Maia Gil’Adí
@maiagiladi.bsky.social
Author of Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (Duke University Press, 2025) | Assistant Prof. of Latinx studies, Johns Hopkins University | views my own | she/her/ella 🧟
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Maia Gil’Adí
@maiagiladi.bsky.social
· Nov 13
In "Doom Patterns," @maiagiladi.bsky.social takes up Latinx speculative fiction as a site for theorizing Latinx identity across national and ethnic borders as it is informed by historical trauma. Read the intro for free now:
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So excited to be part of the @dukepress.bsky.social community, and infinite thanks to @ccberg.bsky.social and her team. Can’t believe it’s almost here! So happy to hold it in my hands come January 📖🙏🏻🎉🤓
A dream come true to host Justin Mann, Aimee Bahng, Yogita Goyal, Glenda Carpio, & Mary Pat Brady @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. I’ve been deeply influenced by their work & it was magical to have them in conversation for “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation.” I’m so grateful to them and their amazing work!
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A dream come true to host Justin Mann, Aimee Bahng, Yogita Goyal, Glenda Carpio, & Mary Pat Brady @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social. I’ve been deeply influenced by their work & it was magical to have them in conversation for “Race, Aesthetics, Speculation.” I’m so grateful to them and their amazing work!
Happening now! The brilliant Justin Mann speak in about securitization and speculative fiction!
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happening now! The brilliant Justin Mann speak in about securitization and speculative fiction!
This Monday 11-10: "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" Symposium on @jhuartssciences.bsky.social campus! Program attached. Truly the dream team & I'm so excited to see these speakers in conversation!
For those who can't attend in person, we'll try to offer a Zoom option: zoom.us/j/94460577971
For those who can't attend in person, we'll try to offer a Zoom option: zoom.us/j/94460577971
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This Monday 11-10: "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" Symposium on @jhuartssciences.bsky.social campus! Program attached. Truly the dream team & I'm so excited to see these speakers in conversation!
For those who can't attend in person, we'll try to offer a Zoom option: zoom.us/j/94460577971
For those who can't attend in person, we'll try to offer a Zoom option: zoom.us/j/94460577971
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The Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. 📅11/10
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October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Race, Aesthetics, Speculation Conference brings together leading scholars to examine how the representation of race and ethnicity intersects with theories of aesthetics, literary form, and speculative thought. 📅11/10
krieger.jhu.edu/modern-langu...
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DMV area friends, "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" (a one day symposium @jhuartssciences.bsky.social) is soon! RSVP if you want to attend lunch. Speakers: Justin Mann, Yogita Goyal, Mary Pat Brady, Glenda Carpio, and Aimee Bhang. It's going to be spectacular!
October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
DMV area friends, "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation" (a one day symposium @jhuartssciences.bsky.social) is soon! RSVP if you want to attend lunch. Speakers: Justin Mann, Yogita Goyal, Mary Pat Brady, Glenda Carpio, and Aimee Bhang. It's going to be spectacular!
Check out Tommy Conners's with Ruben Reyes at The Latinx Project! And he shouts out my book! www.latinxproject.nyu.edu
The Latinx Project at NYU
The Latinx Project at New York University explores & promotes U.S. Latinx Art, Culture, & Scholarship through creative & interdisciplinary programs.
www.latinxproject.nyu.edu
October 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Check out Tommy Conners's with Ruben Reyes at The Latinx Project! And he shouts out my book! www.latinxproject.nyu.edu
ASAP is looking for proposals for an internetional symposium! If you’re inteersred or have questions please feel free to reach out. www.artsofthepresent.org/call-for-pro...
Call for Proposals: ASAP International Symposium
The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP) invites proposals for a symposium to be held outside the U.S., in late-spring/early-summer 2027. We will support this symposium with mat...
www.artsofthepresent.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
ASAP is looking for proposals for an internetional symposium! If you’re inteersred or have questions please feel free to reach out. www.artsofthepresent.org/call-for-pro...
