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Heart Eater: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging,...(2026), lit. rep Tricia Toney Lawrence @aevitas_creative, spkg. rep Anya Backlund @blueflowerarts.

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Hi book friends! Unfortunately I have to reschedul Hi book friends! Unfortunately I have to reschedule my book launch for HEART EATER: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging, and How We Find Ourselves in Language, but the show 🎪 will go on, on another day to be announced, at the wonderful @moonpalacebooks! 

Please stay tuned! (The good news it will be on a day that won't be close to 90 degrees Fahrenheit? 🌞)

❤️ THANK YOU to Moon Palace for your patience and willingness to reschedule, and to my amazing friends and guest readers Kristin Collier, Jennifer Eli Bowen, Michael Kleber-Diggs, @mori0181 Rachel Moritz, Michael Torres, and A.E. Wynter! ❤️

*****& ABOLISH ICE NOW!
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Thank you to @sarahelizwarren and @latchanakenney Thank you to @sarahelizwarren and @latchanakenney and @hellopicturebookparade and shout out to @midtownfarmmkt ! It was a joy to share our book REVOLUTIONS ARE MADE OF LOVE by @melinamangal and @lesliebarlowartist and @lernerbooks @instachinz with the southside community!
Yes, indeed, I have written a poem about cannibali Yes, indeed, I have written a poem about cannibalism in Jamestown, thanks for asking! The paperback was published in 2022 by @chaosium and edited by bestselling nonfiction writer and World Fantasy Award–nominated editor @nate.pedersen.writer -- congratulations to them because there is now an AUDIOBOOK! Link in bio and where ever good books are sold. 

"In churches, convents, and other religious communities, sisterhood takes many forms, forged and tested by such mundane threats as disease and despair, but also by terrors both spiritual and cosmic-Satan's subtle minions and the cosmic nightmare of the Outer Gods.
Sisterhood: Dark Tales and Secret Histories presents sixteen stories by some of the leading women in horror. Their settings range around the globe and across the centuries, from 14th century Spain to 17th century Virginia to England in the present day.

Contributors include award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Nadia Bulkin, Livia Llewellyn, Molly Tanzer, Sun Yung Shin, Gemma Files, Kaaron Warren, Damien Angelica Walters, and Selena Chambers. Original cover art by Liv Rainey-Smith.

Table of Contents: "The Wine of Men" by Ann K. Schwader
"From an Honest Sister, to a Neglected Daughter" by Monica Valentinelli
"Étaín and the Unholy Ghosts" by Lisa Morton
"The Barefoot Sisters of Saint Beatriz
of the Mountain" by Kali Wallace
"Unburdened Flesh" by Penelope Love
"Only Dead Men Do Not Lie: The Trials of the Formosans" by Kaaron Warren
"Jane, Jamestown, The Starving Time" by Sun Yung Shin
"Dorcas and Ann: A True Story" by Molly Tanzer
"The Resurrected" by S. P. Miskowski "The Low, Dark Edge of Life" by Livia Llewellyn
"The Anchoress" by Lynda E. Rucker
"Siulais ir Kraujo ir Kaul? (Of Thread and Blood and Bone)" by Damien Angelica Walters
"Gravity Wave" by Nadia Bulkin
"The Veils of Sanctuary" by Selena Chambers
"The Sisters of Epione" by Alison Littlewood
"Red Words" by Gemma Files"
In my memoir of my immigration and especially civi In my memoir of my immigration and especially civic childhood in suburban Chicago (pre-order link in bio!) I shared some of my #AsianAmericanwoman thoughts about DIE HARD (1988), a film I thoroughly enjoy on several levels, and also enjoy critiquing. 

DIE HARD is being screened on Aug. 7 at @walkerartcenter as part of the ONCE UPON A TIME IN MANHOOD cinema series, guest curated by Dallas Goldtooth. 

"John McTiernan, Die Hard, 1988. Image courtesy 20th Century Fox.

$15 ($12 Walker members, seniors, and students; Free for students on Friday)

Part of: Once Upon a Time in Manhood

Released at the end of the decade that defined and established the Hollywood action film, Die Hard is often noted as having completely changed the genre. The film unfolds on Christmas Eve, with NYPD Detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) hoping to reconcile with his estranged wife at her office holiday party. He accidentally finds himself at the center of an elaborate heist perpetrated by a team of East German criminal extremists. With humor, heart, and perseverance, Willis’s portrayal of McClane offered a different vision for an action hero: a down-to-earth, ordinary guy unwittingly drawn into heroism, countering the chiseled, stoic archetype of the genre. 1988, US, 35mm, 132 min." 

@walkerartcenter I'm available to facilitate talks on this and other films involuntarily entered into the Asian American cinematic canon ;-)
Intel? Asking for a friend — what are some cool pe Intel? Asking for a friend — what are some cool perhaps non-obvious venues in #Chicago for potential off-site AWP readings and events (Obviously hundreds of orgs and groups will also be seeking!!!) DMs also welcome if it’s a secret! ❤️‍🔥Thank you! 

xoxo SY (below is photo of a book I have actually read — for the algorithm)
A (painful) photoessay on the staggering significa A (painful) photoessay on the staggering significance of literature for children in the history of this country…
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