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Oh, my gods! Thank you!

Thank you so much! ☺️

Such an honor to be long-listed for @penamerica.bsky.social award. 🇬🇹🇬🇹🇬🇹

“What really drew me to writing this book… is that I feel like I got this question a lot — ‘but where are you from?’” Jared Lemus said. The collection centers on four orphans in Guatemala and a tattoo artist navigating life. #TXST #JaredLemus #WritingCommunity @jaredlemus.bsky.social

Second to last #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday! This week is Hispanic authors with recently published works!

🎉 Tamika Burgess (instagram.com/tameeksb)
🎉 Jared Lemus (@jaredlemus.bsky.social)
🎉 Pedro Iniguez (@pedroiniguez.bsky.social)
🎉 Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro (@carolinaflorezc.bsky.social)

Guatemalan Rhapsody — Multnomah County Library Guatemalan Rhapsody — Lemus, Jared, 1991- — "A vibrant debut story collection-poignant, unflinching, and immersive-masterfully moving between sharp wit and profound tenderness, Guatemalan Rhapsody off...

Guatemalan Rhapsody by @jaredlemus.bsky.social might be the pick for you if you're looking for an "Insightful read for book club that meets every 6 weeks and only covers a few chapters at a time." #AskALibrarian

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

How do I get someone to nominate me for the @nationalbook.bsky.social #5under35 award?! 34 is staring at me in the face later this month with nothing but more white hairs as a birthday present.

I’m so sorry to hear this. I got the exact same email yesterday. 🙄😞

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Says Prosecutors Offered Costa Rica Deportation Deal—But Now Threaten Him With Uganda The El Salvador-born migrant was ordered to report to ICE custody on Monday, and could be deported to Uganda in the future.

The El Salvador-born migrant was ordered to report to ICE custody on Monday, and could be deported to Uganda in the future.

Columbus! @jaredlemus.bsky.social, @lenavalencia.bsky.social, Bob Johnson, and I will be talking short stories on our panel “Humanity in a Snapshot: Short Stories.” Come see us at the Columbus Book Festival!

www.columbusbookfestival.org

#columbusbookfestival #shortstories #writingcommunity 💙📚

What an honor it was to discuss Guatemalan Rhapsody with this wonderful human. Thank you to the @michiganquarterly.bsky.social for giving this interview a home.

I wonder how many more #microplastics I can ingest before it’s considered plastic surgery…

I need a Jackie Chan Adventures live-action series remake.

Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.

www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...

Finally getting rid of the DUI hire.

im sorry to be so divisive and partisan but i dont think the government should be inventing a criminal history out of thin air to justify sending someone to a concentration camp in a foreign country

I know a wake and bake when I see one.

Hiding Chicken McNuggets in my office desk and sneaking them in between advising appointments . . . the professorial version of Napoleon Dynamite's Tater Tots in his zipped pants pockets.

Who else is going to the #latimesfob this year?! #bookfest

I think all the writers brought their gloomy sadness to #awp and that’s why there’s no sun.

*puts all my winter black clothes away, gets out summer blacks

Ahh, that's better

Just saw a white guy with Native American tattoos at the airport. He was wearing a “freedom” shirt.

What’s up with them egg prices, B¡tch?

If you’re incredibly shocked about the president invoking the 1798 Alien Enemies Act—

well, just wait until you find out that lawyers are still citing cases involving enslaved African Americans as precedent in CONTEMPORARY legal cases.

Enjoy:

www.citingslavery.org

Sitting’ in my recliner drinking coffee and reading a book, like, “I really hope someone’s writing my novel for me.”

Check out an excerpt from Guatemalan Rhapsody on Lit Hub today!

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