Adrian Astur Álvarez

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American living in #Spain. I love all manner of online socializing. Always #reading. Active on #Letterboxd and #Goodreads. Let's be friends!

#writing in Hot Metal Bridge, The Soundings Review, and most recently JMWW.

Websitehttps://adrianasturalvarez.com/
Currently ReadingDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Adrian Astur ÁlvarezMay 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 ÁlvarezMay 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 ÁlvarezApr 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
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezFeb 11, 2024
@grayson the perfect time to go. Kids have school off for carnival and the city isn't glutted with tourists.
Adrian Astur ÁlvarezFeb 11, 2024
Bucket list moment yesterday
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezJan 26, 2024
@grayson specifically heist films!
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezJan 26, 2024
@grayson there's never enough Melville... those films are great. As it's his main interest, I'm sure @mplsmatt could make some great heist film recs if you ever wanted one.
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezJan 26, 2024
@grayson I thought I knew that about you. I've never seen the Expendables movies but I'm sure I've seen equally trashy horror films (and loved them!).
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezJan 26, 2024
@grayson it sounds like you really need to dumb it down lol don't you love mindless action movies? Plus as much as I love reading reviews there's no substitution for being directly transported.
Show threadAdrian Astur ÁlvarezJan 26, 2024
@grayson well there's reading for work (Goethe, in my case) and reading for health (currently a *very* guilty pleasure for me with Flashman in the Great Game). You have to find balance. A good bathtub helps! 😂