Morgan L Ventura (Dr Hilary M V Leathem)
@morganvl.bsky.social
Writer, archaeologist | In Al Jazeera, Poetry Ireland Review, Banshee, F&SF, Best Canadian Essays 21' | Curating a digital repatriation @UniExeter | MA QUB, PhD UChicago | They/She 🏳️🌈 Sicilian-Irish-Egyptian
Arts Council of NI SIAP 2025
Arts Council of NI SIAP 2025
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🏺 An extremely important article from @morganvl.bsky.social about archaeology’s complicity in the current genocide of Palestinians and why archaeologists - and the organisations that claim to represent them - must speak up and refuse to stay neutral. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Why archaeologists must speak up for Gaza
Archaeology is often a mechanism of power. As such, its scholars have an obligation to speak up against oppression.
www.aljazeera.com
I haven’t posted in a while, but now back after deleting my X in Sept. I’m a writer, poet, & anthropologist of heritage. My piece in @aljazeera.com on the destruction of Palestinian heritage & archeology as a mechanism of power says all you need to know about my views
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Willing to do an interview with me? Want to pitch a review somewhere? Have me on your podcast? All three are great options. I am just saying.
I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Willing to do an interview with me? Want to pitch a review somewhere? Have me on your podcast? All three are great options. I am just saying.
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This was just shared with me & now am amplifying here. If you’re a journalist - or any type of writer - who exposes abuses of power & corruption, this organization is offering generous grants of support
stringerjournalism.org
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stringerjournalism.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This was just shared with me & now am amplifying here. If you’re a journalist - or any type of writer - who exposes abuses of power & corruption, this organization is offering generous grants of support
stringerjournalism.org
stringerjournalism.org
This was just shared with me & now am amplifying here. If you’re a journalist - or any type of writer - who exposes abuses of power & corruption, this organization is offering generous grants of support
stringerjournalism.org
stringerjournalism.org
HOME
stringerjournalism.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This was just shared with me & now am amplifying here. If you’re a journalist - or any type of writer - who exposes abuses of power & corruption, this organization is offering generous grants of support
stringerjournalism.org
stringerjournalism.org
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Blurry copy, but here:
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Blurry copy, but here:
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I’ve got an X-Files poem coming out featuring Bigfoot and ghosts and UFO sighting as symptoms of grief. Yes, it is about lost fathers and tonight more than ever I feel content in knowing that I am not alone
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’ve got an X-Files poem coming out featuring Bigfoot and ghosts and UFO sighting as symptoms of grief. Yes, it is about lost fathers and tonight more than ever I feel content in knowing that I am not alone
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Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Save the date! Submissions open for HOWL New Irish Writing 26 in February 2026 🐺 🖤
I’ve got an X-Files poem coming out featuring Bigfoot and ghosts and UFO sighting as symptoms of grief. Yes, it is about lost fathers and tonight more than ever I feel content in knowing that I am not alone
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’ve got an X-Files poem coming out featuring Bigfoot and ghosts and UFO sighting as symptoms of grief. Yes, it is about lost fathers and tonight more than ever I feel content in knowing that I am not alone
Yes.
JAWS
RAIDERS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
RAIDERS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Yes.
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Had a great phone call with someone I’ve admired ever since I read his book as a teenager. They say never meet your idols, but this was certainly not the case. He was so kind, knowledgeable & generous. I feel very grateful
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Had a great phone call with someone I’ve admired ever since I read his book as a teenager. They say never meet your idols, but this was certainly not the case. He was so kind, knowledgeable & generous. I feel very grateful
On this day, 6 years ago, my friend Chris & I visited Area 51 in search of aliens 👽 🛸
This remains my favorite shot of that landscape, utterly unique in its rugged vitality.
This remains my favorite shot of that landscape, utterly unique in its rugged vitality.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
On this day, 6 years ago, my friend Chris & I visited Area 51 in search of aliens 👽 🛸
This remains my favorite shot of that landscape, utterly unique in its rugged vitality.
This remains my favorite shot of that landscape, utterly unique in its rugged vitality.
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Yup it is.
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine is Waterstones Irish Book of the Year
Books newsletter: a wrap of the latest news and preview of tomorrow’s pages
www.irishtimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yup it is.
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This excerpt from "Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life," by Alice Wong, is a love letter to disabled Asian American women and girls who feel alone and yearn for connection.
What I Wish I’d Known Growing Up As an Asian American Disabled Girl
You are enough.
www.teenvogue.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This excerpt from "Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life," by Alice Wong, is a love letter to disabled Asian American women and girls who feel alone and yearn for connection.
Oaxaca 🤝 Palestina
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Oaxaca 🤝 Palestina
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My first novel "Broken Interstellar" is out!
It's a union worker's space odyssey and available as a free ebook this weekend!
If you'd enjoy a sci fi story that
centres workers and cooperation instead of rulers and empires, dm me with your email!
There's also ancap space spiders!
It's a union worker's space odyssey and available as a free ebook this weekend!
