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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🗳️ CALLING TAMPA/HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY RESIDENTS 🗳️ TODAY, March 24th, there is a special election for State Senate District 14 which covers South Tampa, Carrollwood and Westchase. Please share this far and wide. Polls are open 7 AM to 7 PM (find more details and polling station below ⬇️)

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

A reminder that I’m partnering with Vintage Books & Out of Print to giveaway 5 copies of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende AND 5 of these amazing 100% cotton t-shirts that feature the OG cover. Enter the sweepstakes here: sites.prh.com/house-of-spi...

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Suzi @suzisteffen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Carmen's superb IG and Bindery is why I have a "Tomes" link on my Libby. AND IT IS SO FILLED WITH BOOKS, I TELL YOU WHAT.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Happy book birthday to ALL the lovely Latine releases today, including two that made it to my doorstep yesterday! If you want a weekly newsletter of ALL the Latine releases on my radar, sign up for my Bien Leidos Bindery to get it in your inbox weekly: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/al7sap2...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Did you know @ireadvintage.bsky.social is giving away 5 copies of The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende AND this cute t-shirt to celebrate next month’s release of the show? You can enter here: sites.prh.com/house-of-spi...

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

"The data labelers in Kenya described seeing footage of people naked, watching porn, and talking about crimes and protests. Faces are often blurred, the story said, but sometimes are visible, depending on the lighting."

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

I see what Timothee Chalamet’s comments are doing to interest in ballet and opera in a time where NEA grants have been slashed by this administration…thriving arts are a form of resistance

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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hey LA! I will be at Skylight Books tomorrow talking with Alvaro Enrique, author of Your Dreamed of Empires, to introduce his new novel, NOW I SURRENDER! This is an incredible expansive book and I can't wait to chat with him about it. Come on out! 3/6, 7pm! www.skylightbooks.com/event/skylig...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Happy bookmbirthday to all the Latine books releasing today! Every week, I publish a newsletter breaking down all the Latine books on my radar. You can subscribe here to receive it! bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/DCpzXkg...

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Bien Leidos | February 24th Latine Book Releases

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

May every single person in power be held accountable. Let the system that upheld their abuse burn and justice prevail.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If you’re still looking for Latine books to read after the Benito Bowl, then join Bien Leidos Bindery where you get a weekly newsletter, book club, access to a very active Discord and so much more. Join us: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/membership/

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

My love language is letting me rewatch the Benito Bowl over and over again

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

If you’re looking for more Latine books this week, my weekly newsletter highlights all the Latine releases on my radar. It’s free to join! And if you want to support the work I do, there are paid tiers as well. Today’s releases: bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/ilpwR5A...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I sent this photo I took of the Benito Bowl to my primata and she texted back: En el nombre del padre, el hijo, y el espíritu Benito

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I’m going to be obnoxiously Latina for at least 7 business days

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Sonido Reyes @sonidoreyes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

We're live!!!! @jgv.bsky.social and I started a podcast! You can search "bidi bidi book pod" wherever you listen to podcasts or find the full ep and transcript here: bidibidibookpod.com/episodes/jon...

A graphic with headshots from Jonny Garza Villa and Sonora Reyes that reads: Bidi bidi book pod! ep #01 Jonny & Soni are cautiously optimistic

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Happy book birthday to all the amazing Latine titles releasing today! I put together this list and post all the new Latine books every week on my Bindery. It’s free to join to get this newsletter in your inbox! bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/DKcP8el...

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Uh, @thehill.com, why did you just post this piece of right-wing propaganda about the Freedom Trucks that STOLE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM AMERICAN LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS? thehill.com/opinion/educ...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Friendly reminder that if you’re reading US history and it makes you feel patriotic, you’re actually reading propaganda

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

They can try all they want to strike fear in our hearts but there is no denying our Latinidad is a superpower

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I wrote my first Substack! I’ll begin posting my weekly Latine releases over there next week, but here are last week’s releases a little late and more about Bien Leidos book club… substack.com/@tomesandtex...

