Eman Quotah
@emanquotah.bsky.social
Novelist, essayist, comms professional. Author of THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU (Wildfire Books; Orbit US/Run for It) and BRIDE OF THE SEA (Tin House).
As.someone who used to work in advocacy communications, I know this kind of data from companies is part of a communications and lobbying strategy. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's not neutral data created for research, to build knowledge, or to inform the American people.
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
As.someone who used to work in advocacy communications, I know this kind of data from companies is part of a communications and lobbying strategy. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but it's not neutral data created for research, to build knowledge, or to inform the American people.
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the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
"Among Asian adults [in the U.S.], 29% of Democrats have hidden their culture from others, compared with 9% of Republicans."—Pew Research Center, 2023
Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh?
(this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)
Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh?
(this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"Among Asian adults [in the U.S.], 29% of Democrats have hidden their culture from others, compared with 9% of Republicans."—Pew Research Center, 2023
Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh?
(this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)
Puts the audacity of Zohran Mamdani's authenticity into perspective, eh?
(this says nothing about _Muslim_ Asian Americans in R spaces)
From a fun q&a about my new book:
If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be?
Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun.
What can readers expect?
Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery.
thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...
If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be?
Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun.
What can readers expect?
Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery.
thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...
Q&A: Eman Quotah, Author of 'The Night Is Not for You' | The Nerd Daily
We chat with author Eman Quotah about The Night Is Not For You, which follows a young girl who realises she must become something untamable—even otherworldly—to find freedom, in this visceral coming-o...
thenerddaily.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
From a fun q&a about my new book:
If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be?
Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun.
What can readers expect?
Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery.
thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...
If you could only describe your novel in five words, what would they be?
Creepy, atmospheric, and weirdly fun.
What can readers expect?
Readers can expect a feminist fable about violence, paranoia, and perfumery.
thenerddaily.com/eman-quotah-...
See you tonight? At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on H St, 7 pm sharp. I'll be discussing my new book, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU, with @verakurian.bsky.social
#literaryDMV
#literaryDMV
October 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
See you tonight? At @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social on H St, 7 pm sharp. I'll be discussing my new book, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU, with @verakurian.bsky.social
#literaryDMV
#literaryDMV
My 80-something-year-old uncle writes text messages like they're letters.
I really miss letters. 📧
I really miss letters. 📧
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My 80-something-year-old uncle writes text messages like they're letters.
I really miss letters. 📧
I really miss letters. 📧
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Heck of a week for books! Look at these lovelies from #JihyunYun, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social & @emanquotah.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Heck of a week for books! Look at these lovelies from #JihyunYun, @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social & @emanquotah.bsky.social
THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out!
This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU is out!
This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
This spooky novel is inspired by folk traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Maldives, rural SW Saudi, psychological suspense, and our effed up world.
@orbitbooks.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social @wildfirebooks.bsky.social @hachetteaudio.bsky.social
Fright Girl fall! What a cool collection of books to be a part of.
It's here! @vlatinalondon.bsky.social and I have compiled our Fall 2025 reading list, filled with books we can't wait to read this autumn and beyond. What's on your reading list?
Fright Girl Fall: New Releases We’re Pumped For
It’s fall, y’all! Spooky season is upon us, and we’ve put together a list of several new releases — several scary, some not so much — that we’re excited for this…
frightgirlsummer.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Fright Girl fall! What a cool collection of books to be a part of.
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Build your @spookyseason TBR with these #horror new releases:
@emotrophywife.bsky.social
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@jennykiefer.com
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@johnhornor.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
@emanquotah.bsky.social
@kaychronister.bsky.social
@pickyourpotions.bsky.social
@emotrophywife.bsky.social
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@jennykiefer.com
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@johnhornor.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
@emanquotah.bsky.social
@kaychronister.bsky.social
@pickyourpotions.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Build your @spookyseason TBR with these #horror new releases:
@emotrophywife.bsky.social
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@jennykiefer.com
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@johnhornor.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
@emanquotah.bsky.social
@kaychronister.bsky.social
@pickyourpotions.bsky.social
@emotrophywife.bsky.social
@markwaddell.bsky.social
@jennykiefer.com
@angelaslatter.bsky.social
@johnhornor.bsky.social
@christaqua.bsky.social
@emanquotah.bsky.social
@kaychronister.bsky.social
@pickyourpotions.bsky.social
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I got some fantastic #bookmail at work today!! Both of these came from @orbitbooks.bsky.social
from the new Run For It
imprint!! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to read these books by Beatrice Winifred Iker
and @emanquotah.bsky.social
they sound so good!! #books
from the new Run For It
imprint!! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to read these books by Beatrice Winifred Iker
and @emanquotah.bsky.social
they sound so good!! #books
October 1, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I got some fantastic #bookmail at work today!! Both of these came from @orbitbooks.bsky.social
from the new Run For It
imprint!! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to read these books by Beatrice Winifred Iker
and @emanquotah.bsky.social
they sound so good!! #books
from the new Run For It
imprint!! Thank you so much!! I’m so excited to read these books by Beatrice Winifred Iker
and @emanquotah.bsky.social
they sound so good!! #books
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Alhamdulillah!
Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Egyptian political dissident, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison.
Alaa Abd El-Fattah Is Free: Family Celebrates Political Prisoner’s Release in Egypt
Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison. The writer a...
www.democracynow.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Alhamdulillah!
