El Norte Recuerda
@elnorterecuerda.bsky.social
author of MAGICAL/REALISM, Tiny Reparations Books, 2024 and BEAST MERIDIAN, Noemi Press, 2017.
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We're excited to announce the longlist for the 2024 NBCC Award for Criticism! Congratulations to all of the nominees. www.bookcritics.org/2024/12/16/2...
Oh my god 😭
A long time ago, there was a tweet about the difference between US diaspora poets vs poets of the home country.
Diaspora poets were like: my otherness is a mango my mother cuts/she is crying/the tears are mine.
But poetry from the home country was like, DATA CENTER SERVER: GAPING BILLIONAIRE ASSHOLE
Diaspora poets were like: my otherness is a mango my mother cuts/she is crying/the tears are mine.
But poetry from the home country was like, DATA CENTER SERVER: GAPING BILLIONAIRE ASSHOLE
December 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
A long time ago, there was a tweet about the difference between US diaspora poets vs poets of the home country.
Diaspora poets were like: my otherness is a mango my mother cuts/she is crying/the tears are mine.
But poetry from the home country was like, DATA CENTER SERVER: GAPING BILLIONAIRE ASSHOLE
Diaspora poets were like: my otherness is a mango my mother cuts/she is crying/the tears are mine.
But poetry from the home country was like, DATA CENTER SERVER: GAPING BILLIONAIRE ASSHOLE
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Since we are talking poetry and words, the phrase “rent-free in your head” makes me so sad… the idea of rent is so corrosive and pervasive, it’s considered an exception to have thoughts, feelings, ideas, poetry in your mind, rent-free!!
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Since we are talking poetry and words, the phrase “rent-free in your head” makes me so sad… the idea of rent is so corrosive and pervasive, it’s considered an exception to have thoughts, feelings, ideas, poetry in your mind, rent-free!!
Actually, can someone update my Wikipedia page? I can’t do it (you can’t author or update your own page) and it’s missing my latest book, MAGICAL/REALISM and the long lists. I’m sorry to ask like an egomaniacal asshole but it’s bugging me! And maybe it might help with the academic job search?
And edit too! Even little fixes are really helpful! 😄
December 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Actually, can someone update my Wikipedia page? I can’t do it (you can’t author or update your own page) and it’s missing my latest book, MAGICAL/REALISM and the long lists. I’m sorry to ask like an egomaniacal asshole but it’s bugging me! And maybe it might help with the academic job search?
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And edit too! Even little fixes are really helpful! 😄
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 AM
And edit too! Even little fixes are really helpful! 😄
This is catastrophic on like, generational infinite levels, but here’s another thing: Netflix will own Game of Thrones and all other associated properties. So really: That’s all, folks.
Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly moving forward with exclusive deal talks with Netflix
Netflix Wins the Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War, Enters Exclusive Deal Talks
Warner Bros. Discovery has selected Netflix after the streaming giant offered $30 a share for the studio and streaming assets.
www.thewrap.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
This is catastrophic on like, generational infinite levels, but here’s another thing: Netflix will own Game of Thrones and all other associated properties. So really: That’s all, folks.
At this point I’m begging you to boycott Amazon, if you want a future.
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
At this point I’m begging you to boycott Amazon, if you want a future.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
You can’t be fucking serious.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You can’t be fucking serious.
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This is pure censorship—using DEI as cover.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is pure censorship—using DEI as cover.
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
If you’re showing off your Spotify Wrapped this year, I know you’re morally bankrupt, and that even running ICE ads isn’t enough to cancel your subscription. Never mind that Spotify is a fascist corporation that invests in AI military tech, and would rather create AI slop than pay artists.
December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you’re showing off your Spotify Wrapped this year, I know you’re morally bankrupt, and that even running ICE ads isn’t enough to cancel your subscription. Never mind that Spotify is a fascist corporation that invests in AI military tech, and would rather create AI slop than pay artists.
“Now”?
We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“Now”?
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ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
ANMLY Submission Manager
**ANNOUNCEMENT: Fees will be waived for all Black and Indigenous writers, and writers of Palestinian descent, to support those most targeted by state violence. Email editor [at] anomalouspress [dot] o...
anmly.submittable.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
ANMLY is now open for new work!
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation!
> anmly.submittable.com
*Fee waivers available*
Check out our latest issue to see what we're into!
> anmly.org/ap41
Twitter is literally unusable
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Twitter is literally unusable
GIVE $15 TO WIKIPEDIA TODAY YOU COWARDS
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
GIVE $15 TO WIKIPEDIA TODAY YOU COWARDS
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It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s so wild how the wealthy are destroying the Amazon that potentially has the cure for all the cancers in favor of an Amazon that’s creating new types of cancers
Has anyone watched Hedda? I can’t decide what I think. Like I love so much about how it queers the text, and Tessa Thompson is intoxicating, but it’s … missing something. I want to LOVE it
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Has anyone watched Hedda? I can’t decide what I think. Like I love so much about how it queers the text, and Tessa Thompson is intoxicating, but it’s … missing something. I want to LOVE it
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We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
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• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”
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I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
AI warning for Steam – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download AI warning for Steam for Firefox. Show the AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam store pages as a modal popup.
addons.mozilla.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Fuck this dude but more important question:
What’s with “reënter”? I’ve never seen this word written with that diacritic? Is that what we do with two vowels next to each other, each making a different sound? “Début” with the tilde over the e is also a little bit eye roll
What’s with “reënter”? I’ve never seen this word written with that diacritic? Is that what we do with two vowels next to each other, each making a different sound? “Début” with the tilde over the e is also a little bit eye roll
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Fuck this dude but more important question:
What’s with “reënter”? I’ve never seen this word written with that diacritic? Is that what we do with two vowels next to each other, each making a different sound? “Début” with the tilde over the e is also a little bit eye roll
What’s with “reënter”? I’ve never seen this word written with that diacritic? Is that what we do with two vowels next to each other, each making a different sound? “Début” with the tilde over the e is also a little bit eye roll
MAGICAL/REALISM (2024) is a critical essay/autotheory collection connecting popular fantasy to the migrant experience, and was longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and other awards.
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
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gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
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November 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
MAGICAL/REALISM (2024) is a critical essay/autotheory collection connecting popular fantasy to the migrant experience, and was longlisted for the National Book Award in Nonfiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism, and other awards.
Dark Winds is such a crazy good show.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Dark Winds is such a crazy good show.
I have pretty enormous problems in my life, from health to family to job market to self-isolation to career (lol), but tonight …
tonight I just want my Kobo highlights to merge with my Apple Books highlights so I can talk my shit in the marginalia across my devices
tonight I just want my Kobo highlights to merge with my Apple Books highlights so I can talk my shit in the marginalia across my devices
November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have pretty enormous problems in my life, from health to family to job market to self-isolation to career (lol), but tonight …
tonight I just want my Kobo highlights to merge with my Apple Books highlights so I can talk my shit in the marginalia across my devices
tonight I just want my Kobo highlights to merge with my Apple Books highlights so I can talk my shit in the marginalia across my devices