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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks @dukepress.bsky.social for the shoutout! For Latinx Heritage Month, check out these titles in Latinx studies. So cool to be in such good company!

Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 26d

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social.
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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Aug 25

Day #1 of Fall 2025 in the books! My students are engaged and enthusiastic. We had an awesome discussion about the horror genre and the depiction of women’s bodies. So looking forward to the rest of the semester! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · Jul 28

THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU should already be on your list! Here's our conversation with @maiagiladi.bsky.social about it:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/19/a...

A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · Jul 28

Extremely cool news; keep your eyes out for THE CENSUS TAKER

StoryStudio Chicago @storystudiochicago.bsky.social · Jul 22

MASSIVE CONGRATS to @michaelzapata.bsky.social, who has won the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature.

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Michael Zapata Wins Inaugural DAG Prize for Literature - Chicago Review of Books

The DAG Foundation announced today that Michael Zapata has won the inaugural DAG Prize for literature! The DAG Prize was founded by Alyssa and Douglas Graham, working musicians who perform together as...

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Jun 29

The first review of my book is here! Thank you Marion Rohrleitner for this generous review. It’s a dream to be read at all, but even more so in this way. Mil gracias!

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · Jun 5

Fantastic talk, do not miss: the book as "living object", the seriousness of laughter as resistance, and some really fascinating discussion of editing and translating.

Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Jun 5

I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out!

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9.6 We Better Laugh About It: Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí

Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. Álvaro, author of the trippy You Dreamed of…

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thank you so much!!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Jun 5

I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out!

noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...

9.6 We Better Laugh About It: Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí

Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. Álvaro, author of the trippy You Dreamed of…

noveldialogue.org

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · May 20

I'm floored. Mil gracias for your careful brilliant read! A writer can ask for nothing more than this.

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · May 20

To be read with such curiosity, joy and brilliance is all a writer could ever ask for. Mil gracias @maiagiladi.bsky.social and @mealofthorns.bsky.social.

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · May 19

Elusive multiverses, ekphrastic MacGuffins, and the strange allure of disasters and violence: @maiagiladi.bsky.social joins us to talk about Michael Zapata's THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU!

A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · May 20

Thank YOU! It’s your work that makes it possible! I love teaching, writing, and talking about this novel and can’t wait for the next one!

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Ancillary Review of Books @ancillaryreviewofbooks.org · May 19

For the latest episode of A Meal of Thorns, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, author of DOOM PATTERNS (@dukepress.bsky.social), joins ARB editor @casella.bsky.social to talk about Michael Zapata’s THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU (@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social)!

A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · May 19

I had a great conversation with @casella.bsky.social about @michaelzapata.bsky.social gorgeous novel, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, for the podcast @mealofthorns.bsky.social. I open my book by exploring Zapata’s novel, and I’m so glad I had a chance to talk about it more in depth. Check it out!

A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · May 19

Elusive multiverses, ekphrastic MacGuffins, and the strange allure of disasters and violence: @maiagiladi.bsky.social joins us to talk about Michael Zapata's THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU!

A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí

Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …

ancillaryreviewofbooks.org

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · May 1

Hi friends! Now that my first year at JHU is winding down, I want to start planning for next year. I would love to share my work with you now that my book is out (link below) & working on new stuff. If you want to bring me out to your campus, hit me up!

www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns

Doom Patterns

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Apr 30

My essay on Latinx speculative fictions is in this new edited volume. I'm so happy to be in such amazing company and grateful to @billeo.bsky.social for all his work! Check out the discount code and great panel happening
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!

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The Irene and Richard Frary Library @frarylibrarydc.bsky.social · Apr 1

Great news 🎉: Johns Hopkins affiliates have access to Dr. Gil’Adí's ebook via Catalyst, the JH Libraries Catalog catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01...

Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Mar 17

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social and DMV area folks! Join me in conversation with @drewdaniel.bsky.social about my new book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (@dukepress.bsky.social 2025). April 8, 12PM. Sponsored by the Chloe Center.

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New Books in Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism: Rethinking Latinidad | The Chloe Center

Location: Mergenthaler 431 Please join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for its second New Books workshop, featuring new JHU faculty member Dr. Maia Gil'...

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Mar 17

Me too!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Mar 17

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social and DMV area folks! Join me in conversation with @drewdaniel.bsky.social about my new book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (@dukepress.bsky.social 2025). April 8, 12PM. Sponsored by the Chloe Center.

krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...

New Books in Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism: Rethinking Latinidad | The Chloe Center

Location: Mergenthaler 431 Please join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for its second New Books workshop, featuring new JHU faculty member Dr. Maia Gil'...

krieger.jhu.edu

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 26

Happening today!!

Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 19

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 19

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 10

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social
folks and friends in the DMV: Please join the dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures for a great talk by @renhu2.bsky.social on Feb. 26 at 5:30 PM. Her work is always 🔥

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 6

elpais.com/babelia/2025... @becquer.bsky.social

En el tren de la izquierda: Almudena Grandes, una mujer columnista

La novelista se sumó con sus columnas a la tradición de pioneras como Maruja Torres, Rosa Montero o Montserrat Roig. ‘Escalera interior’ reúne sus artículos con escenas costumbristas ambientadas en al...

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 5

We’re about halfway through and they’re loving it! And I’m loving my re-read!!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 5

Look at this beautiful thematic brainstorm my students did for @michaelzapata.bsky.social’s gorgeous book, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau. (Not pictured, another board w/ time periods, character names, literary references, & geographies). It was an amazing conversation! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · Feb 1

Allison is an incredible developmental editor who helped me hone my project and see it to publication. Thank you so much for your support!

Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · Jan 31

How can depictions of historical violence be pleasurable?

And why does a book about Latinx speculative fiction feature Colson Whitehead and Sesshu Foster?

For answers, read DOOM PATTERNS: LATINX SPECULATIONS AND THE AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE by @maiagiladi.bsky.social (@dukepress.bsky.social)!

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Cover of Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence by Maia Gil'Adí

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