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Sofía Aguilar
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QUEER LATINE HEROES (SEPT. ‘25) | AMOR. (out now via Bottlecap Press!) | freelance writer | teaching artist | library professional
IT'S OFFICIALLY PUB DAY FOR QUEER LATINE HEROES!! 🌈 thank you to everyone who's heard me talk about this book for the last two years and those who are just learning about it for the first time. i love you, i adore you, and this book belongs to all of us now xx
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
this week i:
- finished the first draft of my novel
- got a new tattoo
- met one of my favorite romance authors
- received my master’s degree in the mail

we’re living large y’all!!
August 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
i finished writing the first draft of my novel today & it’s messy & in desperate need of huge, shifting developmental edits but it’s all on paper now !!! it exists!! the first novel i’ve actually completed in a little over 10 years !! 233 pages & 60.7k words later 💌📫⚽️🖋️🫀⭐️
August 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
today is the first day of august and it’s finally feeling like summer and i have poetry prints out featuring excerpts from my newest poetry chapbook amor. to spotlight some of my favorite passages and pieces!!

🛍️ the amor. poetry prints are available now at sofiaaguilar.bigcartel.com <3
August 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
excited to share that my creative nonfic piece “The Mambo King” was published in this year’s issue of @latinobookreview.bsky.social !! 🍃 huge thanks to the editorial team for including me in this gorgeous issue with so many other amazing contributors xx
July 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
so delighted to share that i'm a 2025 Poetry Fellow in @abodepress's second virtual writing retreat starting this month! ✍️ with my instructor mónica teresa ortiz, i'll be workshopping a poetry chapbook i drafted last year, and i couldn't be more excited. congrats to all my fellow fellows!! xx
June 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
THE AMOR. BOOK TOUR IS TAKING OVER SUMMER 2025!! 📚🌸

SGV and IE friends, please join me as i celebrate my newest poetry chapbook, amor., throughout some of my favorite cities and bookstores in socal! order your copy of the book today at bottlecap.press or purchase on-site xx
June 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
we're so pretty in pink!! 🌸 thank you Sampaguita Press & The Pop Hop for such a magical time at last night's author showcase! thank you to @keanalabra.bsky.social & my fellow performers @ellielopez.bsky.social - i love poets!! i love creatives!! i love california!! xx
May 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
huge thank you to @platanosgowitheverything for her incredibly kind review of QUEER LATINE HEROES! 🌈 with just four months to go until publication day on september 18th, there's still time to preorder, request at your local library and bookstore, and share with your communities! ⭐️
May 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i have my master’s in library and information science from syracuse university!! 🍊 it’s been a hard but amazing road to come to this moment and i’m proud to say that i’m now the second person in my family to attain a master’s degree?! i’m excited to continue my career in librarianship. go orange!!
May 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
STREAMING SERVICE: the series finale releases spring 2026. 🌼

& from now until may 17th, use code STREAM25 to get 25% off all physical items in my shop, including the first two books in the STREAMING SERVICE trilogy. visit sofiaaguilar.bigcartel.com to grab your copies now xx
May 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
⭐️OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS⭐️ now accepting creative writing and visual art that speaks to the theme of CHISMOSA for an upcoming zine co-edited by myself and my friend Celeste Alyssa Gomez! read the thread below for full sub details 🧵

submit here: forms.gle/DPahQcuHLYre...
May 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
life is worth living!!
April 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
thrilled to share that i was accepted into @abodepress.bsky.social’s virtual retreat this summer! i’m v excited to work on my next poetry manuscript with an incredible instructor & meet other folks in my cohort this june <3
March 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
a small excerpt from the book, graphic courtesy of Bottlecap Press!!

order here: bottlecap.press/products/amor
March 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
i am beyond excited to share that my third poetry chapbook AMOR. is out NOW from Bottlecap Press!! 🌼✨ i began this project in march 2023 & i’m so so happy to see it out in the world nearly 2 years later. order today!! <3

bottlecap.press/products/amor
March 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
amazing news!! we have completely sold out of copies for this first run of our LOS ANGELES zine and were able to donate $776 to Anti-Recidivism Coalition so far!!!!!! ❤️❤️

a second printing been ordered and we are still taking preorders here: forms.gle/tU2m4Rbo4sRv...
March 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
so excited to announce that LOS ANGELES: the zine is now available for preorder!! ⭐️ i had the pleasure of co-editing it with my dear friend & poet paula macena as an ode to our city and remembrance of those affected by the LA fires <3

preorder here: forms.gle/tU2m4Rbo4sRv...
March 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
grateful for a gentle and affirming partner today ✨
February 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
for my LA folks: submissions close TOMORROW for Los Angeles: the zine (which i’m co-editing with my dear friend Paula Macena) at 11:59pm PST!! ⭐️ submit here: forms.gle/faEDKzw7Vatv...
January 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM