April Overstreet

Literary translator and professor specializing in contemporary Spanish fiction by women. Mama PhD. Muscogee. Feminista.

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@Elba_Celo Querida Esther, cuéntanos más!
Te echo de menos, maja.
Una estudiante mía ha escrito su tesis sobre tu novela, tu libro de ensayo, y el excelente trabajo de tus coautoras del nuevo libro sobre el Patronato. Te la envío y así engrosa el montón de lecturas pendientes.
😘

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@Elba_Celo 🤯

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

This🔽
https://t.co/FPefPxpJ93

[Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle]

The extreme & genocidal violence with which the U.S. expanded west is nothing to be proud of--but it has everything to do with our current political moment.

You don't have to look far back in American history to realize Trump's actions are not "unprecedented" or "un-American".

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

This same trend is playing out across US colleges and universities--most of which have nowhere near the endowment U of C has to work with. Disinvestment in world languages and Humanities absolutely will have serious global consequences.
https://t.co/8HEah3k4T0

[Eric Adler @ProfEricAdler]

U of Chicago is going to merge humanities departments and downscale its language offerings in part because...the institution spent too much money on construction projects. Its endowment: over $10 billion.

Are there any leaders in higher ed who *want* to save the humanities?

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@Elba_Celo Ay lo siento mucho, maja. Espero no haber contribuido al catapluf ayer. 💜

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

Dear all people of the world: I am so sorry. I am ashamed to be a citizen of the US today.

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

Listen to women historians! Eerily similar to N.American Indian board'g schools & Spain's Patronato de Protección a la Mujer 1941-1985. @Elba_Celo @maria_palau99 @martagarcaar @ConsueloGdelCi1 "Woman Found Remains of 796 Babies Under Home..." https://t.co/5zTtvOlj0w

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@Elba_Celo @Bisilaba_ @martagarcaar @maria_palau99 @gabkarwai @IreneMontero @olgarodriguezfr @PGonz8 @VickyRosell @zinniaqc Gracias a todas por vuestra labor para dar a conocer estos hechos y por no permitir que permanezcan relegados al silencio y el olvido impuestos por tantas décadas.

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@MarinaSofia8 @AntonHur Thank you for your generosity in sharing this tool kit with us!

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

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[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@susamarting 😢😡

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

Rested, reset and onward!

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@martagarcaar @EstherLopezBar1 Perdona, quería incluir a maria_palau99

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

¡Por fin he conseguido mi ejemplar de esta joya de investigación y documentación del Patronato! Muy agadecida con todas las q dan voz a las mujeres castigadas por esa institución casi secreta del franquismo. Gracias a Tremenda Librería de Granada q me la hizo llegar a las manos.

[Kimberlé Crenshaw @sandylocks]

The road to authoritarianism is paved with the creation of a mythic past in an attempt to "make America great again."

Hear more my interview w/@AliVelshi on @MSNBC about why attacks on our memory and on our history is an attack on our democracy: https://t.co/pCO9MzuNkD

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@Elba_Celo Maja, perdona. No me olvido de ti ni mucho menos.
Te escribo offline ahora.
Un abrazo fuerte, querida Esther 😘

[April Overstreet @AprilOverstr]

@natashakimiz @sarahlazare @ashapoesis @inthesetimesmag @PilsenCommBooks @thenewpress Wish I could be there, Natasha! Congratulations on your book. I've learned so very much with you.

[Dalkey Archive Press @Dalkey_Archive]

Portland, join @IneluctableQuak with @AbigailSusik at @Powells tonight!

[Shaindel Beers 🍻 @shaindelr]

Please share! You never know who will make a trip to Pendleton, Oregon, to adopt! Thank you!