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The 11 most challenged books of 2025, according to the American Library Association The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

The 11 most challenged books of 2025, according to the American Library Association.
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Because of you I just realized that I made reference to Sondheim's "Company" in my last two books...

From my play, Waiting for Godínez.

I love that my husband and kid can be relied upon to reply to the word "Barcelona," no matter the context, with "Oh."

Matt cheating on Liam... surely not! Hope listeners to the UDF podcast enjoy his appearance on A Meal of Thorns. A fun chat about Ready Player One!

Episode 21: Author Interview - Daniel Olivas, 'Chicano Frankenstein', and Immigration Podcast Episode · Utopian and Dystopian Fictions · 27 March · 1hr 20min

Wonderful interview with Matthew Leggatt! Very thoughtful. And thanks for the shout out to my novel, Chicano Frankenstein. Here is Matthew's interview with me on his podcast, Utopian and Dystopian Fictions.
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A Meal of Thorns 48- READY PLAYER ONE with Matthew Leggatt The pleasures and perils of nostalgia & reference, the importance of identifying real play versus gamified labor, and whether the internet used to be fun: Matthew Leggat of the Utopian & Dy…

The pleasures & perils of nostalgia & reference, the importance of identifying real play vs gamified labor, & whether the internet used to be fun: @matthewleggatt.bsky.social of @utopiaanddystopia.bsky.social joins to discuss Ernest Cline’s READY PLAYER ONE!

You know Gothic is one of my favorite subgenres! Gonna be a wonderfully dread-inducing issue. 🏚️ Sign up now to have it in your inbox as soon as it drops Friday! #BookSky #FilmSky #Gothic

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.

On California farms, workers say threats to deport them are on the rise. Farmworkers described instances in which bosses threatened to call ICE on them, sometimes because they complained about workplace violations.
www.latimes.com/california/s... #farmworkers

I am honored to announce that The Fib has been named a 2026 Librarian Favorite by the Children’s Book Council. This is in addition to The Fib being named a CBC Kids Favorite and a finalist for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award!

LitFest in the Dena Returns to #Pasadena With Immigration Panel, Latine Literary Programming.

Delighted that our panel, “Speaking Truth to Power: Humanizing Immigrant Communities in the Time of ICE,” is featured in this Pasadena Now preview of #LitFest!
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Death rate in immigration detention has reached a 22-year-high, raising physicians' concerns A report in the medical journal JAMA said the most recent spike in deaths took place in a system with “longstanding failures” that were compounded by Trump administration policies.

Death rate in immigration detention has reached a 22-year-high, raising physicians' concerns. JAMA report said the most recent spike in deaths took place in a system with “longstanding failures” that were compounded by Trump administration policies.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Book cover. Thornton Wilder, Old Town

Author photo. Thornton Wilder

“If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good.”
– Thornton Wilder

#botd #books #literature #novels #thorntonwilder

a cartoon of snoopy holding a piece of paper ALT: a cartoon of snoopy holding a piece of paper

For about 25 years, I have submitted fiction, nonfiction, and poetry to one of the top literary journals in the U.S., and have been rejected repeatedly. Recently, that same journal asked me to submit an essay. I did. It was accepted. Never give up! #WritingCommunity #writinglife

Gabriel García Márquez’s Formative Reading List: 24 Books That Shaped One of Humanity’s Greatest Writers “Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.”

Gabriel García Márquez’s Formative Reading List: 24 Books That Shaped One of Humanity’s Greatest Writers.
www.themarginalian.org/2015/04/06/m...

On Transformation and Addiction in My Novel-in-Progress, Chicana Werewolf - Horror Movie - Horror Homeroom On Transformation and Addiction in My Novel-in-Progress, Chicana Werewolf on Horror Homeroom

Happy #FridayReads, hermano! Re-upping my essay published in Horror Homeroom on my noirish horror/thriller manuscript which is a follow-up to my 2024 novel, Chicano Frankenstein:

"On Transformation and Addiction in My Novel-in-Progress, Chicana Werewolf" www.horrorhomeroom.com/on-transform...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This little monster is full of bad weather, magic, blood, friendship, vengeance, ghosts, and murder. Oh, and the hardcover is only $14!

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793 The Secret Order of Shandeans: Laurence Sterne in Early Sovi… The 1920s were a tumultuous time for Russia, as the nation careened from the aftermath of revolution to the death of Lenin, the establishment of the Soviet Union, a…

"When a man gives himself up to the government of a ruling passion, or, in other words, when his hobby-horse grows headstrong, farewell cool reason and fair discretion!"
– Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

#books #literature @academic.oup.com

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids The move comes amid rising tensions between the administration and American Catholics.

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i... #immigration #migrants #children #Pope

For more about Mansfield, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with author Gerri Kimber. #books #literature #katherinemansfield @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

Fantasy Authors Are Not Playing: Creators Increasingly Call Out “Unfaithful” Adaptations From 'House of the Dragon' to 'God of War' to 'The Witcher,' shows are getting smacked by creators for seeming to stray from source material. And there are reasons it's happening now.

Fantasy Authors Are Not Playing: Creators Increasingly Call Out “Unfaithful” Adaptations.

From 'House of the Dragon' to 'God of War' to 'The Witcher,' shows are getting smacked by creators for seeming to stray from source material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/f...

#AWP27 Event Proposals are now open! If anyone is looking for a seasoned panelist, drop me a line. Perhaps a #horror panel at #AWP? My novel, Chicano Frankenstein, has been optioned by a major studio and under development with a producer.
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Book image. Noah Webster on the title page of the 1828 first edition of the American Dictionary of the English Language

Book image. From the title page of the 1828 first edition of the American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster

April 14, 1828. Noah Webster published the first American Dictionary of the English Language, containing 70,000 entries. #otd #books #dictionary #englishlanguage

Book cover. Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Author photo. Samuel Beckett

"The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh." – Samuel Beckett #botd

#books #literature #samuelbeckett

Noah Wyle was 'concerned' when HBO wanted changes for ICE episode of 'The Pitt' "The negotiation was being driven by political reasons, creative reasons, fear, uncertainty," Wyle told Variety about behind-the-scenes talks over the episode of the hit medical drama.

Noah Wyle was 'concerned' when HBO wanted changes for ICE episode of 'The Pitt'

"The negotiation was being driven by political reasons, creative reasons, fear, uncertainty," Wyle told Variety about behind-the-scenes talks.
www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/... #ThePitt #immigration #HBO

Hey, @vlatinalondon.bsky.social is in town! Come hang out, talk books tomorrow.

Book cover. William Hazlitt, Selected Writings

Author portrait. William Hazlitt

"Poetry is the universal language which the heart holds with nature and itself. He who has a contempt for poetry, cannot have much respect for himself, or for any thing else."
– William Hazlitt, Lectures on the English Poets

#botd #poetry #literature

The book cover for Oaths and Offerings: A Carnyx Anthology of Folklore, featuring a circular design with various plants, animals, and objects in a red-purple gradient. Below that cover, text reads: "Pre-orders open now."

Thanks, Gabino!

I have a short story in this folklore anthology, Oaths and Offerings, alongside 7 other Northern writers. The book is up for pre-order now, thanks to @carnyxpress.co.uk. More info here:

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You got crime noir in my cosmic horror!
A sleepy fishing island gets new visitors, and new problems.
Available now on amazon and direct.
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