SO many new friends here 👋🏼 I wanted to say HELLO and WELCOME!

My name is Carmen and I read and recommend Latine books to help you read beyond the best seller list. Reading is political.

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As well as IG & TT (for now)

If you want more Black and brown books in your life, come join my bookclub!

Create a free account in Bindery & join us on Discord with an exclusive role! Join now so you can vote on our February book & join our chat with author Kay Synclaire next week!

I want to see every single one of you join!

Remember when I told y’all that my publishing imprint is putting out an anarchist Fantasy later this year?

Well, I GET TO SHOW YOU THE COVER TOMORROW.

Drop a 🙋🏽‍♂️ in the comments if you’re excited to see it!

I also have other exciting news I’ll be sharing tomorrow. See you then! 😉

I did it! I finished Katabasis and here I am with my early (spoiler-free) review!

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What I have to say to people who ask why I am still on these apps: They want to silent dissent. They want their voices and beliefs to be the loudest. If I voluntarily leave these apps then I am ceding my loudest platform & I am done retreating. Holding the line here. Joyfully.

I am just starting my YouTube channel and wow. So much more work than TikTok was. Bare with me. 😭😭😭

But also subscribe anyway. It’ll be fun watching me figure it out 🤣

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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I have partnered with @binderybooks.bsky.social to start a publishing imprint that’s focused on fighting for Black & brown authors. Here‘s my invitation for you to take an active role. 50% of subscription fees go right toward our publishing budget! Leftunreadbooks.binderybooks.com @skylight.social

As the transgender community continues to fight for civil rights in the U.S., one of the most common arguments against progress is that transgender people are a recent phenomenon.

But it’s a fight that’s been happening here for decades and around the world for centuries. ⤵️

Daguerreotype of Maungwudaus (George Henry) 1811-1888. Maungwudaus, born near Forty Mile Creek in Ontario, was a minister and later organized an Ojibwe travelling show that, like many other Native troupes at the…

Ingram is a great alternative to KDP (Amazon). And as for writing software, I cannot recommend Dabble enough!

The #1 thing you need to know about me is that I am delusional enough to think I can change the world. I am dedicated to bringing change to the publishing industry and I’d love your help! Subscribe to my Bindery (you can do so for FREE) and help me fight for Black and brown authors. Let’s do this!!!

Going to check this out not sure how long I’ll be here