Maina 🦊

A nerd masquerading as an editor + writer in a cavernous corner of Brooklyn (games, horror, fantasy, poetry) Currently @nextshark for Asian American news 🦈

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

I've reached the point in my life where I crave fried chicken all the time.

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

@CaiJoWriter That and the wizard frog mug right? 😂🐸🪄

[Joseph J. Lam @joejlam]

We are so honored and grateful to be featured on @NextShark. Thank you, @mainachen, for putting an exceptional amount of care and thought into writing this story about @parentsarehuman.

https://t.co/YNt1UzR6Zb

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

Second piece interviewing DC creatives ✌🏻😁 this one covers representation and our elders fighting back against racists 💪🏻

[DC @DCOfficial]

"It's a show of strength and pride." 💪

AAPI creators talk with @nextshark about the importance of comics like DC FESTIVAL OF HEROES: THE ASIAN SUPERHERO CELEBRATION #1: https://t.co/RVPexfYacv

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

Omg, have I made it? This is one of my more personal interviews b/c the Monkey King was my childhood! Hail to “The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal!”🐒👑 thank you!
(They even quoted me on the personal anecdote I slipped in😭🙏🏻)

[DC @DCOfficial]

"The power of the King lives on." 👑

@Nextshark explores the creation of Monkey Prince with the talent behind the new hero! https://t.co/MzqggkotGe

[Anita Li @neeeda]

Week 1 of The Sustainability Accelerator, a #FacebookJournalismProject training program for BIPOC-led and -owned news outlets, is in the books! And what a kickoff it was 🔥🔥🔥

I'm humbled by the leadership, resilience and ENERGY of these phenomenal teams. Let's get to work 💪

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

"I try to find a “good home” for my poems. Most of them have been personal or relating to a snapshot of my life, so I want to share them with people who might feel the same way or reminisce about something else and make it their own." — @mainachen

https://t.co/2yH08Es14Q

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

"Nostalgia gives me a fair dose of sadness, but I take it and get the strength to move forward." — @mainachen

https://t.co/2yH08Es14Q #amwriting #CapsuleCollective

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

"Sometimes going back to old work is just as fulfilling as starting a new piece. You get to see how much you’ve progressed, how your mindset has changed, or maybe even how it hasn’t, but that’s ok." — @mainachen

https://t.co/2yH08Es14Q #selfediting #revision

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Don't miss our new #CapsuleCollective interview with @mainachen! Maina talks about writing nostalgic #poetry and how #revising old work can be just as fulfilling as starting a new piece.

https://t.co/2yH08Es14Q

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

Thanks for all the love! @CapsuleStories @CarolinaMarie_V 💛💛
The sheer amount of care and detail put into every aspect of this lit mag and its contributors every season is incredible.

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

A new #CapsuleCollective interview is live! We talked with @MainaChen about her #poems “An Old Photo,” “Summers on Repeat,” and “Platonic Beach,” which are published in Capsule Stories Summer 2020 Edition.

https://t.co/2yH08Es14Q

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Today’s #CapsuleCollective highlight: @mainachen is a nerd masquerading as an editor and writer in some cavernous corner of Brooklyn. A half-nocturnal night dweller, she writes short stories and poems. When she’s not creating monsters, she’s battling them in video games.

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

@CarolinaMarie_V @Editrix_Rachel Thanks for keeping me in mind! I’d like to know more

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Love this photo of #CapsuleStories Summer 2020 Edition from contributor @mainachen! 😍

https://t.co/3pG1B04juM

[Gwen Stebonnie @GwenStebonnie]

As the largest Asian American publication, thank you @mainachen & @NextShark for using your platform to spread awareness & to support survivors.

If you or someone you know was hurt by Donnoven Nguyen, reach out to me anytime. You will find support & will help protect others too.

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

I can’t stop thinking about how you’re next to me
but we don’t hold hands
we don’t touch
we don’t talk
we don’t need to
the ocean, repeatedly crashing over itself
says enough
and does all the speaking for us

—from @mainachen’s #poem “Platonic Beach” https://t.co/mj5sAjFPmW

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

You can read @mainachen’s poem “Summers on Repeat” (and two more of her poems!) in Capsule Stories Summer 2020 Edition, available in print and ebook: https://t.co/TCAcS7JmQw

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

I’ve listened and looped for
the same few wordless songs.
Nostalgia pours into my ears,
one lamp to illuminate my way.

Nothing soothes me more
than the nighttime breeze in summer.
The in-between of blazing suns
and a missing sun.

— @mainachen’s #poem “Summers on Repeat”

[Capsule Stories @CapsuleStories]

Capsule Stories Summer 2020 Edition features work by @bluesfolkjazz, @KaylaMKing, @conniptionns, @UttaranDasGupta, @GillianW_Writer, @marlinbressi, @mainachen, @LynneSchmidt, @SteverinoD, @JamesPenha, @sjjusticewrites, @StacyAnneWrites, @leprrdg

https://t.co/TCAcS7JmQw

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

Was debating deleting my Twitter for the longest time but I’ve accepted that it’ll stay. Going to treat it like a distant aunt or tired grandma who occasionally drops by for the food.

[Maina 🦊 @mainachen]

@paleomedia @tanzinavega Thank you so much for the shout out!