Baltimore & DMV friends! Please mark your calendars for "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation," a one-day symposium on November 10. It's going to be an incredible day and I hope you can make it! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Baltimore & DMV friends! Please mark your calendars for "Race, Aesthetics, Speculation," a one-day symposium on November 10. It's going to be an incredible day and I hope you can make it! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
Thanks @dukepress.bsky.social for the shoutout! For Latinx Heritage Month, check out these titles in Latinx studies. So cool to be in such good company!
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thanks @dukepress.bsky.social for the shoutout! For Latinx Heritage Month, check out these titles in Latinx studies. So cool to be in such good company!
Day #1 of Fall 2025 in the books! My students are engaged and enthusiastic. We had an awesome discussion about the horror genre and the depiction of women’s bodies. So looking forward to the rest of the semester! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Day #1 of Fall 2025 in the books! My students are engaged and enthusiastic. We had an awesome discussion about the horror genre and the depiction of women’s bodies. So looking forward to the rest of the semester! @jhuartssciences.bsky.social
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THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU should already be on your list! Here's our conversation with @maiagiladi.bsky.social about it:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/19/a...
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A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …
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July 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU should already be on your list! Here's our conversation with @maiagiladi.bsky.social about it:
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/19/a...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/19/a...
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Extremely cool news; keep your eyes out for THE CENSUS TAKER
MASSIVE CONGRATS to @michaelzapata.bsky.social, who has won the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature.
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Michael Zapata Wins Inaugural DAG Prize for Literature - Chicago Review of Books
The DAG Foundation announced today that Michael Zapata has won the inaugural DAG Prize for literature! The DAG Prize was founded by Alyssa and Douglas Graham, working musicians who perform together as...
chireviewofbooks.com
July 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Extremely cool news; keep your eyes out for THE CENSUS TAKER
The first review of my book is here! Thank you Marion Rohrleitner for this generous review. It’s a dream to be read at all, but even more so in this way. Mil gracias!
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June 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The first review of my book is here! Thank you Marion Rohrleitner for this generous review. It’s a dream to be read at all, but even more so in this way. Mil gracias!
amst.winter-verlag.de/data/article...
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Fantastic talk, do not miss: the book as "living object", the seriousness of laughter as resistance, and some really fascinating discussion of editing and translating.
I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out!
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9.6 We Better Laugh About It: Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí
Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. Álvaro, author of the trippy You Dreamed of…
noveldialogue.org
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Fantastic talk, do not miss: the book as "living object", the seriousness of laughter as resistance, and some really fascinating discussion of editing and translating.
I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out!
noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...
noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...
9.6 We Better Laugh About It: Álvaro Enrigue and Maia Gil’Adí
Álvaro Enrigue and critic Maia Gil’Adí begin their conversation considering translation as a living process, one that is internal to the novel form. Álvaro, author of the trippy You Dreamed of…
noveldialogue.org
June 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I had the chance to interview Alvaro Enrigue about his novel, Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires), for the Novel Dialogue podcast. It was a great conversation! Check it out!
noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...
noveldialogue.org/2025/06/05/9...
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I'm floored. Mil gracias for your careful brilliant read! A writer can ask for nothing more than this.
May 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I'm floored. Mil gracias for your careful brilliant read! A writer can ask for nothing more than this.
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To be read with such curiosity, joy and brilliance is all a writer could ever ask for. Mil gracias @maiagiladi.bsky.social and @mealofthorns.bsky.social.
Elusive multiverses, ekphrastic MacGuffins, and the strange allure of disasters and violence: @maiagiladi.bsky.social joins us to talk about Michael Zapata's THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU!
A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
To be read with such curiosity, joy and brilliance is all a writer could ever ask for. Mil gracias @maiagiladi.bsky.social and @mealofthorns.bsky.social.
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For the latest episode of A Meal of Thorns, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, author of DOOM PATTERNS (@dukepress.bsky.social), joins ARB editor @casella.bsky.social to talk about Michael Zapata’s THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU (@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social)!
