This week I heard about how 404 Media put a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying these books in bulk. They discovered an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys these books (que locura). This news gave me deja vu because in July I read about Anthropic’s Project Panama and Sony’s decision to discontinue disc production in 2028 For an introductory course in history, identity, race, and liberation, these are three books we’d p

As a Venezuelan living in the United States, it's been heartbreaking to watch the devastation unfold from afar. Like so many in the Venezuelan diaspora, I've spent the past several weeks checking in with family, reading updates, and trying to find ways to support the people and places I love. The road to recovery will be long, and for many families, including my own, it will come with challenges that won't disappear overnight.

For those of ya’ll who don’t know me my name is Oriana. I am the founder of Xolo Books - an online and pop-up bookstore dedicated to decolonizing your reading habits and promoting diversity in literature.