David Bowles
@davidbowles.us
Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. President of the Texas Institute of Letters. Associate Professor at UTRGV.
My guest column for @slj.com
Have you considered what books you need for your libraries in 2026? @davidbowles.us has ideas #damnthebans #youngreadersmatter #librarians #libraries
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Key Books That Address This Moment
What are young readers living through right now, and which books are brave enough to meet them there?
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January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
My guest column for @slj.com
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I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I’ve started using the term “ethnic cleansing campaign” to describe the ICE occupation here in Minnesota. This is deliberate because the reality on the ground is that, at a given moment, any non-white person can be kidnapped by masked federal paramilitaries regardless of their constitutional rights.
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last night, government agents, undercover of the authority of the president, launched chemical attacks against American protestors. I got nothing more pithy than “fuck this,” but fuck this. power to the people.
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
last night, government agents, undercover of the authority of the president, launched chemical attacks against American protestors. I got nothing more pithy than “fuck this,” but fuck this. power to the people.
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The civil war has already begun, and the Confederacy's soldiers are ICE.
January 15, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The civil war has already begun, and the Confederacy's soldiers are ICE.
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At a time when multiple federal departments run by Donald Trump have posted Nazi slogans or imagery or songs in the last week—with the total number of incidents being impossible to count just on one hand—Trump is now demanding lists of Jews from U.S. institutions.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
Groups say EEOC demand for names and personal details echoes dark history and threatens safety and civil rights
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January 14, 2026 at 11:59 PM
At a time when multiple federal departments run by Donald Trump have posted Nazi slogans or imagery or songs in the last week—with the total number of incidents being impossible to count just on one hand—Trump is now demanding lists of Jews from U.S. institutions.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
Time to wake the fuck up, all.
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The Senate has voted to abolish itself
Breaking:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans defeat Venezuela war powers resolution, bowing to Trump’s pressure as Vance casts tie-breaking vote.
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The Senate has voted to abolish itself
Cuánto odio al cabrón fascista Jon del Arroz. Aparte de nazi, es evidentemente un vil pendejo con la capacidad de comprensión de un escuincle chiflado de unos cuatro años.
January 14, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Cuánto odio al cabrón fascista Jon del Arroz. Aparte de nazi, es evidentemente un vil pendejo con la capacidad de comprensión de un escuincle chiflado de unos cuatro años.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
Quiero ver a esta pendeja fascista procesada ante la Corte de la Haya por genocidio.
January 13, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Quiero ver a esta pendeja fascista procesada ante la Corte de la Haya por genocidio.
A la chingada con estos pinches racistas y sus lemas nazis.
A recent Department of Labor post uses a slogan similar to the Nazi propaganda slogan "One People, One Empire, One Leader”
January 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM
A la chingada con estos pinches racistas y sus lemas nazis.
Not civil war.
Resistance. Uprising.
Revolution.
Resistance. Uprising.
Revolution.
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Not civil war.
Resistance. Uprising.
Revolution.
Resistance. Uprising.
Revolution.
“Anger is an inoculant. It gets your immune system working against bullshit.”
—from ANCESTRAL NIGHT by @matociquala.bsky.social
—from ANCESTRAL NIGHT by @matociquala.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“Anger is an inoculant. It gets your immune system working against bullshit.”
—from ANCESTRAL NIGHT by @matociquala.bsky.social
—from ANCESTRAL NIGHT by @matociquala.bsky.social
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QUEER EVERYTHING. QUEER HARDER. QUEER NOW AND TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY. QUEER THE FUTURE.
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
QUEER EVERYTHING. QUEER HARDER. QUEER NOW AND TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY. QUEER THE FUTURE.
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
QUEER THE BLACK HOLE AT THE CENTER OF OUR GALAXY EVERYTHING IS QUEER NOW
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If being disrespectful to black women is a means to your supposed antifascist end, fuck you and your revolution.
How you treat people is who you are.
How you treat people is who you are.
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
If being disrespectful to black women is a means to your supposed antifascist end, fuck you and your revolution.
How you treat people is who you are.
How you treat people is who you are.
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A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
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Humble Book Bundle: Fierce Women of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror by Open Road Media
Our latest ebook bundle has over 60 of the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books written by women! Every purchase supports Active Minds charity!
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January 11, 2026 at 12:03 AM
A frankly astounding Humble Bundle of about 70 books by women SFF writers, including the Iskryne series by @pennyvixen.bsky.social and me and my first two Karen Memory novels, for $25 for the whole bundle, benefitting youth mental health.
www.humblebundle.com/books/fierce...
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AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
AOC: “I understand that VP Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, & I do not — That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance & I — I do not believe the American people should be assassinated in the street”
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I feel a shift toward the tipping point. My advice is to do the things you love now. Spend money. Travel. Visit family/friends. Buy what's important. Stock up on necessities. We are on the verge of civil and global war, with a madman at the helm.
January 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I feel a shift toward the tipping point. My advice is to do the things you love now. Spend money. Travel. Visit family/friends. Buy what's important. Stock up on necessities. We are on the verge of civil and global war, with a madman at the helm.
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ENOUGH SAID!!!!!! 🤬
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
ENOUGH SAID!!!!!! 🤬
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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Abolish ICE.
January 7, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Abolish ICE.
Revolutionary Nahuatl for January 7, 2026:
Ximoyaochihchihuacan.
Arm yourselves.
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xi- = command prefix
-mo- = reflexive prefix
yaochihchihua = arm [as if for war]
-can = plural
[SHEE-moh-YAH-oh-CHEE'-chee-WAH-kahn]
Ximoyaochihchihuacan.
Arm yourselves.
_______
xi- = command prefix
-mo- = reflexive prefix
yaochihchihua = arm [as if for war]
-can = plural
[SHEE-moh-YAH-oh-CHEE'-chee-WAH-kahn]
January 7, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Revolutionary Nahuatl for January 7, 2026:
Ximoyaochihchihuacan.
Arm yourselves.
_______
xi- = command prefix
-mo- = reflexive prefix
yaochihchihua = arm [as if for war]
-can = plural
[SHEE-moh-YAH-oh-CHEE'-chee-WAH-kahn]
Ximoyaochihchihuacan.
Arm yourselves.
_______
xi- = command prefix
-mo- = reflexive prefix
yaochihchihua = arm [as if for war]
-can = plural
[SHEE-moh-YAH-oh-CHEE'-chee-WAH-kahn]
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Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
"Carolyn's Fingers" by Cocteau Twins
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 AM
"Carolyn's Fingers" by Cocteau Twins
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Join NorthSouth Books and other international publishers for an evening of books in translation! Hear about the best new translated books for adults and children. All booksellers, librarians, and book lovers are invited to attend!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Books Across Borders - New Year in Translation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Books Across Borders - New Year in Translation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Join NorthSouth Books and other international publishers for an evening of books in translation! Hear about the best new translated books for adults and children. All booksellers, librarians, and book lovers are invited to attend!
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made