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Lawrence Schimel
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Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
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I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · Dec 31
2025 Overview 🧵:

I published 29 books:

10 books written by me: 1 new picture book & 1 new children's poetry collection, plus 8 translations of older children's titles

19 translations:
adult poetry: 3 collections into Spanish
children's books: 7 into Spanish & 9 into English

#booksky #kidlit
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A selfie sitting behind a small table on which there are two stack of books I published in 2025: on the left, books written by me, on the right, books I translated. I'm a middle-aged white man with dark close-cropped hair and a close-cropped slat and pepper beard, wearing jeans and a black t-shirt with a Keith Haring photograph on it. Behind me are shelves of books by me (on the left) and books I translated (on the right). A photo of the covers of almost all the books by me that I published in 2025 (I am missing a translation into Armenian): Top row: POLISILABICOS: RIMAS CORTAS SOBRE PALABRAS MUY LARGAS, illustrated by Victor García Bernal, a poetry collection written in Spanish published by the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León in Mexoc DIGA XIS, illustrated by Romont Willy, is an intergenerational picture book about photography over the years, first published in Brazil by Callis Editora the Latvian translation by Elina Braslina of ¡QUE SUERTE TENGO! published by Liels un mazs 2nd row: Translations into Portuguese of two picture books written by me and illustrated by Canizales, which were chosen by the Brazilian governments PNLD Literario program The Singapore edition published by Epigram Books of LUCKY ME illustrated by Juan Camilo Mayorga Bottom row: The Faroese translations by Julia Rutt Petersen of my two rainbow families childrens books illustrated by Elina Braslina The bilingual Filipino/English edition of EL CAMINO ENCHARCARDO, translated into Filipino by Russell Molino, English self-translation by me, illustrated by Israel Barrón, published by Milflores Publishing A photo of the covers of the adult poetry books that I translated into Spanish that were published in 2025: Christopher Soto's DIARIES OF A TERRORIST Simeon Dumdum Jr's WHY KEANU REEVES IS LONELY and Kristian Sendon Codero's THE SADNESS OF THE WINGED A photo of the covers of almost all the books translated by me that I published in 2025 (I am missing a translation into Spanish that hasn't yet made its way to me across the Atlantic): Translations from Spanish into English: 2 nonfiction picture books, 3 fiction picture books, 1 hybrid fiction/non-fic Translations from Catalan into English: 1 picture book Translations from Croatian into English: 2 picture books co-translated with Lina Krnic Translations from English into Spanish: 1 picture book (and 1 book missing from photo) Translations from Ukrainian into Spanish: 3 picture books co-translated with Kateryna Mikhalitsyna Translations from Bengali into Spanish: 2 picture books co-translated with Tumpa Barua
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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eva.town eva @eva.town · 2d
when you have 16,000 new lines of code which must be maintained indefinitely, and neither the author (who used AI) nor the reviewers (who used AI) has any knowledge about what that code *actually* does… that’s a perfect recipe for the erosion of institutional knowledge
February 18, 2026 at 10:28 PM
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#kidlit #booksky #libros
joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 8d
Minneapolis is still occupied even if national media has looked away. Moon Palace is still running a book drive for Spanish language books. Help out by buying a few. (And skipping the coupon)
Moon Palace Books
Your neighborhood independent bookstore located in south Minneapolis. Selling new and used books since 2012.
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February 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 16h
The forthcoming book by Alito from Hachette reminds me of a drum I have been banging for a long time. As long as publishers continue to send $$ to people who attack our right to read, no matter what else they do, the right to read will be under attack
February 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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ianboudreau.com Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15h
SHOCK NEWS: Loathsome cat owner AGAIN brings home WRONG TREAT FLAVOR... developing story
February 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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I REVIEWED @tkingfisher.com's WOLF WORM. I gave it five stars. Five really, really grossed out stars.

