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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
After taking a long break, I’m back at #literaryagent search. Fresh new eyes. #Amquerying
July 19, 2025 at 9:41 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.
June 15, 2025 at 9:05 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.
April 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Urgency. 83rd anniversary of #Bataan

My historical novel #BataanNewJersey

How it started/how it finished.

Urgency.
April 8, 2025 at 10:46 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.
April 7, 2025 at 8:28 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
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 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
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 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
February 12, 2025 at 2:31 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
February 12, 2025 at 1:58 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
February 9, 2025 at 2:24 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
February 7, 2025 at 9:26 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
February 3, 2025 at 2:12 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
February 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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
January 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Covenant of Water meets Pachinko

100 years. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women and #Queers

One comes of age in the streets of New York in 1991. IrmaLaHermana—she would eventually be called. The 4th generation in the epic literary novel—

#BataanNewJersey

#amquerying #writingcommunity #MissSaigon
January 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I write books on top of a FT education management job (which I love!). So on weekends, I put another hat on. Today, I begin narrowing down #literaryagents to Query in 2025.

Pub marketplace is a gift!

#BataanNewJersey

#amquerying #literaryfiction #historicalfiction
#WritingCommunity
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Pachinko meets Covenant of Water

100 years 1921-2021. 4 Gens of strong Filipino women & #Queers reshaping the aftermath of 3 successive male-dominated wars inflicted by Spain U.S Japan on Philippine soil.

BATAAN NEW JERSEY

#uw #pw #amquerying #A #YouDeservepit #literaryfiction
January 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
100 yrs 1921-2021
4 Gen of a #QUEER Filipino family
3 wars inflicted by Spain US Japan
65 miles of #BataanDeathMarch
4 languages
4 countries
in 1 epic #literary novel inspired by a survivor of #WWII Death March (my father) #BataanNewJersey

#uw #pw #amquerying #A #YouDeservepit #literaryfiction
January 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My #WWII and #Bataan book collection. Some have traveled many states and apartments. What’s missing is the Filipino voice. Epic. May #BataanNewJersey join them soon.

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writing #historicalfiction #amquerying #worldwarII #literaryfiction #bataan #history #WWII
January 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Still new to Blue. I like the idea of cultivating a non-toxic #writingcommunity. I think that’s what I’d use this for. 🕺🏾

Me: first novel came out in 1999, Discover Great New Writers selection, new then. Co-founder @aaww-nyc.bsky.social.

#writing #amwriting #writingtips #author #amquerying #Queer
January 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In memory of my late father who inspired #BataanNewJersey and turns 104 years old today, I join #WIPSnips with “paint.”

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #amquerying #historicalnovels #WWII
January 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What did I learn today, #P2Ppit? MOOD BOARDS!

So I created the one below quickly since I have tons of pics from the 3 years I wrote #BataanNewJersey. I will make more. Images have a way of describing a book that text just…can’t. Visual readers, yes.

Thanks all. So fun!

Still #amquerying
January 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Inspiration. My father survived the #BataanDeathMarch. My mother was born during #WWII. What happened before, during, and after? The result> #BataanNewJersey. 100 years.4 countries. 4 languages. 1 Epic novel. 4 generations of strong Filipino women. #QUEER.
#amquerying #P2Ppit #PW #BluePit #UW
January 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM