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Analú María López

Librarian & Photographer

Analú María López (Huachichil/Xi’úi) is a Librarian, Photographer, and Writer living in Šikaakonki, Zhigaagoong, Zhekagoynak, or so called “Chicago.” This land is and will always be Indigenous land.

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Earrings: @u_kno_chi2 💚
Nails: @dulcemal_nailstudio
Keffiyehs: @hirbawi
Bag: @sabatier1947

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Feb 18

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Showed some cool stuff for @n.orkstein NLUS (Newberry Library Undergraduate seminar) yesterday related to papel Amate. Items ranged from 1500’s to 2024 📚💚💅🏽

Amate is a type of bark paper that has been manufactured in Mexico since the pre-invasion times.

Though still used for ceremonial purposes in some villages, it is now popular for colorful, stylized paintings of birds and flowers, as well as in collage, lampshades, and bookbinding.

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Feb 9

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📚📚📚#librariansofinstagram #librarians #palestinewillbefree

Nails: @dulcemal_nailstudio
Palestinian Keffiyeh: @hirbawi
Strawberry shortcake earmuffs: @fivebelow
Bag: @sabatier1947

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Jan 26

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It’s been very cold here in Chicago, so bringing the chocolate series back over these next couple days 🥶🍫☕️📚💚 #cacao #chocolate #rarebooksofinstagram #librarygram

P.s. I’m born and raised here in Chicago and the only thing I’ve gotten used to is complaining about the weather when it’s too cold 💅🏽

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Jan 23

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Hope y’all are keeping warm today. The library is closed, but it reopens tomorrow. I’ll have some new book and manuscript content then. Till then, stay warm, cute, and Free Palestine 💅🏽📚💚

Kufiya: @hirbawi
Earrings: @mixedbloodcreeations
Earmuffs: @fivebelow
Bag: @portlandleather
Nails: @dulcemal_nailstudio

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Jan 17

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Book recommendation 📚

Earrings: @u_kno_chi2
Nails: @dulcemal_nailstudio
Song: @nemahsis

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Jan 12

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📚📚📚2025 book haul & watch until the end and give @pilsencommunitybooks a follow 📚💚😘

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Jan 8

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Shoutout to @pilsencommunitybooks for always hooking it up with good 📚📚💚📚📚

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Jan 4

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Saturday office hours post-holidays: lots of emails.

💅🏽 thanks to @dulcemal_nailstudio

#librariansofinstagram #librarianlife #librarian #palestinewillbefree #abolishthepolice

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Dec 24

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When I’m not doing librarian things, I’m making OOTD TikTok’s with my bb @whirlpoolparty 🤣🥰💚📚#librarian #librariansofinstagram #librarianstyle #skullpanda #ootd

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Nov 30

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I walked a lot and even jogged through the woods to catch a train 🤣📚🖼️🎨✈️ public transportation is always a lot of fun too and I didn’t get lost!

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Nov 28

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Hosts at the museum in Paris were so sweet and accommodating, I will always be grateful to them. Paris folks know how to treat their guests. It was nice to be part of this important delegation celebrating 300 years since their ancestors visited Paris. I enjoyed hearing their talks, hanging and all the laughs 💚📚 😘 I am so grateful for a life and career (I worked my ass off for) that allows me to travel to places I never, ever thought I’d see ✈️

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Nov 7

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Long day in the library today filled with lots of fun stuff and meeting new patrons to the library 📚💚

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #poetry #beadwork

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Nov 6

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For those of you who don’t know, I’m born and raised (and still live in) La Villita (Little Village). My family came in waves here to the city but have always been Southsiders. I absolutely love our community, it’s where my strength comes from and where I’m grounded. Shits been hard recently, but we are so strong and united. If you find the time, come visit us down here in the hood. Support the vendors especially. #chingalamigra #fuckice

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I adore a lot of things and if you’re wondering about the weird aura, I was [am] hot 💅🏽🤣 p.s. yes, that’s a pimple.

Zines: Allernatives to White Sage, Palo Santo, Cedar; Sweetgrass, and Copal: A GUIDE TO NON-APPROPRIATIVE BURNABLE ALTERNATIVES BY SOLANGE AGUILAR (@shesanargonaut); 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance (2002); Native Pop! Zine (2025).
Earrings: @u_kno_chi2
Bag(s): @iopelle_italia / @portlandleather (smaller crossbody) *I have an admiration for leather work because my paternal grandfather worked with leather and specifically a shoemaker 💚
Coat: @definitiveselection
Kuffiyeh: @hirbawi

#nativeamericanheritagemonth #zines #beadwork

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Oct 29

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📚It was a long last couple weeks: hosting classes with colleague @n.orkstein focused on Immigration in Chicago where I showed items from @justseeds as well as many other gems in the collection; a three days symposium on the Philippines, which I also spoke at briefly, at the @newberrylibrary as well as the annual Forbidden Newberry event where I showed collection items related to the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) and finally doing a fit check with my friend @juanmolinahernandez at the beginning of the week/video 📚

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Sep 29

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📚Hosted four classes in one week last week. Enjoy!

Classes included:

- Ledger books
- “Disobedient Objects” focused on protest/resistance movements, professor: @aarhughes
- “Creative Lives of Archives” focused on art/archives and how artists bring new meanings to archives, professor: @deannaledezma
- Decolonizing Time travel, professor: @realitycheckrios

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Sep 28

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Something a little different today. Everyday for work I travel from my hood of Little Village (where I grew up) to one of the wealthiest areas in the city, the Gold Coast. Being born and raised in Chicago and knowing the histories of the land feels like I’m traveling and participating in a simulation each day. Any way, enjoy this small look into my travel 📚small cameos by @realitycheckrios class & @cvho05📚

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