Lucía Benavides

Argentine-American writer. Words in @NPR @LitHub @LAReviewofBooks @TheAtlantic. Currently working on a novel. Agent: @mmcardona. She/her

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

Last Sept, I spent weeks glued to my couch, depressed. I was mourning my dog’s death & sick with covid. I was missing my family, tired of the never-ending pandemic. So I opened my laptop & began writing about migrant life. It published today in @TheNasiona https://t.co/JmkpmEMi1f

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

"Schultz says Obama found time to read because he sees reading as necessary, and he makes it a priority on his schedule. 'He considered [reading] part of being a good leader, part of being a good president, part of being a good father, a good husband, and a good man.'"

[Sophie Vershbow @svershbow]

For @esquire, I went searching for the secret machine behind @BarackObama's annual lists of book recommendations. As someone who worked in the publishing industry for a decade, what I "uncovered" shocked me.
https://t.co/KWVe7R2zzH

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

When you’re a Luci by the sea, reading “Lucy By the Sea” 🌞 🌊

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

I can't believe I left Argentina one week before these celebrations. Messi te amo hoy y siempre💙⭐️⭐️⭐️

[TVP @TV_Publica]

Messi levantó la copa del mundo en #Argentina, @lakonga sonó en el monumental y la fiesta continua. ¡Que lindo que es ser campeón del mundo!

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@hautaIa Cooties are still a concern in the U.S.!! haha

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

"After more than 100 yrs, plenty of added sugar, & growing consumer desire for “clean caffeine,” something companies are calling yerba mate is finally on shelves near you. But in this land of individualism and germophobia, the real thing will simply never catch on."

Loved this!

[Lauren Silverman @lsilverwoman]

🧉 Entrepreneurs have been trying to convince N. Americans to drink Yerba mate for more than a century. I explored why all we have is a canned, diluted version of the real stuff. https://t.co/fWGWpd3JXF #yerbamate editing by @rachgutman 🙏

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

Today would’ve been my grandma’s 100th birthday. Her name was Emelina Moore & she was 3rd generation Irish-Argentine. She died when I was 7, so I remember little of her, but she’s the driving force behind one of the main characters of my novel. Storytelling keeps people alive. 🤍

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

Twitter friends: I wanted to share that I'm offering editing services for all kinds of texts (including radio), with a focus on non-native English writers. I'm also offering mentoring services for international reporting. Pls spread the word if u can! https://t.co/qLg7E7a9vo

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

All sorted! (& sorry for the delay in updating!) Thanks again @janaykingsberry 💫

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

Journo hive mind: Does anyone have info about old articles from @thelilynews disappearing since the website merged with @washingtonpost main site? My articles from 2019 & 2020 no longer exist, and the editor I worked with is no longer there, so I'm at a loss at who to ask. Thnx!

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@lenakfelton @thelilynews @washingtonpost @janaykingsberry @AnneBranigin Oooh thank you so much Lena! ♥️

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

So happy this book exists. Been waiting all my life to read it. Thank you @julissaarce

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

qué belleza 💙🤍

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@florencia siento que necesitamos un hilo de todos los mejores tatuajes (yo estoy pensando hacerme el sol de la bandera)

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@BrianCanever @casciari @gmochkofsky @JasGarsd Lo acabo de escuchar entero! Hermoso. Me hizo llorar, y después de nuevo al escuchar el audio de Messi. 💙🤍

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

Por favor, escuchen/ lean esto. De las cosas más hermosas que escuché sobre Messi, sobre ser argentino en Catalunya, sobre ser aceptado (o no) en tu país de origen.

Aguante mantener los acentos y las tradiciones, y no olvidarse de dónde venís. 🙌🏼🇦🇷

[Hernán Casciari @casciari]

Hace siete años dejé de escribir, pero el domingo los dedos se movían solos. Redacté una larguísima crónica para la próxima Revista Orsai, y hoy leí un breve resumen de este texto en la radio.

Se llama «Messi y su valija»

https://t.co/M2ioqpg63I

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@gatx_negrx she has him listed on her phone as “amor” 😭♥️ wut

[Messismo @Messismo10]

Argentina campeón del mundo. No traten de entenderlo.

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@gmochkofsky I hope your tortoise is doing okay! Fortunately for my dog we watched most matches at a friend’s house. 😅

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

“Suffering is an essential part of an Argentinean narrative, shared by coaches, players, supporters—by the entire country.”

Beautiful, beautiful essay. 💙🤍

[Graciela Mochkofsky @gmochkofsky]

In which I attempt to answer the question, Why did we have to suffer like this? https://t.co/8laOmklaVq

[Lucía Benavides @lmbenav]

@AlbiCabrera gracias por esto!!