jenzo duque-french 🇨🇴
@jenzo.bsky.social
writer gamer agitator • THE REST OF US (Viking Books) • BASS 2021 • abolitionist • views: mine • he/his • free 🇵🇸
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ok so I started doing this little recommendation series on my IG that you may have missed; calling it Lit IFW. if you like speculative fiction then maybe one of these books is for you! 👇🏽
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
ok so I started doing this little recommendation series on my IG that you may have missed; calling it Lit IFW. if you like speculative fiction then maybe one of these books is for you! 👇🏽
it took 32 years but now I just tell people “like Enzo with a J in front of it” to save us precious time
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
it took 32 years but now I just tell people “like Enzo with a J in front of it” to save us precious time
fuck it im back if i gotta scream into the cave alone i may as well have it echo off of leftist walls
November 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
fuck it im back if i gotta scream into the cave alone i may as well have it echo off of leftist walls
someone i published as an editor years ago is getting agent offers on their manuscript right now and no, I’ll never get tired of this feeling it rules every single time
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
someone i published as an editor years ago is getting agent offers on their manuscript right now and no, I’ll never get tired of this feeling it rules every single time
i hear they make you take tylenol for a month before you can become an official member of antifa?
September 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
i hear they make you take tylenol for a month before you can become an official member of antifa?
i would like to congratulate tylenol (and the other drugs) for winning the war on drugs
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
i would like to congratulate tylenol (and the other drugs) for winning the war on drugs
we’re now only like 20 years away from someone taking Tylenol being the new visual cue for “hey audiences, this is a period piece!” in prestige media
September 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
we’re now only like 20 years away from someone taking Tylenol being the new visual cue for “hey audiences, this is a period piece!” in prestige media
you’re never gonna believe what the function of racism is…
September 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
you’re never gonna believe what the function of racism is…
my favorite part of reading Wuthering Heights while in the mental hospital was forgetting that Catherine goes mad
September 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
my favorite part of reading Wuthering Heights while in the mental hospital was forgetting that Catherine goes mad
“I cannot express it; but surely you & everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here?”
banger line from WH in my psych ward journal. don’t judge yall i was going through it
banger line from WH in my psych ward journal. don’t judge yall i was going through it
September 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“I cannot express it; but surely you & everybody have a notion that there is or should be an existence of yours beyond you. What were the use of my creation, if I were entirely contained here?”
banger line from WH in my psych ward journal. don’t judge yall i was going through it
banger line from WH in my psych ward journal. don’t judge yall i was going through it
Wuthering Heights is like the only classic Victorian novel I actually fuck with but ten seconds into that trailer my first question is why and my second is wouldn’t actual porn be cheaper?
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Wuthering Heights is like the only classic Victorian novel I actually fuck with but ten seconds into that trailer my first question is why and my second is wouldn’t actual porn be cheaper?
bruh i can’t seem to make text based socials work for me anymore cause i post heat on Xhitter, i post heat here, and no one seems to see that shit either way 🥲
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
bruh i can’t seem to make text based socials work for me anymore cause i post heat on Xhitter, i post heat here, and no one seems to see that shit either way 🥲
what kills me is how post-2020 protests, bipoc authors got crumbs from the publishing industry pie while white men continued to get whole slices (+ seconds) and still, STILL they cry over our meager plates
July 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
what kills me is how post-2020 protests, bipoc authors got crumbs from the publishing industry pie while white men continued to get whole slices (+ seconds) and still, STILL they cry over our meager plates
From the NYT, I’m Michael Barboro & this, is the daily. *cue theme music*
Today: a Times’s investigation reveals that Zohran Mamdani used to give friends a “cousin controller” to play games with while hiding his extra regular ones. And, did X’s Grok go too far—or not far enough?
Today: a Times’s investigation reveals that Zohran Mamdani used to give friends a “cousin controller” to play games with while hiding his extra regular ones. And, did X’s Grok go too far—or not far enough?
