Elizabeth Huergo
@elizabethhuergo.bsky.social
Elizabeth Huergo was born in Havana and immigrated to the US as a political refugee. She writes socially conscious fiction. THE DEATH OF FIDEL PEREZ (Unbridled Books 2013) was her first novel. You can read her regular blog @writerunboxed.bsky.social.
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Anniversary of Revere’s ride.
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anniversary of Revere’s ride.
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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Today’s ridiculous sketchbook. It sure is getting harder to smile.
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today’s ridiculous sketchbook. It sure is getting harder to smile.
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The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
April 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Librarians is a must-see documentary about the recent history of book banning in the US
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Eastern Phoebe, our springy flycatcher friend 🪶
April 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Eastern Phoebe, our springy flycatcher friend 🪶
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
The Flash Fiction Challenge — nycmidnight
The Flash Fiction Challenge is an annual creative writing competition that challenges writers around the world to create short stories based on genre, location, and object assignments in 48 hours.
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April 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
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If, like me, you're feeling overwhelmed and saddened by the news of the day, you may want to read this piece. It contains such a simple but powerful suggestion to counter much of what we're facing, and in fact to change the world.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Rewind and be kind: what happens if you do one act of kindness every day?
When Bernadette Russell decided to perform one good deed every day for a year, it made a difference to the world around her but also had a big impact on her own life
www.theguardian.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If, like me, you're feeling overwhelmed and saddened by the news of the day, you may want to read this piece. It contains such a simple but powerful suggestion to counter much of what we're facing, and in fact to change the world.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Tolkien, with a stance all writers might share: “Some who have read [my] book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”
March 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tolkien, with a stance all writers might share: “Some who have read [my] book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.”
"Women have served ... as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. [...] That is why Napoleon and Mussolini both insist ... upon the inferiority of women, for if they were not inferior, they would cease to enlarge." V. Woolf
March 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Women have served ... as looking-glasses possessing the magic and delicious power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. [...] That is why Napoleon and Mussolini both insist ... upon the inferiority of women, for if they were not inferior, they would cease to enlarge." V. Woolf
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"Despite the district’s ruling, Inama refuses to remove the signs, even if it means risking her job. 'There’s no way I would be able to allow myself to just take it down and roll over to what I feel like they’re asking me to do.'"
Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
www.nbcnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"Despite the district’s ruling, Inama refuses to remove the signs, even if it means risking her job. 'There’s no way I would be able to allow myself to just take it down and roll over to what I feel like they’re asking me to do.'"
In addition to "Alone in Berlin," perhaps watching "The Manchurian Candidate" is a good idea right about now. And, of course, Kosinsky's "Being There." So much irony remains unacknowledged these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Zi...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Zi...
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The Manchurian Candidate
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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March 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In addition to "Alone in Berlin," perhaps watching "The Manchurian Candidate" is a good idea right about now. And, of course, Kosinsky's "Being There." So much irony remains unacknowledged these days.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Zi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9U...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Zi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL9U...
"A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out." Virginia Woolf
March 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out." Virginia Woolf
"The Autogolpe and Other Things Lost in Translation" came out this morning at Writer Unboxed. If you are not familiar with the site, come explore a welcoming community of writers.
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The Autogolpe and Other Things Lost in Translation
I’m becoming an avid reader of Substack, and one of my favorite sites is Paul Krugman’s. Earlier this month, Krugman, a Nobel laureate in Economics, observed “…that everything Musk and Trump say ab…
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February 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The Autogolpe and Other Things Lost in Translation" came out this morning at Writer Unboxed. If you are not familiar with the site, come explore a welcoming community of writers.
writerunboxed.com/2025/02/25/t...
writerunboxed.com/2025/02/25/t...
I watch/read the news and think of "Alone in Berlin," starring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, a true story about a working-class German couple, Otto and Elise Hampel, who supported Hitler and then joined the resistance after the death of their son.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQaG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQaG...
Alone in Berlin - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
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February 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I watch/read the news and think of "Alone in Berlin," starring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, a true story about a working-class German couple, Otto and Elise Hampel, who supported Hitler and then joined the resistance after the death of their son.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQaG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQaG...
In "What Are People For?" Wendell Berry quotes William Blake: "'You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.'" Both poets condemn the immorality of excess, and the narrow consciousness nurtured by excess.
February 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In "What Are People For?" Wendell Berry quotes William Blake: "'You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.'" Both poets condemn the immorality of excess, and the narrow consciousness nurtured by excess.
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Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’
Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’
Protesters in Colorado express solidarity with the undocumented after dramatic raids throughout Denver
Thousands took to the streets on Wednesday and Saturday last week following a series of dramatic raids by agents from Immigration and Customs…
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thousands protest against Trump’s war on immigrants after Ice raids: ‘Fight for our neighbors’
I rather admire this sort of courage:
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde appeals to President Trump to have mercy upon immigrants and minorities
YouTube video by ONEST NETWORK
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January 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I rather admire this sort of courage:
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My cousin Ramon Luis is a cinematographer in Cuba. The house is my late Aunt Carmen's home in Fontanar, a neighborhood in l'Habana. The weight of poverty is palpable. So too is the human spirit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXl...
"Laboratorio de arte cubano en Fontanar"
YouTube video by Fontanar TV
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January 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
My cousin Ramon Luis is a cinematographer in Cuba. The house is my late Aunt Carmen's home in Fontanar, a neighborhood in l'Habana. The weight of poverty is palpable. So too is the human spirit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPXl...
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I looked up what a group of Blue Jays is called, which is a "party" or "band." So here is a party of Blue Jays. (They do seem to like partying it up and causing a ruckus. I could see "a ruckus of Blue Jays" as a group name working too.)
January 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I looked up what a group of Blue Jays is called, which is a "party" or "band." So here is a party of Blue Jays. (They do seem to like partying it up and causing a ruckus. I could see "a ruckus of Blue Jays" as a group name working too.)
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California’s on fire, and while the GOP is busy blaming DEI and concocting conspiracies, Canada and Mexico are busy saving lives.
Thank You to Canada and Mexico
Bless you.
www.thegodpodcast.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
California’s on fire, and while the GOP is busy blaming DEI and concocting conspiracies, Canada and Mexico are busy saving lives.
"In the press there is a very human tendency to compromise between giving the public what it wants and giving the public what it should want." Edward Bernays, CRYSTALLIZING PUBLIC OPINION (1923)
January 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"In the press there is a very human tendency to compromise between giving the public what it wants and giving the public what it should want." Edward Bernays, CRYSTALLIZING PUBLIC OPINION (1923)