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Elizabeth Huergo
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Elizabeth Huergo was born in Havana and immigrated to the US as a political refugee. She writes socially conscious fiction. THE DEATH OF FIDEL PEREZ (Unbridled Books 2013) was her first novel. You can read her regular blog @writerunboxed.bsky.social.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Jun 8
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Luis Alberto Urrea (& Cindy) @urrealism.bsky.social · Apr 18
Anniversary of Revere’s ride.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Apr 15
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.

The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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Luis Alberto Urrea (& Cindy) @urrealism.bsky.social · Apr 15
Today’s ridiculous sketchbook. It sure is getting harder to smile.
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Luis Alberto Urrea (& Cindy) @urrealism.bsky.social · Apr 15
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · Apr 14
The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
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jds @jamesdavidsaul.bsky.social · Apr 13
Eastern Phoebe, our springy flycatcher friend 🪶
A small flycatcher sitting on a branch with red leaves in a blurred background
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Apr 12
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Apr 11
White-fronted Bee-eater at Kruger National Park, South Africa.

#birds #nature 🌿
A stunning small bird showcasing a magnificent color palette—warm rusty-brown head, striking bright orange throat, elegant black mask, and emerald-green wings. Its slender, curved black bill is perfectly adapted for nectar feeding. Perched delicately among soft foliage, this beautiful creature's vivid colors stand out against the blurred natural background.
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Apr 3
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
The Flash Fiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The Flash Fiction Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, location, and object assignments in 48 hours.
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz @anderson-dargatz.bsky.social · Mar 30
If, like me, you're feeling overwhelmed and saddened by the news of the day, you may want to read this piece. It contains such a simple but powerful suggestion to counter much of what we're facing, and in fact to change the world.

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Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?
When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life
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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · Mar 22
Tolkien, with a stance all writers might share: “Some who have read [my] book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Mar 21
"Women have served ... as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. [...] That is why Napoleon and Mussolini both insist ... upon the inferiority of women, for if they were not inferior, they would cease to enlarge." V. Woolf
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Mar 21
"Despite the district’s ruling, Inama refuses to remove the signs, even if it means risking her job. 'There’s no way I would be able to allow myself to just take it down and roll over to what I feel like they’re asking me to do.'"
Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Mar 20
In addition to "Alone in Berlin," perhaps watching "The Manchurian Candidate" is a good idea right about now. And, of course, Kosinsky's "Being There." So much irony remains unacknowledged these days.

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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Mar 19
"A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out." Virginia Woolf
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Feb 25
"The Autogolpe and Other Things Lost in Translation" came out this morning at Writer Unboxed. If you are not familiar with the site, come explore a welcoming community of writers.
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The Autogolpe and Other Things Lost in Translation
I’m becoming an avid reader of Substack, and one of my favorite sites is Paul Krugman’s. Earlier this month, Krugman, a Nobel laureate in Economics, observed “…that everything Musk and Trump say ab…
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Feb 11
I watch/read the news and think of "Alone in Berlin," starring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, a true story about a working-class German couple, Otto and Elise Hampel, who supported Hitler and then joined the resistance after the death of their son.

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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Feb 9
In "What Are People For?" Wendell Berry quotes William Blake: "'You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.'" Both poets condemn the immorality of excess, and the narrow consciousness nurtured by excess.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 9
Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’
Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’
Protesters in Colorado express solidarity with the undocumented after dramatic raids throughout Denver Thousands took to the streets on Wednesday and Saturday last week following a series of dramatic raids by agents from Immigration and Customs…
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Jan 22
I rather admire this sort of courage:
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde appeals to President Trump to have mercy upon immigrants and minorities
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Jan 20
You were missed today at the Ladies' Lunch. Big hug!
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Elizabeth Huergo @elizabethhuergo.bsky.social · Jan 20
My cousin Ramon Luis is a cinematographer in Cuba. The house is my late Aunt Carmen's home in Fontanar, a neighborhood in l'Habana. The weight of poverty is palpable. So too is the human spirit.
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"Laboratorio de arte cubano en Fontanar"
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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · Jan 10
I looked up what a group of Blue Jays is called, which is a "party" or "band." So here is a party of Blue Jays. (They do seem to like partying it up and causing a ruckus. I could see "a ruckus of Blue Jays" as a group name working too.)
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God @thegodpodcast.com · Jan 12
California’s on fire, and while the GOP is busy blaming DEI and concocting conspiracies, Canada and Mexico are busy saving lives.
Thank You to Canada and Mexico
Bless you.
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