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Lupita Aquino
@lupitareads.bsky.social
Reader, community builder, and sometimes I write (about books & more). DMV based
🏳️‍🌈Lesbiana. 🇲🇽Inmigrante. https://linktr.ee/lupita.reads
Hi, I heard we are all going to give this a try together & make it stick (hopefully). My name is Lupita Aquino, I love books & all things reading. I’m really into all types of genres but prefer lit fic, graphic novels, poetry and memoirs. If you are a reader here — introduce yourself below ⬇️
January 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Thank you @inmybookclub.bsky.social for participating in #readlatinelit 🥹
January 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
So excited to read Lauren Francis-Sharma’s upcoming novel! And thank you @kimberlyburns.bsky.social for the mention 🥹❤️😭
Look! Angie Cruz’s Aster(ix) got a 2024 Pushcart nom for Lauren Francis-Sharma’s brilliant story, Altar Server! 🎉🎉🎉 @laurenfsharma.bsky.social
(And 👋 @lupitareads.bsky.social too ♥️)
December 2, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I HAVE SOME NEWS/ AN UPDATE: I found out last night that Aster(ix) literary journal nominated my piece for a Pushcart Prize 😭!! I am so deeply honored and grateful to the Aster(ix) team. An extra thank you to my extraordinary editor Tanya Shirazi Galvez for asking all the right questions 😭❤️
December 2, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Hi! Hello: I need your help— can you pls share this post? I’m trying to reach all and any authors that identify as Hispanic/Latine/o/x with books being (trad) published in 2025. Please comment below with your book title/pub date ⬇️
November 25, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Threads is sweating over this app…but I still don’t really see it’s potential….
November 15, 2024 at 3:54 AM
What better place to make my writing debut than on a new platform. Hi, my name is Lupita & this is the first piece of writing that I’ve had published. It found a home in my dream lit journal: Aster(ix): asterixjournal.com/the-fifth-gr...
The Fifth-Grade Lesbian - Aster(ix) Journal
I was christened a lesbian when I was ten years old. My two best friends in fifth grade were the priestess who overlooked my early baptism; they immersed me in a circular pool with jeers and laughter....
asterixjournal.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Where is the book/literary community on here?! Trying to find my folks! 🥹❤️📚 sound off in the replies.
November 13, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Hi hello! Who all is here? Check in ⬇️
November 13, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Hello new platform! I have a weekly newsletter in which I spotlight Latine authors & their newest books.

This week I got to chat with Costa Rican American children’s author, Gabriela Orozco Belt ❤️📚

Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/4nu7k8fe
A single-family home
with Gabriela Orozco Belt, Costa Rican-American children’s book author of 'Only For a Little While'
tinyurl.com
July 5, 2023 at 7:22 PM
First post here! I’m all about the books so…. tell me your favorite books you’ve read this year?
July 4, 2023 at 5:34 PM