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Angel Luis Colón @angelluiscolon.com · 31/01/2026

Good thread.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

There’s an indoor slide at DC’s MLK library! 😁🛝📚 Video Description: Mychal laughs, saying, “Here we go!” He slides down the indoor slide at DC Public Library's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial central branch. Library friends cheer him on ✨ 📹: @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

The reason you don't see Latine representation in traditional publishing isn’t just because our stories are underrepresented (we make up 6% of traditional publishing while representing 19% of the US population), it’s ALSO because (1/3)

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Purchased books Borrowed books Used books All books are amazing

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

My favorite quote from the National Book awards tonight: “I’m going to speak in Spanish because there are fascists who don’t like that.” —Gabriela Cabezón-Camára

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I *really* appreciate how @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social responded when she learned the viral "Moms for Liberty won none of their (contested) elections!" was misinformation. This was classy and helpful for those who also spread that without any verification. www.instagram.com/p/DQxSrAhkXEw/

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I am one of the people that fell for the disinformation and posted about it. I have now deleted all my posts. So sorry for spreading these lies further. I will try to do better in the future and not react so quickly without triple checking resources.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info. M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily. They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Everytime one of Kelly’s newsletters drops, I stop everything and open it.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Look at who in your community is putting up food pantries and serving free meals no questions asked. It's certainly not large box corporate restaurants and retail establishments, but mom and pop restaurants, locally owned coffee shops, etc… 1/2

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

'Tis the season to join my Bindery and win a $100 gift card for @bookshop.org Join and enter to win here (I'll be picking a winner this afternoon): bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/7SQr3NI...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

What if 10% of the people that marched in the No Kings protests this past weekend spoke up against book bans at their school boards and public libraries? What if they spoke up about defunded libraries? What if they ran for office or volunteered to be on a public minicipal board? 1/2

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Regardless of what exterior forces want you to believe, there is no such thing as overconsumption of reading and learning, especially in a time of rising anti-intellectualism. They've created the myth to try and ban books and defund public education.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

So SNAP benefits are the problem and not my taxes going towards a $200 million dollar ballroom during a government shutdown where actual government employees aren’t being paid m, but the politicians with six-figure salaries and universal healthcare who created the shutdown are? PLEASE

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Not all resistance looks the same, but continuing the work is vital even when it’s not all over the news. It’s the quiet work of mutual aid and community that will save us.

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bookriot.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation. 💙📚 #booksky bookriot.com/reading-and-...

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Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 17, 2025

Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Oh, it’s inconvenient to you to ask me to do something and I ask for a contract and a budget before agreeing? Trust me, it’s far more inconvenient for me to agree to do something that you will be profiting from for free.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am so tired of people thinking having an influencer do promotion means it should be free. And asking me for free labor while you have whole salary? Where do you find the audacity? Content creator’s time is valuable. Our social media sells books. You wouldn’t need me 1/2

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

🗣️🗣️DALLAS FRIENDS!!! Who am I going to see at the @hayfestival.bsky.social Forum this weekend? There’s still time to register: www.hayfestival.com/m-229-dallas...

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Just watched a video (of someone from outside the book community) that started off with the premise “read diverse fiction to combat authoritarianism” and then went on to give 1984 as an example 🤦🏻‍♀️ Anyway, please follow BIPOC creators who read and recommend actual diverse fiction every single day

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

TIL: representation =/= GOOD representation (feel free to interpret this however you like)

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

FYI: If your entire Banned Books Week display is white “classic” authors, you are doing it wrong

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It’s October 10th and the only people I still see posting Latinx Heritage Month posts are…Latinx creators. FYI—Latinx Heritage Month doesn’t end until October 15th. This wasn’t just a fizzle, it was a fall off a cliff for support of Latinx authors this LHM 1/2

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts! Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

I hope to live the type of life that when my sibling vagueposts something about my health, the entire world stops what they’re doing to say a prayer or light a candle for my well-being. Sending prayers for my girl, Dolly 💕

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