David Bowles

Breakdown of the rest:

Ma = let it be that
ti- = 1st person pl. subject prefix (we)
-quim- = 3rd person pl. object prefix (them)
micti[a] = kill / execute
-can = pl. ending for imperative

Revolutionary Nahuatl for March 10, 2026

Pilmictianih. Child killers.

Ma tiquimmictican in pilmictianih.

Let us execute the child killers.

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pil[li] = child
mictia = kill
-ni = agent suffix (one who does X)
-h = plural ending

You did a great job of covering the three big issues for those of creating content in this space (pre-Spanish invasion Mesoamerican culture).

Worth reading in its entirety.

Heard it's international women's day
Shout out to butch lesbians 🥰
#art #queer #lesbian #butch4butch

LET’E GO! Can’t wait to chat with @davidbowles.us and @rzsantos.bsky.social !!! See you soon, Tejas.
@titanbooks.bsky.social

La Sirena’s Blessing of Belonging V.M.

I have a new short story out today!

"La Sirena's Blessing of Belonging" is about a girl making a wish to find where she belongs. It's a deeply personal piece about biracial identity—and also a contemporary (slightly futuristic) magical realism story rather than secondary world!

I hope you enjoy ✨

Nice! Here's hoping the other roughly 24 variants of Nahuatl spoken in Mexico gradually find their way into the system, especially Huasteca, Guerrero, Puebla, and Orizaba Nahuatl, each of which has more than 100,000 speakers.

In Mexican & Mexican American slang, we say "ponte trucha" [get vigilant] or "estáte trucha" [be vigilant]. The "trucha" in these phrases, literally "trout," has a bit of the feel of "woke" in AAVE, as it was originally meant.

So if you want to say "woke" without MAGA understanding, use "trucha."

A photo of David Bowles, a light-complexioned Mexican American wearing a flannel shirt and vest, with a blurred mesquite tree behind him. Above him are the words "SABF San Antonio Book Festival" and below him "Book Festival Author David Bowles."

Join me and many other authors at the San Antonio Book Festival on Saturday, April 11, 2026, from 9am to 5pm at the Central Library and UT San Antonio Southwest Campus in downtown San Antonio.

Jijo de la gran verga ...

Battle of the Bad-breath Bats — Multnomah County Library Battle of the Bad-breath Bats — Bowles, David (David O.), — "Cousins Malia, Ivan, and Dante are visiting their aunt Lucy for the summer. But on their way to Gulf City's water park, they get lost on 13...

Try Battle of the Bad-breath Bats by @davidbowles.us if you're looking for the ""Next series to tackle after loving Spooky Sleuths as read aloud illustrated chap books!"" #AskALibrarian

(Casi siempre en casos así puedes simplemente buscar el verbo en un diccionario para fijarte en los ejemplos que provee.)

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/underlie

The verb “underlie” is transitive and does not need a preposition between it and its object.

#2

White and yellow graphic with the logo for Lee & Low Books at the top. The graphic is titled “Contact the Governor Day - March 2nd”. Contains the following description: “On December 19th, New York state Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed the Freedom to Read Act. In response to this, Lee & Low Books has launched an initiative called Contact the Governor Day. Contacting Governor Hochul will encourage her to prohibit the banning of books and protect the rights of students and educators to access a wide range of literature. Even if you live outside of New York state, you can still write Governor Hochul since the ramifications of her vetoing the Freedom to Read Bill directly impacts those who work for NYC-based companies and publishers.”

Contacting Governor Hochul will encourage her to protect the rights of students & educators to access a wide range of literature.

Even if you live outside of NY, you can still write to Governor Hochul since vetoing the Freedom to Read Bill directly impacts those who work for NYC-based companies.

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

Okay so let me get this straight, a oligarch country that elected a suspected pedophile & known rapist over his Christian values, and an illegally nuclear genocidal apartheid nation that keeps electing war criminals to do war crimes, those are the good guys because they bombed a primary girls school

Agreed.

“The only way to prevent death is with death.”

There’s so much cruel bad logic in the real world, why can’t we allow ourselves to do better in the fictional world?

I literally showed this ANIMAL MAN scene to @charlenecbowles.bsky.social the other day.

Reminder that the Vocal Fries @vocalfriespod.bsky.social is a woman AND minority hosted podcast (which is actually rare in the podcast space!) about linguistic discrimination.

Our latest episode, because women know what’s up, is called:

Stop Protecting Chomsky

As democrats, as progressives, as people who love democracy and rule of law and fairness and justice and respect for humanity, we have to hold the line on protecting *everyone*. No one gets left behind. Everyone has a right to thrive. When Newsom threw trans folk under the bus, he lost my vote.

I stand w/ my trans family & comrades. In Kansas they're revoking driving licenses. Nationally they're trying to pass a bill that would criminalize any mention of trans folks in kid lit. This is dangerous and violent; a part of a larger strategy.

There are 4 Latinas nominated for a Bram Stoker Award this year 💗

😂👍🏼🙌🏼

Thanks! :D

Best Spanish Language Picture Book List & Award The Best Spanish Language Picture Book prize is a biennial prize given to a book that was published or translated into Spanish. Award candidates are identified from the annual Best Spanish Language Picture Book of the Year list, which is prepared by the Spanish Language Affiliate (SLA) of the Children’s Book Committee. The award jury is comprised of Spanish speaking members of the SLA, CBC, Bank Street College, New York Public Library, and City University of New York. As with its English language prizes and lists, the SLA of the CBC aims to help parents, teachers, and librarians choose books that children will find captivating and transforming. The award is meant to encourage more publishers to create high quality materials in Spanish for children. 2026 Spanish Language Picture Book Awards for Books Published or Translated in 2024 and 2025 Gold Medal La Intéprete/The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi, illustrations by Monica Arnaldo, translated by David Bowles, Kokila (2025) Silver Medals Alberto Salas Juega a la Paka Paka con la Papa: Únete a la búsqueda con el célebre científico y experto en papas peruano Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa: Join the Quest with Peru’s Famed Scientist and Potato Expert by Sara Andrea Fajardo, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, translated by Mariana Llanos, Roaring Brook Press (2025) Prohibido Llorar by Gama Valle, illustrations by Lorenzo Sangio, Editorial Destellos (2024) Wanda Oye Las Estrellas: Una Astrónoma Ciega Escucha al Universo Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe by Amy S. Hansen and Wanda Díaz Merced; illustrated by Rocío Arreola Mendoza, Translated by Gabriela Carrión, Charlesbridge (2025)

LA INTÉRPRETE, my translation of Olivia Abtahi's THE INTERPRETER (illustrated by Monica Arnaldo), has won the GOLD ... 2026 Best Spanish Language Picture Book prize from the Children’s Book Committee at @bankstreet.edu.

Thanks to the judges, the author & illustrator, & the fine folks at Kokila.

In my office right now hearing helicopters circling over the Columbia office. This is why--DHS impersonated NYPD officers to abduct a student from her apartment.

So the superintendent of LA Unified being investigated by FBI for fraud. More coming out though. He’s being accused of discrimination against white students. I’m seeing a pattern here. This administration is using fraud as a catch all term to round up those who speak out against ICE/47