Mary Grace Bertulfo
🌞 Earth love. Family maven. 🇵🇭 Poet, writer, manunulat. Kidlit. Intergenerational stories. 🌏 Banyan: Asian American Writers Collective founder & organizer. 🌊 Big laughs and fiesty puppies. 💛 mgbertulfo.com
- ~ Gentle Reminder: Please REGISTER for FRIDAY ~ Luisa A. Igloria’s Chicago Book Launch Weekend is around the corner! Things to do: ✅Decide if you’re attending Fri or Sat (or both!) ✅ Register for Friday at Women & Children First Books. ✅ Pre-order CAULBEARER. See you soon!
- Countdown: Two weeks until Luisa A. Igloria Weekend! And, lucky me, I get to interview her twice. @thepoetslizard.bsky.social
- Four weeks til I’m in conversation with Luisa A. Igloria @thepoetslizard.bsky.social at Chicago’s legendary Women and Children First Books. Celebrate the launch of CAULBEARER, Luisa’s new poetry collection. April 11, 7 pm. Register for our free event. www.eventbrite.com/e/poetry-rea... #booksky
- Yesterday’s #JOY: I baked chocolate chip cookies with my 3YO nephew, HappyFeet. Three is my fav preschool age. “Oooh! The sugar’s melting!” Can you taste the sea salt? A lil something for everyone.
- Making my way through my mini #TBR pile from Dandelion Bookshop. I love #Reading and #writing across generations. #booksky
- How Black communities are powering meaningful climate action - Capital B - This.
- Discerning Your Calling: Richard Wright and the Price of Eggs open.substack.com/pub/jennysha...
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoCongratulations to all the winners and honorees of the @apalaweb.org literature awards!! Take a look at the awardees and maybe get a copy of the books! www.apalaweb.org/2025-asian-p... #LLX2024
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoA reminder...The deadline is only a few days away. If you know an APALA member who embodies Gayatri Singh's values, send an application in today!
- Exactly what is needed right now: vision. SEEDS, gorgeous theme, vibrant kin.
- For our 2025 open call for submissions to Humans & Nature Press Digital, we’ll be welcoming essays, poetry, & artwork on the theme of seeds. 🌱 Submissions: June 24 thru July 15. Contributors receive an honorarium of $500 upon publication. Submission guidelines: humansandnature.org/submission-g...
- While Human People are burning things down, the Dog People explode with JOY chomping on whatever sticks they happen to find on their morning walks. Here’s our #puppy, Shenanigans. My fav kind of shenanigans.
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoIndigenous Nations Mobilize Against ICE Targeting and Profiling. www.underscore.news/justice/fede...
- Reposted by Mary Grace Bertulfo(1/2) Image reads: Are you a Los Angeles author or Illustrator? We're soliciting submissions for an anthology of children's comics to support the fire relief efforts.
- Know your rights. It’s working. www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoIn the spirit of celebrating and uplifting Black futures this #BlackHistoryMonth, here are 25 book releases from Black authors to look forward to in 2025! Perfect to add to your TBR so you can enjoy exciting new works by Black authors all year round 📚
- Keep going. #BookSky
- 📚 Don’t miss these 2025 picture book releases from Indigenous authors and artists! Be sure to learn more about these titles, including creators’ tribal/nation affiliation, on the Indigenous Reads Rising website (also 🔗 in bio) 💻 indigenousreadsrising.com
- While things fall apart, while forces of destruction are acting like boogeymen, what are we building? How are we taking care of one another? The next revolution is unparalleled, collective, self-less love. Rest. And rise.
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoWNDB is proud to join more than 50 organizations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, distributors, and more signed a joint letter expressing concern that the Trump Administration’s executive order from January 20th will lead to censorship of literature. 🧵
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoPeople often ask me what role can #climatefiction and #solarpunk play in this moment. I talk about this often. Here's a quick thread 🧵 .
- 12/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge
- One for all. And all for one. @scbwi.bsky.social and literary organizations reject censorship.
- Meeting these days as a #meditator is pushing my practice in unexpected ways. Deep listening to the news. How can we nourish compassion for all sentient beings in this moment? Alleviate suffering? substack.com/@jimacosta/n...
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoThis is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do! www.salon.com/2025/01/28/b...
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoSharing some lessons from the Korean people who impeached, arrested, and indicted the president for his abuse of power: 1. The People first went for the those that were under him who went along with his plans. Because once you get the henchmen, there's no one for the top to call on anymore.
- 11/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge
- 9/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge
- 8/20 #BookSky #BookChallenge
- @stitchwitchpam.bsky.social Welcome to my fav Stitchwitch!
- 7/20 #BookChallenge #BookSky
- Reposted by Mary Grace BertulfoBy me: ‘No rebuilding without them’: Trump’s immigration crackdown will upend disaster recovery - the vast majority of restoration workers rebuilding communities after floods, wildfires and other climate disasters are immigrants www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Today’s uplifting music: Legendary Mavis Staples. Helicopters still patrolling. Early this morning at 1:29 am and still now. But mutual aid, family, friendship, community, & love in all directions can ground us. open.spotify.com/track/264f7Z...
- Because joy
- Lol Still learning BlueSky
- @davechua.bsky.social ‘s story legit made me smile - a feat during this challenging week. At the inaugural Native-Led Climate Summit in Chicago last weekend, I saw the importance of telling honest stories of resilience & hope, which show indigenous youth thriving. #Writers, let’s dream big! #BookSky
- Remember, you are not alone
- Yes
- Simply put, at $285, there is no better value in publishing education than Pub Crawl! Just attend one session per week (they're ALL recorded to watch later, also), and you get more than your money's worth. Attend more, Pub Crawl's an absolute steal! #writingcommmunity buff.ly/4iikgcm
