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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Proud of the Latinx memoir portfolio I got to edit in this beautiful new issue of a hundred-year old journal: 33 original new pieces by amazing writers, including Sandra Cisneros, Luis J. Rodríguez, Ana Menéndez, & Kirstin Valdez Quade. prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/fall-2...
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/...
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The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees - Nebraska Press
Human beings have always migrated. To be on the move, searching for a more hospitable climate, greater resources, and a welcoming community, is part of our h...
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@nagletx.bsky.social Heyyyy! So great to be in touch! 🌱🤍🕊️
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Launching October 1—pre-orders available now. 31 gorgeous new original essays by immigrants & refugees, w/a terrific introduction & a foreword by the mayor. Already being adopted for college courses & ordered by bookstores in Western Europe. www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/...
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The Lives of Immigrants and Refugees - Nebraska Press
Human beings have always migrated. To be on the move, searching for a more hospitable climate, greater resources, and a welcoming community, is part of our h...
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Colson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 31/07/2026
And the official announcement — variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Colson Whitehead’s ‘Harlem’ Trilogy TV Show in Development at Apple (EXCLUSIVE)
Apple TV is in development on a series based on Colson Whitehead's 'Harlem' trilogy, including 'Harlem Shuffle,' 'Crook Manifesto' and 'Cool Machine.'
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"My students taught me that they are terrified of the deskilling they are experiencing in real time & the relief they feel in an analogical space as the rest of the world forces them into technology." Read this careful reflection by @isanchezprado.bsky.social on his notebook assignment leisurely...
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A Year of Teaching Analogically
What a paper notebook assignment taught me about teaching in the era of AI cheating
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Ignacio Sanchez Prado @isanchezprado.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron, a brilliantly shot, subtle, emotive film devoid of melodrama and hyperbole on mental illness and the gaps between trauma and memory, a truly excellent first feature, with echoes of Akerman and Martel but ultimately boasting a very personal cinematic style. In Criterion
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Carolita Johnson @carolitajohnson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Re-watched Out Of The Past this week and realized the title of this book of poems by #chelseyminnis , “Baby, I don’t care,” is straight out of Robert Mitchum’s mouth in those movie! @wahrhaftig.bsky.social #tcmparty #filmnoirclub
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
“‘…And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...
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Trump’s Signature Is Set to Be Added to America’s Currency
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Smart, soulful review by @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social. Hope to see it very soon. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crim...
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Crime 101 review: Superlative heist thriller would make Michael Mann proud
A crime thriller that can stand tall alongside the best of its genre.
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Maria Nazos @marianazos.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
PULSE is beating louder as we near publication day. 🤎 I'm thrilled w/the blurbs from @joy-castro.bsky.social & @saddiqdzukogi.bsky.social. Thank you @ellistolsma.bsky.social & @omnidawn.bsky.social for the design. See you at #AWP. 🔥 Preorder PULSE: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo....
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
A shop in Prague
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
‘Hangar rojo’ (‘The Red Hangar’) is a masterpiece: visually stunning, breathtakingly taut, gorgeously acted, & urgently relevant. At its premiere yesterday, the packed theater began clapping the moment the credits rolled. See it. www.berlinale.de/en/2026/prog...
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Hangar rojo | The Red Hangar | Berlinale
Berlin International Film Festival - official website
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“The best thing you can do is to build cities that work, and love those streets and those citizens above any ideology.” —Jacob Frey www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“In one ICE recruiting ad, an agent mans a mounted gun atop some sort of militarized vehicle, with the words, ‘Destroy the flood.’ It was a reference to the video game Halo, where players must kill hostile space aliens.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
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University Press of Florida @floridapress.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
CONTESTING THE CLIMATE UNTHINKABLE, edited by Azucena Castro, Gianfranco Selgas, and Ken Benson, examines Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophes. #UFPress
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Contesting the Climate Unthinkable
Examining Latin American cultural works that rethink environmental change and natural catastrophesThis volume explores Latin American cultural works from the...
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
“I suspect the question the administration cares about is not ‘is this legal,’ ‘is this a war crime,’ ‘is this murder’ or even ‘is this good for America,’ but rather, ‘isn’t this violence delightful?’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
My story “No More Beautiful Day,” set in WWII Berlin. theberlinliteraryreview.com/november-2025/
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November 2025
OUR FEATURE PICKJoy Castro, ‘No More Beautiful Day’— Short FictionFICTIONTravis Constantine, ‘A Delicious Lie’H. A. Eugene, ‘Brian is Missing’Dr Suvajeet Duttagu…
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“The postsecondary office grants to be moved include TRIO, which supports programs that are designed to support low-income and first-generation college students and students with disabilities.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 18/11/2025
Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. O, O, O!
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Jan McVicker @jmcvicker.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
"Smaller discretionary grants, awarded without scholarly review, have so far gone to scholars with ties to conservative or religious institutions... including $30,000 for a project called 'Meritocracy vs. Equity: The Declaration of Independence in Tension With Critical Race Theory and D.E.I.'"
