David Bowles
@davidbowles.us
Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. President of the Texas Institute of Letters. Associate Professor at UTRGV.
Alternate photo for that era.
November 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Alternate photo for that era.
Post you from a different era.
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Post you from a different era.
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
The rock guitarist, 1987. 🎸
A colleague gave me a huge jar of fresh kimchi (she made it), so I whipped up some 김치찌개 (kimchi jjigae or stew) to warm up my body and soul!
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A colleague gave me a huge jar of fresh kimchi (she made it), so I whipped up some 김치찌개 (kimchi jjigae or stew) to warm up my body and soul!
If you're in South Texas, join me for a special LGBTQ+ edition of my intro to Nahuatl presentation! This Saturday, November 1, at 6 pm in Harlingen, as part of RGV Pride.
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you're in South Texas, join me for a special LGBTQ+ edition of my intro to Nahuatl presentation! This Saturday, November 1, at 6 pm in Harlingen, as part of RGV Pride.
Now that AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS has wrapped up, I'm posting chapters of my next Aztec romance to Patreon: SPARK THE RAIN.
Gay boxers fighting & falling in love in 15th century Chalco. If that sounds intriguing, head over and check out the first chapter free!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Gay boxers fighting & falling in love in 15th century Chalco. If that sounds intriguing, head over and check out the first chapter free!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Now that AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS has wrapped up, I'm posting chapters of my next Aztec romance to Patreon: SPARK THE RAIN.
Gay boxers fighting & falling in love in 15th century Chalco. If that sounds intriguing, head over and check out the first chapter free!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Gay boxers fighting & falling in love in 15th century Chalco. If that sounds intriguing, head over and check out the first chapter free!
www.patreon.com/collection/1...
"If the working-class masses have no right to land, food, housing, education, healthcare, and the basic comforts that centuries of our labor created, then the capitalist class has no right to peace.
"It's really as simple as that."
— @hamptonthink.bsky.social
"It's really as simple as that."
— @hamptonthink.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"If the working-class masses have no right to land, food, housing, education, healthcare, and the basic comforts that centuries of our labor created, then the capitalist class has no right to peace.
"It's really as simple as that."
— @hamptonthink.bsky.social
"It's really as simple as that."
— @hamptonthink.bsky.social
You can now read all of AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS, the historical romance I've written under the pen name Aeron Zaldívar, over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/cw/AeronZald...
www.patreon.com/cw/AeronZald...
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You can now read all of AMID THE FLOATING GARDENS, the historical romance I've written under the pen name Aeron Zaldívar, over on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/cw/AeronZald...
www.patreon.com/cw/AeronZald...
Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.)
Though it isn't actually wrong ...
Though it isn't actually wrong ...
October 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Who's your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only.)
Though it isn't actually wrong ...
Though it isn't actually wrong ...
Cover reveal for the next installment in the TALES OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT GN series! THE HERO TWINS IN THE REALM OF FRIGHT narrates the harrowing & hilarious adventures of the Maya Hero Twins as they descend into the Underworld to rescue their father & uncle. Art by @charlenecbowles.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cover reveal for the next installment in the TALES OF THE FEATHERED SERPENT GN series! THE HERO TWINS IN THE REALM OF FRIGHT narrates the harrowing & hilarious adventures of the Maya Hero Twins as they descend into the Underworld to rescue their father & uncle. Art by @charlenecbowles.bsky.social
New update on Ancestry [dot] com confirms that people from nearly every continent have mingled together to make this particular Mexican American, heh.
October 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New update on Ancestry [dot] com confirms that people from nearly every continent have mingled together to make this particular Mexican American, heh.
Checking in with the Texas Education Agency whether it's going to investigate teachers who make fun of the illness and death of liberals and progressives ... or wheter that only applies to their MAGA puppet masters. [J/K obviously TEA is just as fascist as the rest of the villains.]
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Checking in with the Texas Education Agency whether it's going to investigate teachers who make fun of the illness and death of liberals and progressives ... or wheter that only applies to their MAGA puppet masters. [J/K obviously TEA is just as fascist as the rest of the villains.]
“Lucinda” has sent me a THIRD email, this one clearly NOT generated by an LLM:
September 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Lucinda” has sent me a THIRD email, this one clearly NOT generated by an LLM:
My first boardbook! Drops October 7, 2025, so get one for the little Spanish-speaking reader in your life.