If you'd enjoy a sci fi story that
centres workers and cooperation instead of rulers and empires, dm me with your email!
There's also ancap space spiders!
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My first novel "Broken Interstellar" is out!
It's a union worker's space odyssey and available as a free ebook this weekend!
If you'd enjoy a sci fi story that
centres workers and cooperation instead of rulers and empires, dm me with your email!
There's also ancap space spiders!
It's a union worker's space odyssey and available as a free ebook this weekend!
If you'd enjoy a sci fi story that
centres workers and cooperation instead of rulers and empires, dm me with your email!
There's also ancap space spiders!
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Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
Banshee Press has acquired Found in a Context of Destruction, a debut poetry collection from novelist and memoirist Tim MacGabhann, and Render, the third collection from acclaimed poet Billy Ramsell 👇 #BookSky
Banshee Press snaps up two new poetry collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Delighted the news is out about our next two poetry titles from @bansheepress.bsky.social - new collections from Tim MacGabhann and Billy Ramsell coming your way in 2026 ✨️
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Palestine-1 is out! If you’re a fan of speculative fiction from the margins pick up this anthology of stories shot the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
Palestine - 1 - Stories from the eve of the Nakba | Comma Press
£11.99 (Paperback / Anthology) - Mazen Maarouf, Selma Dabbagh, Ahmad Jaber, Anwar Hamed, Mahmoud Shukair and others
commapress.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Palestine-1 is out! If you’re a fan of speculative fiction from the margins pick up this anthology of stories shot the Nakba. commapress.co.uk/books/palest...
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Very pleased to share an essay on the craft (& crafting) of essays in the Irish Writers Handbook 2026. Thank you to @ruthmckee.bsky.social for commissioning. @booksireland.bsky.social
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
November 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Very pleased to share an essay on the craft (& crafting) of essays in the Irish Writers Handbook 2026. Thank you to @ruthmckee.bsky.social for commissioning. @booksireland.bsky.social
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro...
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Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
Untitled Theatre Company No. 61 and Yara Arts Group: The Left Hand of Darkness - Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival %
The Left Hand of Darkness is a new work based on the 1969 novel by famed sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin, wherein a lone human emissary to an alien world tries to facilitate inclusion in a growing int...
chicagopuppetfest.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Chicago! You can now pick up tickets to the world premiere of a new adaptation of The Left Hand of Darkness, presented with puppets:
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Getting invited to write a story for an anthology would fix me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Getting invited to write a story for an anthology would fix me.
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The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
5 writers make the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist | CBC Books
Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The winner will be announced on Nov. 19, 2025.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The CBC Poetry Prize shortlist is announced today! Congratulations to these poets.
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
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✨ AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST TIME! ✨
I published ONE story in 2025: LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is my Weird novelette about diesel-powered skeletons, dinosaur bone trains, warring gods, & capitalist horror.
It's wacky fun! It's Locus recommended! I'd be honoured if you considered it in your nominations!
I published ONE story in 2025: LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is my Weird novelette about diesel-powered skeletons, dinosaur bone trains, warring gods, & capitalist horror.
It's wacky fun! It's Locus recommended! I'd be honoured if you considered it in your nominations!
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Last Train from Deadwall by André Geleynse
The train reached Deadwall only fifteen minutes behind schedule. Knucklebone thought he deserved some praise for that—maybe even a raise—but was unsurprised when he was shuffled off with the rest of t...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
✨ AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST TIME! ✨
I published ONE story in 2025: LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is my Weird novelette about diesel-powered skeletons, dinosaur bone trains, warring gods, & capitalist horror.
It's wacky fun! It's Locus recommended! I'd be honoured if you considered it in your nominations!
I published ONE story in 2025: LAST TRAIN FROM DEADWALL is my Weird novelette about diesel-powered skeletons, dinosaur bone trains, warring gods, & capitalist horror.
It's wacky fun! It's Locus recommended! I'd be honoured if you considered it in your nominations!
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I do fear we’re starting to see the end of physical, subscription-based SFF magazines.
Which means there’ll be nothing left behind but a digital footprint.
I don’t think we can let that happen. Not after what we’ve seen this year.
Which means there’ll be nothing left behind but a digital footprint.
I don’t think we can let that happen. Not after what we’ve seen this year.
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I do fear we’re starting to see the end of physical, subscription-based SFF magazines.
Which means there’ll be nothing left behind but a digital footprint.
I don’t think we can let that happen. Not after what we’ve seen this year.
Which means there’ll be nothing left behind but a digital footprint.
I don’t think we can let that happen. Not after what we’ve seen this year.
Had a great phone call with someone I’ve admired ever since I read his book as a teenager. They say never meet your idols, but this was certainly not the case. He was so kind, knowledgeable & generous. I feel very grateful
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Had a great phone call with someone I’ve admired ever since I read his book as a teenager. They say never meet your idols, but this was certainly not the case. He was so kind, knowledgeable & generous. I feel very grateful