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David Bowles

@davidbowles.us

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Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.

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@davidbowles.usOct 12, 2026, 3:25 PM

Revolutionary Nahuatl for October 12, 2026. Ma moquehquetza Cristobal Colon. Fuck Christopher Columbus.

Revolutionary Nahuatl for October 12, 2026.

Ma moquehquetza Cristobal Colon.

Fuck Christopher Columbus.
@davidbowles.usOct 10, 2026, 7:29 PM

Also didn't realize it was going to subtly set up Flannagan's adaptation of THE DARK TOWER, but it clearly does.

@davidbowles.usOct 10, 2026, 5:29 PM

I didn't realize #Carrie was going to be a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA reunion show, but I'm here for it, heh.

@cynleitichsmith.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:52 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

Celebrate National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month! #KidLit @elizabethacevedo.bsky.social @davidbowles.us @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @adriannacuevas.bsky.social

Yellow background with lighter yellow book wallpaper. Black text. Celebrate National Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month! 

Collage of the following children's-YA book covers:

DREAMERS by Yuyi Morales (Neal Porter Books, 2018)

DONA FLOR: A TALL TALE ABOUT A GIANT WOMAN WITH A GREAT BIG HEART, written by Pat Mora, illustrated by Raul Colón (Dragonfly Books, 2010)

MANGO, ABUELA, AND ME, written by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez (Candlewick Press, 2017)

ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME by Juana Martinez-Neal (Candlewick Press, 2018)

ISABEL'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE, written by Debbie Zapata, illustrated by Gabriella Galvez (Magination Press/American Psychological Association, 2025)

CHILD OF THE FLOWER-SONG PEOPLE: LUZ JIMÉNEZ, DAUGHTER OF THE NAHUA, written by Gloria Amescua, illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh  (Abrams, 2021)

THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF NESTOR LOPEZ by Adrianna Cuevas  (FSG, 2020)

SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH by David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall (Bloomsbury, 2023)

I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER by Erika L. Sánchez (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2019)

CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by by Elizabeth Acevedo (Quill Tree, 2022)
@davidbowles.usSep 25, 2026, 1:31 PM

It's the Aztec sun stone, an image created during the realm of Moteuczoma II.

@davidbowles.usSep 25, 2026, 4:15 AM

Yeah, I'm pretty sure @elchupalabras.itch.io kicked ass with this one. Es un chingón el güey ... ;)

@davidbowles.usSep 21, 2026, 2:01 AM

Woot!!! :D

@thegentlemanbat.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 9:16 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

What we’re reading:
13th Street-
Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats 🦇
The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco
Clash of the Cackling Cougars
The Shocking Shark Showdown
Tussle with the Tooting Tarantulas
Fight with the Freeze-Ray Fowls
by @davidbowles.us, Shane Clester
#kidlit #chapterbooks #bats

@davidbowles.usSep 18, 2026, 9:32 PM

RESIDENT EVIL is really fucking great. Such a good time.

@johnpicacio.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 4:39 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

Less than 24 hours remain to score THE MATRON by @davidbowles.us! ✊🏽⚔️

@davidbowles.usSep 15, 2026, 2:51 AM

Lovely!

@courtneymilan.comSep 14, 2026, 1:01 AMReposted by @davidbowles.us

We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.

@conifergirl.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 5:13 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

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@marlownyc.bsky.socialSep 11, 2026, 2:50 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series:

“She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.”

variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

variety.comLilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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@jasonfranks.comSep 6, 2026, 6:59 AMReposted by @davidbowles.us

Horror fiends, please check out this excellent feminist cannibal-slasher comic. The complete first arc is now up on Kickstarter and I hope you'll check it out. IT has been my immense pleasure to edit writers @davidbowles.us and Drew Edwards on this:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ipi...

@babewiththepower.bsky.socialSep 4, 2026, 9:56 PMReposted by @davidbowles.us

I just voted for @sarahmackattack.bsky.social @somosmacri.bsky.social @refusing2forget.bsky.social @brooklynmarie.bsky.social @johnniejae.bsky.social @davidbowles.us @igallupd.bsky.social & 3 others in the 38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026.

You get 10 votes too!
Cast yours: bsky38.com

@davidbowles.usJul 16, 2026, 12:44 AM

Most Hobbits are brown, fuckface. Tolkien said so himself.

BBianca Michelle Parker@bumblebigirl.bsky.socialJul 15, 2026, 11:31 PM

Feels bad that a director of a major studio film is perfectly comfortable saying that casting non-white actors is just something you do to look woke and otherwise isn't remotely necessary

variety.comAndy Serkis Gets Asked Why New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Is All White Actors: ‘I Don’t Think We’ll Be Doing a Politically Correct Casting-for-the Sake-of-Casting Version of the Film’Andy Serkis' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum' has only announced white actors for its cast, following the lack of diversity in other flms.
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@davidbowles.usJul 12, 2026, 1:17 PM

Mictecacihuatl, Santísima Muerte, Mother Death—we really appreciate your efforts here, but you keep missing the main target ... Let us know if you need help sharpening your scythe or whatever!

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@davidbowles.usJun 23, 2026, 9:17 PM

Romanizing languages is fraught, and some languages have been romanized in different ways (think 北京, which Hanyu Pinyin represents as "Beijing" versus the older "Peking" of Wade-Giles / Imperial Post). Nahuatl is no different, as you'll notice if you ever search for words in it the language. 1/

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@davidbowles.usJun 1, 2026, 1:26 PM

When I was a teen in the 1980s, I realized that I was different from most people around me. Queer, light-skinned Mexican American, intellectual, increasingly agnostic, obsessed with languages, vanguard cinema, world literature. Forty years later, my tastes don't align well with others'. So 1/

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