My horror fiction collection FEVER DREAMS OF A PARASITE was just nominated for a Sacred Crypt Award. Many thanks to Voices from the Mausoleum for the honor! Voting is now open at Voices From The Mausoleum

James Baldwin, b. Aug 2, 1924 In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to Nicholas Boggs, author of Baldwin: A Love Story, the first major biography of James Baldwin in three decades. #books #literature #biography @fsgbooks.bsky.social

768 Young James Baldwin (with Nicholas Boggs) | My Last Book wit…

The American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987) spent the second half of his life as a fixture in American intellectual life. But what forme…

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Gustavo Arellano: The banality of evil in the Border Patrol’s secret anti-immigrant slur. For at least half a century, Border Patrol workers have used the onomatopoeic word “tonk,” referring to the sound of someone getting hit, as slang for undocumented immigrants. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Commentary: The banality of evil in the Border Patrol's secret anti-immigrant slur

For at least half a century, Border Patrol workers have used the onomatopoeic word "tonk," referring to the sound of someone getting hit, as slang for undocumented immigrants.

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BCNARTS: American Pachuco Tells Vivid Story Of Theater-Activist Luis Valdez www.sfgate.com/news/bayarea...

BCNARTS: American Pachuco Tells Vivid Story Of Theater-Activist Luis Valdez

Filmmaker David Alvarado, director of "American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez," was a 21-year-old undergraduate at the University of North Texas when theater director Valdez, founder of El...

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Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books. Natalie Zutter Recommends New Releases From C.L. Clark, Robert Jackson Bennett, Natasha Pulley, and More. lithub.com/sea-monster-... #scifi #fantasy #newbooks

Sea Monster Villages and Soul Traders: August’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

This month’s list comes to you from smoky orange skies and toxic lettuce, so what better time to distract ourselves with haunted seaside villages, mysterious salt pillars, and demon hunters? Robert…

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Gilberto Cárdenas, Chicano movement leader and Latino art champion, dies at 79. The Austin scholar, educator and collector helped shape Latino studies and built a vast art collection that transformed institutions nationwide. www.statesman.com/news/article... #Chicano #art #culture

He built a community without borders: Gilberto Cárdenas dies at 79

The Chicano movement leader, scholar and collector built influential Latino studies programs and helped transform access to Latino art. He was 79.

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9 Places To Donate Used Books When Your Shelves Are Full. Give gently used books a second chance. www.southernliving.com/places-you-c... #usedbooks #books

9 Places To Donate Used Books When Your Shelves Are Full

It can be hard to part with favorite books, but where will you put new ones? Once you pare down your collection, here’s where to donate used books.

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Video shows worm-like creatures in drinking water at ICE detention center. A federal court judge ordered sweeping changes at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Southern California two weeks ago. But some detainees say issues persist. www.latimes.com/california/s... #immigration

Video shows worm-like creatures in drinking water at ICE detention center

A federal court judge ordered sweeping changes at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Southern California two weeks ago. But some detainees say issues persist.

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Across the U.S., the reanimated fill gaps in the workforce while the President stokes hatred to improve her polling. In this episode, Matt Leggatt interviews me about Chicano Frankenstein and the current attacks on immigrants in the U.S. open.spotify.com/episode/7q32... #dystopia #horror

Episode 21: Author Interview - Daniel Olivas, 'Chicano Frankenstein', and Immigration

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“The deliciously horrifying stories that make up Something Followed Us Home offer a cornucopia of Latiné tales that are as creepy as they are disturbing and original.” – Daniel A. Olivas, author of Chicano Frankenstein Sept. 29, Atria/Primero Sueno Press www.simonandschuster.com/books/Someth...

Something Followed Us Home

“Insightful, humane, and original, Something Followed Us Home features the most exciting voices in dark fiction today and is a must read for any we...

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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This slice of mayhem takes you into the middle of a storm and then…well, then things get worse. In a good way. Anyway, it’s only $12! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Help! My Novel Had Two Beginnings. Readers: Which Is Better? After finishing his latest book, Karan Mahajan couldn’t decide which opening passage was best. Vote below for the one you prefer. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/b...

Is a Novel Ever Finished? Many Writers Say No.

After finishing his latest book, Karan Mahajan couldn’t decide which opening passage was best. Vote below for the one you prefer.

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It Came From Neverland appears in the Chicago Tribune! Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months www.chicagotribune.com/2026/06/03/s...

Summer books: Our 50 coolest books for your hottest months

What are you looking for in your summer reading? Chicago stories, books about music or celebrities, history lessons, or tawdry, trashy novels that are secretly good? Read on.

