Joy Castro

“A stunning work of the imagination—a brilliant evocation of the way war, exile, and freedom defined the Cuban nation from the start, and how the wounds of the early republic haunt us still.…A spectacular achievement.” —Ana Menéndez bookshop.org/p/books/one-br…

Third star! So pleased and honored to share this story with readers. 🙏🏽

@AdamLaneSmith I might add adoption. That traumatic rupture is intense & sometimes irreparable.

Top 7 attachment 🚩 factors: 1. Daycare in infancy 2. NICU 3. Medical trauma 4. Parental divorce 5. Abuse 6. Neglect 7. Parents with attachment issues

Mi padre solía escribirle al gobierno cubano. Ahora me toca a mí nytimes.com/es/2026/05/08/… via @NYTOpinion

#LNK, #Nebraska rn

#Highered faculty & staff, take careful note.

So happy to see #KeeperofMyKin on the NYT list of new books to read in May! nytimes.com/2026/04/29/boo… @ScribnerBooks

“In a world of noise, confusion, and conflict, it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline, and peace. Not the peace of withdrawal, but the peace of those who live in love.” — Thomas Merton

@UNLincoln Friends! - Monday, 5pm, Food, drink and our yearly Ethnic Studies Spring Celebration. Dr. Laura Muñoz, @lalaurakmunoz moderates, I'll have conversation with the great writer @_JoyCastro , and we will think the future of Ethnic Studies in these dark times. Join! @unlcas

@AdamLaneSmith A secure woman does, too.

A secure man walks away from chaos, not because he's cold, but because he’s finally learned not to bond with dysfunction.

Thank goodness for @mroth78, who keeps speaking truth to power & keeps bringing clarity to a corrupt & capitulatory #highered landscape. nytimes.com/2026/04/22/opi…

“The health department seems to want to shift taxpayer dollars away from reliable contraception and toward counseling men on erectile dysfunction, testosterone levels and sperm motility, each of which merits three mentions in the new guidance…” nytimes.com/2026/04/20/opi…

Good news on the immigration front today: US House approves bill to shield 350,000 Haitians from deportations | US immigration | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a…

At least nine immigrants have died of presumed suicides since President Donald Trump assumed office in January 2025. Since then, at least 49 people have died overall in ICE custody, according to a Miami Herald analysis. @syraob @clurhealy #campaignName=miami_afternoon_newsletter" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…

According to an internal agency document, US Citizenship & Immigration Services has created the "Tactical Operations Division." This is entirely new. It consists of teams called: "Denaturalization"; "Refugee Re-Vetting"; "LPR Operations"; "Fraud Detection & National Security" 1/

Men who slam doors and punch walls want you to hear how hard they want to hit you. Read that as many times as it takes.

Hot off the press: brilliant new monograph by Rhi Johnson (translator of Rosalía de Castro & Feliciano Castro) from @utpress

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: texasobserver.org/immigration-co…

Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

I need people to wake up to what is happening in the US. Each academic department or college or university or degree program or fellowship that is affiliated within a wide-ranging scope of “liberal arts,” from philosophy to languages to psychology to mathematics, is in danger.