Annell López

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A New Jersey ICE Facility. A Warning for the Country "With Delaney Hall in their backyard, the people of Newark have one more reason to live in fear."

@annelllopez.bsky.social: “Sanctuary cities like Newark need protection now more than ever.”

That’s right.

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A New Jersey ICE Facility. A Warning for the Country "With Delaney Hall in their backyard, the people of Newark have one more reason to live in fear."

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A New Jersey ICE Facility. A Warning for the Country "With Delaney Hall in their backyard, the people of Newark have one more reason to live in fear."

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Katie Kitamura Knows We’re Faking It The novelist discusses her new book, “Audition,” the role of performance in everyday life, and the trick of crafting a narrative that functions as a “Rorschach blot.”

Katie Kitamura's new novel “Audition” is one we desperately need right now: a close study of the characters that gender compels us to play and the terrifying thrill of going off-script. We discussed this, the fiction that is "agency," and Czech Cubism: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Poster advertising the Author Night: Local Women Authors. "Three New Orleans authors read fiction selections from their debut books. Marguerite Sheffer: The Man in the Banana Trees. Annell Lopez: I'll Give You a Reason. Vanessa Saunders : The Flat Woman. Weds, March 19 5:30, Latter Library 5120 St. Charles Ave.

A week from today I'm reading with @annelllopez.bsky.social and Vanessa Saunders at my beloved New Orleans Public Library!

5:30 at the Latter branch on St. Charles Ave, Weds March 19

w/ readers
@aaantons.bsky.social
@emializh.bsky.social
Venus Green
Cleo Abramian
Elijah Jackson
Da Denckla
Demree McGhee
@naokan.bsky.social
@annelllopez.bsky.social

Accessibility info: The venue is up two flights of stairs

We will be livestreaming the event (Venue TBD, but watch this space)

In this Ep274 clip, @annelllopez.bsky.social
highlights contemporary writers like ⁦‪ @annelllopez.bsky.social
@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, @mauricenow.bsky.social, @daniellevalore.bsky.social, & @superbiracialman.bsky.social, who inspire her.

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Episode 274 with Annell López, Author of the Short Story Collection, I'll Give You a Reason, and Skilled Craftswoman of Resonant, Layered Characters, Subtle Twists, and the Universal and Hyperspecific Podcast Episode · The Chills at Will Podcast · 03/06/2025 · 1h 5m

@bridgettmdavis.bsky.social writes of Episode 274 guest @annelllopez.bsky.social resonant collection, "I’ll Give You a Reason thrums with richly drawn portrayals of Dominican immigrants rarely visible in our society...An arresting, vital debut.”

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Pete's excited to share episodes with these standout writers.
@annelllopez.bsky.social, @jahmalmayfield.bsky.social, @knguyen.bsky.social, @jonvhickey.bsky.social, @literapynyc.bsky.social, @ladeziree.bsky.social, @alexanderchee.bsky.social, and @camilleuadams.bsky.social

🚨 Cover reveal alert!🚨 Sonora Jha’s (@sonorajha.bsky.social) “Intemperance” is coming this October from HarperVia. Read more about the book and the story behind its cover, designed by Sarah Kellogg, with art by Hilma af Klint.

Thanks to Carvell Wallace and @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social!

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Past interviews with @chrisknapp.bsky.social and @mlensheffer.bsky.social and @vadiparty.bsky.social: chireviewofbooks.com/author/aspan...

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event poster showing three author photos: Annell Lopez, Vanessa Saunders, and Marguerite Sheffer. Event details: Author Night: Local Women Authors, Weds March 19, 5:30 pm at Norman Mayer Library (New Orleans), 3001 Gentilly Blvd.

Excited to be reading with local luminaries @annelllopez.bsky.social and @postcardsfrmv.bsky.social at the New Orleans Public Library on March 19

hooray for debut 📚

"We Are Not Free: A Conversation with Roberto Carlos Garcia by Annell López" written in white at the bottom of Garcia's author photo. To the left of these words is the book cover for Traveling Freely beneath the full white Rumpus logo.

“To sit with and explore yourself, to recognize different aspects of yourself freely and without hindrance is a radical act.”

We Are Not Free: @annelllopez.bsky.social interviews Roberto Carlos Garcia about Traveling Freely (Curbstone Press).

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