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100 Days of Creative Resistance graphic featuring a quote from Crystal Hana Kim that reads “In moments of despair, when I want to obliterate the world or myself out of desperation and rage, I practice slowing down my body, narrowing my focus to the small, sensory details around me.”

Day 11 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @crystalhanak.bsky.social on grounding

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Can't stay away from books!
Here's another 20 books that have stayed with me or influenced me. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

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"If you thought you had an opioid crisis before, baaayyybeeeeee, you ain't seen nothin yet!!!"

Best of 2024: @crystalhanak.bsky.social

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In The Stone Home, Crystal Hana Kim Uncovers a Dark Chapter in Korean History "When I'm writing, I always start with questions but I don't necessarily expect to find answers," says the author of "The Stone Home," a new novel about the legacy of South Korean internment camps.

Having lost touch after high school, @crystalhanak.bsky.social and I had our 20 year reunion in Interview Magazine We discuss her latest novel, The Stone Home which beautifully highlights the roles of community and hope during a dark period of South Korea’s history that echos our present moment.

where would I be without my sisters and our group chat 💗 @rokwon.bsky.social @crystalhanak.bsky.social

Dangerous Women by R. O. Kwon author of THE INCENDIARIES and EXHIBIT texts: Is there anything we can do to support you this week other than amplifying book-related things? Rest up love am trying to remind myself that all will be well, but obviously if anything happens, you must avenge me

wrote this a little while ago, an ode to a group chat I have with a couple of dear friends, @nicolechung.bsky.social & @crystalhanak.bsky.social <3

& glad to see it up today as part of a joint essay in the @washingtonpost.com

Life feels hectic and a bit overwhelming lately, but a bit of lovely good news. I’m honored to be on @newliteraryproject.bsky.social’s Joyce Carol Oates Prize longlist alongside so many writers I love, many of whom I am lucky enough to call my friends. ☄️

Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist Announced — New Literary Project Announcing the 2025 Longlist for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize

JCO Prize Longlist is out!
Congrats:

@rumaan.bsky.social
@jamiattenberg.bsky.social
@porochista.bsky.social
@crystalhanak.bsky.social
@iamlisako.bsky.social
@rokwon.bsky.social
@sarahmanguso.bsky.social
@andrewporter01.bsky.social
@morgantalty.bsky.social

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Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

We are thrilled to see these Curtis Brown titles included on NPR's end-of-year list! Congratulations to Gordon Korman, Amy Lin, Jennifer Croft, Laura van den Berg, and @crystalhanak.bsky.social !

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Wanna play if-then book recommendation?
If you loved @minjinlee.bsky.social's PACHINKO, check out @crystalhanak.bsky.social's IF YOU LEAVE ME.

Episode 646: Crystal Hana Kim, Author of The Stone Home Podcast Episode · Writer's Bone · 04/02/2024 · 41m

"I wanted the novel to be politically charged and I wanted to do right by the historical facts. At the same time, I wanted it to feel gripping, immersive, and character-driven." @crystalhanak.bsky.social

Thanks so much, Sara!

These are the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza. One of my dreams is for my books and my writings to travel the world, for my pen to have wings so that no unstamped passport or visa rejection can hold it back.  Another dream of mine is to have a ��...

As Rasha Abdulhadi said:

“Don't just read us when we're dead. Don't just read our dead.

Answer the screams of the living. Publish & broadcast those living cries.

Love us while we're still alive. Love us enough to keep us alive.”

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