Carmen's superb IG and Bindery is why I have a "Tomes" link on my Libby. AND IT IS SO FILLED WITH BOOKS, I TELL YOU WHAT.
10.03.2026 16:17 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Carmen's superb IG and Bindery is why I have a "Tomes" link on my Libby. AND IT IS SO FILLED WITH BOOKS, I TELL YOU WHAT.
10.03.2026 16:17 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0😭😭😭 omg! Thank you so much for sharing this with me!!!!
10.03.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Happy book birthday to ALL the lovely Latine releases today, including two that made it to my doorstep yesterday!
If you want a weekly newsletter of ALL the Latine releases on my radar, sign up for my Bien Leidos Bindery to get it in your inbox weekly: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/al7sap2...
Did you know @ireadvintage.bsky.social is giving away 5 copies of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende AND this cute t-shirt to celebrate next month’s release of the show? You can enter here: sites.prh.com/house-of-spi...
09.03.2026 20:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"The data labelers in Kenya described seeing footage of people naked, watching porn, and talking about crimes and protests. Faces are often blurred, the story said, but sometimes are visible, depending on the lighting."
07.03.2026 05:53 — 👍 261 🔁 139 💬 7 📌 4I see what Timothee Chalamet’s comments are doing to interest in ballet and opera in a time where NEA grants have been slashed by this administration…thriving arts are a form of resistance
07.03.2026 15:15 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Hey LA! I will be at Skylight Books tomorrow talking with Alvaro Enrique, author of Your Dreamed of Empires, to introduce his new novel, NOW I SURRENDER! This is an incredible expansive book and I can't wait to chat with him about it. Come on out! 3/6, 7pm!
www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...
Happy bookmbirthday to all the Latine books releasing today! Every week, I publish a newsletter breaking down all the Latine books on my radar. You can subscribe here to receive it! bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/DCpzXkg...
24.02.2026 15:41 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0May every single person in power be held accountable. Let the system that upheld their abuse burn and justice prevail.
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If you’re still looking for Latine books to read after the Benito Bowl, then join Bien Leidos Bindery where you get a weekly newsletter, book club, access to a very active Discord and so much more.
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15.02.2026 22:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0My love language is letting me rewatch the Benito Bowl over and over again
14.02.2026 18:03 — 👍 18 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
If you’re looking for more Latine books this week, my weekly newsletter highlights all the Latine releases on my radar. It’s free to join! And if you want to support the work I do, there are paid tiers as well.
Today’s releases: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/ilpwR5A...
I sent this photo I took of the Benito Bowl to my primata and she texted back:
En el nombre del padre, el hijo, y el espíritu Benito
I’m going to be obnoxiously Latina for at least 7 business days
09.02.2026 03:53 — 👍 50 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1
A graphic with headshots from Jonny Garza Villa and Sonora Reyes that reads: Bidi bidi book pod! ep #01 Jonny & Soni are cautiously optimistic
We're live!!!! @jgv.bsky.social and I started a podcast! You can search "bidi bidi book pod" wherever you listen to podcasts or find the full ep and transcript here: bidibidibookpod.com/episodes/jon...
03.02.2026 15:12 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 3
Happy book birthday to all the amazing Latine titles releasing today! I put together this list and post all the new Latine books every week on my Bindery. It’s free to join to get this newsletter in your inbox! bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/DKcP8el...
03.02.2026 16:04 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0This is appalling
02.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Uh, @thehill.com, why did you just post this piece of right-wing propaganda about the Freedom Trucks that STOLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM AMERICAN LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS?
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
Friendly reminder that if you’re reading US history and it makes you feel patriotic, you’re actually reading propaganda
02.02.2026 19:14 — 👍 24 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0They can try all they want to strike fear in our hearts but there is no denying our Latinidad is a superpower
02.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I wrote my first Substack!
I’ll begin posting my weekly Latine releases over there next week, but here are last week’s releases a little late and more about Bien Leidos book club…
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Good thread.
31.01.2026 15:45 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0🙏🏼🙏🏼
31.01.2026 17:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
There’s an indoor slide at DC’s MLK library! 😁🛝📚
Video Description:
Mychal laughs, saying, “Here we go!” He slides down the indoor slide at DC Public Library's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial central branch. Library friends cheer him on ✨
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(3/3) If you’d like to find the newest and best in Latine literature, join Bien Leidos: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com
31.01.2026 15:07 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
(2/3) publishers then don't invest the money in the few Latine stories they DO publish, abandoning them the languish in the midlist.
The purpose of Bien Leidos is to uplift Latine stories every week with new Latine book Tuesday and to read our monthly Latine book club pick.
The reason you don't see Latine representation in traditional publishing isn’t just because our stories are underrepresented (we make up 6% of traditional publishing while representing 19% of the US population), it’s ALSO because (1/3)
31.01.2026 15:07 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