July 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
From the NYT, I’m Michael Barboro & this, is the daily. *cue theme music*
Today: a Times’s investigation reveals that Zohran Mamdani used to give friends a “cousin controller” to play games with while hiding his extra regular ones. And, did X’s Grok go too far—or not far enough?
Today: a Times’s investigation reveals that Zohran Mamdani used to give friends a “cousin controller” to play games with while hiding his extra regular ones. And, did X’s Grok go too far—or not far enough?
Finally started Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (winner of the 2025 Booker) and i love it when story writers get due recognition, her prose goes so hard
July 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Finally started Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq (winner of the 2025 Booker) and i love it when story writers get due recognition, her prose goes so hard
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"Her new short story collection (which includes a novella!) confronts many of the same themes via grotesques—mail order brides, au pairs, ugly ducklings, sex bots, dolls..."
Thank you so much for including WHERE ARE YOU REALLY
FROM! Out from @penguinpress.bsky.social on August 19 ✨
Thank you so much for including WHERE ARE YOU REALLY
FROM! Out from @penguinpress.bsky.social on August 19 ✨
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Her new short story collection (which includes a novella!) confronts many of the same themes via grotesques—mail order brides, au pairs, ugly ducklings, sex bots, dolls..."
Thank you so much for including WHERE ARE YOU REALLY
FROM! Out from @penguinpress.bsky.social on August 19 ✨
Thank you so much for including WHERE ARE YOU REALLY
FROM! Out from @penguinpress.bsky.social on August 19 ✨
rereading Black Leopard Red Wolf, and just like the first time, i dont know how long it’ll take for “fuck the gods” to leave my daily usage
June 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
rereading Black Leopard Red Wolf, and just like the first time, i dont know how long it’ll take for “fuck the gods” to leave my daily usage
as a first gen citizen, this is devastating. i know the cruelty is the point, but if they can deny birthright AND deport citizens anyway, when will they just admit that their goal is to cleanse this country of non-whites?
June 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
as a first gen citizen, this is devastating. i know the cruelty is the point, but if they can deny birthright AND deport citizens anyway, when will they just admit that their goal is to cleanse this country of non-whites?
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hello EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is officially most anticipated by @debutiful.bsky.social 💖💖 this list is full of soooo many bangers yall should thank @vitcavage.bsky.social & preorder them all!!!
The Most Anticipated Debut Books of July-December 2025, according to @vitcavage.bsky.social
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June 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
hello EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is officially most anticipated by @debutiful.bsky.social 💖💖 this list is full of soooo many bangers yall should thank @vitcavage.bsky.social & preorder them all!!!
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Things have to change. You have to change too. People like change in theory rather than in practice.
June 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Things have to change. You have to change too. People like change in theory rather than in practice.
under shakira law, new yorkers hips wont be able to lie. let that sink in.
June 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
under shakira law, new yorkers hips wont be able to lie. let that sink in.
going through journals written during my recovery & im the breed of chaotic where you start a notebook, write in another, & then return to the first notebook, which means that the record’ll start in one leg of the journey & then sorta time travel & skip around & i dunno i find it kind of beautiful?
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
going through journals written during my recovery & im the breed of chaotic where you start a notebook, write in another, & then return to the first notebook, which means that the record’ll start in one leg of the journey & then sorta time travel & skip around & i dunno i find it kind of beautiful?
proud to live in the Brooklyn hood with the highest turnout for Mamdani, proud to live in Bushwick.
not so proud about those weirdos in blue—that’s beyond our borders: we must never go there, Simba.
not so proud about those weirdos in blue—that’s beyond our borders: we must never go there, Simba.
June 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
proud to live in the Brooklyn hood with the highest turnout for Mamdani, proud to live in Bushwick.
not so proud about those weirdos in blue—that’s beyond our borders: we must never go there, Simba.
not so proud about those weirdos in blue—that’s beyond our borders: we must never go there, Simba.
Mamdaniacs and our fearless leader are going to do so much worse 9/11s, we might even go so far as 10/12s—nay, 11/13s.
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Mamdaniacs and our fearless leader are going to do so much worse 9/11s, we might even go so far as 10/12s—nay, 11/13s.