and lobbying strategy. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's not neutral data created for research, to build knowledge, or to inform the American people.

the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.

"Among Asian adults [in the U.S.], 29% of Democrats have hidden their culture from others, compared with 9% of Republicans."—Pew Research Center, 2023 Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh? (this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)

From a fun q&a about my new book: If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be? Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun. What can readers expect? Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery. thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...

See you tonight? At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on H St, 7 pm sharp. I'll be discussing my new book, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU, with @verakurian.bsky.social #literaryDMV

My 80-something-year-old uncle writes text messages like they're letters. I really miss letters. 📧

Heck of a week for books! Look at these lovelies from #JihyunYun, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social & @emanquotah.bsky.social

THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out! This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world. @orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social

Fright Girl fall! What a cool collection of books to be a part of.

TFW you're less than a week from publication #thenightisnotforyou

Build your @spookyseason TBR with these #horror new releases: @emotrophywife.bsky.social @markwaddell.bsky.social @jennykiefer.com @angelaslatter.bsky.social @johnhornor.bsky.social @christaqua.bsky.social @emanquotah.bsky.social @kaychronister.bsky.social @pickyourpotions.bsky.social

I got some fantastic #bookmail at work today!! Both of these came from @orbitbooks.bsky.social from the new Run For It imprint!! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to read these books by Beatrice Winifred Iker and @emanquotah.bsky.social they sound so good!! #books

Alhamdulillah!

No, there is not widespread support for “political violence.“ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Recorded my edition of the Fall for the Book podcast today, look at this fantastic program! I’m out in December but September is out now so give Natalia Theodoridou a listen, and read Sour Cherry!

A beautiful meditation on her Baba, belonging and the Beautiful Game from Rasha Shaath.

The past two years, there has been some amazing writing about what it's REALLY like to be an Arab in the "West." (Not that we were never writing it before, just wasn't getting published too much.) Here's another essay. The author doesn't name names, but I will: The New Yorker. David Remnick.

Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛‍♀️

“I’m never going to abandon my children in a Starbucks, no matter how tempting it might be to do so.“ 😆😆😆

Can I get to my arbitrary goal of 1,000 followers but my arbitrary deadline of my pub date (7 days) in this arbitrary platform? Life’s eternal quest.

💙📚👀📢📚😱 Coming in exactly two months, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU. It's for you if you like: -Folklore -Coming of age -Game-of-Thrones-level horror (Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!) Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...

The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

It’s really common for cheaply made goods available in other countries to have incorrect English or even gobbledygook on them. Also super common for people to deny the reality of Palestinians lives and disbelieve them.

I wrote about crying while reading a translators’ note. @citylightsbooks.bsky.social @jordanelgrably.bsky.social

Ignore the title. The argument is more: "[I]n response to historic declines in literature’s value, the industry has itself become a site of more contingent and more precarious work that is more often done by women." Which is what I've been saying for a while: Literary fiction is now pink collar.

“I maintain that ‘Islamophobia is not just about hate crimes or slurs—it is a structured system of exclusion that is embedded in institutions, media narratives, and policies.’”

Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

The odds are zero in creative writing. you're not just waiting for that one yes, you're waiting for total planetary alignment. Stop waiting and just do it anyway

It's good for my heart to read @thrasherxy.bsky.social's words about these two charismatic and brave men: "So many of us are drawn to Khalil and Mamdani because of their ideas, of course ... but also because they are men whose power lies in their vulnerability." lithub.com/mahmoud-khal...

You guys, The Rock appears in this book. What more endorsement do you need?

“My father came from a city of old rooftops sprawled across seven hills. Within these hills were tribal Gods carved into metamorphic rock.” #HappyFathersDay fourwayreview.com/in-the-hall-...

Coming October 7 to the US and the UK Folklore inspired coming of age horror @headlinebooks.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social #horrorwriter #horror