Celina De León
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Writer 📔 Editor ✍🏽 Publicist 📣 Social media strategist 💬 Birder🦉#WeNeedDiverseCreators 🖋 #WeNeedDiverseBooks 📚🇵🇷🇵🇪🏳️🌈
Philadelphia, PA
Joined April 2011
Happy #BookBirthday to SPARK! 🎉 Out now via @Candlewick 🥳 📕 https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i Give the gift of #science 🧪 Book 1 in the Black Innovator series 🎤 #sciencenews #STEM #kidsbooks #scienceteacher #BlackTwitter @JamesE_West @BellLabs @Setorfia
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I am so excited to be on @TalkNerdy_Pod! Thanks for having me again, @CaraSantaMaria! https://t.co/Cwzx32pG0i
#sciencenews #NewBook #BlackTwitter #BellLabs
carasantamaria.com
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined award-winning scientist and science communicator, Dr. Ainissa Ramirez. They discuss her newest book, Spark: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in...
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A new episode @scienceundrgrnd is now available! 🎉 It's on the scientist, inventor, and the subject of my new book, SPARK: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone. https://t.co/9lTpSbxIZM
@JamesE_West @Candlewick @mitpress @BellLabs
@InventorsHOF
ainissaramirez.com
Learn about the Hidden Figure behind the microphone.
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I'm so excited to be in this issue of @theNAEng's THE BRIDGE 🤓 I love talking about science, science education, and the subject of my new book, inventor and #HiddenFigure @JamesE_West. https://t.co/1SUQJsn87q
#sciencetwitter #scienceengineering #STEM @InventorsHOF
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It's October! 🎃 And the kickoff of my SPARK book tour in New England! 📕 https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i I hope to see you at one of these events! @MIT_alumni @BrownUBookstore @TheWadsworth @Candlewick @JamesE_West @NorwalkLibCT
#scienceisfun #scienceeducation #STEM #kidlit
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It's the one-month countdown to the release of SPARK! And what better way to celebrate than with a great review from @PublishersWkly 🎉 Now available for pre-order: https://t.co/Jj4DpAtp2i
#STEM #BlackinSTEM #WomeninSTEM #kidlit @Candlewick @mitpress @BellLabs
Exciting news!! Another great review! "Ramirez uses exclamatory prose to highlight the life and legacy of Jim West... this illuminating biography focused on a trailblazer who helped shape the sound of the modern world." —@PublishersWkly
https://t.co/lU0KKY8hzg
#STEM #kidlit
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Exciting news!! Another great review! "Ramirez uses exclamatory prose to highlight the life and legacy of Jim West... this illuminating biography focused on a trailblazer who helped shape the sound of the modern world." —@PublishersWkly
https://t.co/lU0KKY8hzg
#STEM #kidlit
publishersweekly.com
Making her picture book debut in this series kickoff, Ramirez uses exclamatory prose to highlight the life and legacy of Jim Wes...
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Bernadine Evaristo has launched the RSL Pioneer Prize, a literary award for British women writers over the age of 60. The inaugural winner of the award is Maureen Duffy, 91, a playwright, poet, and novelist. @BernardineEvari @MaureenDuffy
https://t.co/xE70j5L6Nq
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Litquake Festival in San Francisco will celebrate the late novelist Dorothy Allison with a marathon reading of her debut novel, ‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ on Oct. 12. The festival has partnered with Allison’s literary estate for the 12-hour performance.
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Before I wrote my soon-to-be published picture book, I wrote this for @ChemistryWorld about scientist Jim West. 🎤 "Most people don’t know that an African American inventor made it possible for them to speak to loved ones..." https://t.co/UqH5HpcPFL
#Science #BlackHistory
chemistryworld.com
Ainissa Ramirez highlights an African American scientist who created one of the most used technologies of our modern age, but whose name is barely known by the general public
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ICYMI My new picture book, SPARK, got a great review in @KirkusReviews 🎉 Coming to bookstores 10/21/25 via @Candlewick 🎤 https://t.co/lsp2rDUhcs
#STEM #ScienceMatters #picturebooks #kidsbooks
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Former Schulz Studio head Paige Braddock honored with 2025 Sparky Award https://t.co/nBvajOxz0I
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Just published, and sadly, more necessary than ever. DISEASE DETECTIVES: True Stories of NYC Outbreaks by preeminent epidemiologist Don Weiss; Munn Avenue Press/ @charlielevin
https://t.co/o3oHMqyjjZ
#newbook #publichealth #epidemiology
amazon.com
Disease Detectives: True Stories of NYC Outbreaks
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Marcie R. Rendon, the author of the Cash Blackbear mysteries, discusses Indigenous representation in media, portraying hard-hitting issues in fiction, and storytelling from a Native perspective.
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New year, new books ✨ @Nnedi @karissachen @eirencaffall @claymcleod @AriaAber @TheZeinabBadawi @taoleighgoffe @imaniperry @NekoCase @natashakimiz @onesarahjones @thatonequeen @bonnietsui @NgugiWaThiongo_ @AlisonBechdel
https://t.co/vr59GvDWcU
@lithub
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Well, 2024 was fairly bad, and 2025 may in fact be worse. Regardless, we will be reading. Here are the books the Lit Hub staff is most excited to pick up in the (first half of the) year ahead. JANU…
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Banned books find a home in Fresno at new store | @FresnoBee
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i wrote a love letter to dorothy allison https://t.co/XLB6Tw1sG4
autostraddle.com
Bastard Out of Carolina was the book that made me want to become a writer.
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