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.
Most of us are engaged in the Mass Blackout, avoiding ordering things online to show billionaires our collective power. But you can still back the woman who mercilessly eats the rich: THE MATRON.
Let's make Black Friday RED!
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Let's make Black Friday RED!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Most of us are engaged in the Mass Blackout, avoiding ordering things online to show billionaires our collective power. But you can still back the woman who mercilessly eats the rich: THE MATRON.
Let's make Black Friday RED!
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Let's make Black Friday RED!
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It's time to pre-order the second graphic novel in the series I'm doing with Drew Edwards and Monica Gallagher: THE MATRON: THE BITE OF HER AX.
If you missed your chance to get a copy of volume 1 (A WIND THAT KILLS) months before the rest of the world, you can pick that up now as well!
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If you missed your chance to get a copy of volume 1 (A WIND THAT KILLS) months before the rest of the world, you can pick that up now as well!
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's time to pre-order the second graphic novel in the series I'm doing with Drew Edwards and Monica Gallagher: THE MATRON: THE BITE OF HER AX.
If you missed your chance to get a copy of volume 1 (A WIND THAT KILLS) months before the rest of the world, you can pick that up now as well!
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If you missed your chance to get a copy of volume 1 (A WIND THAT KILLS) months before the rest of the world, you can pick that up now as well!
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SPOILERS FOR A MOVIE BASED ON A MUSICAL THAT IS VERY OLD: All right I just got out of Wicked: For Good and I gotta say having the two female leads proclaim their love for each other while one of them shoves the other in A CLOSET and then dies, might be the worst bury your gays moment in moviedom.
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
SPOILERS FOR A MOVIE BASED ON A MUSICAL THAT IS VERY OLD: All right I just got out of Wicked: For Good and I gotta say having the two female leads proclaim their love for each other while one of them shoves the other in A CLOSET and then dies, might be the worst bury your gays moment in moviedom.
I mean, I liked WICKED: FOR GOOD well enough, but at the same time, the promise of revolution in the amazing “Defying Gravity” is smothered. It’s a political tragedy. Instead of socialist democracy, toothless liberalism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I mean, I liked WICKED: FOR GOOD well enough, but at the same time, the promise of revolution in the amazing “Defying Gravity” is smothered. It’s a political tragedy. Instead of socialist democracy, toothless liberalism.
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Save the date!
Join MACRI & the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for a book talk with Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles
🗓️ Friday, December 19, 2025 | 6 PM - 8 PM
📍 Guadalupe Latino Bookstore | 1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
🍇 Refreshments provided 🧀
RSVP at buff.ly/8MPhhnT!
Join MACRI & the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for a book talk with Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles
🗓️ Friday, December 19, 2025 | 6 PM - 8 PM
📍 Guadalupe Latino Bookstore | 1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
🍇 Refreshments provided 🧀
RSVP at buff.ly/8MPhhnT!
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Save the date!
Join MACRI & the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for a book talk with Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles
🗓️ Friday, December 19, 2025 | 6 PM - 8 PM
📍 Guadalupe Latino Bookstore | 1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
🍇 Refreshments provided 🧀
RSVP at buff.ly/8MPhhnT!
Join MACRI & the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for a book talk with Guadalupe García McCall and David Bowles
🗓️ Friday, December 19, 2025 | 6 PM - 8 PM
📍 Guadalupe Latino Bookstore | 1300 Guadalupe Street, San Antonio, TX 78207
🍇 Refreshments provided 🧀
RSVP at buff.ly/8MPhhnT!
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Booth visitor royalty! @davidbowles.us author & translator posing here with his @leeandlow.bsky.social: Tales of the Feathered Serpent, of which he's the author, and El otoño de las luciernagos which he translated #NCTE25 Booth 504
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Booth visitor royalty! @davidbowles.us author & translator posing here with his @leeandlow.bsky.social: Tales of the Feathered Serpent, of which he's the author, and El otoño de las luciernagos which he translated #NCTE25 Booth 504
We had such a joyful time at the National Book Award ceremony last night. It was an honor to represent my friends on the Young People‘s Literature panel by announcing the winner, THE TEACHER OF NOMADLAND by Daniel Nayeri.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We had such a joyful time at the National Book Award ceremony last night. It was an honor to represent my friends on the Young People‘s Literature panel by announcing the winner, THE TEACHER OF NOMADLAND by Daniel Nayeri.
The only optional redemption arc for MTG is as a kamikaze.
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The only optional redemption arc for MTG is as a kamikaze.
In my headcanon, AMERICAN CANTO is the sequel to AMERICAN DIRT, part two in a series of books emerging from the inflated egos and ill-conceived choices of privileged white women, the flames of their flakiness fanned by Big Publishing.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In my headcanon, AMERICAN CANTO is the sequel to AMERICAN DIRT, part two in a series of books emerging from the inflated egos and ill-conceived choices of privileged white women, the flames of their flakiness fanned by Big Publishing.
Everything in episode 4 of Welcome to Derry was great, but especially the final bit about the Children of Maturin and the cage they built for It (aka the Galloo).
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Everything in episode 4 of Welcome to Derry was great, but especially the final bit about the Children of Maturin and the cage they built for It (aka the Galloo).
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
Glad that the show is giving agency and protagonism to the Indigenous people.
Loved watching Carol in #Pluribus call back the man with an individual mind in Paraguay just to counter his "hijueputa" with a Mexican Spanish "chinga tu madre, cabrón."
Chef's kiss.
Chef's kiss.
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Loved watching Carol in #Pluribus call back the man with an individual mind in Paraguay just to counter his "hijueputa" with a Mexican Spanish "chinga tu madre, cabrón."
Chef's kiss.
