anthony chen

program & editorial associate @asiaspeaks

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

The only Met Gala co-chair with six Best New Albums to her name

https://t.co/y9fjSSQGCM

[Pitchfork @pitchfork]

An immaculate dance record

https://t.co/SMByi12Y0g

[Gonzalez Audio Solutions @1nsanitylater]

white ppl b like “i went to flushing this weekend”

[Roman Gautam @romangautam]

Towards the end of last week, we advertised vacancies for two editorial positions on the @HimalSouthasian team – an Associate Editor and an Assistant Editor (https://t.co/LfEitq5w3P). Since then, by a rough reckoning, we’ve received on average three or so applications every hour. That already puts the size of the applicant pool in the hundreds – and counting.

To say that we are overwhelmed is an understatement. Watching the torrent, I’m led to think: either we’re doing something right at Himal to attract this much talent, or the state of the media in Southasia is so dire that tons of good journalists are struggling to find newsrooms worthy of what they can do. Or both!

I’m inclined to the “both” possibility, but also to steer away from self-congratulation. No matter how you look at it, the bigger picture here is anything but pretty. Yes, I believe in the work Himal does, and I know lots of good journalists do too. That said, Himal has a long way to go, and we have our own struggles to survive and grow. Plus we’re tiny – a team of ten people, scrabbling together the resources to add one or two more – while the crisis of the media in Southasia is immense. Adding a couple more editors to the Himal team is a drop in the ocean.

But drops make oceans, and this is the way we start fighting back: a few more jobs, a few more investigations, a few more years doing truly uncompromised journalism. And, of course, a few more paying supporters, and then a few more and then a few more, so that we can keep going and growing with our readers' support and without any government or corporate funding or pressures.

Come become a Himal Patron and join the fightback. Help us grow so we can soon hire three more journalists instead of two, then four more instead of three... you get the picture.

https://t.co/p9golGIPrU

[森森 @yidashengli]

they're doubling down on bad asian-american literature and media right now as a last ditch against the becoming chinese and wasian century stuff

[anthony chen @anthony___chen]

if you think asian american literature is all the same, maybe you should read more :~)

[Sirena ꒰ঌ ໒꒱ @sirenaworld]

I believe Asian American women deserve to get clout and dough for writing garbage just like everybody else in this country!!

[Helios 🌙 ˖𖥔 ݁ ˖ @seelie_savant]

i promise you that there are a lot more asian american experiences than just uci

[Ayesha A. Siddiqi @AyeshaASiddiqi]

i feel like corny diaspora kids can be allowed a cliche or two. white people never run out of books about girls w eating disorders having bad sex. the three straight white men who read won’t run out of works about alcoholism and cheating. prose about parents who cut fruit is ok

[Sridhar Ramesh @RadishHarmers]

I will write the great Asian-American novel. It will be about white boyfriends and my mother's tofu, but from a heterosexual Indian man's perspective.

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

MEET OUR SAS SCIENCE MENTORS!

Excited to welcome Mira Kamdar as our mentor for SAS Science!

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

For SAS Science, our newest science writing mentorship program, here's a glimpse of the projects we're looking for, and not. Do apply if you're an emerging science writer working in English!

Applications open March 1, 2026. Link in bio.

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

In this month's paid Substack dispatch, our team shares some excellent new releases in the South Asian literary space they're looking forward to reading in 2026. Have a look at the entire list of stellar titles here! https://t.co/7ZdY552lro

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

🚨 SAS SCIENCE: Our newest program for emerging science writers, modeled after our flagship fellowship.
Applications open 1st March 2026! Watch this space for more details over the next few days. More details here: https://t.co/Nm03go6UJz

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

The foreign correspondent has always been a controversial figure. Indian reporters, often while secretly aspiring to those very jobs, have long rolled their eyes at foreign correspondents’ salaries, their parachute reporting, their occasional cluelessness about how the country actually works. There is real resentment about stories that Indian newspapers broke first, only to be “discovered” weeks later by a Western outlet and rewarded with global amplification.

And yet, despite all this, they were doing something crucial. Especially now.
https://t.co/LQEPDNhDNx

[Sasanka Perera @sasmester]

A Sri Lankan initiative .... For those interested, there is time until 31 January 2026 to apply ....

[Pop Base @PopBase]

12 years ago today, Beyoncé released ‘BEYONCÉ.’

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

For this month’s free Substack dispatch, our Program & Editorial Associate Anthony Chen caught up with SAS mentor and author Mahesh Rao about his new novel Half Light.

Read the full conversation here!
https://t.co/G7UB6Vx8hw

[South Asia Speaks @AsiaSpeaks]

This month on our paid Substack, we have a rare and exclusive insight into a Masterclass event—Isaac Chotiner in conversation with Devika Rege about her novel Quarterlife, her writing life, and her thoughts on narrative craft. Full conversation here! https://t.co/5y6GDGtg2h