{"id":341,"date":"2023-05-10T21:19:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T21:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/?page_id=341"},"modified":"2023-07-14T12:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T12:48:23","slug":"gabino-iglesias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/gabino-iglesias\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabino Iglesias"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Gabino Iglesias<\/strong> will be a Special Guest at ArmadilloCon 2023!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, editor, and literary critic living in Austin, TX. He is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novels <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/gabino-iglesias\/the-devil-takes-you-home\/9780316426916\/?lens=mulholland-books\" target=\"_blank\">The Devil Takes You Home<\/a>,  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/coyote-songs-gabino-iglesias\/6595847\" target=\"_blank\">Coyote Songs<\/a>, and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/p\/books\/zero-saints-gabino-iglesias\/6612966\" target=\"_blank\">Zero Saints<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Devil-Takes-You-Home.jpg?resize=418%2C649&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342\" width=\"418\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Devil-Takes-You-Home.jpg?w=645&amp;ssl=1 645w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Devil-Takes-You-Home.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/gabino-iglesias\/the-devil-takes-you-home\/9780316426916\/?lens=mulholland-books\" target=\"_blank\">The Devil Takes You Home<\/a> (Mulholland Books, August, 2022) won the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebramstokerawards.com\/front-page\/the-2022-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot\/\" target=\"_blank\">2022 Bram Stoker Award<strong>\u00ae<\/strong> for Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/a>! It has also been an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bouchercon2023.com\/the-anthony-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Award Finalist<\/a>, an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/crimereads.com\/mwa-announces-the-2023-edgar-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">Edgar Award Finalist<\/a>, a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookofthemonth.com\/all-books\/the-devil-takes-you-home-1312\" target=\"_blank\">Book of the Month Club Pick<\/a>, an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/news\/august-2022-indie-next-list-preview-1628177\" target=\"_blank\">August 2022 Indie Next List Selection<\/a> and an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bookweb.org\/indie-bestseller-lists\/august-10-2022\" target=\"_blank\">ABA Indie Bestseller<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The New York Times ran a long feature on both the novel and the writer: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/01\/books\/gabino-iglesias-devil-takes-you-home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabino Iglesias, a Writer of Noir, Explores the Texas Underworld<\/a>&#8221; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was an Amazon Editor&#8217;s Pick for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/kindle-dbs\/books-category\/browse-redirect\/?ref=ess_dp_epicks&amp;node=17276798011&amp;pinnedAsins=B09N5R5K8W\" target=\"_blank\">Best Mystery, Thriller &amp; Suspense<\/a>, and readers there have given it over a 4-star rating!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ilana Masad (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilanamasad.com\/all-my-mothers-lovers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All My Mother&#8217;s Lovers<\/a>) reviewed it for NPR Books: &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/08\/06\/1115450955\/the-devil-takes-you-home-invites-readers-to-consider-the-depths-of-darkness\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;The Devil Takes You Home&#8217; invites readers to consider the depths of darkness<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Texas Monthly put The Devil Takes You Home on their list of   <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/golden-age-of-texas-fiction-is-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ten Reasons to Believe We\u2019re Living in the Golden Age of Texas Fiction:<\/a> &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/gabino-iglesias-the-devil-takes-you-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018The Devil Takes You Home\u2019 Is Very Creepy\u2014and Very Much About Right Now<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/holanews.com\/gabino-iglesias-explora-racismo-en-eeuu-en-novela-the-devil-takes-you-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gabino Iglesias explora racismo en EEUU en novela \u201cThe Devil Takes You Home<\/a>\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The long list of people that recommend it includes <strong>Tananarive Due<\/strong>, <strong>Stephen Graham Jones<\/strong>, <strong>Paul Tremblay<\/strong>, and S.A. Cosby! <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Coyote Songs (Broken River Books, October, 2018) won the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/brendanvidito.com\/2019\/11\/20\/wonderland-award-winner\/\" target=\"_blank\">2019 Wonderland Book Award for excellence in Bizarro Fiction<\/a>.  It was a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/locusmag.com\/2019\/05\/2018-stoker-awards-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">2018 Bram Stoker nominee<\/a> for <strong>Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Gabino Iglesias does not fuck around.&#8221; &#8212; Ross Nervig, in <a href=\"https:\/\/southwestreview.com\/savagery-belongs-to-the-real-world-an-interview-with-gabino-iglesias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Southwest Review<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Dang&#8230;the writing here is like a Swiss Army knife opening to all its blades and widgets and then all those blades and widgets are used to cut you in different ways&#8211;killer horror-crime on display here.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/authors\/2019853\/chuck-wendig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Wendig<\/a>, author of&nbsp;<em>Wanderers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;A bloody, phantasmagorical, angry, emotional, painfully topical, and beautiful blast of the hardest truth. This book wrecked me. A must read.&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.paultremblay.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Paul Tremblay<\/a>, author of&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/07\/04\/623234203\/read-the-cabin-at-the-end-of-the-world-and-you-wont-sleep-for-a-week\" target=\"_blank\">The Cabin at the End of the World<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Texture, intriguing.&#8221; &#8211; Roxane Gay, author of&nbsp;<em>Bad Feminist<\/em>&nbsp; and&nbsp;<em>Hunger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/mqr\/2019\/02\/barrio-noir-knocks-twice-a-review-of-gabino-iglesiass-coyote-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barrio Noir Knocks Twice: A Review of Gabino Iglesias\u2019s Coyote Songs<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidtromblay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Tromblay<\/a>, author of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalelement.com\/book-review-money-the-hard-way-by-david-tromblay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Money the Hard Way<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Coyote-Songs.jpg?resize=406%2C650&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-345\" width=\"406\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Coyote-Songs.jpg?resize=640%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Coyote-Songs.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Coyote-Songs.jpg?resize=768%2C1229&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Coyote-Songs.