Simon Wu

dancing on my own @harperbooks June 2024

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“When it was my turn, the youngest monk at the monastery brought me to a folding chair and instructed my parents to hold a shower curtain in front of me to catch the hair.”

Simon Wu on a meditation retreat in New Jersey. https://t.co/W5xO67R8gb

[The Believer @believermag]

“I thought we had come to the Home Depot to replace the metal numbers on my mother’s mailbox. But the problem we bring is not the problem we leave with.”

—Simon Wu’s “Department” essay on Home Depot

https://t.co/AxiPIL4Dkt

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I lean close to the bag and inhale. I remember that the leather is baby-cow skin. I smell the earth, animal mortality, and the moment of my financial trauma.”

Simon Wu on handbags. https://t.co/zdzJhEGNWR

[Ruth Madievsky @ruthmadievsky]

last stop of paperback tour! ny, please join me @smathewss @wuhoo774 & @SomersErin at @POWERHOUSEArena on 10/4 for a night of chic chaos

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The Japanese dating show “The Boyfriend” captures friendship, heartbreak, and the perils of having a hot roommate. “I felt that I was watching a glacial David Attenborough-narrated nature documentary, but this one was about humans,” Simon Wu writes. https://t.co/Lzsw6e6Mgc

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“I worry I have made the first of many mistakes. Has Costco failed us? A bland remix of Ed Sheeran wafts up from the swim-up bar in the central courtyard into the lobby.”

Simon Wu on a Costco Travel trip to Cancún. https://t.co/I1Mj0URq9S

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

✨DANCING ON MY OWN by @wuhoo774 is OUT TODAY✨
“Dazzling. . . A must-read.” — Claudia Rankine
"Keen and refreshing." — Cathy Park Hong
“Exhilarating.” — Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully ecstatic." — Hua Hsu
"A thoughtful and intimate act of curation." — Kyle Chayka

[Rizzoli Bookstore @Rizzoli_Bkstore]

Popping back in to share our event on 7/2 with the fine duo @wuhoo774 & @geoff_mak! We will celebrate their books DANCING ON MY OWN & MEAN BOYS! Moderated by @tonytula

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

Love seeing @wuhoo774’s DANCING ON MY OWN on @PublishersWkly’s fall preview for LGBTQ nonfiction 🫶✨😭. tysm @kwistent 🥺

https://t.co/3KE3ZKSE5I

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

DOMO!!!!! 🫶 @wuhoo774

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

@wuhoo774's essay caused a motherquake

https://t.co/jW8H3vm2pu

[Simon Wu @wuhoo774]

My 4000 words on gay fan fiction 💚
@spike_art

https://t.co/pPacfREZuU

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

🥲🫶🥺 @wuhoo774

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

a PW starred review for @wuhoo774 !!!

🌟"This exhilarating debut essay collection. . .uses cultural artifacts as springboards to reflect on connection, sexuality, and the immigrant experience. . . . This dynamic first outing heralds the arrival of a promising new talent.”🌟

[CRIT @CRITWorks]

here are your CRIT guests for May 2024, which will be the LAST one of the year before I go on book launch hiatus:

@CaoilinnHughes X @_catherinelacey X esteemed CRIT alum Simon Wu 🫡🫡🫡🫡

apps due on 3/31: https://t.co/iEfv06GKEC

[Simon Wu @wuhoo774]

@CRITWorks @CaoilinnHughes @_catherinelacey Omg!

[Simon Wu @wuhoo774]

@ezra_kupor A roman empire

[Simon Wu @wuhoo774]

In which I talk about pop making me gay etc

[Simon Wu @wuhoo774]

Spoke with @andrewdurb1n about writing DOMO for @friezeofficial

https://t.co/0zik03zURs

[ezra kupor @ezra_kupor]

there is literally only one reason I would go into the office on 12/21, and that reason is💞DANCING ON MY OWN💞galleys!!

love this book, love @wuhoo774, love @robynkonichiwa, love overthinking on the dance floor
: ')

DM me for limited galleys❤️‍🔥