The news has been a lot this week. For all the women out there who are hurting right now - know that you are not alone. 🫂

The holy trinity 🙏🏽

Behind every strong, independent woman is a clingy boy cat who never leaves her side when she’s sick (or ever, really🥰)

Friends, I am so sorry to have to cancel this event, as it’s one that I look forward to all year! Sadly, I am currently battling a nasty viral infection and am not going to be able to attend this year’s book fair. So sorry to miss you this weekend! Hope to see you at other local events in the fall!

This Saturday, I’ll be tabling at the annual New York State Writer’s Institute Book Festival. Come find me! 📚📚📚

They shot him in the fucking back. Then sent him to a detention center with the bullet still in his body. I need y’all to get a LOT fucking angrier and louder.

Abolish (and Prosecute) ICE. Pass it on.

I always get a little melancholy on my birthday. Anyone else get the birthday blues?

A little birthday ink 🇵🇾❤️🇵🇾

I want to do one of those HHM book stack posts, but I fear that I have too many books by Latine authors… a good problem to have! 📚

Hi! It’s me! Your friendly, local(ish) Paraguayan author! 🇵🇾 I promise that Paraguay has more to offer than just Roa Bastos 😅 Just something to keep in mind when you’re prepping your booklist for Hispanic Heritage Month 🙏🏽

He fell asleep on my shoeee 🥹😭

*Taps mic* 🎙️🎙️ Ahem. I have a small announcement. 🥹

In case I haven’t already made this abundantly clear: 🧊F*ck ICE. 🍊F*ck Trump. 🤖And F*ck A.I.

URGENT BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 My cat fell asleep on my head and is now snoring in my ear 🥹

Voting for the Elgin Awards ends soon, and SEVEN LEGENDARY MONSTERS is nominated in the full-length book category! Tag your favorite SFPA member to remind them to vote by September 15th! 🙏🏽

Nothing makes me happier than seeing my book in the hands of new readers! 🥹🫶🏼

RIP Wendell Berry 🕊️

I’ve been struggling lately. I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s been more and more difficult to continue to function in a world that feels profoundly unsafe for me and my community. That being said, I am still here, still engaged in the fight. I might just be a little quieter than usual as I…

Tonight at 8pm EST 📣 Join us for a reading of resistance poetry and learn more about the anthology 🗽 Please dm me directly for the zoom link 🔗

This morning in Danbury, ICE was arresting parents at school bus stops. But it’s more sinister. ICE waited until the kids were on the bus so when they are dropped off at the end of the day, they are alone, scared to death they can’t find their parents. I’m heading to Danbury.

The Grim Reaper is officially on a PIP 😡

Writer. Philanthropist. Businesswoman. Kindest around. Her Imagination Library has gifted over 300 million books, and that number grows by 2 million every month! The first book she started with? The Little Engine that Could. She will forever amaze me. RIP Dolly Parton #dollyparton

I didn’t have “people defending white authors who write all Latine characters by comparing them to Mary Shelley writing the Creature in Frankenstein” on my BINGO card, but here we are 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m so tired 😓

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

This is a real picture of Spiderman taking down Jake Lang in downtown Minneapolis yesterday.

Tavarandu Ára (Día del Folklore Paraguayo) is celebrated every year on August 22nd. It honors and preserves Paraguay’s rich culture and traditions such as our folkloric dances 🍾

The powerful forces trying to dominate our country want us to fall into cynicism. That way, they win everything — and they'll be able to take it all without the rest of us putting up a fight. If you are worried about the future, you are not alone. I am too. But please do not fall into cynicism.