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ILGLESIAS-Zero-Saints.jpg?resize=348%2C556&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-346\" width=\"348\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ILGLESIAS-Zero-Saints.jpg?w=313&amp;ssl=1 313w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ILGLESIAS-Zero-Saints.jpg?resize=188%2C300&amp;ssl=1 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Gabino&#8217;s first novel, Zero Saints, is amazing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Call him the Barrio Palahniuk, a badass Henry Miller, Charles Willeford in Cholo-land&#8211;whatever the moniker, for my money Gabino Iglesias is one of the most fearless, original and riveting writers working today. If there&#8217;s any justice on this hellhole of a planet, Zero Saints&#8211;an instant, wild-ass classic&#8211;should launch its author far from outlier status into the wet, palpitating heart of contemporary literature. This is a fierce, nasty, beautiful, sucker-punch of a novel. You&#8217;d be an idiot not to read it immediately.&#8221; &#8211; Jerry Stahl, author of&nbsp;<em>Permanent Midnight<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>I, Fatty<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Santa-Muerte.jpg?resize=306%2C501&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347\" width=\"306\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Santa-Muerte.jpg?resize=625%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 625w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Santa-Muerte.jpg?resize=183%2C300&amp;ssl=1 183w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Santa-Muerte.jpg?resize=768%2C1259&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Santa-Muerte.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 306px) 100vw, 306px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/krJKoTd5e0\/\" target=\"_blank\">Francois Busnel&#8217;s review<\/a> on <strong>France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions<\/strong>, complete with special effects!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabino Iglesias is also a wonderful reviewer, someone whose thoughts on reading open doors and entice you to try new books and writers. His reviews appear regularly in places like&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/706641319\/gabino-iglesias\" target=\"_blank\">NPR<\/a>, Publishers Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, Criminal Element, Mystery Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn,&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>the<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/contributor\/gabino-iglesias\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em> Los Angeles Review of Books<\/em>.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Austin-Noir.jpg?resize=636%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Austin-Noir.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Austin-Noir.jpg?resize=191%2C300&amp;ssl=1 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Iglesias writes excellent short stories.  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.akashicbooks.com\/catalog\/austin-noir\/\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Noir<\/a>, a brand new entry in the series from Akashic Books, features his story &#8220;The Pink Monkey.&#8221; Other anthologies where his short work has appeared include <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/wlw\/humans-are-the-problem-a-monsters-anthology\" target=\"_blank\">Humans Are The Problem: A Monster&#8217;s Anthology<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/read.macmillan.com\/torforge\/come-join-us-by-the-fire-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Come Join Us By the Fire Season 2<\/a>, <strong>&nbsp;the second installment of Tor Nightfire&#8217;s audio-only horror antholog<\/strong>y. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Iglesias is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pankmagazine.com\/about-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Review Editor for Pank Magazine<\/a>, &#8220;a literary magazine fostering access to innovative poetry and prose, publishing the brightest and most promising writers for the most adventurous readers.&nbsp;&#8221; He edited the anthology <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-1-947993-87-7\" target=\"_blank\">Both Sides: Stories from the Border<\/a>, which was an International Latino Book Award Medalist and was nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Anthology or Collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=663%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=663%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 663w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=194%2C300&amp;ssl=1 194w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=768%2C1187&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=994%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 994w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=1325%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?resize=1320%2C2040&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Both-Sides.jpg?w=1650&amp;ssl=1 1650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-An-Awful-Why.jpg?resize=398%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-344\" width=\"398\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-An-Awful-Why.jpg?w=953&amp;ssl=1 953w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-An-Awful-Why.jpg?resize=300%2C232&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-An-Awful-Why.jpg?resize=768%2C593&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of his earliest published pieces is &#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.nytimes.com\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/07\/26\/education\/edlife\/26journ.html#\" target=\"_blank\">An Awful \u2018Why?\u2019 Hung Over My Head<\/a>,&#8221; appeared in The New York Times in 2009, early in his time as a student at the University of Texas at Austin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to complete his Ph.D. dissertation, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repositories.lib.utexas.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/2152\/46580\/IGLESIAS-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf?sequence=1\" target=\"_blank\">Digital DREAM: the DREAMer Identity, Struggle, and Political Engagement on Facebook<\/a>, in December, 2016. The dedications in his dissertation include &#8220;the homeless people who shared the Yarborough<br>Library with me this past two years. We are all equally displaced. I hope we someday find a good place to stay.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized wp-duotone-a60072-67ff66-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLESIAS-Yarborough-Library.jpg?resize=473%2C633&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343\" width=\"473\" height=\"633\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sup>CC BY 2.0: Austin Yarborough Branch Library &#8211; Kari Sullivan, Via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/52697385@N00\/3449262762\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a>.<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2008-2009: About 200 agent rejections (and as many unanswered queries). No one will publish my stories. <br><br>2022-2023: Stoker, Edgar, Locus, Reading the West, and Anthony nominations.<br><br>I mean it every time I say it: Don\u2019t quit. Never settle. Don\u2019t stop. Never give up. Keep at it.<\/p>&mdash; Gabino Iglesias (@Gabino_Iglesias) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gabino_Iglesias\/status\/1656304155546247169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLASIAS-Twitter-Community.jpg?resize=600%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLASIAS-Twitter-Community.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/armadillocon.org\/d45\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IGLASIAS-Twitter-Community.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabino Iglesias will be a Special Guest at ArmadilloCon 2023! 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