September 18, 2025 at 4:04 AM
My first boardbook! Drops October 7, 2025, so get one for the little Spanish-speaking reader in your life.
The epitome of far-right male douchebaggery
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The epitome of far-right male douchebaggery
And the hits keep coming ...
September 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
And the hits keep coming ...
And of course, this banger:
September 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
And of course, this banger:
BTW ... one comment to consider:
September 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
BTW ... one comment to consider:
Hailed by Stephen Graham Jones as full of "dazzling writing from talented writers," this vital anthology can be preordered for the next three days for 25 percent off the list price at Barnes & Noble.
September 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hailed by Stephen Graham Jones as full of "dazzling writing from talented writers," this vital anthology can be preordered for the next three days for 25 percent off the list price at Barnes & Noble.
THEM: "The show 'Alien: Earth' makes no sense! David created the xenomorphs."
ME: "DID. YOU. NOT. SEE. THE. BIG. FREAKING. MURAL. OF. A. XENOMORPH. IN. 'PROMETHEUS.' YOU. MORONS? He just independently played with the black goo till he came up with something similar to what already existed."
ME: "DID. YOU. NOT. SEE. THE. BIG. FREAKING. MURAL. OF. A. XENOMORPH. IN. 'PROMETHEUS.' YOU. MORONS? He just independently played with the black goo till he came up with something similar to what already existed."
June 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
THEM: "The show 'Alien: Earth' makes no sense! David created the xenomorphs."
ME: "DID. YOU. NOT. SEE. THE. BIG. FREAKING. MURAL. OF. A. XENOMORPH. IN. 'PROMETHEUS.' YOU. MORONS? He just independently played with the black goo till he came up with something similar to what already existed."
ME: "DID. YOU. NOT. SEE. THE. BIG. FREAKING. MURAL. OF. A. XENOMORPH. IN. 'PROMETHEUS.' YOU. MORONS? He just independently played with the black goo till he came up with something similar to what already existed."
THE HERO TWINS AND THE MAGIC OF SONG (illustrated by @charlenecbowles.bsky.social) has been nominated for New Mexico's Land of Enchantment Book Award in the Coyote category (ages 8 and up).
June 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
THE HERO TWINS AND THE MAGIC OF SONG (illustrated by @charlenecbowles.bsky.social) has been nominated for New Mexico's Land of Enchantment Book Award in the Coyote category (ages 8 and up).
Ma pacticah imetz in nepohualiztli!*
Happy Pride Month!
*The Nahuatl phrase literally means "May the month of Pride be joyous." There are several words for "pride," but I chose "nepohualiztli" because it derives from "[mo-] pohua" or "to insist on being counted."
We count. We won't be erased.
Happy Pride Month!
*The Nahuatl phrase literally means "May the month of Pride be joyous." There are several words for "pride," but I chose "nepohualiztli" because it derives from "[mo-] pohua" or "to insist on being counted."
We count. We won't be erased.
June 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Ma pacticah imetz in nepohualiztli!*
Happy Pride Month!
*The Nahuatl phrase literally means "May the month of Pride be joyous." There are several words for "pride," but I chose "nepohualiztli" because it derives from "[mo-] pohua" or "to insist on being counted."
We count. We won't be erased.
Happy Pride Month!
*The Nahuatl phrase literally means "May the month of Pride be joyous." There are several words for "pride," but I chose "nepohualiztli" because it derives from "[mo-] pohua" or "to insist on being counted."
We count. We won't be erased.
Join me in welcoming to this world my second grandson, Caru Mazacnihui Navarro.
His older brother Daibhid Nicancoyotl “Coyo” Navarro is understandably excited…and worried, heh. 😉
His older brother Daibhid Nicancoyotl “Coyo” Navarro is understandably excited…and worried, heh. 😉
May 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Join me in welcoming to this world my second grandson, Caru Mazacnihui Navarro.
His older brother Daibhid Nicancoyotl “Coyo” Navarro is understandably excited…and worried, heh. 😉
His older brother Daibhid Nicancoyotl “Coyo” Navarro is understandably excited…and worried, heh. 😉