#Fiebre Tropical

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Happy International Women's Day 2023!

Happy International Women’s Day! To celebrate this global holiday, here are some books starring girls and women set all around the world! Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender Caroline Murphy is a Hurricane Child. Being born during a hurricane is unlucky, and 12-year-old Caroline has had her share of bad luck lately. She’s hated and bullied by everyone in her small school on St. Thomas of the US…

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tagged by @danielkahndyke !! thanks :0)

last song: La Cara by la muchacha

currently watching: argh nothing at the momentttttt my last two movies were a documentary on maya lin and the dybbuk for like the twentieth time and my last real actual show was mayday why planes crash

currently reading: whore foods by la warman, fiebre tropical by julian delgado lopera, stone butch blues againnnnnn, a lot of scifi

current obsession: aliens as a concept, transportation accidents, my truck, trying to recreate my fav colors in all the different art media i own, welding (?)

thank you for the tag chava !!!! tagging @mu-mumie @polisena-art @whiteboyism @courfeyracs-swordcane @trans-moth-man and anyone else who wants 2 join !

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Timothy Winegard, profesor de Historia en la Universidad Colorado Mesa América Latina vive la peor epidemia de dengue de las últimas décadas. Según este historiador canadiense, se trata de un episodio más de la ancestral guerra contra nuestros enemigos más mortíferos: los mosquitos, pequeñas criaturas que han dirigido el curso de la historia humana con las enfermedades que transmiten Los mosquitos son el depredador más letal de la humanidad, según el historiador Timothy Winegard. / UC San Diego/T. Winegard Por Federico Kukso Su inconfundible figura destaca entre los jeroglíficos del muro de piedra del Templo de Ramsés III en Luxor, Egipto. También resalta en coloridas cerámicas mayas, rollos japoneses, grabados holandeses, folletos políticos chinos, publicidades y películas informativas estadounidenses y esculturas veneradas como dioses en la India. El mosquito ha acompañado la historia humana, reconfigurándola una y otra vez, mucho más que cualquier otro animal en el planeta. Según las estadísticas, “ha provocado la muerte de cerca de la mitad de todos los seres humanos que han vivido”, cuenta el canadiense Timothy C. Winegard, profesor de Historia en la Universidad Colorado Mesa (EE UU), en su libro El mosquito: La historia de la lucha de la humanidad contra su depredador más letal. A través de las enfermedades que transmite, este pequeño insecto volador ha decidido el resultado de innumerables guerras, ha propiciado el ascenso y caída de antiguos imperios, ha paralizado y arrasado economías. Y pese a todos los avances científicos, aun siembra preocupación, provoca sufrimiento Es precisamente lo que sucede en la actualidad en América Latina, región que está experimentando la peor epidemia de dengue en las últimas décadas. Según la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, en las 12 primeras semanas de 2024, se reportaron 3.578.414 casos -un aumento del 254% en comparación con el mismo período en 2023- y 1039 muertes.  Algunos gobiernos combaten con decisión esta enfermedad tropical transmitida por el mosquito Aedes aegypti. México, por ejemplo, apuesta por el desarrollo de fármacos antivirales, y Brasil se convirtió en el primer país del mundo en vacunar a la población para prevenir esta infección que provoca fiebre, dolores musculares y en ciertos casos hemorragias y muerte.  “El mosquito es nuestro máximo depredador”, subraya el historiador canadiense, “y a medida que aumentan las temperaturas, expande su alcance y se esparce por el planeta, transportando enfermedades que alguna vez estuvieron confinadas a los trópicos”.  Los mosquitos son irritantes y en algunos casos letales. Están en el planeta desde mucho antes que apareciéramos los seres humanos, ¿verdad? Así es. La evidencia sugiere que los mosquitos, tal como los conocemos, surgieron hace 190 millones de años. Tuvieron como presas a los dinosaurios. En la actualidad, hay 3700 especies en el planeta. Y muy pocas, alrededor de cien, transmiten patógenos. Los mosquitos que pican son siempre las hembras. Están biológicamente programadas para ello: necesitan nuestra sangre para reproducirse, para hacer que sus larvas crezcan y maduren. Solo intentan ser buenas madres.  Los mosquitos surgieron hace 190 millones de años. / Dany Azar En su libro, afirma que estos pequeños zumbadores que no pesan más que 2,5 miligramos han sido el azote de la humanidad a lo largo de nuestra existencia. Y, sin embargo, pocos historiadores han advertido su protagonismo en la historia humana. ¿Por qué? Mucho tiene que ver con nuestra arrogancia como especie. Nos gusta pensar que el rumbo de la historia es decidido por grandes hombres y mujeres. Alabamos a grandes conquistadores y héroes nacionales, cuando en realidad gran parte del tiempo hay factores externos que inciden en los acontecimientos históricos y que los seres humanos no podemos controlar. Por ejemplo, el cambio climático tiene un rol importante si uno ve la historia en retrospectiva Me sorprendió descubrir el poder q...

