Asya Partan

Writer. Chronic re-arranger of spaces. Essays in @the_rumpus @cogwbur @BostonGlobe @pangyrus. Top 5: multiculturalism/identity/media/art/place.

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Powerful essay about identity, prejudice, and punctuation that's 100% worth (y)our time. Guernica: The Hyphen’s Dream https://t.co/ketGIzEdtm via @GuernicaMag

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Ah, the weird weighted gym ropes. Called "battle ropes," it turns out. Read about them and other mind-boggling gym terms in my latest piece for @GlobeOpinion to add a bit of levity to your day.

[Boston Globe Opinion @GlobeOpinion]

“I imagine it happened like this. One day, on a Zoom call, corporate voted to reinvent the gym to lure new bodies to its dumbbells and those weird weighted ropes,” writes @apartan. “A return to office – gym edition.” #GlobeIdeas https://t.co/CLwWml3RK6

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Kelly Horan, my wildly multi-talented editor at @GlobeOpinion, has written a stunning essay about her mother-in-law. Enjoy! Swan song: My mother-in-law, her myth, and me https://t.co/xtC31ZlfZi via @BostonGlobe

[Asya Partan @apartan]

I loved speaking to @NicoleGLipson about how her essays - and her beautiful memoir-in-essays, Mothers and Other Fictional Characters - came into being, word by word. Thank you @brevitymag for giving our Q&A a wonderful home!

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

"I wanted to write a book that spoke to the many coexisting versions of ourselves, using my life as a case study to illustrate that women are complex, multidimensional, full human beings." ~ @NicoleGLipson interviewed by @apartan https://t.co/EQJwcs4FRC

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Thank you, @cogwbur and @cloeax, for making a home for this piece. May life underground soon become a thing of the past. https://t.co/CmLzOxN1xX

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@ajmandal15 Saving this-thanks for the rec!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The third anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. Three years of absolute heroism by our people.

Eternal memory to all who stood up in defense of our state and our people, giving their lives so that Ukraine may live.

Eternal gratitude to the fallen heroes—the gratitude of Ukraine, the gratitude of all free nations.
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@elonmusk Are you all aware of checks and balances, or do you only check what your balance is?

[Asya Partan @apartan]

My fabulously talented professor Megan Marshall (a Pulitzer winner for her biography work) is coming out with a new book of essays. You can read about them here, and check out one of her many upcoming events in the Boston area. https://t.co/pel9gTpbJC

[Asya Partan @apartan]

An update on the curse of Lenin's embalmed body: Putin's been advised "to remove Vladimir Lenin's body from a mausoleum in Moscow in order to seal his legacy as Moscow's leader." #https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/01/27/opinion/russia-putin-lenin-embalmed-soviet-history/

[Asya Partan @apartan]

An important piece by @mashagessen as we enter Trump's second term and approach the 3rd warversary in Ukraine. I Spent Trump’s Inauguration in Ukraine. This Is What I Saw. https://t.co/tE6GvThI1v

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@brecht_dp Have you watched this? https://t.co/7CveIMx39g

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Endless thanks to @The_Rumpus for publishing this. I hope everyone get to read this extraordinary, laugh-out-loud funny, devastating memoir. Part @navalny’s life story, part Russia’s, it’s also a playbook on resistance that we very much need today. https://t.co/06bautJR5Z

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@brecht_dp Congratulations!! Look forward to reading it - looks like it's not up yet, pls let us know when it is

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@brecht_dp I love this way of looking at it. Also - huge thanks for the 2025 rankings!

[Asya Partan @apartan]

My gifted friend BC Reynolds' writes: "I had my second IUD put in because my country elected a madman. It was the longest-lasting option I could find... and I expected this man I would never meet would try to strip away my rights as quickly as he could."
https://t.co/PzYDZf1VMh

[Asya Partan @apartan]

My friend and fellow ⁦@Emerson_WLP⁩-er Jen Zeuli has just published a stunning piece of flash and I feel so lucky to write alongside people who can craft such beauty with a pen. #flash #writing https://t.co/sHnhq3Kjwk

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@MBTA why did a double train carrying about 20 people fail to stop at Brookline Village where so many people are waiting? Rang the bell. Went right by us all.

[Asya Partan @apartan]

@judithclaire25 Well it looks like at least 21 of us have read it, and I can for one say that I absolutely loved your essay in @TheSunMagazine , go back to it regularly for inspiration, and really look forward to your book.

[Asya Partan @apartan]

Two phenomenally talented writers who inspire me daily sat down to have a conversation about a magical new essay collection. Check out ⁦@NicoleGLipson⁩’s interview with Jerald Walker about his new book, “Magically Black” & make sure you get a copy! https://t.co/cciXpuEstS