Why Support for Political Violence Is Not as High as It May Seem
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Recorded my edition of the Fall for the Book podcast today, look at this fantastic program! I’m out in December but September is out now so give Natalia Theodoridou a listen, and read Sour Cherry!
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Recorded my edition of the Fall for the Book podcast today, look at this fantastic program! I’m out in December but September is out now so give Natalia Theodoridou a listen, and read Sour Cherry!
A beautiful meditation on her Baba, belonging and the Beautiful Game from Rasha Shaath.
I Wish I’d Inherited Baba’s Sense of Belonging - Electric Literature
After his death, I realized being Palestinian and Saudi could exist as a refuge outside of politics and perception, signified by something as universal as football
electricliterature.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
A beautiful meditation on her Baba, belonging and the Beautiful Game from Rasha Shaath.
The past two years, there has been some amazing writing about what it's REALLY like to be an Arab in the "West."
(Not that we were never writing it before, just wasn't getting published too much.)
Here's another essay.
The author doesn't name names, but I will: The New Yorker. David Remnick.
(Not that we were never writing it before, just wasn't getting published too much.)
Here's another essay.
The author doesn't name names, but I will: The New Yorker. David Remnick.
House Arab
I was working at the magazine as a fact-checker and my parents no longer considered me a failure, not because they read or admired it, but because when they said its name to friends and relatives it s...
bidoun.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The past two years, there has been some amazing writing about what it's REALLY like to be an Arab in the "West."
(Not that we were never writing it before, just wasn't getting published too much.)
Here's another essay.
The author doesn't name names, but I will: The New Yorker. David Remnick.
(Not that we were never writing it before, just wasn't getting published too much.)
Here's another essay.
The author doesn't name names, but I will: The New Yorker. David Remnick.
Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Eman Quotah - The Night is Not for You — Solid State Books
Join us for an exciting night with local author, Eman Quotah , as she discusses The Night is Not for You, with writer Vera Kurian To be held at Solid State Books on H St. NE Tickets wi...
www.solidstatebooksdc.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. 🧛♀️
“I’m never going to abandon my children in a Starbucks, no matter how tempting it might be to do so.“ 😆😆😆
An Interview with Hannah Grieco. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/an-... @stanchion.bsky.social @writesloud.bsky.social #booksky
September 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“I’m never going to abandon my children in a Starbucks, no matter how tempting it might be to do so.“ 😆😆😆
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Can I get to my arbitrary goal of 1,000 followers but my arbitrary deadline of my pub date (7 days) in this arbitrary platform? Life’s eternal quest.
September 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Can I get to my arbitrary goal of 1,000 followers but my arbitrary deadline of my pub date (7 days) in this arbitrary platform? Life’s eternal quest.
💙📚👀📢📚😱 Coming in exactly two months, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU.
It's for you if you like:
-Folklore
-Coming of age
-Game-of-Thrones-level horror
(Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!)
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...
It's for you if you like:
-Folklore
-Coming of age
-Game-of-Thrones-level horror
(Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!)
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...
August 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
💙📚👀📢📚😱 Coming in exactly two months, THE NIGHT IS NOT FOR YOU.
It's for you if you like:
-Folklore
-Coming of age
-Game-of-Thrones-level horror
(Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!)
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...
It's for you if you like:
-Folklore
-Coming of age
-Game-of-Thrones-level horror
(Although if you really like to be spooked, get the audiobook. It even creeped me out!)
Pre-order: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eman-...
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The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world
Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world
Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Moustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
It’s really common for cheaply made goods available in other countries to have incorrect English or even gobbledygook on them.
Also super common for people to deny the reality of Palestinians lives and disbelieve them.
Also super common for people to deny the reality of Palestinians lives and disbelieve them.
Saeed was accused of being an AI agent because his blanket had some odd words that made people suspicious. I confirmed he's absolutely real.
gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-...
gizmodo.com/the-rise-of-...
July 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It’s really common for cheaply made goods available in other countries to have incorrect English or even gobbledygook on them.
Also super common for people to deny the reality of Palestinians lives and disbelieve them.
Also super common for people to deny the reality of Palestinians lives and disbelieve them.
I wrote about crying while reading a translators’ note.
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social @jordanelgrably.bsky.social
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social @jordanelgrably.bsky.social
In Nasser Rabah’s Poetry, تقول القصيدة كلمتها
Nasser Rabah and other poets of Gaza are still writing — still sending their poems to us, because Palestine is literature.
themarkaz.org
July 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I wrote about crying while reading a translators’ note.
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social @jordanelgrably.bsky.social
@citylightsbooks.bsky.social @jordanelgrably.bsky.social
Ignore the title. The argument is more: "[I]n response to historic declines in literature’s value, the industry has itself become a site of more contingent and more precarious work that is more often done by women."
Which is what I've been saying for a while: Literary fiction is now pink collar.
Which is what I've been saying for a while: Literary fiction is now pink collar.
The Plight Of The White Male Novelist | Defector
In July of 2022, Joyce Carol Oates tweeted that her literary agent friend told her editors are no longer interested in reading first novels by young white male writers, “no matter how good.” She was s...
defector.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ignore the title. The argument is more: "[I]n response to historic declines in literature’s value, the industry has itself become a site of more contingent and more precarious work that is more often done by women."
Which is what I've been saying for a while: Literary fiction is now pink collar.
Which is what I've been saying for a while: Literary fiction is now pink collar.