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🎶 “FIEBRE VERANO [psicodelia tropical]” 💃🔥🎙️🎸🥁👄☀️❤️

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Un virus nunca visto infecta a un hombre tras adentrarse en la selva de Perú

El suceso ocurrió en 2019. Inicialmente se pensó que el hombre tendría alguna enfermedad tropical como el dengue, pero se vio que era un nuevo virus del que ahora hay mucho por estudiar. En junio de 2019, un hombre de 20 años acudió a un hospital de la ciudad de Chanchamayo, en Perú, aquejado de síntomas como fiebre,  malestar general, escalofríos, dolores musculares sistémicos, somnolencia,…

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Fiebre Tropical

Debido a todo ello. McTaggart decidió dar un rodeo de cientos de millas y dirigirse a Rarotonga, en las islas Cook. Allí, las tensiones entre los tripulantes alcanzaron el clímax. Mientras las tormentas barrían la zona, todos cayeron enfermos de fiebres tropicales, y Haddleton se puso tan mal que no pudo continuar el viaje. Al llamar por radioteléfono a Nueva Zelanda, Ingram descubrió que Metcalfe había enviado a la prensa un reportaje en el que afirmaba que el viaje del Vega no era sino una misión para distraer a los franceses mientras otro buque se dirigía desde Perú a la zona de pruebas. Cuando Metcalfe anunció que se marchaba a ese país americano, el resto de los navegantes no pudieron por menos de sentirse aliviados.

Tras aclarar las cosas en la prensa de Nueva Zelanda, McTaggart. Ingram y Davidson emprendieron la última etapa del viaje, una travesía de 1.500 millas (2.400 km) por mares solitarios y

peligrosos.

En contra de todas las probabilidades, a las 10.45 p.m. El 1 de junio, el Vega entró en la zona prohibida y tomó su posición a 20 millas (32 km) del punto de la prueba, exactamente en la trayectoria de la lluvia radiactiva.

A lo largo del viaje emitieron por radio posiciones falsas para apartar a los franceses de su rastro pero, sin que ellos lo supieran, el Vega estuvo en todo momento vigilado por poderosas estaciones de seguimiento de Tahití y Nueva Caledonia. Al día siguiente, un avión les sobrevoló y un barco de guerra estuvo navegando muy cerca de ellos; era como un edificio flotante, un verdadero mamut en comparación con el diminuto Vega, y su presencia intimidaba.

Los días se transformaron en semanas de tensión, durante las cuales los tres hombres lucharon denodadamente por mantener la posición del Vega. Aviones y helicópteros volaban amenazadores sobre sus cabezas.

Fuerza de choque

Francia inició su programa de desarrollo de armas nucleares llamado force de frappe, fuerza de choque,en la década de 1950, con la creación de la Comisión de Energía Atómica (CEA). Entre 1960 y 1966 realizaron 17 pruebas nucleares en el sector argelino del Sahara, pero, tras la independencia de Argelia, trasladaron el escenario de pruebas al Pacífico Sur.

La primera prueba nuclear en la Polinesia francesa tuvo lugar el 2 de julio de 1966, y en los siguientes ocho años se realizaron 40 más, todas en la atmósfera.

Desde el principio, estas pruebas fueron muy controvertidas. Francia aseguró que «ni una sola partícula de lluvia radiactiva alcanzaría a más de una isla habitada». El premio Nobel Dr. Al- bert Schweitzer no quedó convencido. En una carta dirigida al presidente de la Asamblea de los Territorios Polinesios, escribió: «Quienes afirman que estas pruebas son inocuas, mienten». 

