Jer Xiong | jerxiong.bsky.social

Hmong writer. Southeast Asian American.

Hmong American Writer's Circle.

Editorial Assistant @thepublicsquare.

I'm more active on IG: jer_xiong.

[Jer Xiong | jerxiong.bsky.social @itsjerxiong]

Thank you for giving this essay a home! It's my first ever mention in Best American Essays, how exciting!

[Cincinnati Review @CincinnReview]

Congratulations to contributors Joylyn Chai and @itsjerxiong! Their essays from CR ("Not Wanted in the Garden" and "Calling," respectively) which were published in issue 20.1 were both recognized as notable in this year's Best American Essays!

[Jer Xiong | jerxiong.bsky.social @itsjerxiong]

Grateful to the folks at Lunch Ticket & the special guest judge Edgar Gomez for selecting my essay "Flaws" for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction. An essay about my tense relationship with my father, you can read it here:

https://t.co/tcbENXWuDu

[Lunch Ticket @LunchTicket1]

Issue 25 is live! Enjoy our packed issue of 36 pieces, and read what our EIC, Jessica Ballen, has to say about it at https://t.co/SppBzhcW6U

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Have you seen the news!? 🌟
Zócalo took home four first-place trophies! Check it out below ⬇️

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

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Congrats to all the honorees!

[thaoworra @thaoworra]

Disappointed that there wasn't more programming this year by Asian American literary organizations recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords that meant the end of the US involvement in the wars in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia that led to so many of us in diaspora

[Jane Friedman @JaneFriedman]

As of today, there are about half a dozen books being sold on Amazon, with my name on them, that I did not write or publish. Some huckster generated them using AI. This promises to be a serious problem for the book publishing world. https://t.co/YXcMlJeTMV

[McNeese Review @McNeeseReview]

Get ready for Spooky Season and submit to Boudin’s Halloween Special Edition! We’re looking for fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, that explores horror, fear, and anxiety around teeth. Max 7,000 words for fiction or up to 3 poems. Submissions open September 1st!

[Kao Kalia Yang @kaokaliayang]

Thank you to @mnopera, @TheOrdway, and the rest of the Arts Partnership for a beautiful screening of The Song Poet Opera on a magical Minnesota evening.

[Hub City Press @HubCityPress]

✨OPEN CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS✨
We're adjusting our open query period this fall! From September 1-15, we will be opening for queries for full prose manuscripts (novels and nonfiction), from Black, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native American writers.

[aaww-nyc.bsky.social @aaww]

As many of our community members know, the 2023 Asian American Literary Festival (#AALF23) to take place August 4-6 has been canceled. AAWW, alongside hundreds of festival organizers and partners have spent countless hours on programming and are turning to you for support! 🧵⬇️

[Kundiman @kundimanforever]

On July 5th the Asian American Literature Festival was suddenly canceled by @smithsonian leadership, just weeks in advance. Without explanation, they erased months of planning work and canceled a unique and historically significant event.
https://t.co/82sLj0eK59

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Congratulations to Paige Buffington, the winner of the 12th annual Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize for “From 20 Miles Outside of Gallup, Holbrook, Winslow, Farmington, or Albuquerque." 🎉
https://t.co/6AZVKZ8kNV

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Darlene Lacey (@DarleneLacey75), curator of the Candy Wrapper Museum, explains how the ephemera she collects are time machines that open "an emotional portal to the past."
https://t.co/SiSMb41XJe

[Variety @Variety]

Here's the energetic performance of "Naatu Naatu" from #RRR at the #Oscars. https://t.co/ndiKiHeOT5

[The Associated Press @AP]

Ke Huy Quan, through tears, celebrated his Oscar win for best supporting actor in “Everything Everywhere All at Once."

"My journey started on a boat. I spent a year in a refugee camp. And somehow I ended up here on Hollywood's biggest stage," Quan said. https://t.co/3DT6Mh7vzD

[E! News @enews]

She's everything, everywhere, all at once. Stephanie Hsu looks as sharp as a rose at the #Oscars. 🌹

[ABC News @ABC]

“Mom — I just won an Oscar!”

Ke Huy Quan gives an emotional speech after winning Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Everything Everywhere All At Once.”

#Oscars
#Oscars95
https://t.co/OizA2V1EIT

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Happy Friday! You know what that means—a new #poem to enjoy. Check out "After the Idea of the Flood Recedes" by Daisy Fried (@DaisyFried):
https://t.co/DYe3ZQncat

[Zócalo Public Square @ThePublicSquare]

Did you catch Carolina Ebeid (@CarolinaEbeid)'s visual poem "Eros / ion"? The poem, says Ebeid, "could be read as a kind of score for the technological noise of memory."https://t.co/sA5YSC8iKV

[Jer Xiong | jerxiong.bsky.social @itsjerxiong]

Really glad netflix is cracking down on password sharing so that I can go back to reading books and finding more free cool stuff via my public library.