Kelley D Salas
@kdsalas.bsky.social
Translator, editor, interpreter. Spanish/English. Kidlit, fiction, nonfiction, memoir. 3rd coast 🌊
"The New Neighbor" in The Southern Review: bit.ly/44cZrL5
Gay Giant, Lammy Award finalist: bit.ly/4jXMJED
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"The New Neighbor" in The Southern Review: bit.ly/44cZrL5
Gay Giant, Lammy Award finalist: bit.ly/4jXMJED
salastranslations.wordpress.com
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
What an inspiring way to kick off #scbwiSummer25! #SCBWITranslation
Saying cheese at the Translators' Social with Claire Storey at #scbwiSummer25! #SCBWITranslation #xl8 #kidlit #worldkidlit
July 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
What an inspiring way to kick off #scbwiSummer25! #SCBWITranslation
Check out my latest translation: “The New Neighbor” by Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez in @southernreview.bsky.social, about a neighborhood watch group that goes to shocking lengths to keep the riffraff out.
Order: bit.ly/4jFFcdY
Read 1st pages: bit.ly/44cZrL5
Order: bit.ly/4jFFcdY
Read 1st pages: bit.ly/44cZrL5
April 30, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Check out my latest translation: “The New Neighbor” by Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez in @southernreview.bsky.social, about a neighborhood watch group that goes to shocking lengths to keep the riffraff out.
Order: bit.ly/4jFFcdY
Read 1st pages: bit.ly/44cZrL5
Order: bit.ly/4jFFcdY
Read 1st pages: bit.ly/44cZrL5
“We know what fascism looks like. Fascism didn’t start with gas chambers. Fascism started with attacking marginalized groups.”
•INSPIRING AMERICA•
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
A man stood outside the courthouse of Judge Hannah Dugan and spoke of the horrors that befell his family in Poland and Germany at the hands of the Nazis during WWII — and how we must fight to stop and eradicate fascism in America NOW.
“We know what fascism looks like…
April 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“We know what fascism looks like. Fascism didn’t start with gas chambers. Fascism started with attacking marginalized groups.”
👇
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
👇
Cruel
“Food banks across Michigan are bracing for food shortages this year after the federal government stopped $4.3 million worth of shipments, including chicken, eggs and cheese ― even as many report that the need for food assistance is increasing.”
Feds cancel $4.3M worth of poultry, cheese, eggs to Michigan food banks
The government's decision to cancel the food shipments has caught food banks off guard, and could lead to shortages.
www.freep.com
March 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cruel
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SEIU MA State Council Denounces Detention of Tufts Graduate Student & SEIU 509 member Rumeysa Ozturk. Read more here: www.seiu509.org/seiu-massachusetts-state-council-denounces-detention-of-tufts-graduate-student-and-seiu-509-member-rumeysa-ozturk/
March 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
SEIU MA State Council Denounces Detention of Tufts Graduate Student & SEIU 509 member Rumeysa Ozturk. Read more here: www.seiu509.org/seiu-massachusetts-state-council-denounces-detention-of-tufts-graduate-student-and-seiu-509-member-rumeysa-ozturk/
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Work or study in a university? Worried about cuts, closures or redundancy threats? Feeling anxious, angry, or uncertain what to do? From calming to resisting here are over 50 suggestions you can try - alone or with friends. Please share widely.
#AcademicSky
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
#AcademicSky
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
Supporting each other through difficult and challenging times - The Research Companion
Science, healthcare and education are threatened worldwide. Here are some starter ideas for ways to work together to share and save vital information. And to care for one another.
theresearchcompanion.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Work or study in a university? Worried about cuts, closures or redundancy threats? Feeling anxious, angry, or uncertain what to do? From calming to resisting here are over 50 suggestions you can try - alone or with friends. Please share widely.
#AcademicSky
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
#AcademicSky
theresearchcompanion.com/supporting-i...
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Hunter Schafer announced in an 8+ min video that her new passport misgenders her, presumably because of Trump's announcement that the US govt only recognize gender as assigned at birth.
she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com
she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com
Hunter Schafer Speaks Out After Getting Passport Misgendering Her: "F*ck This Administration"
In an 8-plus-minute video, Schafer connected the passport to “historical rises of fascism and everything this new administration represents.”
www.teenvogue.com
February 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hunter Schafer announced in an 8+ min video that her new passport misgenders her, presumably because of Trump's announcement that the US govt only recognize gender as assigned at birth.
she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com
she (rightly) connects it to fascist history, like Nazis burning the Institute of Sexology in 1933 @teenvogue.com
Little free libraries have something for everyone 🐾 #littlefreelibrary
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Little free libraries have something for everyone 🐾 #littlefreelibrary
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THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
February 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
THE RESIST LIST IS HERE.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
Proud my team just started this @resistlist.bsky.social, which will list actions that happened and that are slated to happen.
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‘An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive “wokeism”.’ —Judith Butler in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
‘An exhilarated hatred now parades as freedom, while the freedoms for which many of us have struggled for decades are distorted and trammeled as morally repressive “wokeism”.’ —Judith Butler in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Highlights from my first in-person @scbwi.bsky.social conference, #SCBWINY25: socializing with fellow translators, creative labs with @debbieohi.com and @susanbartoletti.bsky.social, and finally meeting @averyudagawa.bsky.social IRL! 🎉
February 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Highlights from my first in-person @scbwi.bsky.social conference, #SCBWINY25: socializing with fellow translators, creative labs with @debbieohi.com and @susanbartoletti.bsky.social, and finally meeting @averyudagawa.bsky.social IRL! 🎉
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Because it's always worth repeating - if you've enjoyed a book, tell your friends about it, shout about it (reviewing and ratings help as well). Word of mouth is more significant than you think, especially for indie/small press authors, whose sales are often low to begin with.
October 25, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Because it's always worth repeating - if you've enjoyed a book, tell your friends about it, shout about it (reviewing and ratings help as well). Word of mouth is more significant than you think, especially for indie/small press authors, whose sales are often low to begin with.
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Your random reminder that translation is the writing one and interpretation is the speaking one. They're different skills. Not everyone who can do one can (or wants to) do the other.
September 15, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Your random reminder that translation is the writing one and interpretation is the speaking one. They're different skills. Not everyone who can do one can (or wants to) do the other.
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When was the last time you read a children's book?
What was the last book you read that was from another country?
Well, September is the perfect time to try both together!
Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book
Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org
What was the last book you read that was from another country?
Well, September is the perfect time to try both together!
Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book
Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org
August 31, 2024 at 11:09 AM
When was the last time you read a children's book?
What was the last book you read that was from another country?
Well, September is the perfect time to try both together!
Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book
Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org
What was the last book you read that was from another country?
Well, September is the perfect time to try both together!
Join us for #WorldKidLitMonth: pick a country and travel there by book
Resources and ideas here worldkidlit.org
✨I love these illustrator notes✨#scbwisummer24
Thanks to all those who shared their #scbwiNotes from #scbwiSummer24 here on Bluesky! I've compiled a selection for a special post on the SCBWI Conference Blog:
scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2024/08/illu... #KidLit
scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2024/08/illu... #KidLit
Illustrated Notes from the SCBWI Summer Conference
Thanks to all the creators who shared their Illustrated Notes on Bluesky via the hashtag #scbwiNotes! Here's just a small selection... From ...
scbwiconference.blogspot.com
August 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
✨I love these illustrator notes✨#scbwisummer24
Interpreter job description?
August 2, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Interpreter job description?