En septiembre de 1966, el presidente De Gaulle visitó Mururoa a bordo del crucero De Grasse para observar una prueba atmosférica. Como llevaba una agenda de trabajo muy apretada y andaba ya algo retrasado, or- denó realizar la prueba, pese a que vientos desfavorables ame- nazaban con dirigir la lluviara- diactiva hacia las islas habitadas.

La explosión de esta bomba de 120 kilotones provocó una contaminación radiactiva que llegó por lo menos hasta Samoa occi- dental, a 3.000 km (1.900 millas) de distancia. Hasta la fecha, las autoridades francesas no han publicado detalles sobre la cantidad de radiación a que se vieron expuestos los polinesios a consecuencia de las pruebas. De hecho. Desde 1966, no se difunden estadísticas sobre salud pública.

Ya en 1967,la Asamblea Territorial de Tahití aprobó una resolución por la que se pedía al gobierno francés que investigara la naturaleza exacta de la lluvia radiactiva junto con expertos de Japón, Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos. Jamás se ha realizado tal investigación.

Al año siguiente se registraron en la región los primeros casos de leucemia, alteraciones de la pigmentación de la piel y un reuma- tismo doloroso llamado la contamina. En Fiji se multiplicó por cinco la radiactividad del agua de lluvia, y el Laboratorio Nacional de la Radiación De Nueva Zelanda encontró yodo 131 radiactivo en muestras de leche de vaca.

Originally published at https://cuidarelplaneta.com/ June 28, 2023.

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Dengue

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La fiebre del dengue es una enfermedad tropical provocada por un virus que transmiten los mosquitos.

¿Cuáles son sus sintomas?

El virus puede causar fiebre, dolores de cabeza, sarpullidos y dolor por todo el cuerpo. La mayoría de los casos de fiebre del dengue son leves y desaparecen por sí solos en aproximadamente una semana.

¿Cómo se transmite?

Los virus del dengue se transmiten a las personas por medio de las picaduras de mosquitos de la especie Aedes infectados (Ae. aegypti o Ae. albopictus). Estos son los mismos tipos de mosquitos que transmiten los virus del Zika y del chikunguña.

¿Cuáles son las tres etapas del dengue?

El dengue se inicia abruptamente después de un periodo típico de incubación de entre 5 y 7 días, y el curso sigue 3 fases: febril, crítica y de convalecencia.

¿Cómo se puede evitar?

Cambiar frecuentemente el agua de los bebederos de animales y de los floreros.

Tapar los recipientes con agua, eliminar la basura acumulada en patios y áreas al aire libre, eliminar llantas o almacenamiento en sitios cerrados.

Utilizar repelentes en las áreas del cuerpo que están descubiertas.

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books cristina read in 2020: fiebre tropical - juliana delgado lopera

“Still, I stood in the living room—as Tata took measurements, placed pins in the dress—staring at the horizonte in front of me with the martyr look I’d learned from my tías: my eyes looking to the side slightly, as if about to cry but holding it all inside; it was Virgen María’s suffering meetings Daniela Romo’s anger meets a Zoloft commercial. A pose I will use over and over again throughout my life. A pose passed down through generations of Female Sadness stacked inside my bones, all the way back to Tata’s mother’s mother. A pose that says: I’m here suffering pero no no no I do not want your help; I want you to stand there and watch me suffer—witness what you have done—and let me suffer silently, with my discount glam.”

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Fiebre Tropical

By Juli Delgado Lopera. 

Design by Drew Stevens.

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Book Review: Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera

Book Review: Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera

Summary:Lit by the neon glow of Miami, this heady, Spanglish debut novel follows a Colombian teenager’s coming-of-age and coming out as she plunges headfirst into lust and evangelism. Uprooted from Bogotá into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Francisca is miserable in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother is swept up in an Evangelical church, replete with…

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a sapphic lit primer 🌸

also known as, an opportunity to insist you read my favourites

if you’ve ever found yourself wanting to read more sapphic books, but not quite sure where to start, let this be the post for you! if you’re looking for even more sapphic books, i hope you find something in here too.

there are a few books on here i’ve not read, that i wanted to include to raise awareness of them, more than anything. those are marked by *. as such, you will probably also see a fair few more well known books and authors missed off (but i promise i know about them!).

this is not meant to be at all exhaustive! it’s a collection of sapphic books that i’ve read and would rec, meaning there are still tons more out there. & you can find some of those more at @sapphicreadsdb​, readsrainbow (which i co-run with @tenderpotter), sapphiclitbot on twitter & my list of every sapphic book i’ve read.

as ever, this was meant to be a relatively short post. haha.

