Bino A. Realuyo is Q-uerying 🕺🏾
@binoarealuyo.bsky.social
poet | novelist | educator #AmQuerying for #BataanNewJersey #TheFLIPShow and #TheRebelSonnets. New works in Georgia Review, Harvard Review, ZYZZYVA, North American Review, Missouri Review, The Common, etc. binoarealuyo.com
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#BataanNewJersey is a sweeping, multigenerational saga spanning 100 years, 4 generations, & multiple countries. It intertwines the complex legacy of the Filipino-American diaspora with the intimate struggles of Filipino women & queer individuals carving their own paths through war and survival.
After taking a long break, I’m back at #literaryagent search. Fresh new eyes. #Amquerying
July 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
After taking a long break, I’m back at #literaryagent search. Fresh new eyes. #Amquerying
#BataanNewJersey is a sweeping, multigenerational saga spanning 100 years, 4 generations, & multiple countries. It intertwines the complex legacy of the Filipino-American diaspora with the intimate struggles of Filipino women & queer individuals carving their own paths through war and survival.
June 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#BataanNewJersey is a sweeping, multigenerational saga spanning 100 years, 4 generations, & multiple countries. It intertwines the complex legacy of the Filipino-American diaspora with the intimate struggles of Filipino women & queer individuals carving their own paths through war and survival.
A first novel will always be the first love. #TheUmbrellaCountry is still in print after 25 years. Always grateful to literary critics like #LeonardCasper for their writings about the novel. Here’s a tribute.
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www.binoarealuyo.com/post/thank-y...
Thank you, Leonard Casper!
The late literary critic and professor Leonard Casper was from my father’s time. He was two years older than my father, born 1921. Both served during World War II. Theirs was a generation of men th...
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April 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A first novel will always be the first love. #TheUmbrellaCountry is still in print after 25 years. Always grateful to literary critics like #LeonardCasper for their writings about the novel. Here’s a tribute.
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/thank-y...
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/thank-y...
One day, when and if the stars align, I will call @tupelopress.bsky.social my home.
For now, thank you for making me searchable on your website and … for the gift of grace.
For now, thank you for making me searchable on your website and … for the gift of grace.
April 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One day, when and if the stars align, I will call @tupelopress.bsky.social my home.
For now, thank you for making me searchable on your website and … for the gift of grace.
For now, thank you for making me searchable on your website and … for the gift of grace.
Urgency. 83rd anniversary of #Bataan
My historical novel #BataanNewJersey …
How it started/how it finished.
Urgency.
My historical novel #BataanNewJersey …
How it started/how it finished.
Urgency.
April 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Urgency. 83rd anniversary of #Bataan
My historical novel #BataanNewJersey …
How it started/how it finished.
Urgency.
My historical novel #BataanNewJersey …
How it started/how it finished.
Urgency.
This week is the 83rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan — the heart of my historical novel #BataanNewJersey
Nice to be cheered when I sent off my 700-page novel to a #literaryagent 🙏
Universe, wish me luck.
Nice to be cheered when I sent off my 700-page novel to a #literaryagent 🙏
Universe, wish me luck.
April 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This week is the 83rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan — the heart of my historical novel #BataanNewJersey
Nice to be cheered when I sent off my 700-page novel to a #literaryagent 🙏
Universe, wish me luck.
Nice to be cheered when I sent off my 700-page novel to a #literaryagent 🙏
Universe, wish me luck.
March 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
March 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Queried 3 #literaryagents. It’s a big Sunday.
And the Philippines is back on international media. Thanks to international criminal #Duterte
These authoritarian dictators are the reason I wrote #BataanNewJersey
And the Philippines is back on international media. Thanks to international criminal #Duterte
These authoritarian dictators are the reason I wrote #BataanNewJersey
March 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Queried 3 #literaryagents. It’s a big Sunday.
And the Philippines is back on international media. Thanks to international criminal #Duterte
These authoritarian dictators are the reason I wrote #BataanNewJersey
And the Philippines is back on international media. Thanks to international criminal #Duterte
These authoritarian dictators are the reason I wrote #BataanNewJersey
@mariaressa.bsky.social María Ressa’s book on full play yesterday for all of us to see.
