Rose Wong 寶怡

writing a novel • alum of @Oregonian @TB_Times @DukeChronicle • more words in @portlandmercury @wweek • she/her/她 🏳️‍🌈

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

I just got home from the Netherlands, where I visited the Anne Frank House and had the most moving museum experience imaginable. For my last post of 2025, I wrote about the visit, Anne Frank's legacy as not just a "diarist" and why that matters.
https://t.co/jX6ork4ocd

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

My friend Margot is 25. Long COVID has completely changed her life. And recently she was diagnosed with cancer. This is part 2 of our two-part conversation:
https://t.co/B7A066rfi6

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

I wrote about the cursed friendship breakup—or specifically, what happens after. And how changed my thoughts on the subject.
https://t.co/x3e6TPUGRf

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

Cancer rates in young people are surging. I wrote this because I think it might resonate with you or someone you know. I hope you’ll subscribe or share with someone.
https://t.co/MS22nx58IK

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

I became less online starting in 2023, right after an oncologist in Portland told me I had 5 years left to live.

I have a lot more to say and you can read it in the link below. And I hope you'll subscribe and follow along.
https://t.co/bBlzmOncQJ

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

sOME pERSONAL nEWS!!

I’m engaged! I’m about to start an MFA in Creative Writing at St. Mary’s College of California! I'm starting a Substack! I’m very excited for these things!

I shared years ago I was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and some of the developments that followed.

[Jason Linkins @dceiver]

give it up for Lexi, folks

[Arielle Angel @ArielleLAngel]

My mom worked on the Florida abortion ballot initiative for nearly two years. She is besides herself. "We can't sustain raising 125k a month to help women travel. We won't be able to get them abortions." This is devastating.

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

@KFILE Congrats!!! 🎊

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

many words later… back from first writer’s residency at Hedgebrook❣️

[Nik Streng @NikStreng]

Drop what you’re doing! A new @rosebwong piece dropped!

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

@NikStreng Nik 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

And it’s in print!

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

I’ve been going back to my college town for Thanksgiving since I graduated. I look forward to it every year. I wrote about how the tradition started for @portlandmercury’s annual holiday guide:
https://t.co/Fo8Telr8hW

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

@ErasTourResell @KarenNEliot Can I please buy your ticket? ❤️‍🔥@KarenNEliot

[Tom Smyth @Tom_Smyth_]

Fran Lebowitz should go on Hot Ones

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

Go see How to Make an American Son at @ProfileTheatre!

play review for @wweek:
https://t.co/hB5lYxlMQk

[Rose Wong 寶怡 @rosebwong]

@kathrynvarn @axios @SeleneSanFelice @yacob_reyes Congrats Kathryn! 🥰🥳🎉✨

[Portland Mercury 🗞 @portlandmercury]

Don't miss this gorgeous essay from @rosebwong about being a transplant who was nervous about moving to Portland, but then fell deeply in love with our city. Another great entry in the Mercury's "SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND" guide!
https://t.co/prXA4rJeow