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Writing ON THE MARGINS OF JUSTICE | Wrote THE LATINOS OF ASIA, BROWN & GAY IN LA | VONA | Tin House | Asian Am Sociology Editor, NYU Press | Rep’d by: Amanda Orozco | Speaking: [email protected] | Sociology Professor, Cal Poly Pomona | MFA Student, SFSU
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7th read of 2025

The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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16 years ago i would’ve never imagined what’s gonna happen tomorrow
Obama’s first inauguration 2008
January 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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6th read of 2025

To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
January 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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5th read of 2025
(Re-read)

America Is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
America Is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan
January 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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4th read of 2025

Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
January 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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3rd read of 2025

Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
Book: Great Expectations by Vinson Cunningham
January 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Friends, I know you might have donated to many in need, but if I may add one more. My dear friend Sylvia and her son lost their home in the Altadena fire: gofund.me/64cb082f

Please share widely. 🙏🏽
Picture of my friend Sylvia and her son Mateo’s duplex home in Altadena. Before the fires. Picture of what’s left of my friend Sylvia and her son Mateo’s duplex home in Altadena. After the fires.
January 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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the view from my parents’ house this morning
Smoke filled sky with red sun
January 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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2nd read of 2025

Ordinary Disasters: How I stopped Being a Model Minority by Anne Anlin Cheng
Ordinary Disasters: How I stopped Being a Model Minority by Anne Anlin Cheng
January 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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1st read of 2025

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
January 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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dang barnes n noble, already?
Display of books about Jimmy Carter at Barnes and noble
December 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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at AMC about to watch NICKEL BOYS and the star of the movie is in the theater sitting in the row behind us.
Cover of the book NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead
December 22, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(15/20): Many Love by Sophie Lucedo Johnson
Cover of MANY LOVE by Sophie Lucedo Johnson
December 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(14/20): The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Cover of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
December 19, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(14/20): 1000 Words by Jami Attenberg
Beige book cover with orange writing. 1000 Words by Jami Attenberg
December 14, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(13/20): Colored Television by Danzy Senna
Fushia and red print screen of a woman with two circles over her eyes. Cover of Colored Television by Danzy Senna.
December 13, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Thank you, John! My most recent book is BROWN AND GAY IN LA, and it’s a sociological account the experience of growing up queer in an immigrant family.
Picture of a palm tree lined street in Hollywood at sunset. Cover of BROWN AND GAY IN LA by Anthony Ocampo.
December 13, 2024 at 1:18 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(12/20): The Body Papers by Grace Talusan
Book cover of a paper doll with a Tiffany blue background. The Body Papers by Grace Talusan
December 12, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(11/20): The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Book cover of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw. A Black woman, late 20s, is sitting down. She is wearing a white polka dot long sleeve button up with a salmon bow tie.
December 10, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(10/20): The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela
Cover of The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela featuring a man laying on top of a bunch of suburban track homes.
December 9, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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The docmentary NURSE UNSEEN chronicles how Filipino American nurses disproportionately died of COVID-19 in 2020. For Filipino audiences, the film has offered a rare chance to collectively grieve in ways our society has failed.

It is currently on the long list for Best Doc at the Academy Awards.
Poster for the film NURSE UNSEEN
December 9, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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Some?
Man with nice smile.
December 8, 2024 at 3:26 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(9/20): Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
Cover of Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas featuring a Filipina woman standing behind a chain fence looking yonder.
December 7, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(8/20): Racial Formation in the United States by Michael Omi and Howard Winant
Book cover of RACIAL FORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES by sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant
December 6, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#Books
#BookSky💙📚
#BookChallenge

(7/20): Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Gold cover with a drawing with a soldier holding a sword on a horse. Book title is Martyr by Kaveh Akbar.
December 5, 2024 at 3:46 PM