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Lilliam Rivera

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Award-winning author. Bronx born, L.A. living. Latest: TINY THREADS (Del Rey Books), available where books are sold. https://www.lilliamrivera.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hi, a little about me: I’m from the Bronx, living in LA. My first career was entertainment/fashion editor, I’m now a novelist. Written 8 books for kids (YA, middle grade, graphic novel for DC Comics). My latest is an adult dark thriller TINY THREADS.

Find more here:

www.lilliamrivera.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for such kind words! Can’t wait for @sirensconference.org

Sirens @sirensconference.org · 2d

#Sirens26 Faculty: Lilliam Rivera (@lilliamr.bsky.social): dazzling author across genres and categories 📚, including for the LOVE IN GRAVITY podcast. 🌈 Winner of piles of awards, honors, and fellowships. 🌠 Essayist (NYT, WaPo, Elle, Cosmo), educator, and speaker. Absolutely luminous firestarter🔥

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 10d

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response.

This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

karenattiah.substack.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 13d

currently reading:

Solitaria, Elena Alves Cruz translated by Benjamin Brooks

People Collide, Isle McElroy

Gloria, Andres Felipe Solano translated by Will Vanderhyden

Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 14d

"The thing that is toughest about track is that it really has nothing to do at all with the author and the author’s work."

a read
thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 14d

Microsoft Cuts Off Some Services Used by Israeli Military Unit to Spy on Palestinians

Microsoft says it has barred the Israeli military from using technology it used to spy on millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and stored in Microsoft's vast Azure cloud computing platform. It's an unprecedented victory for No Azure

www.democracynow.org

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14d

I spotted multiple European delegates leaving in addition to nearly all of the Arab, Muslim, and African delegations. The UNGA is virtually empty.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14d

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14d

Shockingly, it turns out there is a limit to what is tolerable. This is an opportunity to be exploited. Record everything. Get loud.

And get trained in bystander intervention.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

ICE Officer ‘Relieved of His Duties’ After Pushing Woman to Floor

www.nytimes.com

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Bex K. (they/them) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 16d

Hey white people! All that smoke you had for Disney and ABC and shit?

Send that same smoke to the Black folks who lost their jobs for the same damn reason.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 16d

scoop: Karen Attiah, The Washington Post opinion writer fired by The Post earlier this month over social-media posts related to Charlie Kirk's death, has responded with a four-page letter, saying she was wrongfully terminated.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...

Washington Post Opinion Writer Says Firing Violated Labor Agreement

www.nytimes.com

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Jorge Rivera @jorgerivera.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats to all the @blumhouse.com / K Period Media Screamwriting fellows (of which I am one)!!
deadline.com/2025/09/scre...

Blumhouse & K Period Media Announce Latest Group Of Screamwriting Fellows For Horror Film & TV Writing Program

Blumhouse and K Period Media have announced this year's Fellows selected for the 2025 "Screamwriting" TV and film writing program.

deadline.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats! All these pitches sound great!

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 16d

i thought it might be too traumatizing to watch. (I haven't read the book).

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 16d

Abolish ICE

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 16d

ICE is doing things that all Americans are going to be called to answer for.

Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18d

ICE agents held a man’s five year old autistic daughter and taunted him with “Is that your daughter” in an attempt to get him to come out of the house.

They were rebuffed but two days later took him from his car.

ICE agents held 5-year-old girl outside Leominster home to get father to surrender, family says

Video appears to show federal immigration agents trying to coax the man out of his Massachusetts home while asking, “Is that your daughter?”

www.nbcboston.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18d

Continued vital reporting from @teenvogue.com: www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...

How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women

"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.

www.teenvogue.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 18d

So are the numbers in on how the Disney boycott and streaming cancellations are hitting them?

Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 18d

What a great thread! Thank you!

Sirens @sirensconference.org · 21d

Day 5 of #LatineHeritageMonth: TINY THREADS, Puerto Rican author Lilliam Rivera's (@lilliamr.bsky.social) supernatural horror novel. In Samara's world of glamour and haute couture, Rivera's "formidable talent" (LA Times) delivers both delicious Gothic terror and a scathing takedown of capitalism

The cover of TINY THREADS, in red and black, with scissors about to slice a bloody dressmaker's mannequin in half

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 21d

95 Democrats chose to honor the man who said all of this, and this is just the appetizer.

Ask them, "Why?" Ask them why your lives don't matter to them.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’

The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events

www.theguardian.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 21d

Currently reading:

The Sellout, Paul Beatty

Middle Spoon, Alejandro Varello

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 21d

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 21d

Buy some books!

Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 21d

“Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors. Use code LHM25 at checkout to receive 20% OFF* these select titles.”bookshop.org/lists/adult-...25

Adult Fiction Books to Celebrate Latine Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Latine Heritage Month with Bookshop.org’s curated recommendations of Latine authors.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21d

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 21d

let me listen to Cardi B new album

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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 21d

A picture worth a thousand words.

“None of us have ever done this before. All of this is new, and I just wanted to stand up as American and be seen and make my presence felt.” - 65-year-old Evanston resident Curtis Evans, holding an American flag.

At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans

Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Lilliam Rivera @lilliamr.bsky.social · 22d

been meaning to cancel the streamer for a while so this was easy and the long ass response I sent of why felt fine.

Anyway, #boycottDisney and Target and Chevron...

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