Full review here: freeliteracy.jcink.net/index.php?sh...
the book cover for t. kingfisher's wolf worm
February 19, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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theferocity.bsky.social
This eulogy is so keen, and heartbreaking. I’m scared for us, y’all. It’s not just the Washington Post (or even just books coverage); across the board, incisive and productive coverage of the arts is being erased.
The End of Books Coverage at the Washington Post
Becca Rothfeld, a former critic at the Washington Post, on the death of the paper’s books section.
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:19 PM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
#callforsubmissions #mswl #writesky
megireid.bsky.social Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 9d
The world is what it is but books continue! Agents + writers: looking for deeply researched and imaginative nonfiction manuscripts about the South, for publication in 2027/28. Literary nonfiction, personal/reportage & cultural criticism are highly welcomed. DMs open for pitches or meg@hubcity.org.
February 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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#publishing #booksky #writesky
megireid.bsky.social Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 6d
Feeling deep imposter syndrome about being in this killer line-up next month at Duke. The Life of the Novel in a Post-Text World, with the man himself, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social keynoting and Will Evans (Deep Vellum), Kathy Pories (Algonquin), and me (Hub City) on the state of literature in 2026.
February 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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I am in this skeet and don't like it. 😢😢
megireid.bsky.social Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 3d
Depressing post but taking a brief survey of my DMs right now from writers, critics, publishers, editors, etc it feels like no one in books is doing okay right now.
February 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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Since historically changes in production style have had a lot to do with technology, does anybody know why so much (major label) pop music these days is thin and sibilant? Does it have to do with more people listening through headphones than speakers? Everything sounds terrible to me.
February 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Chuffed to bits to be short listed for small press of the year.

All the best to our fellow nominees and thanks to the judges too!!

@thebookseller.com

#Nibbies

#Britishbookawards
February 19, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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I laughed out loud. I'm sorry. This picture is going to defy my attempt at alt-text. I know I overuse this word but...astonishing.
Prince Andrew, photographed in a car leaving the police station after his arrest, looking like he was simultaneously hit with a tranquilizer dart and a shock to his testicles, with one red eyeball for good measure. Congratulations to Reuters's Phil Noble for getting this shot.
February 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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#kidlit
February 19, 2026 at 8:18 PM
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I'm hiring for an editorial assistant here at L,B!

If you're someone who is interested in literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoirs, and nonfiction that deals with big ideas, please apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/careers/hach...
Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown & Co.
Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown & Co. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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February 19, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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ianboudreau.com Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 15h
SHOCK NEWS: Loathsome cat owner AGAIN brings home WRONG TREAT FLAVOR... developing story
February 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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sarahweinman.com
Just the loveliest profile of a writer who deserves all of the hosannas.
For Tayari Jones, All Roads and All Novels Lead to Atlanta
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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joshthelibromancer.bsky.social Josh Cook @joshthelibromancer.bsky.social · 16h
The forthcoming book by Alito from Hachette reminds me of a drum I have been banging for a long time. As long as publishers continue to send $$ to people who attack our right to read, no matter what else they do, the right to read will be under attack
February 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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maris.bsky.social Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 17h
I wrote about how there are no pure platforms or publishers and how there are very few ethical media diets. Which leaves those of us who know we can’t consume ethically but still want to try, left to navigate what feels right, or, at least, less bad. lithub.com/what-do-you-...
What Do You Do When the Biggest Platforms For Readers Are Kind of Evil?
Last week a number of popular authors published an open letter to the leadership team of RELX. RELX is the parent company of Reedpop, which is the organizer of many conventions including BookCon, w…
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February 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.
February 19, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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I know that, by now, most of you are aware of Amazon's problems, but this is what happens when you give one retailer a de facto monopoly. This is, at best, soft censorship. They're hoping affiliates will link to other books or at least not link to these, killing sales.
smartbitches.bsky.social Smart Bitches @smartbitches.bsky.social · 2d
If you're using Amazon Affiliates you may have noticed that some books, specifically erotic and erotic romance titles, are no longer eligible for affiliate income.

@iheartsapphfic.bsky.social noticed this and wrote a full explainer as to what's going on.

Y'all remember #AmazonFail?
How IHS is Responding to Terrifying Changes at Amazon - I Heart SapphFic
How IHS is Responding to Terrifying Changes at Amazon - TB here. This is going to be a long post, but it's worth reading. The gist of it is that Amazon is up to a bunch of terrifying nonsense, and IHS...
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February 19, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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Lord I have seen what you have done for others and I want that for myself
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21h
A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law in 2024.

Here’s what to know: nyti.ms/46jedjI
February 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Cyberpunk and transness have always been linked.

For the first time, that connection will be explored in-depth.

This book will also showcase the amazing films, games & stories being made by Trans+ creators.

Be part of the new cyberpunk canon.

🔗 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
A futuristic cityscape being broken into pieces and floating up into the air. A variety of Trans+ people are sitting on the builds. Lines of vertical binary code line the design. Text along the top and bottom reads 'Trans in the Machine, Chronicling the New Cyberpunk Canon'
February 16, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM