Lawrence Schimel
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Reader.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
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2024 Overview 🧵:
In 2024, I published 42 books:
28 books written by me: 27 children's books, 1 adult book
14 translations: 6 into English, 7 into Spanish & 1 into both English + Spanish (my first translation from French)
#kidlit #amwriting #amtranslating
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In 2024, I published 42 books:
28 books written by me: 27 children's books, 1 adult book
14 translations: 6 into English, 7 into Spanish & 1 into both English + Spanish (my first translation from French)
#kidlit #amwriting #amtranslating
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Read translator @missadadoom.bsky.social on six novels in translation that combine folk tales and horror.
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
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Chilling Lit: Six Novels in Translation That Blend Folktales and Horror
Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…
lithub.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Read translator @missadadoom.bsky.social on six novels in translation that combine folk tales and horror.
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
lithub.com/chilling-lit...
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While you know I am always encouraging you to read more poetry, Rónán, I wouldn't recommend The Jackal's collection for its literary merits...
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
While you know I am always encouraging you to read more poetry, Rónán, I wouldn't recommend The Jackal's collection for its literary merits...
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So old that actually he was trying to sleep with a guy from all the countries on the then-waiting list, too! 🤣
When the artist and I "researched" the book, Spain still used pesetas. But by the time he had finished the art, everything had switched over to the Euro. So we had to update the details...
When the artist and I "researched" the book, Spain still used pesetas. But by the time he had finished the art, everything had switched over to the Euro. So we had to update the details...
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So old that actually he was trying to sleep with a guy from all the countries on the then-waiting list, too! 🤣
When the artist and I "researched" the book, Spain still used pesetas. But by the time he had finished the art, everything had switched over to the Euro. So we had to update the details...
When the artist and I "researched" the book, Spain still used pesetas. But by the time he had finished the art, everything had switched over to the Euro. So we had to update the details...
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I bought a guillotine necklace last month (wanted one for years, finally found an affordable one I like). I thought I was just being obnoxious about my views on wealth inequality, yet it's actually functioning as a conversation opener with strangers I WANT to talk to. The shy, selective gal's dream
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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LOVE, MISHA by our very own Askel Aden (@surmulefyr.bsky.social) is a 2026 William C. Morris Award finalist!
This award is given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA, and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Congratulations, Askel! 🥳
This award is given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA, and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Congratulations, Askel! 🥳
December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
LOVE, MISHA by our very own Askel Aden (@surmulefyr.bsky.social) is a 2026 William C. Morris Award finalist!
This award is given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA, and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Congratulations, Askel! 🥳
This award is given by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of ALA, and celebrates impressive new voices in young adult literature.
Congratulations, Askel! 🥳
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Be visible.
Yard/window signs. Buttons, stickers, tote bags. T-shirts at the rink, grocery store, kids’ events.
These are quiet signals that the “silent majority” isn’t as silent or as unified as populists claim.+
Yard/window signs. Buttons, stickers, tote bags. T-shirts at the rink, grocery store, kids’ events.
These are quiet signals that the “silent majority” isn’t as silent or as unified as populists claim.+
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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I've posted about the big diorama I made for my book "Still Life" with @alexlondon.bsky.social, which after its stint in the window of @booksofwonder.bsky.social found a permanent home in the store: I've been improving it and just put a page about that on my website, so FYI: shorturl.at/4C94u
Still Life’s Window of Opportunity
www.paulozelinsky.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I've posted about the big diorama I made for my book "Still Life" with @alexlondon.bsky.social, which after its stint in the window of @booksofwonder.bsky.social found a permanent home in the store: I've been improving it and just put a page about that on my website, so FYI: shorturl.at/4C94u
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Two U of Alabama publications—Alice, a women’s lifestyle magazine and Nineteen Fifty-Six, covering Black culture and student life—have been shuttered.
A school official cited Justice Dept guidance urging institutions receiving federal funding to avoid "unlawful D.E.I. practices." (NY Times)
A school official cited Justice Dept guidance urging institutions receiving federal funding to avoid "unlawful D.E.I. practices." (NY Times)
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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"Publishing Perspectives" editor Porter Anderson has passed away.
Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, Dies - Publishing Perspectives
International journalist, moderator, and Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson has died.
publishingperspectives.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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I’ll be honest, ADHD was not where I saw TERFs headed next. I mean, I knew they were always gonna go after somebody, trans people were always the thin end of the wedge, but of all the bigotry available to choose from, we’re awfully niche.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’ll be honest, ADHD was not where I saw TERFs headed next. I mean, I knew they were always gonna go after somebody, trans people were always the thin end of the wedge, but of all the bigotry available to choose from, we’re awfully niche.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
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just for the record, I would much prefer to live in a time where all it takes to support hundreds of good local jobs is to wake up every day and buy a newspaper for a nickel from a legally employed minor with a cool hat
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
just for the record, I would much prefer to live in a time where all it takes to support hundreds of good local jobs is to wake up every day and buy a newspaper for a nickel from a legally employed minor with a cool hat
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I will note that, once again, @people.com does a better job here of reporting accurately while upholding human dignity than many of the supposedly serious outlets. The ethos of Teen Vogue lives.
8 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- United Methodist pastor Rev. Phillipa Phaneuf of Rochester NY comes out mid-service: "I’m not becoming a woman, I’m giving up pretending to be a man." [Watch the vid]
Pastor, 51, Comes Out as Transgender During Emotional Church Service: I'm 'Truly Happy for the First Time in a Very Long Time'
A pastor came out as transgender during a recent church service in Rochester, N.Y. Rev. Phillipa Phaneuf made the announcement while wearing a stole with a rainbow pattern.
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I will note that, once again, @people.com does a better job here of reporting accurately while upholding human dignity than many of the supposedly serious outlets. The ethos of Teen Vogue lives.
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"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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My translation of picture book HOW TO REACH THE MOON by Argentine author Nicolás Schuff & Spanish illustrator Ana Sender is a 2025 Horn Book Fanfare!
🎉🎉🎉🥰🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
#kidlit #kidlituk #booksky #xl8 #edusky #skybrarians #scbwi
My translation of picture book HOW TO REACH THE MOON by Argentine author Nicolás Schuff & Spanish illustrator Ana Sender is a 2025 Horn Book Fanfare!
🎉🎉🎉🥰🥰🥰🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
#kidlit #kidlituk #booksky #xl8 #edusky #skybrarians #scbwi
Congrats to everyone whose books are #HBFanfare selections! Here is PICTURE BOOKS youtu.be/qRW73ojuHMA; find the complete list here:
www.hbook.com/story/fanfar...
Annotations will be published in the Dec #NotesfromtheHornBook newsletter + in the Jan/Feb #HBMag. Happy reading! #Fanfare25 #HBFanfare25
www.hbook.com/story/fanfar...
Annotations will be published in the Dec #NotesfromtheHornBook newsletter + in the Jan/Feb #HBMag. Happy reading! #Fanfare25 #HBFanfare25
Horn Book Fanfare 2025: Picture Books
YouTube video by HornBookInc
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December 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I love companies being punished for replacing workers with AI. Gimme more
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I love companies being punished for replacing workers with AI. Gimme more
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"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
December 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net
Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms
March 10th, 2026!
awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...
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This is an extremely pity-poor-me complaint, but last week I spent many hours writing a swath of recommendations for students applying to MFA programs, and now have the sinking feeling that most readers will simply assume I used A.I. to do so.
December 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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As I said last week on VIBE CHECK, we’re told when it comes to family during the holidays that we should protect the peace, but who is the peace protecting?
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As I said last week on VIBE CHECK, we’re told when it comes to family during the holidays that we should protect the peace, but who is the peace protecting?
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…We will never sell out our authors for federal funding. Our values aren’t for sale. If you share our values, we’re in this together. And believe us: we’re all in.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
…We will never sell out our authors for federal funding. Our values aren’t for sale. If you share our values, we’re in this together. And believe us: we’re all in.
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When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
When the NEA asked us to promise not to publish trans, nonbinary, or gender fluid authors, we told them to kick rocks. (Actually, formally, with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors, we told them to kick rocks.) So the NEA rescinded our funding.
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My long out-of-print graphic novel about the romantic/sexual shenanigans of two gay friends who visit Ibiza & are each jealous of the other.
(The boy having a love affair thinks he isn't sleeping around enough-it's Ibiza!-& the one collecting a hookup from every EU country wants the romance.)
My long out-of-print graphic novel about the romantic/sexual shenanigans of two gay friends who visit Ibiza & are each jealous of the other.
(The boy having a love affair thinks he isn't sleeping around enough-it's Ibiza!-& the one collecting a hookup from every EU country wants the romance.)
😊Shortly after reading The Drag Queen of Elfland I found this wonderful book too! 🌈
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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My long out-of-print graphic novel about the romantic/sexual shenanigans of two gay friends who visit Ibiza & are each jealous of the other.
(The boy having a love affair thinks he isn't sleeping around enough-it's Ibiza!-& the one collecting a hookup from every EU country wants the romance.)
My long out-of-print graphic novel about the romantic/sexual shenanigans of two gay friends who visit Ibiza & are each jealous of the other.
(The boy having a love affair thinks he isn't sleeping around enough-it's Ibiza!-& the one collecting a hookup from every EU country wants the romance.)