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Adrian Astur Álvarez May 28, 2024

Articles like this are frightening because history has already shown us the terrible places this path can lead. But none of this is fated. We don't have to let go of the wheel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/opinion/publishing-literary-antisemitism.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Opinion | A Chill Has Fallen Over Jews in Publishing

A litmus test has emerged across wide swaths of the literary world, effectively excluding Jews from full participation unless they denounce Israel.

The New York Times

Adrian Astur Álvarez May 22, 2024

I just got accepted into #Granta's "Writing Literary Short Fiction" Workshop taught by Eley Williams, which I'm excited about. Does anyone here have experience with Granta's workshops? Would you mind sharing the experience?

Adrian Astur Álvarez Apr 24, 2024

Our adventures in having a passover seder in Spain have yielded some great moments. No matzo, but our Colombian asistente understood the assignment and made unleavened arepas (BRILLIANT). Sephardic haroset beats ashkenazi haroset by a mile. And this is the year our kids held us to 4 entire cups of grapes juice so things got pretty crazy. (They also negociated like sharks once they found the afikomen). All in all? BEST SEDER EVER

Adrian Astur Álvarez Feb 11, 2024

Bucket list moment yesterday

Adrian Astur Álvarez Jan 26, 2024

I'm enjoying the @bookstodon.thestorygraph.com #JanuaryPagesChallenge a lot this year. Something about making sure I attend to reading (my favorite form of self-care) every day has been really nice.

Adrian Astur Álvarez Nov 21, 2023