Writer of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and plays. Recent books: CHICANO FRANKENSTEIN; MY CHICANO HEART; WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ. Website: https://danielolivas.com
Daniel A. Olivas
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Now on YouTube, our panel at the Bay Area Book Festival, Shadows of Liberty: Immigrant Detention, Incarceration, and the Demand for Dignity in the United States. Our moderator was Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black.
youtu.be/85nX8hjQFjY?... #BABF26 #BABF #immigration
Another wonderful episode of The Prose Pros, this time with Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters and her latest novel, The Girl with a Thousand Faces.
open.spotify.com/episode/6yTH... @sunyidean.com #WritingCommunity
Huge thanks to everyone who came along to the launch last week (and stayed for the afterparty too!)
It was so fantastic to see everyone and the dancing was such a vibe!
If writing doesn’t work out, I might pick up a side job organising book events 🤣
Think university presses only publish academic books? Think again! Booktimist rounds up some of their favorite recent books from university presses, including one of our Fall 2025 releases: WAITING FOR GODÍNEZ by @danielaolivas.bsky.social
booktimist.com/2026/03/25/o...
Had a blast reminiscing and writing about strip mall Chinese buffets, quesadillas with American cheese, unchewable chicken, soggy sandwiches, lettuce so brown it’s liquefying, and other horrors. Here you go, in case you missed it (and please sign up!):
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/dispatches...
It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. I have a dark one for you that was born in the summer near the ocean and takes place in the summer near the ocean, so…perfect summer read (and 51%off)! Go ahead, share what you love.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0316...
Proud to share I've joined Storm Literary Agency as an associate & foreign rights agent. I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing your work!
🌟 #MSWL: jackiegarciamorales.my.canva.site/hello/
📚 And I hope to see you at the Marketing Mastery Summit: summit.getstoryrise.com
#writingcommunity
A Bookstore Boom in a Time of Literacy Decline.
The American Booksellers Association reports that the number of independent bookstores in the United States has grown by 70% since 2020, from roughly 1,900 to more than 3,200.
lithub.com/a-bookstore-... #bookstores
On Transformation and Addiction in My Novel-in-Progress, Chicana Werewolf.
Thanks again to Horror Homeroom for publishing my essay on writing my new novel. It's the follow-up to my 2024 book, Chicano Frankenstein.
www.horrorhomeroom.com/on-transform... #MSWL #HF #WritingCommunity #horror
"Do not carry your remembrance.
Leave it, alone, in my breast,
tremor of a white cherry tree
in the torment of January."
– Federico García Lorca #botd
#books #poetry #literature
by Mo Daviau I feel protective of the university press. They are bastions of truth and beauty! An institutional gem! Sure, most of what university presses publish is academic work, but there are pl…
I was standing in line at Chaucer’s Books, my local indie, when it occurred to me that the line was longer than usual. This has been happening regularly enough that I’ve stopped being s…
