I have a book cover! It’s the culmination of years of archival work conducted in the Knopf archives at the Harry Ransom Center, at the Institute for Brazilian Studies in São Paulo, at the Seminario de Onís in San Juan, and elsewhere.

New author photo? This looks very professional, right? (that's my daughter next to me-- I just don't share her sweet little face on public social media platforms)

Every time I wear this shirt I get a lot of friendly looks and comments-- I say that with all sincerity. My home state is full of immigrants. La migración es un acto de valentía. Solidarity (also-- fuck ICE)

I went to see Shakira w one of the women who have carried me through the past couple of (brutal) years because **las mujeres ya no lloran** Partway through she said (quoting Allende), "las mujeres solas somos vulnerables, pero juntas somos invencibles" p.s. my book is dedicated to the single moms

These lines! From Rilke's "Requiem for a Friend," translated by Edward Snow. Written for Paula Modersohn-Becker, who died shortly after giving birth to her daughter. Read the full poem + 5 other new translations in the new open-access issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social

I loved working on this issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social on the contemporary resonance of Rilke's poetry. This issue (open access!) includes 6 new translations by Edward Snow (audio coming soon). I also learned that Lady Gaga has a Rilke verse tattooed on her left arm.

Poet Anna Leahy and designer Claudine Jaenichen on the way many people read (if they read at all)-- skimming a text is like smelling a meal and not eating it.

I'm doing a reading in Manhattan next month. Stop by if you're in the city.

My 6 y.o. made a card for the 4th-- and, apparently, for the World Cup. She's rooting for Colombia (where her dad is from), England (where I was born), and the USA.

On my evening walk. I stopped and she just looked up at me as if to say "why are you interrupting my dinner?" And then she went back to munching on clover in the exact same spot, completely unbothered by my presence.

Getting ready to make a fool of myself doing some high kicks in the "parents' dance" portion of my daughter's dance recital. New York, New York :)

Reviewing proofs of an article (a chapter in an edited volume) that I wrote ages ago-- forthcoming this fall from Bloomsbury (also related to my book, which will be out next spring). Edited volume: www.bloomsbury.com/us/latin-ame...

I couldn't resist the temptation to write about the AI-generated story just published in Granta open.substack.com/pub/victoria...

I'm very interested in this conversation. Screenshot from the draft of an article of mine (forthcoming-- I will still have a chance to edit so may expand based on some of this conversation-- cited of course!) If you have further thoughts on any of this, I'd love to hear them.

I'm honored to have an erasure poem in this exhibit curated by poet Anna Leahy and designer Claudine Jaenichen (also the founders of Tab Journal, founded in 2013 and now in its last year due to the general lack of support for the arts). Link to issue and recording: tabjournal.org/current-issue

My most recent essay seems to be resonating. If you are a writer: Cognoscenti is a great place to pitch. They tend to publish essays that use the author's personal experience to reflect on larger cultural and political realities. The editors were great to work with. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

I have a new piece up today in @cogwbur.bsky.social on the intersections between motherhood + activism. This piece is close to my heart. I reflect on my own family's history + the process of writing this led to some great conversations with my family in Johannesburg. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

Your periodic reminder that Cornell's Merlin Bird ID (free app) is awesome. The birds were very chatty this morning-- recorded all of these within a minute at school drop-off (with my daughter) this morning

Coming soon! I have an essay (on Fernando Ortiz's Contrapunteo cubano) in this volume, alongside work by many incredible scholars of translation and Latin American literature. Forthcoming from @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

My kindergartener, unprompted. That's my girl <3

Every spring this cherry tree bursts into blossom practically overnight. I think about the quiet labor a lot of us do-- and how the results can seem deceptively sudden and showy when in reality transitions are mostly slow and less visible.

As someone who writes personal essays (and also thinks about AI very often), this was a topic I couldn't resist. substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you are in north Jersey/suburbs of NYC and want to hear me read from a new essay (on motherhood and political activism), I'll be in Maplewood NJ May 1 and 2. Tickets go on sale today. www.eventbrite.com/o/ltym-north...

A friend just pointed me to this one too: e.e. cummings-- "No thanks" with a dedication, shaped like a funeral urn, to the publishers who rejected the collection.

The snarkiest dedication ever-- by Jan Morris in her book on Oxford, reference and image courtesy of @nguthrie.bsky.social

My 6 year old is really angry with Punxsutawney Phil. I realize he was just the messenger but-- enough already.

My 6 y.o. apparently on the same page as Bad Bunny in some respects: "Nada es más fuerte que el amor" <3

Great week for Mr. Auerbach indeed! A reminder that he's featured in this open access issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social + is the subject of a podcast from @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia/h...

I am so excited about this issue of @mlnjournal.bsky.social, which should be up on @projectmuse.bsky.social by the end of next wk. It includes an archival find-- the typescript of a lecture Auerbach gave (in exile, in 1941) on literature and war + an essay on the renaissance of close reading + more.

As promised, @disabilitystor1.bsky.social, here I am (once again) being loud and annoying about why I do not use AI to write open.substack.com/pub/victoria...