Chef's kiss.
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If you're hoping to read a "cozy romantasy like House on Cerulean Sea or Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping", try Secret of the Moon Conch by @davidbowles.us. #AskALibrarian
Secret of the Moon Conch — Multnomah County Library
Secret of the Moon Conch — Bowles, David (David O.), — In modern Mexico, Sitlali is all alone after the death of her beloved abuela. Targeted by a dangerous gang member, she flees to the United States...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If you're hoping to read a "cozy romantasy like House on Cerulean Sea or Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping", try Secret of the Moon Conch by @davidbowles.us. #AskALibrarian
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Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hello, heist fans! This Sunday, Nov. 9, I’m teaching a virtual heist workshop! You can still register today, but you need to hurry!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, head on over & grab a seat:
www.eventbrite.com/e...
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It's the first Friday of the month, which means my new Queer Romances post is up on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/nove...
November 2025 Queer Romances | Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
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November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
It's the first Friday of the month, which means my new Queer Romances post is up on Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/11/nove...
Post you from a different era.
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Post you from a different era.
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
Nostalgic today. Remembering how 20 years ago I composed a song for @charlenecbowles.bsky.social when she was having serious problems sleeping at night because, as she told me, there was a "sound in the silence."
It's probably the song I'm most proud of writing.
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It's probably the song I'm most proud of writing.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Nostalgic today. Remembering how 20 years ago I composed a song for @charlenecbowles.bsky.social when she was having serious problems sleeping at night because, as she told me, there was a "sound in the silence."
It's probably the song I'm most proud of writing.
davidbowles.us/wp-content/u...
It's probably the song I'm most proud of writing.
davidbowles.us/wp-content/u...
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If your definition of "antisemitism" is "can never disagree with anything the State of Israel does no matter how vile or evil," what you're defending isn't Judaism, it's nationalism. And you're not a liberal or progressive of any stripe, you're a conservative, because ISRAEL IS A RIGHT WING COUNTRY.
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
If your definition of "antisemitism" is "can never disagree with anything the State of Israel does no matter how vile or evil," what you're defending isn't Judaism, it's nationalism. And you're not a liberal or progressive of any stripe, you're a conservative, because ISRAEL IS A RIGHT WING COUNTRY.
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I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
Search: 16 results found for "martha wells"
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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“Taken together, the results amount to a resounding rejection of the notion that Democrats must soften—or stay silent—on LGBTQ+ rights to win.”
“… year later, with prices still high and anti-trans rhetoric solving none of voters’ real problems, the strategy appeared to backfire. Voters seemed tired of the culture wars and frustrated that Republicans remained fixated on scapegoating instead of governing.” open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“Taken together, the results amount to a resounding rejection of the notion that Democrats must soften—or stay silent—on LGBTQ+ rights to win.”
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Yesterday, Ari Melber asked Zohran Mamdani why he was a socialist, and he answered "because I believe in the dignity of all human beings."
It's time to stop being afraid of being called socialists.
Yes, this is a subtweet of Third Way and Matty you know who.
It's time to stop being afraid of being called socialists.
Yes, this is a subtweet of Third Way and Matty you know who.
November 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yesterday, Ari Melber asked Zohran Mamdani why he was a socialist, and he answered "because I believe in the dignity of all human beings."
It's time to stop being afraid of being called socialists.
Yes, this is a subtweet of Third Way and Matty you know who.
It's time to stop being afraid of being called socialists.
Yes, this is a subtweet of Third Way and Matty you know who.
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Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet.
New piece:
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🚨 GODZILLA DAY ALERT! 🦖🌊
The king of monsters reigns, but something older and angrier stirs in the abyss…
🔥 NOW LIVE on Global Comix!
BLACK DEMON TALES: DESCENT #1 – “Deep Blue Bottomless Soul”
The king of monsters reigns, but something older and angrier stirs in the abyss…
🔥 NOW LIVE on Global Comix!
BLACK DEMON TALES: DESCENT #1 – “Deep Blue Bottomless Soul”
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
🚨 GODZILLA DAY ALERT! 🦖🌊
The king of monsters reigns, but something older and angrier stirs in the abyss…
🔥 NOW LIVE on Global Comix!
BLACK DEMON TALES: DESCENT #1 – “Deep Blue Bottomless Soul”
The king of monsters reigns, but something older and angrier stirs in the abyss…
🔥 NOW LIVE on Global Comix!
BLACK DEMON TALES: DESCENT #1 – “Deep Blue Bottomless Soul”
On this #godzilladay, a reminder that I wrote a kaiju novel set in Mexico.
Lords Of The Earth: A Kaiju Novel
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November 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On this #godzilladay, a reminder that I wrote a kaiju novel set in Mexico.
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#booksky #reading
Another I really enjoyed recently, written by José Luis Zárate and translated by @davidbowles.us.
The captain longs to taste the salt-crusted skin of his crew, rats disappear from the ship, and the night is filled with strange dreams as Dracula is carried across the sea.
Another I really enjoyed recently, written by José Luis Zárate and translated by @davidbowles.us.
The captain longs to taste the salt-crusted skin of his crew, rats disappear from the ship, and the night is filled with strange dreams as Dracula is carried across the sea.
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
#booksky #reading
Another I really enjoyed recently, written by José Luis Zárate and translated by @davidbowles.us.
The captain longs to taste the salt-crusted skin of his crew, rats disappear from the ship, and the night is filled with strange dreams as Dracula is carried across the sea.
Another I really enjoyed recently, written by José Luis Zárate and translated by @davidbowles.us.
The captain longs to taste the salt-crusted skin of his crew, rats disappear from the ship, and the night is filled with strange dreams as Dracula is carried across the sea.