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[Hsien @xzonker]

a little star-struck to see my baby writer name on the 2020 Journey Prize longlist along with all these luminaries. can't wait to read everyone's work in the anthology!

[McClelland & Stewart @McClellandBooks]

We are *beyond* excited to announce the longlist for the 2020 @writerstrust McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize! 🎉 THE JOURNEY PRIZE STORIES 32, with stories selected by @amylaurajones, @dorettalau, and @teamutonji, is out September 22nd! https://t.co/DXqG8A1lMZ

[Leslie Hurtig @LeslieHurtig]

Hey B.C., grab an umbrella and get out to vote today. ✅

🌎🌲🎨🏠🧡📈🏨

[Lucas Schaefer @LucasESchaefer]

My novel THE SLIP is coming 6/3/25 from @SimonBooks. It’s a big Texas novel about a missing teenage boy and cases of mistaken & fluid identity and the transformative power of boxing, and I can’t wait to share it with you. Please consider preordering today! 🥊

[Hsien @xzonker]

Popping back on here to say my little ghost story (geist story?) can be found in the new @geistmag along with lots of other cool art and writing. I'll be reading at the Geist/Room/subTerrain triple launch at the Vancouver Public Library this Saturday Oct 5. Come say hi!

[Hsien @xzonker]

@akkabah brussels sprouts and strawberry tops. also parmesan, though that's much more understandable

[Hsien @xzonker]

@fraubux actually all of that sounds fair enough :) I loved that story, though I won't say I "got" it. maybe it's ok to love what you don't understand? sounds like your students are lucky to have you

[Hsien @xzonker]

@fraubux 😭 I'm afraid to ask, but why do they hate it?

[Hsien @xzonker]

@yilinwriter lol, enjoy the sweet taste of victory (and cheese)

[Yilin @ The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter]

We're so close 🔥 We have come such a long way, everyone!

[Yilin @ The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter]

Hold the British Museum accountable for copyright and moral rights infringement and the erasure of feminist poet Qiu Jin! Let's do this together - please spread the word far and wide! #NameTheTranslator #QiuJin

https://t.co/5BrtFdjDmD

[Hsien @xzonker]

@elizmccracken so glad you're ok! what the heck, other guy!

[Hsien @xzonker]

@ericahiroko The usual crew: buffelheads (my fave), a buttload of American coots and these cute tiny gulls. Just felt really good to be out there, hope you catch some sun soon too!

[Hsien @xzonker]

@ericahiroko The veil has lifted! Just for one day

[Lucas Schaefer @LucasESchaefer]

In honor of the new year let the '23 wares hawking begin! Teaching 2 courses @PorchTN: one for the long-winded, one for the succinct (since it's me both appropriate for the long-winded tbh). It'll be low key & practical. Maybe I'll wear my hot dog costume. Who knows! Join us!

[Cynthia Dewi Oka (Oh Hwi Siang) @freedewi]

I have a new poem in the @TheAtlantic. Thank you @fhill_official for giving her a home. I hope you’ll take a moment to read it. Sending much love to all who’s known this peculiar kind of loss.

Read at https://t.co/c2euB1BpMw

[Hsien @xzonker]

@rzhongnotes if it's something specific I'm struggling, like dialogue in a scene, I go read/watch something by someone good at the thing I'm bad at. Don't have to copy/imitate, but that "damn, that's good" feeling sometimes makes me want to be better?

[Hsien @xzonker]

@rzhongnotes I try to just go do something else. work on a different scene/different project, go out, read a book. sometimes you read a poem or see something on the bus and it shakes something loose

[Hsien @xzonker]

@LucasESchaefer What did you like better about this season? (Full disclosure, I preferred the first, but am curious what you think)

[Hsien @xzonker]

@LucasESchaefer ah, Austin. come for the brisket, stay for the clown with the killer left hook. big congratulations!

[Hsien @xzonker]

this sounds amazing

[Lucas Schaefer @LucasESchaefer]

I wanted to write a novel about the wild and expansive city I moved to 16 years ago, a place that is always (and never!) changing. Can’t wait to share my debut novel THE SLIP and introduce you to the Austin I know.