Chin-Sun Lee

I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”

The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.

It didn't matter.

Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.

Totals by Candidate 11 Zohran Kwame Mamdani 1012850 50.32% 12 Curtis A. Sliwa 144123 7.16% | 13 Irene Estrada 2575 0.13% | 14 Eric L. Adams 6182 0.31%| 15 Joseph Hernandez 1228 0.06% 16 Andrew M. Cuomo 837398 41.61% 17 Jim Walden 2128 0.11% | 18 WRITE-IN 6163 0.31% | 2012647

Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969

thanks as always for reposting @rodmannix.bsky.social 🙏

10 Books Featuring Devils, Doppelgängers, Ghosts, and Creepy Dolls - Electric Literature Eerie entities and speculative ideas help these novels and stories articulate deeply human truths

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delighted to see UPCOUNTRY in this @electricliterature.com roundup of creepy ghoulish books by laura venita green, author of SISTER CREATURES—out now w/ @unnamedpress.bsky.social!
link to article in comments

A flyer for a street side lit reading, featuring Camille U. Adams, Michelle Guerrero Henry, Aubrey Hirsch, Rax King, Sara Lippmann, Kate Tooley, and me! It shows the covers of our books and includes info about the reading: November 16 at 2pm at "Store Front West" (367 E 10th St, NY NY 10009)

NY friends, come hang November 16th!

@camilleuadams.bsky.social @michelleghenry.bsky.social @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social @raxkingisdead.bsky.social @saralippmann.bsky.social @katetooley.bsky.social

still a few more spots (and days) left—so come and get ‘em! i still think of fall as “back to school,” so if you’ve been itching to dedicate more focus on your writing, perhaps now is the time?

still a few more spots (and days) left—so come and get ‘em! i still think of fall as “back to school,” so if you’ve been itching to dedicate more focus on your writing, perhaps now is the time?
(link for details/to register in bio)

if you want to escape from all the things just for a few moments, read this new story by Elizabeth Bull—it’s so weird and lovely and funny and moving. i’d just woken up from a nap when i read it, and felt that dream-world shift into hers…

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WRITERS! i’m leading an 8-week intermediate-advanced fiction workshop next month—so if you have a novel, stories, or work of autofiction you’d like to propel or revise, ‘tis the season to get serious! 4 days left for early registration, see link in bio💫

PAST PRESENT FUTURE — with Chin-Sun Lee on family, mortality, and trusting the process of not knowing

such fun chatting with @allysonnoman.bsky.social while she pulled some timely tarot cards!✨✨✨ check out our convo & follow her stack!

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yay grace!!!🎉🎉🎉

ha and yikes! did you actually take any pix? dogs always look so humble when they’re in a predicament (also when they do their outside biz, i always find it rather endearing)

phew, happy to hear it! pierced by a porcupine, so wild

The Associated Press is ending its regular book coverage. In good news for people who love bad news, the Associated Press is apparently ending its regular literary coverage. Starting September 1st, the national news source and media hub will no longer rel…

Starting September 1st, the Associated Press will no longer release their standardized, stand-alone reviews for new books.

omg! 😱 poor pooch, hope he or she is okay

ooh yes, “interesting bits and bobs” is up the right alley, thank you!☺️

looking for edinburgh & glasgow recs: i'll be there end-aug thru end-sept, with a writing rez in between. art, book stores, restaurants, coffee shops, thrifting, flea markets, cemeteries, parks, pubs (peaty scotch!🥃), weird random poke-abouts—throw 'em at me please!🙏

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who knew snails loved paper, and with such fervency in sweden? (glad your card is intact tho!)

this is awesome dustin!!🎉🎉🎉

oh no!

An update: We still have no rep in Congress (same with two other Dem-held districts in GOP states) & instead of an election the Governor is holding a special legislative session to redraw the districts. The proposed map will give the GOP 5 additional seats.

www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

i am typing this beyond the crypt

brava barbara!!!🎉

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

Tae Heung Kim, 40:
- Lived in US since he was 5
- Has green card
- Getting PhD at Texas A&M
- Researching vaccine for Lyme disease
- Has 1 minor pot charge from 2011, since sealed

Also: Detained incommunicado by DHS after returning from wedding in Korea

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

flyer announcing a craft seminar with an image of the instructor, chin-sun lee, an asian woman wearing a gray t-shirt

a brief summary of what the class will focus on

a positive student testimonial about the instructor

a short bio about the instructor

i’ve taught this generative workshop in person & now i’m psyched to lead a virtual version this fall w/ @writingco-lab.bsky.social !
october 18th, 12-2pm ET, $65, enroll here: www.writingco-lab.com/classes/pros...

i’m so sorry to hear that. every one of them betrayed their constituents.

i know we will. what makes me sad is how many won’t. and these people revel in this cruelty. today i’m morose but i won’t let them suck all the joy out of being alive and human💗

it’s so fucking depressing