#HowtoStanduptoaDictator
There are no dress rehearsals. #zelensky #Ukraine
#HowtoStanduptoaDictator
There are no dress rehearsals. #zelensky #Ukraine
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
@mariaressa.bsky.social María Ressa’s book on full play yesterday for all of us to see.
#HowtoStanduptoaDictator
There are no dress rehearsals. #zelensky #Ukraine
#HowtoStanduptoaDictator
There are no dress rehearsals. #zelensky #Ukraine
There is much confusion about Filipino heritage because of our Spanish last names. Most don’t have Spanish in their blood at all.
And there is my mother. She is 15% European origin.
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/mysteri...
And there is my mother. She is 15% European origin.
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/mysteri...
Mysterious Ancestry
In the Philippines, we have this saying "lukso ng dugo." Lukso (jump/leap), Dugo (blood), the ethereal mesh of "leap of faith" and "blood is thicker than water." The things we do for things we can't...
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February 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There is much confusion about Filipino heritage because of our Spanish last names. Most don’t have Spanish in their blood at all.
And there is my mother. She is 15% European origin.
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/mysteri...
And there is my mother. She is 15% European origin.
www.binoarealuyo.com/post/mysteri...
We need more than ever to breathe life into #WWII novels, esp books that transcend the story beyond the usual trope.
#BataanNewJersey
#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #writingcommunity
#BataanNewJersey
#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #writingcommunity
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We need more than ever to breathe life into #WWII novels, esp books that transcend the story beyond the usual trope.
#BataanNewJersey
#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #writingcommunity
#BataanNewJersey
#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #writingcommunity
Reposted by Bino A. Realuyo is Q-uerying 🕺🏾
Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Over 150 calls for submissions of poetry, fiction, flash, non-fiction, art, photography & more - competitions, literary journals, residencies, bursaries etc - open or with deadlines in February 2025. Best of luck & pls share! www.thisiswordbox.com/wordbox-blog...
Queried two agents today Sunday.
That’s the big show on this dreary and rainy NYC day.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
That’s the big show on this dreary and rainy NYC day.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Queried two agents today Sunday.
That’s the big show on this dreary and rainy NYC day.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
That’s the big show on this dreary and rainy NYC day.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
Is #literaryfiction rare on hashtag MSWL?
First time to actually follow the “scene”
And why do I have this funny feeling this might not be for literary fictionists?
#writingcommunity #amquerying
First time to actually follow the “scene”
And why do I have this funny feeling this might not be for literary fictionists?
#writingcommunity #amquerying
February 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is #literaryfiction rare on hashtag MSWL?
First time to actually follow the “scene”
And why do I have this funny feeling this might not be for literary fictionists?
#writingcommunity #amquerying
First time to actually follow the “scene”
And why do I have this funny feeling this might not be for literary fictionists?
#writingcommunity #amquerying
Today is a holiday for this FT management director, but my other life calls as I read through hashtag MSWL for my novel #BataanNewJersey
Been up for hours now… in a coffee shop where I normally write.
#Amquerying #writingCommunity
Been up for hours now… in a coffee shop where I normally write.
#Amquerying #writingCommunity
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today is a holiday for this FT management director, but my other life calls as I read through hashtag MSWL for my novel #BataanNewJersey
Been up for hours now… in a coffee shop where I normally write.
#Amquerying #writingCommunity
Been up for hours now… in a coffee shop where I normally write.
#Amquerying #writingCommunity
So so excited to support hashtag MSWL day.
An extra plus if the #literaryagent is looking for #literaryfiction or #historicalfiction in the veins of Pachinko, Covenant of Water or The Glass Palace.
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
An extra plus if the #literaryagent is looking for #literaryfiction or #historicalfiction in the veins of Pachinko, Covenant of Water or The Glass Palace.
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
February 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
So so excited to support hashtag MSWL day.
An extra plus if the #literaryagent is looking for #literaryfiction or #historicalfiction in the veins of Pachinko, Covenant of Water or The Glass Palace.
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
An extra plus if the #literaryagent is looking for #literaryfiction or #historicalfiction in the veins of Pachinko, Covenant of Water or The Glass Palace.