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 18/11/2025
"When an off-camera female reporter... began to ask if there was anything 'incriminating' in the Epstein emails, Trump pointed a finger in her face. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy,' he said menacingly." Tell me again how it's women who are ruining the workplace? people.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ugh: “seeking romantic advice” from a known sex trafficker. Why would he get to continue teaching? “I dint [sic] want to be…the friend without benefits,” he whined to Epstein. Perhaps Harvard’s students will boycott his classes… #highered #gender #sex www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“…its endowment had swelled to nearly $57 billion during the fiscal year that ended in June, an increase of about $3.7 billion. The university also said it had pulled in a record amount of donations it can use immediately.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Harvard’s Wealth Is Growing, Despite Trump’s Attacks on Its Funds
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning." I chose Larry Summers. Better late than never. Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below. naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Got it.
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Ugh: “seeking romantic advice” from a known sex trafficker. Why would he get to continue teaching? “I dint [sic] want to be…the friend without benefits,” he whined to Epstein. Perhaps Harvard’s students will boycott his classes… #highered #gender #sex www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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Summers, ‘Ashamed’ Over Epstein Ties, Steps Back From Public Commitments
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“…I tap into my memories of injustice. I remind myself of why I am doing what I am doing and this sustains me. Anger transforms into a battery charger that gives me a boost when it’s sorely needed.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Alice Wong, ‘luminary’ writer and disability rights activist, dies aged 51
Daughter of immigrants advocated for people with disabilities to have full autonomy over their lives
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Excited to have my new Berlin story featured! theberlinliteraryreview.com/november-2025/
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November 2025
OUR FEATURE PICKJoy Castro, ‘No More Beautiful Day’— Short FictionFICTIONTravis Constantine, ‘A Delicious Lie’Gail Anderson, ‘Rewind’H. A. Eugene, ‘Brian i…
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Yes. Terrific.
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
And think of everything that’s happened since May. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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Opinion | We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/10/2025
trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors
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Karen Dalton Beninato @kbeninato.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The East Wing was where Eleanor Roosevelt welcomed all visitors to the White House. That must have kept this administration up nights until they could knock it down. To build a ballroom we can't afford, during a shutdown, for a president who just posted himself dropping shit on the country.
This photo, taken on April 1, 1941, shows First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sitting in front of a fireplace, accompanied by her staffers Malvina Thompson and Edith Helm at the White House in Washington, D.C.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22/10/2025
This season on The East Wing...
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“…its endowment had swelled to nearly $57 billion during the fiscal year that ended in June, an increase of about $3.7 billion. The university also said it had pulled in a record amount of donations it can use immediately.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Harvard’s Wealth Is Growing, Despite Trump’s Attacks on Its Funds
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Picking up steam… #highered #academicfreedom www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...
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Penn and U.S.C. Become Latest Universities to Reject White House Deal
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A poet & his politics: Harlem Renaissance author Claude McKay www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...
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‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London
The long read: Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media … Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us today
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“…we proudly take the side of muckraking journalists, constitutional lawyers, and undaunted jurists, of the artists and actors who are fighting for their creative freedom, and above all, of the Constitution-­defending citizens who will not yield…” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.
It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“In other words, that ‘war’ she declared on her own body is but a microcosm — and a descendant — of the actual wars that, historically, have determined who gets to be considered beautiful. (Hint: It’s always the victors, the powerful and the rich.)”
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
“Ms. Hilal argues that personal aesthetic judgments are neither personal nor ‘aesthetic.’ Instead, our perceptions of human beauty (or its lack) derive from politics, & are determined by wide-ranging, international factors such as war, imperialism, colonial conquest, power hierarchies & economics.”
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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
“…we proudly take the side of muckraking journalists, constitutional lawyers, and undaunted jurists, of the artists and actors who are fighting for their creative freedom, and above all, of the Constitution-­defending citizens who will not yield…” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.
It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble.” #highered www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
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Opinion | Where Trump Is Vulnerable and How to Act on It
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
“Kimmel responded by saying: ‘And by “statistical fact”, he means “complete bullshit”.’ Kimmel went on to cite a study that found far-right groups were the greatest source of domestic terrorism and extremist violence in the US. The Department of Justice has removed the study from its website.”
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended over Charlie Kirk comments after US government pressure
Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business
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Ignacio Sanchez Prado @isanchezprado.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Tsai Ming Liang’s Abiding Nowhere, the 10th of his Walker series, following the slow walking of a monk across modern settings, this time in Washington DC with a new intriguing counterpoint of a second character, featuring the Smithsonian, which co-financed the film. In theaters
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Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
My department @uwmadison.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor with expertise in environmental politics. Send us your application. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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Joy Castro @joy-castro.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
“The Professor Watchlist is a straightforward intimidation campaign, and you can draw a line directly from Kirk’s work attacking academics to the Trump administration’s all-out war on American higher education…” — @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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