em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️

author ∙ astounding award finalist ∙ IF FOUND, RETURN TO HELL + THE DEATH I GAVE HIM (@Solarisbooks, out now) ∙ rep'd by @penelopekayb ∙ les, t, they/他, etc.

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

award season! please consider for your ballots, “Stellar Evolutions in Pop Idol Artistry," my speculative love letter to the kpop panopticon—eligible in the short story category at 6640 words & available in the July 2024 issue of Clarkesworld! https://t.co/c8NGFgTe5k

[this is my heartbeat @BayhanJulusmole]

Started reading my copy of Taiwan Travelogue because the recent discussion piqued my curiosity, and this is literally the last paragraph of the in-universe “translator” introduction. I, uh, think the author knows, guys!

[Shen Tao @storygoose]

Heard there was discussion about The Poet Empress and its historical accuracy on here so I reactivated my account to clarify a few things. (long thread)

[Alex Marshall @alexmarshall81]

If you’re interested in Taiwan or books, here are author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King’s speeches tonight upon winning the International Booker Prize tor Taiwan Travelogue

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

this reaction is killing me because yes this is correct this is literally precisely what the novel is about and (spoiler? i suppose) the thematic conclusion is inarguably that no relationship can survive under the all encompassing burden of colonialism lol

[yoshimi battles video game addiction @nise_yoshimi]

the reaction by certain people on here to "Taiwan travelogue" is odd to me because at a glance it seems to be a novel *about* the ways the invisible power dynamics of colonialism fundamentally distort human relationships. Not about how cool the Japanese occupation of Taiwan was

[daily leslie cheung 張國榮 / 장국영 @dailylesliec]

oh… daffy… oh… 😭😭😭

[Joel Chan @kjoules]

April 1st at the Mandarin Oriental, 23 years later

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@prufrocke oooh have you read alex gonzalez's REKT? (also i've read and loved most of this list so going to check out nefando post haste 🙏)

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@greatmingling aurghhh i wanna watch

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@greatmingling whoaaa these look so good

[♡ @taesdawn26]

evocative cinematography of happy together (1997)

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

I am headed to worldcon tomorrow! no programming this year I will just be floating around the con and saying hi to people, so if you will be there & want to hang out, give me a shout!

[tar-minyatur’s court twink ✵ @caranthirs]

it's totally cool if people don't like the specific het pairings that have become published novels but i find that aspect less concerning than the fact that just 13 of the top 100 pairings of all time on ao3 are m/f but all the successful published novels that were fics are m/f

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@EliasEells @neonhemlock whoo!! congrats!!

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@junescribbles 😍😍😍

[Nila 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇸🇳 @glukupikron]

Lesbian Lovers Kissing In Tiananmen, 2006

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@AiJiang_ you're a BEAST

[♡ @taesdawn26]

happy 32nd anniversary to "farewell my concubine", the first and only chinese film to win the prestigious Palme d'Or at the cannes film festival.

[em x. liu | 刘雯雯☁️ @emdashliu]

@prufrocke dude hell yeah

[♡ @taesdawn26]

happy together cast at the cannes film festival, 1997