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
Rebellion is a gift, and a task. Open it.
From #TheRebelSonnets
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2020/05/05/p...
#writingcommunity
From #TheRebelSonnets
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2020/05/05/p...
#writingcommunity
Poems by Bino Realuyo
Easier to say, there / are too many poets and there aren’t enough rebels. (poetry)
anotherchicagomagazine.net
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rebellion is a gift, and a task. Open it.
From #TheRebelSonnets
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2020/05/05/p...
#writingcommunity
From #TheRebelSonnets
anotherchicagomagazine.net/2020/05/05/p...
#writingcommunity
The son of a #BataanDeathMarch survivor explores what happened before, during, and after 1942’s Bataan. The result is an epic 100-year journey through 4 generations of a #Queer Filipino family in the aftermath of 3 successive wars inflicted on Philippine soil.
BATAAN NEW JERSEY.
#amquerying
BATAAN NEW JERSEY.
#amquerying
February 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The son of a #BataanDeathMarch survivor explores what happened before, during, and after 1942’s Bataan. The result is an epic 100-year journey through 4 generations of a #Queer Filipino family in the aftermath of 3 successive wars inflicted on Philippine soil.
BATAAN NEW JERSEY.
#amquerying
BATAAN NEW JERSEY.
#amquerying
#BataanNewJersey was shortlisted for a #NYFA for fiction in 2024. Still screeching about it.
Worked hard for it and really wanted my 3rd NYFA so I can finally … hush🤐🤐🤐
#historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amquerying
Worked hard for it and really wanted my 3rd NYFA so I can finally … hush🤐🤐🤐
#historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amquerying
February 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
#BataanNewJersey was shortlisted for a #NYFA for fiction in 2024. Still screeching about it.
Worked hard for it and really wanted my 3rd NYFA so I can finally … hush🤐🤐🤐
#historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amquerying
Worked hard for it and really wanted my 3rd NYFA so I can finally … hush🤐🤐🤐
#historicalfiction #writingcommunity #amquerying
The #BattleofManila is a huge part of #BataanNewJersey From 1941-1945, Manila experienced the worst of #WWII
Today is its 80th anniversary.
#amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity
Today is its 80th anniversary.
#amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The #BattleofManila is a huge part of #BataanNewJersey From 1941-1945, Manila experienced the worst of #WWII
Today is its 80th anniversary.
#amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity
Today is its 80th anniversary.
#amquerying #literaryagents #writingcommunity
My father survived the #BataanDeathMarch. My mother was born during #WWII. I wanted to explore what happened before, during, & after?
#BataanNewJersey
100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #QUEER.
#amquerying #literaryagents #historicalfiction
#BataanNewJersey
100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #QUEER.
#amquerying #literaryagents #historicalfiction
February 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My father survived the #BataanDeathMarch. My mother was born during #WWII. I wanted to explore what happened before, during, & after?
#BataanNewJersey
100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #QUEER.
#amquerying #literaryagents #historicalfiction
#BataanNewJersey
100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #QUEER.
#amquerying #literaryagents #historicalfiction
#WIPSnips “Flair”
Who knew I used that word?
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
#writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
Who knew I used that word?
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
#writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
#WIPSnips “Flair”
Who knew I used that word?
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
#writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
Who knew I used that word?
#amquerying for #BataanNewJersey
#writingcommunity #historicalfiction #literaryfiction
After reading #Pachinko and after witnessing the return to power of populist Marcoses in the Philippines, I wrote #BataanNewJersey. Took 3 years of writing every morning in a coffee shop b4 work.
I grew up under #fascist Martial Law. #HistoryRepeats
#amquerying #writingcommunity #fascism
I grew up under #fascist Martial Law. #HistoryRepeats
#amquerying #writingcommunity #fascism
January 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
After reading #Pachinko and after witnessing the return to power of populist Marcoses in the Philippines, I wrote #BataanNewJersey. Took 3 years of writing every morning in a coffee shop b4 work.
I grew up under #fascist Martial Law. #HistoryRepeats
#amquerying #writingcommunity #fascism
I grew up under #fascist Martial Law. #HistoryRepeats
#amquerying #writingcommunity #fascism