(i promise i did put links on this post, but for some reason those aren’t working on the blog page. dashboard version seems fine, i think.)

🌼  middle grade

🌻  contemporary

hurricane child by kacen callender

in the role of brie hutchens... by nicole melleby

hazel hill is gonna win this one by maggie horne

candidly cline by kathryn ormsbee

how to become a planet by nicole melleby

proud of me by sarah hagger-holt

the science of being angry by nicole melleby

middletown by sarah moon

p.s. i miss you by jen petro-roy*

almost flying by jake maia arlow*

in the key of us by mariama j lockington*

kenzie kickstarts a team by kit rosewater & sophie escabasse*

⚔️  fantasy

the strangeworlds travel agency by ld lapinski

the tea dragon society by kay o’neill*

📜  historical

tell no tales by sam maggs & kendra wells*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

goldie vance by hope larson

pepper’s rules for secret sleuthing by briana mcdonald

drew leclair gets a clue by katryn bury*

🦇  paranormal/horror

artie and the wolf moon by olivia stephens

🧪  science fiction

our sister, again by sophie cameron

🌼  young adult

🌻  contemporary

we are okay by nina lacour

this is what it feels like by rebecca barrow

the gay girl’s guide to ruining prom by siera maley

the liar’s guide to the night sky by brianna r. shrum

i kissed shara wheeler by casey mcquiston

the flywheel by erin gough

amelia westlake by erin gough

how to make a wish by ashley herring blake

taking flight by siera maley

like water by rebecca podos

don’t date rosa santos by nina moreno

all the invisible things by orlagh collins

orpheus girl by brynne rebele-henry

the henna wars by adiba jaigirdar

you should see me in a crown by leah johnson

love and other natural disasters by misa sugiura

rise to the sun by leah johnson

epically earnest by molly horan

if you still recognise me by cynthia so

truth be told by sue divin

thieves by lucie bryon

ask the passengers by a. s. king

starting from here by lisa jenn bigelow

annie on my mind by nancy garden

laura dean keeps breaking up with me by mariko tamaki

the stars and the blackness between them by junauda petrus

the last true poets of the sea by julia drake

i kissed alice by anna birch

fiebre tropical by juliana delgado lopera

melt my heart by bethany rutter

laurel everywhere by erin moynihan

every body looking by candace iloh

something certain, maybe by sara barnard

⚔️  fantasy

a dark and hollow star by ashley shuttleworth

the scapegracers by h. a. clarke

girl, serpent, thorn by melissa bashardoust

down comes the night by allison saft

engelsfors by mats strandberg & sara b. elfgren

summer of salt by katrina leno

from dust, a flame by rebecca podos

spellbook of the lost and found by moïra fowley-doyle

girls made of snow and glass by melissa bashardoust

out of the blue by sophie cameron

witch, cat & cobb by j. k. pendragon

girls of paper and fire by natasha ngan

the afterward by e. k. johnston

the never tilting world by rin chupeco

the midnight lie by marie rutkoski

the dark tide by alicia jasinska

the midnight girls by alicia jasinska

sweet & bitter magic by adrienne tooley

wench by maxine kaplan

way of the argosi by sebastian de castell

ash by malinda lo

the raven and the reindeer by t. kingfisher

the last magician by lisa maxwell

shatter the sky by rebecca kim wells

we set the dark on fire by tehlor kay mejia

queen of coin and whispers by helen corcoran

ghost wood song by erica waters

these feathered flames by alexandra overy

the bone spindle by leslie vedder

into the crooked place by alexandra christo

edie in between by laura sibson

crier’s war by nina varela

the winter duke by claire bartlett

sofi and the bone song by adrienne tooley*

girls at the edge of the world by laura brooke robson*

dauntless by elisa a. bonnin*

📜  historical

dangerous remedy by kat dunn

forgive me if i’ve told you this before by karelia stetz-waters

the pearl thief by elizabeth wein

heavy vinyl by carly usdin & nina vakueva

valiant ladies by melissa grey*

a curse of roses by diana pinguicha*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

