Daniel A. Olivas

I am over the moon... I have signed with the Susan Schulman Literary Agency! My agent is the wonderful Kim Carson Bodie. More news soon. www.schulmanagency.com/kim-carson-b... @susanschulman.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #agents

"Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you." – Doris Lessing #botd #books #literature #nobelprizeinliterature

International Latino Book Award WINNER! Waiting for Godínez by Daniel A. Olivas won the 2026 Gold Medal for the Luis Valdez Best Play or Collection of Plays! This is "Waiting for Godot" in a modern retelling with Borderlands immigration and ICE in the mix.

Writers Are Making Millions Selling Short Stories to Hollywood www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/b...

South Pasadena finally has a bookstore. Step inside Outpost Books. “I wanted it to feel obviously cozy [like] a bookstore,” said owner Nicole Novembrino. But also “like a trading post, where you just stop along the road, and there's stuff everywhere.” laist.com/news/los-ang...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The little book that could is only $1.99 for a limited time! Magic, revenge, a Russian hitman, dogs with human eyes, and more. Get some! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

What does it mean to live a good life? In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to translator Robin Waterfield and scholar John Sellars about their new edition of Aristotle's classic text. #books #literature #aristotle @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day With These 15 Dramatic Images of the Rich, Enduring Traditions of Native Americans. These photographs from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest showcase Native Americans taking part in their respective tribal customs www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...

Episode 836 of The History of Literature with Jacke Wilson: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (with Robin Waterfield and John Sellars). My Last Book with Daniel Olivas. www.historyofliterature.com/836-aristotl... @holpod.bsky.social

50 ways to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Southern California. Día de los Muertos is an opportunity to honor the life and legacy of those who have passed — including beloved pets. www.latimes.com/delos/list/2...

In this episode, @jackewilson.bsky.social talks to author Amy Motlagh about her book Colorblind: Racial Thinking and Cultural Production in Modern Iran and the Diaspora. #books #literature @stanfordpress.bsky.social

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. The book that started it all for me is only $1.99 right now on all platforms. Now go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8... bookshop.org/p/books/zero...

Wrote a thing for my bros. gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/hey-bro-yo...

Episode 834 of The History of Literature: Shakespeare's Scholars (with Sean Keilen) | My Last Book with Nan Z. Da. Another wonderful episode! www.historyofliterature.com/834-shakespe... @holpod.bsky.social #Shakespeare

Hispanic Heritage Reading Recommendations by Ben Dupuy, Library Marketing Specialist, Utah State University Libraries. Check out USU Libraries' curated list of must-reads for Hispanic Heritage Month! library.usu.edu/news/2026/hi...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. I’m in France on tour, so I’m sharing the novel that launched my career here. Oh, and it’s only $1.99 for Hispanic Heritage Month! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D8...

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2026 ‘Genius Grant’ Winners. The 20 fellowship recipients across the arts, humanities and sciences will each receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached stipend for their work. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/a...

We had some correct guesses for our next (and frequently requested) text: Thomas Pynchon's psychedelic '60s freak-out about an 800-year-old evil postal service cabal, 'The Crying of Lot 49' (1966). Post-horns, highballs, and LSD tabs at the ready, because this doozy lands on 16 September.

After a two-year search, Vroman’s and Book Soup have a new owner: Robert Hoffman, a Pasadena native whose family has deep Southern California ties. Hoffman and his family say they plan to preserve the stores’ community roots. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Scholar Mary Ann Caws on Women Surrealists and André Breton’s Ass. If you can name more than two or three women surrealists without using Google, the 90-year-old art historian has probably helped make that happen. hyperallergic.com/scholar-mary... @hyperallergic.com

Sunday Scaries: Lu’s Laundry and Other Services By Wen Wen Yang therumpus.net/2026/06/28/s... @therumpus.net #horror

Fiction Five: Frighteningly Fantastic. tscpl.org/articles/fic...

Not even my French tour can stop #FridayReads! Let’s share some books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. No witty stuff today. I’m in France for two weeks because of this book, which is only $2.99 right now! www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CP...

"When Iola opened her school she took pains to get acquainted with the parents of the children, and she gained their confidence and co-operation. Her face was a passport to their hearts. Ignorant of books, human faces were the scrolls from which they had been reading for ages." – Frances E.W. Harper

Another great article on Jackie Mitchell, one of history's erased women featured in L.E. Carmichael's THE MATILDA EFFECT! www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/se...

