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Pia Cortez is a poet and a writer from Pampanga, Philippines, currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. Read more →

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"He was watching her." Thriller suspense, but make it fashun. Today’s #booklook features #KarenKatchur’s RIVER BODIES, a murder mystery set in a small town in Portland, Pennsylvania. The past meets the present in this book, an entanglement of childhood love & old secrets. Any crime fiction fans out there? 🔎 #FRC2018 #JOMO #SwellAdventures @booksparks @swellbottle @thoseheavenlydays

The paperback copy of DEATH IN THE AIR by @katewinklerdawson (thank you @hachettebooks) comes out today, a book chronicling the Great Smog of London which blanketed the city for 5 days, killing tens of thousands of people. What made December 1952 worse was that the city was also grappling with another killer at the same time—a man who mercilessly targeted and killed poor women. I look at this book & can’t help think about how eerily & tragically familiar its title is, today being Day 5 of the #CampFire, California’s deadliest wildfire in history with over 40 dead and hundreds more missing. Except our serial killer isn’t a quiet, unassuming man but quite possibly a gas & electric company whose negligence has caused the deaths of many. Here’s to hoping those affected will find relief, respite & ultimately, justice.

Spent this morning looking for organizations to donate to support folks & communities ravaged by the late-season wildfires in California, & to assist the efforts of firefighters & first responders in the #CampFire, #HillFire & #WoolseyFire. If you know of any, please add to the list: @norcalunitedway + @launitedway: donations will be used to provide emergency cash & other forms of emergency assistance // text BUTTEFIRE to 91999 @directrelief: provides N95 masks, respiratory medication, medical aid & fire-specific supplies to communities statewide @baby2baby: works to get high-need items for children affected by the wildfires like diapers, wipes, blankets & other basic essentials @nationalforests: for continuous national forest & grassland preservation & post-wildfire restoration For immediate crisis counseling, call the Disaster Distress Helpline at 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 available 24/7 Let’s save the political pandering for (way) later because rn, people need help, not tweets. // image via @sfchronicle @gabrielleluriephoto

No fomo all #jomo, aka the joy of missing out when your weekend plans look this good 🍂 #frc2018 @booksparks

When I created @libromance back in 2016, I wanted a space & a repository of wisdom & magic from all the books I read. Reading is & has always been my first love. Two years later, what started out as a fun & visual way to incorporate my books with what I’m wearing gave way to #booklook, something that I’ve been working on for the past couple of months. I’m getting ready to send the first newsletter next week, so get on my list if you haven’t already (& thank you SO MUCH if you have 💖) at booklookbypia.com / #linkinbio Here we are at 5k so if you’re still reading this, thank you. Got nothing but love & gratitude 🥰

Be a papaya (ish) in a sea of 🍆 Honestly, still feelin so many feelins from Tuesday’s election with the number of women, woc, poc & queer folks voted in because #representationmatters. At the same time, I know the limitations of how far electoral politics can go but hey, it’s a start. Next up: all in for @staceyabrams! Photo from the @thatladything_official exhibit, with highlights on the blog 🥰

Excited for the future ✊🏾 image via @thecut

Less tweets, more covfefe. Did you vote today? #electionday #influencethevote Special thanks to @randomhouse & #spiegelandgrau for my copy of this book, a curated list of the 45th’s tweets. A note about the tweet: “Tasting freedom as though for the first time, Trump builds his White House castle not just on sand, but imaginary sand. The viewer is left to ponder ‘Illegal Voters’ destabilizing effect on the world’s oldest democracy, nurse a migraine, and perhaps answer emails from the very real Commission on Voter Fraud, whose multi-million dollar, eight-month, results-less inquiry this tweet necessitated.” 🤷🏽‍♀️

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