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Witch of the Dark Woods featured by Kirkus and School Library Journal! @slj.com per SLJ: "perfect for those looking for a spooky book this fall, or for those who enjoy fantasy and adventure with a light horror touch." www.slj.com/review/the-w... www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

THE WITCH OF THE DARK WOOD | Kirkus Reviews

For Tilly and Finn, protecting an old-growth forest means more than just saving the trees.

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Just This Side of Tragic: An Interview with Benjamin Alire Sáenz. I conducted this interview of Ben in 2013 to discuss his story collection, Everything Begins & Ends at the Kentucky Club. In honor of his passing, I offer it again. lareviewofbooks.org/article/just...

Renowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71. elpasomatters.org/2026/07/28/b...

Renowned El Paso author, artist Benjamin Alire Sáenz dies at 71

“Ben was irrepressibly hopeful of the human spirit,” longtime friend Ruben Garcia said about Sáenz, an award-winning author whose “Aristotle and Dante” young adult novel was adapted into a movie in 20...

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The Forces Derived from Being a Latina: A Latina Power Reading List. bookriot.com/latina-power... #LatinaBooks #ReadingComunity

A Latina Power Reading List

What is Latina Power? Literary excellence, for one thing.

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Wherein Caroline Hagood reads from DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS (Spuyten Duyvil), a Finalist for the 2025 BIG OTHER Book Award for Fiction! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH_9...

2025 BIG OTHER Book Awards Finalist Caroline Hagood Reads from DEATH AND OTHER SPECULATIVE FICTIONS

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Stoked to see us mentioned in Sarah Langan's interview w @publisherswkly.bsky.social. It's why we exist: to foster & encourage talent, writing and horror writers. When one of our chapter's writers succeeds, an angel gets a little devil tail! Congrats! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to biographer Glenda Norquay (Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Life) about the amazing life of Robert Louis Stevenson, the Scottish author of classic works like Kidnapped and Treasure Island. #books #literature @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

819 Robert Louis Stevenson (with Glenda Norquay) | The Rise of H…

After discussing a news article detailing the rise of "hot literati," Jacke talks to biographer Glenda Norquay (Robert Louis Stevenson: A Critical Life) about the a…

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"Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more." – Elizabeth Hardwick #botd #books #literature

Some writers are lucky and really love both writing and their day job. I count myself in this group. The California Department of Justice did a video on my writing life and my role as a Senior Assistant Attorney General. Proud to serve California! youtu.be/i6y2_pydbnU?...

Meet Your DOJ: Daniel Olivas

YouTube video by California Department of Justice

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Deal announcement! Film right for Alisha Fernandez Miranda's My What If Year to America Ferrera 🥾👠👟🎉

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I bring you a hurricane, creatures from beyond the reef, violence, revenge, magic, and mayhem stuffed into a gorgeous hardcover that is now only $12! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...

Just finished my virtual play Doctor Who Saved My Life, and thanks to a wonderful audience with some truly fantastic questions and comments, it was one of the best ever. Thank you all. www.michaelbroussardarts.com

Michael Broussard Arts

Playwright, poet, storyteller, and performing artist.

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Don't miss Dan Froot & Company's latest SALA, this time in Koreatown where excerpts from my immigration play, Waiting for Godínez, will be performed. Details in the link. www.instagram.com/p/DbFRYWLjpI... #playwriting #theatre

Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5-billion settlement with authors. Federal Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin in Oakland granted final approval of the settlement Monday. I am a class claimant in this settlement for two of my books. www.latimes.com/business/sto... #AI

Judge approves Anthropic's $1.5-billion settlement with authors

A U.S. judge approved the $1.5-billion settlement Anthropic agreed to pay authors whose pirated books it used to train its chatbot Claude.

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“Matt Baca's elegant yet poignant coming-of-age story is deeply rooted in Rudolfo Anaya's beloved New Mexico with all its beauty and heartbreak... Bravo!” —Daniel A. Olivas Honored to blurb this gorgeous debut novel coming in 2027 from Bloomsbury. bookshop.org/p/books/all-...

All These Deep Arroyos: A Novel

"All These Deep Arroyos pulled me into the desert and then swept me away. What a gorgeous, consuming, and indelible novel."-Rachel Khong “This story of two brothers, of the different choices they make...

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Odyssey, Film Adaptations, and Translation. Daniel Mendelsohn, in conversation with Jarrett Earnest Episode 21 of Private Life. www.nybooks.com/online/2026/... #Odyssey

Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey, Film Adaptations, and Translation | Daniel Mendelsohn, Jarrett Earnest

In this episode of Private Life, Daniel Mendelsohn joins Jarrett Earnest to discuss his 2025 translation of Homer’s Odyssey and Christopher Nolan’s

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