far from you by tess sharpe

the girls i’ve been by tess sharpe

people like us by dana mele

summer’s edge by dana mele

the truth about keeping secrets by savannah brown

i hope you’re listening by tom ryan

eight pieces of silva by patrice lawrence

bad things happen here by rebecca barrow

the things we don’t see by savannah brown

the hollow inside by brooke lauren davis

throwaway girls by andrea contos

you’re next by kylie schachte

a lesson in vengeance by victoria lee

the sullivan sisters by kathryn ormsbee

cold by mariko tamaki

the killing code by ellie marney*

rules for vanishing by kate alice marshall*

🦇  paranormal/horror

the dead and the dark by courtney gould

to break a covenant by alison ames

shallow graves by kali wallace

wilder girls by rory power

afterlove by tanya byrne

house of hollow by krystal sutherland

specter inspectors by bowen mccurdy

burn down, rise up by vincent tirado

hollow by shannon watters & branden boyer-white

missing, presumed dead by emma berquist

perfectly preventable deaths by deirdre sullivan*

the dark beneath the ice by amelinda bérubé*

ghost walk by kay solo*

🧪  science fiction

joyride by jackson lanzing & collin kelly

crownchasers by rebecca coffindaffer

the good luck girls by charlotte nicole davis

cosmoknights by hannah templer

jane, unlimited by kristin cashore*

🌼  adult

🌻  contemporary

summer of the cicadas by chelsea catherine

take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert

in the event of love by courtney kae

night tide by anna burke

beautiful world, where are you by sally rooney

spell heaven and other stories by toni mirosevich

far from home by lorelie brown

once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole

spindrift by anna burke

cow girl by kirsty eyre

the split by laura kay

tell me everything by laura kay

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

transcendent kingdom by yaa gyasi

the fat lady sings by jacqueline roy

conversations with friends by sally rooney

flamingo by rachel elliott

the wrong end of the telescope by rabih alameddine

a map of home by randa jarrar

mostly dead things by kristen arnett

patsy by nicole dennis-benn

little fish by casey plett

undone by bryce oakley

satisfaction guaranteed by karelia stetz-waters

tack & jibe by lilah suzanne

all at sea by cheyenne blue

i kissed a girl by jennet alexander

january embers by hildred billings

the simple answer by lily seabrooke

under the rainbow by celia laskey

the world cannot give by tara isabella burton

la bastarda by trifonia melibea obono

the one hundred years of lenni and margot by marianne cronin

all are welcome by liz parker

the romance recipe by ruby barrett

disoriental by négar djavadi*

the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar*

bastard out of carolina by dorothy allison*

among other things, i’ve taken up smoking by aoibheann sweeney*

marriage of a thousand lies by s. j. sindu*

honey girl by morgan rogers*

too much lip by melissa lucashenko*

delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake*

the secret lives of church ladies by deesha philyaw*

the barrens by kurt & ellie johnson*

28 questions by indyana schneider*

there are more things by yara rodrigues fowler*

⚔️  fantasy

the unbroken by c. l. clark

the jasmine throne by tasha suri

wild and wicked things by francesca may

the true queen by zen cho

isola by brenden fletcher

the impossible contract by k. a. doore

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the traitor baru cormorant by seth dickinson

the empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo

the bone shard daughter by andrea stewart

blackheart knights by laure eve

the velocity of revolution by marshall ryan maresca

the gracekeepers by kirsty logan

in the vanishers’ palace by aliette de bodard

the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon

thorn by anna burke

penhallow amid passing things by iona datt sharma

sing the four quarters by tanya huff

city of lies by sam hawke

moontangled by stephanie burgis

burning roses by s. l. huang

a master of djinn by p. djèlí clark

ashes of the sun by django wexler

fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard

bestiary by k-ming chang

the black coast by mike brooks

night flowers shirking from the light of the sun by li xing

the councillor by e. j. beaton

silverglass by j. f. rivkin

water horse by melissa scott

high times in the low parliament by kelly robson

into the broken lands by tanya huff

the fire opal mechanism by fran wilde

among thieves by m. j. kuhn

the factory witches of lowell by c. s. malerich

the forever sea by joshua phillip johnson

the final strife by saara el-arifi

brother red by adrian selby

the winged histories by sofia samatar

the vanished queen by lisbeth campbell*

the northern girl by elizabeth a. lynn*

the bladed faith by david dalglish*

the worthy by anna k. moss*

📜  historical

the wicked cometh by laura carlin

the pull of the stars by emma donoghue

she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan

infamous by lex croucher

devotion by hannah kent

under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta

after the wedding by courtney milan

heathen by natasha alterici

mrs martin’s incomparable adventure by courtney milan

the night watch by sarah waters

tell it to the bees by fiona shaw

kept animals by kate milliken

a lady’s desire by lily maxton

the ophelia girls by jane healey

that green eyed girl by julie owen moylan

the perks of loving a wallflower by erica ridley

the companion by e. e. ottoman

her countess to cherish by jane walsh

paris, 7a.m. by liza wieland*

mademoiselle revolution by zoe sivak*

dark earth by rebecca stott*

⁉️  mystery/thriller

dirt town by hayley scrivenor

the lighthouse by fran dorricott

after the eclipse by fran dorricott

the final child by fran dorricott

proper english by k. j. charles

the last place you look by kristen lepionka

the better liar by tanen jones

fortune favors the dead by stephen spotswood

real easy by marie rutkoski

the best bad things by katrina carrasco

the case of the good-for-nothing girlfriend by mabel maney

the kill club by wendy heard

bury the lede by gaby dunn

beloved poison by e. s. thomson

the lady upstairs by halley sutton

ash mountain by helen fitzgerald

last call at the nightingale by katharine schellman

return to blackwater house by vikki patis

payback by charlotte mills*

a reason to kill by eve zaremba*

the heard by andrea bartz*

snare by lilja sigurðardóttir*

amateur city by katherine v. forrest*

the savage kind by john copenhaver*

the dime by kathleen kent*

the verifiers by jane pek*

🦇  paranormal/horror

abbott by saladin ahmed

the animals at lockwood manor by jane healey

black water sister by zen cho

hearts in the hard ground by g. v. anderson

they drown our daughters by katrina monroe

meddling kids by edgar cantero

yellow jessamine by caitlin starling

our wives under the sea by julia armfield

briefly, a delicious life by nell stevens

dead woman’s pond by elle e. ire

tripping arcadia by kit mayquist*

🧪  science fiction

a memory called empire by arkady martine

this is how you lose the time war by max gladstone & amal el-mohtar

the unspoken name by a. k. larkwood

the space between worlds by micaiah johnson

dead space by kali wallace

the quantum thief by hannu rajaniemi

ninefox gambit by yoon ha lee

ancillary justice by ann leckie

motor crush by brenden fletcher & cameron stewart

unconquerable sun by kate elliott

compass rose by anna burke

a big ship at the end of the universe by alex white

the light brigade by kameron hurley

empress of forever by max gladstone

the doors of eden by adrian tchaikovsky

seven of infinities by aliette de bodard

hard reboot by django wexler

last exit by max gladstone

sisters of the vast black by lina rather

gods, monsters, and the lucky peach by kelly robson

so happy for you by celia laskey

battle of the linguist mages by scotto moore

bluebird by ciel pierlot

an ancient peace by tanya huff

god’s war by kameron hurley*

barbary station by r. e. stearns*

this will kill that by danielle l. roux*

valkyrie by meg ludwa*

night sky mine by melissa scott*

the stars undying by emery robin*

🌼  poetry

if not, winter by sappho, trans. by anne carson

floating, brilliant, gone by franny choi

evohe by cristina peri rossi

bestiary by donika kelly

soft science by franny choi

rummage by ife-chudeni a. oputa

the world keeps ending and the world goes on by franny choi

bone by yrsa daley-ward

dream work by mary oliver

living as a lesbian by cheryl clarke*

womanslaughter by pat parker*

oral tradition by jewelle l. gómez*

the black unicorn by audre lorde*

hermetic definition by h.d.*

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P FKN R Chapter 1 Snippet

This story is a long way off, because I plan to finish it and the Coronita Heights sequel before posting both. But, please have a snippet from the end of the first chapter to tide you.

Maura waved when she stepped out of her Uber just outside of Fiebre - a small, vibrant club at the border of West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain - because, quite fortuitously, Jane had also just arrived. “Jane!” she also shouted into the muggy nighttime air, just in case her previous greeting wasn’t enough.

Jane bent low and said something to her driver just before he pulled away, and then she tapped the roof of the car. She perked when she heard her name. She pulled her hair out of her leather jacket, keeping it on her sweating arms only because she had firsthand experience with Fiebre’s rather vivacious clientele. Spilled drinks on the dancefloor and at the bar were all too common. Still, these were some of the best times she had as a member of DCU, and the thought of doing it one more time, with Maura, put a smile on her face. “Hey, you,” she said, tone as husky as she could make it.

