Valya Dudycz Lupescu 🌻

@ericjguignard @HorrorWriters Congratulations!!!

MYTHIC DELIRIUM returns w/ new books in 2026‼️ The first phase is underway, w/ the forthcoming publication of Haralambi Markov’s debut collection of horror & Weird fiction, THE LANGUAGE OF KNIVES. (Introduction by @AnnVanderMeer!) [1/3] Sale link here: bit.ly/BoneSwans10th

📣 Hey, Chicagoland! If you haven’t checked them out yet, make sure to visit our friends at Clan McDonald Comics, located at 710 E Ogden Ave, Suite 600 in Naperville, Illinois — now open six days a week, Monday through Saturday! Following an amazingly successful grand opening last month, the shop is fully stocked and ready to help with all your comic needs — from weekly pulls and new release pre-orders to graded books, Funko Pops, private signings, and even original artwork. Not local? No problem — you can still keep up with them online! Clan McDonald Comics works closely with Spencer Beck of The Artists’ Choice, and together they regularly showcase and sell my artwork on live streams and sales posts! 👉 Join their Facebook community here: facebook.com/groups/1629122… Steve and his family run a fantastic operation — friendly, knowledgeable, and passionate about comics. Stop by or follow them today — you won’t be disappointed!

Do the old man a solid, pre-order now, and have yourself a ball in April! 5/5 pauldrybooks.com/products/sidet…

Brilliant discussion by @BorisDralyuk of the “whole project” of approaching poetic translation - plus a recording of a Julia Nemirovskaya poem in Russian & English! Looking forward to the whole series of reflections on translation, thx @AmitMajmudar!

Discover “Chicago’s Latina and Chicano Poets: An Overview”, a new blog post, by Carlos Cumpián, that maps out the city’s rich poetic landscape. 📖 Read now and let these voices stir your literary curiosity: chicagoliteraryhof.org/blog/entry/chi… #ChicagoLit #LatinaPoets #ChicanoPoets #Poetry

Small news: I've just been made poetry co-editor on @M_Star_Online, working with @ruthaylett & Alan Morrison. I'm looking for subtle political/personal poems, emphasising resistance. Plse send to: thursdaypoems@gmail.com - 33 lines max. 2 line bio. 📚

NW Alaska evacuating in case you watch mainstream news and don’t know what’s happening up here

My thanks to @Othuke__Umukoro for inspiring me to dive into the spiky, salty, shrewd satirical poems of @TabanloLiyong. So much to savor in this African giant’s flavorsome quarreling in and with English. Chew on this sermon from the 1990s. (I love his promotion of Col. Sanders.)

Hey! It's been a minute! I've got two hours to fund this audiobook on #Kickstarter and this translation on #kofi. Anyone feeling like a hero tonight? #BlackArt #AfricanArt #JewishArt #SmallPress #Indie

Still haven't seen the Peanuts musical on Apple TV+, but it has this gorgeous song, written by Ben Folds, sung by Jayd Deroché. "When We Were Light" youtube.com/watch?v=AHcRA6…

What happens when a photographer’s lens captures the truth of human resilience? @Refugees are too often unseen. This #WorldHumanitarianDay, draw inspiration from our former UN #SDGAwards judge @Muheisen81, who gives them a voice & reveals to the world the faces of the displaced.

On sale for $1.99 US/Canada/UK  August 14 openroadmedia.com/ebook/little-d…

Before Friday’s @POTUS-Putin meeting in Alaska, Razom’s adviser on abducted Ukrainian children, Katya Pavlevych @Kpavlevych, urges the U.S. to pressure Russia into returning the children. In a video for the @nypost, Katya lays out Ukraine’s attempts to negotiate the return of children with Russia and the role of America in this. Watch and share 👇

BAKHMUT by Myroslav Laiuk is now available from @ukrainer! Be sure to order it and support Ukrainian writers and literature!

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I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Just wow. The Boryviter mosaic — badly damaged in Mariupol, restored in Kyiv — now stands in Trafalgar Square. Unveiled by @usykaa and @richardbranson ahead of Usyk’s fight at Wembley. This falcon is Ukraine: rising strong from the ashes.

Ronald L. Fair’s Hog Butcher is a gripping, poetic novel about a young Black boy shot by police—and the two children who must decide whether to tell the truth. 👉 chicagoliteraryhof.org/blog/entry/ron… #ChicagoLiteraryHallofFame #CLHOF #ChicagoLit #RonaldLFair #HogButcher #BlackVoices