A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For the latest episode of A Meal of Thorns, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, author of DOOM PATTERNS (@dukepress.bsky.social), joins ARB editor @casella.bsky.social to talk about Michael Zapata’s THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU (@hanoversquarepress.bsky.social)!
I had a great conversation with @casella.bsky.social about @michaelzapata.bsky.social gorgeous novel, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, for the podcast @mealofthorns.bsky.social. I open my book by exploring Zapata’s novel, and I’m so glad I had a chance to talk about it more in depth. Check it out!
Elusive multiverses, ekphrastic MacGuffins, and the strange allure of disasters and violence: @maiagiladi.bsky.social joins us to talk about Michael Zapata's THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU!
A Meal of Thorns 24 – THE LOST BOOK OF ADANA MOREAU with Maia Gil′Adí
Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books.Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon!Credits:Guest: Maia Gil′AdíTitle: The Lost Book of Adana Moreau by Michael …
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I had a great conversation with @casella.bsky.social about @michaelzapata.bsky.social gorgeous novel, The Lost Book of Adana Moreau, for the podcast @mealofthorns.bsky.social. I open my book by exploring Zapata’s novel, and I’m so glad I had a chance to talk about it more in depth. Check it out!
Hi friends! Now that my first year at JHU is winding down, I want to start planning for next year. I would love to share my work with you now that my book is out (link below) & working on new stuff. If you want to bring me out to your campus, hit me up!
www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns
www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns
Doom Patterns
www.dukeupress.edu
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Hi friends! Now that my first year at JHU is winding down, I want to start planning for next year. I would love to share my work with you now that my book is out (link below) & working on new stuff. If you want to bring me out to your campus, hit me up!
www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns
www.dukeupress.edu/doom-patterns
My essay on Latinx speculative fictions is in this new edited volume. I'm so happy to be in such amazing company and grateful to @billeo.bsky.social for all his work! Check out the discount code and great panel happening
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!
April 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My essay on Latinx speculative fictions is in this new edited volume. I'm so happy to be in such amazing company and grateful to @billeo.bsky.social for all his work! Check out the discount code and great panel happening
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social this Friday!
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Great news 🎉: Johns Hopkins affiliates have access to Dr. Gil’Adí's ebook via Catalyst, the JH Libraries Catalog catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01...
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social and DMV area folks! Join me in conversation with @drewdaniel.bsky.social about my new book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (@dukepress.bsky.social 2025). April 8, 12PM. Sponsored by the Chloe Center.
krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...
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New Books in Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism: Rethinking Latinidad | The Chloe Center
Location: Mergenthaler 431 Please join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for its second New Books workshop, featuring new JHU faculty member Dr. Maia Gil'...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Great news 🎉: Johns Hopkins affiliates have access to Dr. Gil’Adí's ebook via Catalyst, the JH Libraries Catalog catalyst.library.jhu.edu/permalink/01...
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social and DMV area folks! Join me in conversation with @drewdaniel.bsky.social about my new book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (@dukepress.bsky.social 2025). April 8, 12PM. Sponsored by the Chloe Center.
krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...
krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...
New Books in Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism: Rethinking Latinidad | The Chloe Center
Location: Mergenthaler 431 Please join the Chloe Center for the Critical Study of Racism, Immigration, and Colonialism for its second New Books workshop, featuring new JHU faculty member Dr. Maia Gil'...
krieger.jhu.edu
March 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social and DMV area folks! Join me in conversation with @drewdaniel.bsky.social about my new book, Doom Patterns: Latinx Speculations and the Aesthetics of Violence (@dukepress.bsky.social 2025). April 8, 12PM. Sponsored by the Chloe Center.
krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...
krieger.jhu.edu/chloe/event/...
Happening today!!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!
February 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Happening today!!
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
@jhuartssciences.bsky.social folks and others in the DMV! Join us next week for a great talk, "Retconning the Revolution and the Solidarity of Form," and workshop, "Comparative Colonialisms, Genre, and Aesthetics" with @renhu2.bsky.social! Be there and be square!