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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · 6d

Mi gente!

My memoir, Dique Dominican, is coming out this January, and I’m looking for early reviewers to help spread the word.

Hit me up if you are by emailing me at Ayendy9 [at] gmail [dot] com.

Thanks so much for your support! 💜📚

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you, INSURRECT! for publishing this piece—a smaller part of my new book project.
www.insurrecthistory.com/archives/xd6...

Colonial “Illegals”: Marronage Communities and the Ongoing War on Migrants — INSURRECT!

“Experience is our best teacher, and we must check time: remember what we have lost, who we have been, and commit to supporting, in whatever ways we can, the communities and networks of undocumented w...

www.insurrecthistory.com

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dique Dominican is now available for preorder. If the book speaks to you, I hope you’ll consider ordering a copy and sharing it with others.

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · 16d

✨ Exciting news, friends! ✨
My memoir, Dique Dominican, is coming out this January, and I’m looking for folks who might be interested in reviewing it. Please email at Ayendy9 [at] gmail [.] com if interested .

Thank you for helping me spread the word! 💜📚

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · 20d

I’m ecstatic to share a chapter from my new book project on Hispaniola and the U.S. Press as part of the Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Event details here: lsp.unc.edu/event/the-la...

The Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series Presents: “Hispaniola Without Borders: Migrancy and Liberation in ‘Theresa—A Haytien Tale'” with Ayendy Bonifacio

lsp.unc.edu

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · 22d

¡Wow! What a lovely first review for Dique Dominican!

“A brutally raw, poignant, and literary coming-of-age memoir.” -Kirkus 😍

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’re three thousand dollars away from this weekend’s goal. Please donate if you can. Any bit helps. #solidarity #resist

Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please donate to support the work of the brave volunteers helping our immigrant community in NJ. They need money for gas, food, vests, to print flyers and to cover basic needs of families facing abduction and deportation. Anything helps. Please donate.

Rapid Response Emergency Fund

🌟 Join us in solidarity and resistance! 🌟We are calling on all our allies to take part and make a contribution to our Rapid Response Emergency Fund today. Your support will directly assist detained fa...

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Aug 8

dominicanwriters.substack.com/p/the-inheri...

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Aug 7

This plátano poem! By Malcolm Friend! www.cincinnatireview.com/samples/plat...

"Plátano Purchasing Theory" by Malcolm Friend

On the occasion of a Giant Eagle employee double-checking to make sureI rang the right item up at self-checkout Truth: Plátanos are the only produce item I know the PLU code for (4235). Lie: It...

www.cincinnatireview.com

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Joey S. Kim (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social · Aug 5

“I loved my father. But behind the canopy of love is a trunk of hate, the bark and crack of pain, anger, and violence that love often conceals in its shadow. I begin with this as an attempt to bear witness to the shadows of our suffering, and, most importantly, the love that shaped my anger.”

Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you to Dominican Writers for making the Preface for Dique Dominican available. dominicanwriters.substack.com/p/the-inheri...

The Inheritance of Anger

Preface of Dique Dominican by Ayendy Bonifacio

dominicanwriters.substack.com

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thank you to Dominican Writers for making the Preface for Dique Dominican available. dominicanwriters.substack.com/p/the-inheri...

The Inheritance of Anger

Preface of Dique Dominican by Ayendy Bonifacio

dominicanwriters.substack.com

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Joey S. Kim (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social · May 28

I’m co-organizing this proposed panel, “The Latinx-Asian Commons,” for @c19americanists.bsky.social 2026 conference with @ayendy.bsky.social! Please consider submitting, and please share widely! Due 8/1

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dique Dominican is now available for preorder. If the book speaks to you, I hope you’ll consider ordering a copy and sharing it with others.

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dique Dominican is now available for preorder. If the book speaks to you, I hope you’ll consider ordering a copy and sharing it with others.

www.unsolicitedpress.com/shop/p/dique...

Dique Dominican — Unsolicited Press

Dique Dominican is the powerful debut memoir from Ayendy Bonifacio, born "near a mango-steepled, river-scented town" in the Dominican Republic and raised in Brooklyn after migrating as a child. Wi...

www.unsolicitedpress.com

Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Jun 18

Mi gente! The expanded edition of Dique Dominican—with a new introduction and conclusion chapters—has a cover! Pre-Orders will be available July 15, 2025! @unsolicitedpress.bsky.social

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · May 27

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · May 19

I had the honor of working with The Blade to showcase the rich past and present of poetry in the northwest Ohio region. The final product is a page styled after the nineteenth-century press, which regularly featured poems.🗞️ 📰

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Joey S. Kim (she/her) @joeykim.bsky.social · May 4

Tenure looks good on you @ayendy.bsky.social! Celebrating you today and always 🥳🙏🏼❤️

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Apr 16

I just want to post this here to recognize and celebrate my colleagues who received tenure and promotion this year along with me. Congratulations, friend! You did that!

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Thank you all so much for the love and support! I’ve been trying to distance myself from all social media spaces. But it was lovely hearing from so many of you. Sending love and strength. 🙏🏽💜

Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Apr 15

I’m trying hard not to let the political climate in Ohio, and across the country, take this away from me. It wasn’t simply given. It was hard-earned. This is the wild dreams of ancestors—one generational push at a time. And I am grateful! Joyously relieved!

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thank you, @mercyhurst.bsky.social! 🙏🏽

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Ayendy Bonifacio @ayendy.bsky.social · Mar 27

Exciting!

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