Maura’s pupils expanded in the predictable way any time Jane spoke like that. She looked down at her sleeveless, very low cut black blouse before taking Jane in again. “Forgive me, but I thought I had club attire down. You-”

Jane held out her arm so Maura could take it, which she did. “You do,” she said. “But it gets kinda rowdy in there, and people slosh things.”

To Maura, the jacket, the dark jeans, and the block-heeled boots, similar to the ones Jane wore at work, made sense now. “You don’t like sticky.”

Jane smirked playfully. “There’s a time and a place for sticky. At a bar with a stranger’s Fuzzy Navel all over me is not it. Don’t worry, I’ll run interference for you, too.”

“That is an… unpleasant visual. But thank you, because I don’t want someone’s Fuzzy Navel on me, either.” Maura laughed. She nodded to Jane, indulged in her chivalry, when Jane opened the door.

There was an instant smell of sugar, sweat, and alcohol, as well as an instant pulsing of tropical drums and Rauw Alejandro’s TrapCake: decadent, sexual, and writhing from the speakers to their ears. Maura stiffened at the way it prepared her body for bad things, a way she had not yet encountered, given her relative inexperience in working class nightclubs. She held fast to Jane’s arm when Jane scanned the dark room for her brother.

Maura swallowed despite the difficulty, let herself be led by the hand while Jane used sight for Frankie and touch alone for her. She bumped, was bumped, as they slithered through warm bodies, heating up her own. She wondered about Jane’s skin, the feel of it, the temperature of it, when she bumped against a broad back.

Jane had stopped, infiltrating Maura’s space with the scent of leather and lavender when they collided, and then, despite a sudden, feral desire to stay encapsulated in the moment, Maura heard Frankie.

“Janie!” He yelled with his arms out at the sparsely populated bar, close to the dance floor. “You made it! You too, Maura!”

“Hi Frankie,” Maura responded politely when she saw that he was already a little buzzed. She took her spot next to Jane when Jane reached forward and hugged him.

“Frost had to go, guess his mom had a car thing. But, I got your beer comin’,” Frankie said when they pulled apart. “And one for you, Maura. I don’t know if they got wine.” He didn’t look at her when he said it, just at his sister, for whom he had the toothiest of grins.

Maura sweated because she knew that look: the one that signified some sort of immensely confusing, disappointing social interaction.

Jane saw it, too. “What’s with you?” she asked over the sumptuous din. The speaker just a few feet away pumped reggaeton into all three of them, and Maura envied how accustomed Jane seemed to its effects.

It was shaking her, just like Frankie’s smile.

And then, he could hold it in no longer. “Guess who’s here, huh?! Guess who I ran into!” He burst out finally.

Jane narrowed her brow and Maura found it comforting in its familiarity. “Who?” asked Jane, and just like that, she surveyed the entire club again, until Frankie threw a thumb behind him. Jane was even more confused. “ADA Anderson? That news?” She pressed when all she could see was the back of the 6’4” assistant district attorney, who was clearly chatting up a leggy woman who was obscured by him.

But then, all of a sudden, he laughed, sidestepped, and she wasn’t.

Wavy, long brown hair, full lips wrapped around a cocktail straw, brown skin that glinted when the lights hit it just right, Fendi everything on her body, and Maura thought her one of the most beautiful people in the bar. If not in Jamaica Plain. Maura thought, in light of that all-white smile and those sharp brown eyes that ADA Anderson should not have been the object of the Rizzoli sibling scrutiny at all, until she realized that he was not.

“Tatiana?” choked Jane, and then Maura understood just how wrong she had been, even more so when Jane took off toward the beautiful woman on the dance floor.

Frankie laughed in victory, and Maura resisted the twin urges to both run with Jane, and run out the door.

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1-5!

1. If you’re an author, how many WIPs do you currently have? (Be honest!)

This actually really tripped me up! How are we defining WIPs -- things I’ve started writing in general? things I’ve started posted but not finished? things i haven’t posted at all but have at least a few words down? things i have plotted out in my head but don’t even have words down? etc. 

Also my organizational system on evernotes (where I do all my fic writing) is uhhhhh. bad. Like I have several versions of fics, which makes it hard to count how many actual independent works I have. 