Listen to our most unhinged episode of Bookends yet. Abby gets a new military ranking, a venomous spider writes into the show, we're given a Vanity Fair personality quiz by a listener, AND unbox a treasure trove of beautiful gifts (courtesy of Vintagerie by JJ)! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

In April of 2024 I met Pierre, my French translator, while in tour in Pau. We hung out and got drunk together. Tonight I was with Pierre in Vincennes, so we hung out, talked about books, quoted Goodfellas, and went to a bar. Great guy, great translator.

Spine-Chilling Horror and Thrillers by Hispanic Authors. Let us embark on a journey of literary Hispanic haunts with ten recommendations by talented Hispanic authors of horrifying tales. bookstr.com/list/spine-c...

Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism. Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

If You Love Roberto Bolaño’s Work, You Love Natasha Wimmer. His translator on what it takes to bring the Chilean author’s work to English readers. electricliterature.com/if-you-love-...

UT Austin Axes Several Ethnic, Gender Studies Majors The University of Texas at Austin will eliminate four majors—African and African diaspora studies; Mexican American and Latina/o studies; women’s and gender studies; and race, indigeneity and migration. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Anti-detectives, boozers, and Thurn und Taxis loyalists! It's time to NOT solve an 800-year-old postal service mystery, but very much time to read some bizarre names and an even more bizarre sex scene, when we recap (?!) 'The Crying of Lot 49'. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

It’s #FridayReads time and Hispanic Heritage Month, so let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Here’s a paragraph from Coyote Songs (only $2.99!). You know, for no reason at all. Go ahead, share what you love! www.amazon.com/Coyote-Songs...

The Mother of Black Los Angeles Finally Gets Her Due. Biddy Mason’s Story Is the Story of a City’s Transformation—And of a Remarkable Woman Whose Legacy Largely Disappeared. www.zocalopublicsquare.org/the-mother-o...

Nearly 600 books were banned from Florida schools last year www.cfpublic.org/education/20...

A sneak preview of the literary films currently dominating the festival circuit. lithub.com/a-sneak-prev...

Prairie Schooner's Fall 2026 issue features a portfolio of Latinx Flash Memoir edited by Joy Castro. I am delighted and honored that my essay "Only a Little While Here" is featured. Get your copy! prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/fall-2... @prairie-schooner.bsky.social #litmags

Our Fall 2026 issue is now available! In this issue, we're excited to share a portfolio of Latinx Flash Memoir edited by Joy Castro. See the full table of contents, read excerpts, and order now: prairieschooner.unl.edu/issue/fall-2...

"Daniel Olivas’ slim and sly novel tackles massive issues headlining our news every day, such as immigration, racism, exploitation of labor, [and] more personal issues like self-identity and showing love." — Leigh Rockey, University of Virginia Library library.virginia.edu/news/2026/po...

Happy pub day to @sairdysue.bsky.social and THE WITCH OF THE DARK WOOD!

Jackie Mitchell was the second woman drafted into the minor leagues of professional baseball. She went on to throw out legends Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Great article on Jackie, one of the forgotten women whose stories are told in THE MATILDA EFFECT. www.chattanoogan.com/2026/9/8/523...

Our fabulous client Katie Anne is now sharing her hard-won insomnia-battling (and sometimes insomnia-embracing 😱) advice via Substack! substack.com/@katieannewr...

Raul A. Reyes: "We take pride in the American experience, because it is our experience. These feelings are deep and enduring. These are feelings that no presidential proclamation can give us — and that no administration can take away." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

"After hitting stages in Los Angeles, New York, and Sacramento, [Waiting for Godínez] is now available to readers and arrives at a deeply relevant time, as Americans consider our borders and how to protect the immigrants who live here." –Alta Journal www.unmpress.com/978082636844...

Los Angeles Public Library: Celebrate Latino Heritage Month / Celebremos el Mes de la Herencia Latina Check out all the reading lists, music, films, and activities for all ages to help you celebrate! www.lapl.org/celebrate-la...

Huge congratulations to the Schooner's Book Prize Coordinator & Assistant Fiction Editor Kasey Peters on winning the 2026 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction! ugapress.wordpress.com/2026/09/14/k...

Commentary: ‘Help Wanted/Leave Now!’ How U.S. immigration policy remains maddeningly consistently inconsistent. A new exhibition at the California Museum in Sacramento focuses on the country’s ‘revolving door’ of programs and practices toward immigrants. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Wow! Dad (Peter Briscoe) just learned that his book, BETWEEN MEMORY & OBLIVION is a 2026 International Latino Book Award Finalist in the Category of Popular Fiction!!!! An incredible honor to be named alongside these other amazing ILBA finalists! Go dad! So proud.🔥😍♥️ www.amazon.com/Between-Memo...