Claudia Sheinbaum, una mujer, cientĂfica, a partir de hoy serĂĄ presidenta de MĂŠxico. Es necesario criticar y criticar a la clase polĂtica, venga de donde venga. TambiĂŠn es legĂtimo de vez en cuando reconocer, como hoy, que algo hemos hecho bien.
This is a really good overview of what's going on at the moment in Australian publishing, which is, to put it extremely mildly, in flux.
Two independent book publishers were recently absorbed by larger companies. This doesn't bode well for the health of our literary culture.
President incoming! Claudia Sheinbaum takes the oath, receives the sash, and becomes Mexico's first woman president on October 1. I wrote about the power Sheinbaum gains, and some of the big challenges to her power. theconversation.com/mexico-has-a...
Claudia Sheinbaum follows in the footsteps of a popular predecessor, AndrĂŠs Manuel LĂłpez Obrador, who leaves behind many issues he either skirted or exacerbated.
I knew moving back to Australia after years in Brooklyn would feel a little isolating at times. Very aware of that right now, as I wait for New York to wake up and get on with dragging unregistered foreign agent Adams.
Eric Adams asking if he can still defund the libraries in jail
Now that Mayor Adams has been indicted, this seems like a great time to return to the acknowledgements of The World We Made by @nkjemisin.bsky.social
Without trying to get too spoilery, this book has a banging opening chapter, but then chapter 2 in the transition from first to second paragraph is the highlight of the whole thing. And that isnât even the bit with the creepy mantis angels.
With apologies to US readers, look at the magnificently creepy cover of the Aus/UK edition of Woodworm. Fits the creaking, crowded space of the novel, someone always watching (in the house, in the townâŚ).
I was invited to write about Haiti and the US for the Conversation. It gave me a chance to touch on a bunch of my research and teaching topics: gangs, Guantanamo, and US colonialism. This history is so wild. theconversation.com/the-us-elect...
Unfounded claims by Donald Trump and JD Vance about Haitian immigrants ignore the role of the US in their plight. Many of Haitiâs problems can be traced to debt forced upon it by the US and France.