"My hatred lives on through my singing
Repelling hummingbirds, ladybugs, worms
My hatred has grown very tall
Its fingers all dangle with seeds"
“Vinegar Ceremony” by Cleo Qian (@cleoqian.bsky.social) from @honeyliterary.bsky.social
www.honeyliterary.com/issue-5-/poe...
Teaching at Tin House this summer!
wonder if there's a relationship between avant-garde aesthetics and radical politics. Why are all the most radical/visionary artists I know also the most leftist in their politics?
Love to be in this one!
💐Congratulations @cleoqian.bsky.social !
Longlisted for the 🏆2024 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction!
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The poet Natalie Diaz lost her brother Mino to a car accident this last Monday and is fundraising to help his family. Please give if you can. gofund.me/d42e8c18
I talked on the I'm A Writer But podcast (episode here):
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"As I wandered my own landscapes of alienation, loneliness & fear, the books I turned to showed me other girls who walked similar paths. Briefly, while reading them, I did feel less alone."
⚡ LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO's @cleoqian.bsky.social at Electric Lit
electricliterature.com/9-books-abou...
Two new poems in wildness! "Meditations on the Discovery of Green" and "Kitchen Study of Early Adulthood"
readwildness.com/31/
Love these two smart takes from Cleaver Magazine on LET'S GO! Love being read by Asian girlies!
www.cleavermagazine.com/two-takes-on...
Thank you Chicago Review of Books for this thoughtful review of LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO!
https://chireviewofbooks.com/2023/08/21/lets-go-lets-go-lets-go/
I interviewed @cleoqian.bsky.social for Full Stop about her debut short story collection Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go (Tin House). https://www.full-stop.net/2023/08/15/interviews/dianar/cleo-qian/