But glancing through, a basic estimate of fics I’ve actually started AND will potentially actually finish is....maybe 20. Eeesh.

2. What’s next on your ‘to-read’ list? (Fan fiction or otherwise)

Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera, though I have to finish The Devil in the White City first (lol I know I’m so late on this, but w/e).

3. Do you prefer canonverse or AUs?

LOL well my preference is for GOOD AUs but those are. Rare. So yes dream fic wise, I prefer AUs, but in some fandoms esp (like, Hellblazer/Constantine stuff comes to mind) I’d rather stick with the canon if you’re not going to do something interesting with the AUs (tho there are actual canon AUs for Hellblazer aka, the baby lesbians, which I wish were written about more often. Or at all.)

4. What fandom’s/ship’s fan fiction do you read the most?

I’ve been kind of off fic ATM tho I have been rereading a lot of The Nice Guys fics bc there’s not many of them but in general I love the grumpy old mans in reluctant love/awks but strangely functional coparenting vibes. 

I also sometimes read Lawrusso fic @youandthemountains sends me despite having seen only KK1 and KK2 and none of the show at all. But they’re all so long and I am. Having trouble focusing on long fic ATM, and as always I have very high standards lmfaoooo

5. What’s a crackship you love?

Man IDK what counts as a crackship anymore! in GENERAL i’m not about the crackship life (I also hate calling them crackships lol) bc i do like to go off of actual interactions/chemistry in canon, BUT i’ll always have a soft spot for my john constantine/jake peralta joke ship that i actually even wrote fic for because WHY NOT. 

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Young Adult titles by Latinx authors, a reading list:

Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolución, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history.

Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the Illustrians from La Ciudad. Now Ximena’s motivated by her insatiable thirst for revenge, and her rare ability to spin thread from moonlight.

When Atoc demands the real Condesa’s hand in marriage, it’s Ximena’s duty to go in her stead. She relishes the chance, as Illustrian spies have reported that Atoc’s no longer carrying his deadly relic. If Ximena can find it, she can return the true aristócrata to their rightful place.

She hunts for the relic, using her weaving ability to hide messages in tapestries for the resistance. But when a masked vigilante, a warm-hearted princess, and a thoughtful healer challenge Ximena, her mission becomes more complicated. There could be a way to overthrow the usurper without starting another war, but only if Ximena turns her back on revenge—and her Condesa.

This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams

When private school student Isabelle Warren first meets Dominican-American Alex Rosario on the downtown 1 train, she remembers his green eyes and his gentlemanly behavior. He remembers her untroubled happiness, something he feels all rich kids must possess. That, and her long dancer legs. Over the course of multiple subway encounters spanning the next three years, Isabelle learns of Alex’s struggle with his father, who is hell-bent on Alex being a contender for the major leagues, despite Alex’s desire to go to college and become a poet. Alex learns about Isabelle’s unstable mother, a woman with a prejudice against Latino men. But fate—and the 1 train—throw them together when Isabelle needs Alex most. Heartfelt and evocative, this romantic drama will appeal to readers of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen.

Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera

Lit by the hormonal neon glow of Miami, this heady, multilingual debut novel follows a Colombian teenager’s coming-of-age and coming out as she plunges headfirst into lust and evangelism.

Uprooted from her comfortable life in Bogotá, Colombia, into an ant-infested Miami townhouse, fifteen-year-old Francisca is miserable and friendless in her strange new city. Her alienation grows when her mother is swept up into an evangelical church, replete with Christian salsa, abstinent young dancers, and baptisms for the dead.

But there, Francisca also meets the magnetic Carmen: opinionated and charismatic, head of the youth group, and the pastor’s daughter. As her mother’s mental health deteriorates and her grandmother descends into alcoholism, Francisca falls more and more intensely in love with Carmen. To get closer to her, Francisca turns to Jesus to be saved, even as their relationship hurtles toward a shattering conclusion.

Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry

The Torres sisters dream of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father, and from their San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and all the traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the oldest sister, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, her three younger sisters, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, are still consumed by grief and haunted by their sister’s memory. Their dream of leaving Southtown now seems out of reach. But then strange things start happening around the house: mysterious laughter, mysterious shadows, mysterious writing on the walls. The sisters begin to wonder if Ana really is haunting them, trying to send them a message—and what exactly she’s trying to say.