Henry Lien

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
@idinamenzel.bsky.social #PeasproutChen and I wish you a happy year of the fire horse!
Love,
Henry
#lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse #DiverseBooks #reading

10,000 YEARS OF STOMACH GAS!
#PeasproutChen is infuriated to death that the #Olympics committee once again failed to include Wu Liu, the beautiful and deadly sport of kung fu figure skating, in #MilanoCortina.
#DiverseBooks #HeatedRivalry
Artwork: Alexandra Manukyan, Afu Chan, Caroline Jaltorossian

It continues to teach me lessons, including acceptance of the bird poop marring my beautiful scroll.

Love,

Henry
@wwnorton.com
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu #BookTok #WabiSabi #kintsugi

Now the Library of Congress is flying me out to speak about it and it’s longlisted or recommended for multiple awards (Locus, British Science Fiction Award, Nebula).

It’s quietly ignited little conversations over the past year.

SOMETIMES THE ASTEROID IS SMALL (AND WET)

My book about Eastern storytelling structures has been enjoying an interesting life.

It continues to teach me lessons, including acceptance of the bird poop marring my beautiful scroll.

Love,

Henry
@w.w.norton

Now the Library of Congress is flying me out to speak about it and it’s longlisted or recommended for multiple awards (Locus, British Science Fiction Award, Nebula).

It’s quietly ignited little conversations over the past year.

Q&A Excerpt: Henry Lien Henry Lien was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Henry is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the auth…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: excerpts from a Q&A with author & Your Personal Odyssey guest lecturer @henrylienauthor.bsky.social, who talks about nonlinear storytelling & the relationship between unreliable narrators and linearity odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/q...

Thanks, I could talk about this stuff all day long!!!

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling The Art of Eastern Storytelling

and Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

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Thank you, @susankayequinn.bsky.social and @clarkeaward.bsky.social !!

Thanks for the shout-out about my book. You make an nteresting point. Western logic and rhetoric are often about proving a thesis. Eastern logic and rhetoric often focus on observing phenomena and inducing larger truths from them. That’s apparent in kishõtenketsu.

You’re the best, Carlie!!

“THIS IS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM USING AN OLD PASSWORD.”
This is my new mantra I came up with as a sort of self bio-hack. It’s been modestly life-changing.
Love,
Henry
#biohack #neurology #rewiring

“IN DREAMS I WALK WITH YOU”
2 blocks from my house is a cemetery starring the remains of David Lynch. A year and a day after he left Earth, I went to thank the artist who taught me there is another world, but it’s not somewhere out there. It’s inside and it’s hidden in plain view.
#DavidLynch

Awww thanks for including SPRING, SUMMWR, ASTEROID, BIRD in this list!!

All My Favorite 2025 Reads Last week, I posted a big long list of Everything I Read In 2025. This week, I’ll be discussing some of my favorites from that list, categorized—per usual—in super normal ways, like Favorite …

Gah, I forgot the link! Okay, NOW with excellent work written by

@melissacaruso.bsky.social, @kjcharleswriter.com @exaggerated.bsky.social, @kerstinhall.bsky.social, @henrylienauthor.bsky.social, @elienyc.bsky.social, @ryannorth.ca, @edenroyce.bsky.social, @riverssolomon.bsky.social, as well as ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR NEWS
Oh, hey, that’s nifty. @nextbigidea.bsky.social just selected #SpringSummerAsteroidBird (@wwnorton.com) as one of its six pix of 2025.
Love,
Henry
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BATCH-DUMP!
Ojai there, could you just hold this bag open for me while I dump a bunch of photos I forgot to post over the past year? Thnxurthebest.
Love,
Henry
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #PeasproutChen

OMG, I LOVED WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, IT WAS THE BEST!!!

Thank you so much for checking out Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird! I am honored. Heads up, there is also a theme song for the book: henrylien.com/wp-content/u...

I read 15 books this year - the most in a very long time - and:

2 were non-fiction (Gentle Writing Advice by @chuckwendig.bsky.social, and Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by @henrylienauthor.bsky.social)

4 were by @tkingfisher.com (Nettle & Bone, Thornhedge, Swordheart, A Sorceress Comes to Call)

Books on Writing Every Writer Should Have Checkout out this list on Bookshop

I made a list on Bookshop! bookshop.org/lists/books-...

Thank you so much for your kind support of the book. I hope it opens up new aspects of your work in progress!

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling The Art of Eastern Storytelling

#4 Spring Summer Asteroid Bird
by @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

This is my new favorite writing book and would make an incredible gift for any #writer, new or veteran, because it expands Western storytellers' minds by showing another way (incl Kishōtenketsu structure).
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I’m shaken by the shooting at my alma mater #BrownUniversity. Remembering my time at Brown by studying my textbook from Chinese class. One of the gifts that Brown gave me was my own culture. Thank you, #BrownUniversity.
Love,
Henry
#EverTrue

Aww, shux, thank you!! I bow at your feet for your kind words about my book. Also, FYI, did you know there’s a theme song? Click here and scroll down for the song link: henrylien.com/spring-summe...