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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

DMV area friends! I’m so happy to be back at American University for a talk about new book project. Hope to see you there!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

I'm so happy to be a part of this special issue of MELUS, edited by the best around! Thank you @samanthapinto.bsky.social and Justin Mann for all your work in bringing us together!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I had the privilege of writing this tribute to Ricardo for Public Books. It’s hard to put into words the immense loss I feel as a scholar, friend, & someone whose thinking & life were shaped by his brilliance & generosity. This essay is my small offering of gratitude and love. XOXO, always. 💔

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

All I have to add to this beautiful essay by @maiagiladi.bsky.social is that there are some astoundingly original and dazzlingly smart books on Latinx literature in the publication pipeline, as I know because I’ve edited/am editing them.

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Feeling incredibly thankful for this wonderful review of Doom Patterns by Sam Ginsburg! It means so much to have the book received with such attention and generosity. Thank you for taking the time to read and reflect on it—and for helping the conversation continue 🙏 academic.oup.com/alh/article/...

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Maia Gil'Adí, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence

Samuel Ginsburg; Maia Gil'Adí, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence, American Literary History, Volume 37, Issue 4, 1 December

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Happy belated 1st birthday to Doom Patterns! I’m grateful to have seen it enter ongoing debates in ways I couldn’t have anticipated. Thank you to everyone who’s read, cited, or taught from it & especially those who helped bring it into being. I’m so thankful to be part of this collective endeavor 🤍

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William Orchard @billeo.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

If you are in Toronto this week for the MLA Convention, the Comics and Graphic Narratives Forum is sponsoring a social hour at the comics store The Beguiling on Friday, 1/9 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Seconding this post! I would also love to do this!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A dream come true to host Justin Mann, Aimee Bahng, Yogita Goyal, Glenda Carpio, & Mary Pat Brady @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. I’ve been deeply influenced by their work & it was magical to have them in conversation for “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation.” I’m so grateful to them and their amazing work!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Happening now! The brilliant Justin Mann speak in about securitization and speculative fiction!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

This Monday 11-10: "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" Symposium on @jhuartssciences.bsky.social campus! Program attached. Truly the dream team & I'm so excited to see these speakers in conversation! For those who can't attend in person, we'll try to offer a Zoom option: zoom.us/j/94460577971

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Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences @jhuartssciences.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

The Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. 📅11/10 krieger.jhu.edu/modern-langu...

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Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference | Modern Languages and Literatures

“Race, Aesthetics, Speculation” brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought....

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

DMV area friends, "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" (a one day symposium @jhuartssciences.bsky.social) is soon! RSVP if you want to attend lunch. Speakers: Justin Mann, Yogita Goyal, Mary Pat Brady, Glenda Carpio, and Aimee Bhang. It's going to be spectacular!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Baltimore & DMV friends! Please mark your calendars for "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation," a one-day symposium on November 10. It's going to be an incredible day and I hope you can make it! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Thanks @dukepress.bsky.social for the shoutout! For Latinx Heritage Month, check out these titles in Latinx studies. So cool to be in such good company!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Day #1 of Fall 2025 in the books! My students are engaged and enthusiastic. We had an awesome discussion about the horror genre and the depiction of women’s bodies. So looking forward to the rest of the semester! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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A Meal of Thorns @mealofthorns.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Extremely cool news; keep your eyes out for THE CENSUS TAKER

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

The first review of my book is here! Thank you Marion Rohrleitner for this generous review. It’s a dream to be read at all, but even more so in this way. Mil gracias! amst.winter-verlag.de/data/article...

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Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Fantastic talk, do not miss: the book as "living object", the seriousness of laughter as resistance, and some really fascinating discussion of editing and translating.

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out! noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...

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9.6 We Better Laugh About It: Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí

Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. Álvaro, author of the trippy You Dreamed of…

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I'm floored. Mil gracias for your careful brilliant read! A writer can ask for nothing more than this.

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Michael Zapata @michaelzapata.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

To be read with such curiosity, joy and brilliance is all a writer could ever ask for. Mil gracias @maiagiladi.bsky.social and @mealofthorns.bsky.social.

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I had a great conversation with @casella.bsky.social about @michaelzapata.bsky.social gorgeous novel, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, for the podcast @mealofthorns.bsky.social. I open my book by exploring Zapata’s novel, and I’m so glad I had a chance to talk about it more in depth. Check it out!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Hi friends! Now that my first year at JHU is winding down, I want to start planning for next year. I would love to share my work with you now that my book is out (link below) & working on new stuff. If you want to bring me out to your campus, hit me up! www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns

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Doom Patterns

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

My essay on Latinx speculative fictions is in this new edited volume. I'm so happy to be in such amazing company and grateful to @billeo.bsky.social for all his work! Check out the discount code and great panel happening @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!

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The Irene and Richard Frary Library @frarylibrarydc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Great news 🎉: Johns Hopkins affiliates have access to Dr. Gil’Adí's ebook via Catalyst, the JH Libraries Catalog catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01...

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and friends in the DMV: Please join the dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures for a great talk by @renhu2.bsky.social on Feb. 26 at 5:30 PM. Her work is always 🔥

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Look at this beautiful thematic brainstorm my students did for @michaelzapata.bsky.social’s gorgeous book, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau. (Not pictured, another board w/ time periods, character names, literary references, & geographies). It was an amazing conversation! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Allison is an incredible developmental editor who helped me hone my project and see it to publication. Thank you so much for your support!

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

What if, @maiagiladi.bsky.social asks, Latinx speculative fiction—"which has taught me to read for elements in the text that lie hidden and to identify the excessive in what passes as mundane”—can be a method, a source of “reading protocols,” and not just an object of analysis?

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Allison Van Deventer @allisonvandev.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

How can depictions of historical violence be pleasurable? And why does a book about Latinx speculative fiction feature Colson Whitehead and Sesshu Foster? For answers, read DOOM PATTERNS: LATINX SPECULATIONS AND THE AESTHETICS OF VIOLENCE by @maiagiladi.bsky.social (@dukepress.bsky.social)! A 🧵

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Reading list ready for Spring 2025! Grad seminar “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation” and undergrad class “Monsters, Haunting, and the Nation.” So much good spooky stuff! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

so cool seeing doom patterns out in the wild! and with the best editor! thank you @dukepress.bsky.social @ccberg.bsky.social

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

“I regard the report the MLA Executive Council published on Dec 16 to explain their suppression of the BDS resolution…as a betrayal of the professional class whom the MLA claims to serve and represent.” A must-read by @mattseybold.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theameri...

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What The MLA Is...

The organization has chosen an interpretation of fiduciary responsibility beyond the wildest hopes of Chicago School economists.

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Today is the official publication date for my book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations & the Aesthetics of Violence! I‘m so proud of it and so thankful for everyone (too many to name here) who helped along the way, especially the amazing team at @dukepress.bsky.social Thank you! 🥳🙏 Link below:

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

They’re here! I cannot be more grateful to my amazing community—family, friends, interlocutors—who helped this a reality! Available now from @dukepress.bsky.social

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Maia Gil’Adí @maiagiladi.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

It’s here! So excited to be part of this fabulous group of scholars and this list! 🎉📖🤓

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