eileen chengyin chow
@chowleen.bsky.social
@chowleen most elsewhere; my old tweets reappear here at odd times.
Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher
周成蔭 #everynightapoem
Duke prof, APSI Dir+DGS, Duke Story Lab founder. DUP Sinotheory, LAReviewOfBooks board. Shewo Institute 舍我紀念館 Director, Biographical Lit 傳記文學 publisher
周成蔭 #everynightapoem
Pinned
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Hosts of small men continues to be a plague.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Hosts of small men continues to be a plague.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
chuck schumer would be the stupid guy in zombie movies that gets bitten and tries to hide it from the rest of the group.
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
chuck schumer would be the stupid guy in zombie movies that gets bitten and tries to hide it from the rest of the group.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Got this gem (1956 edition!) from Minotavros Books in Whitby, ON!
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Got this gem (1956 edition!) from Minotavros Books in Whitby, ON!
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
《邶風·柏舟》from Book of Songs (c. 600 BCE)
I like Arthur Waley's translation, so sharing his instead of mine #everynightapoem
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
《邶風·柏舟》from Book of Songs (c. 600 BCE)
I like Arthur Waley's translation, so sharing his instead of mine #everynightapoem
November 10, 2024 at 10:34 PM
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
《邶風·柏舟》from Book of Songs (c. 600 BCE)
I like Arthur Waley's translation, so sharing his instead of mine #everynightapoem
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
《邶風·柏舟》from Book of Songs (c. 600 BCE)
I like Arthur Waley's translation, so sharing his instead of mine #everynightapoem
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
New apple review -- the BLACK OXFORD. An apple that will gladly buy your soul at the midnight crossroad.
Apple Review #33: Black Oxford
To talk about this apple, we first talk about other apples. Let’s talk about the Black Diamond apple, because I get sent this every once in a while — a meme goes around, like this one &…
terribleminds.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
New apple review -- the BLACK OXFORD. An apple that will gladly buy your soul at the midnight crossroad.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
“I AM MORE INTERESTED in what the material can do . . . "
"THAT IS WHY I KEEP EXPLORING . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
“I AM MORE INTERESTED in what the material can do . . . "
"THAT IS WHY I KEEP EXPLORING . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED . . . "
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
“I AM MORE INTERESTED in what the material can do . . . "
"THAT IS WHY I KEEP EXPLORING . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
"AND EVERYTHING IS CONTINUOUS . . . "
"YOU CAN SHOW inside AND outside . . . "
"AND inside AND outside ARE connected . . . "
“I AM MORE INTERESTED in what the material can do . . . "
"THAT IS WHY I KEEP EXPLORING . . . "
INSIDE + OUTSIDE
MOMA NYC // 2025
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges reut.rs/3Xka3TD
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
reut.rs
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
When the Conservative Party in Korea declared martial law, the Korean Democrats knew if they didn’t send them to hell there would be no opposition afterwards. And look at them. They’re taking the ex conservative president and ensuring he never breathes free ever again.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Not a dime to any incumbent Democrat Senator who does not call for Schumer to resign as leader. (Which will mean not a dime to practically all of them.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Not a dime to any incumbent Democrat Senator who does not call for Schumer to resign as leader. (Which will mean not a dime to practically all of them.)
When I make soup from scratch it’s all-day cauldron Canto 俐湯 bone broth style. OR you need something instant and heat some stock and swirl an egg and call it dinner. There is no in-between. Taking 30 minutes is aesthetically offensive.
(Because we need a diversion)
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
When I make soup from scratch it’s all-day cauldron Canto 俐湯 bone broth style. OR you need something instant and heat some stock and swirl an egg and call it dinner. There is no in-between. Taking 30 minutes is aesthetically offensive.
THIS
20 or so peppercorns and dried shrimp/scallops is wild. Probably tasty. But also… if I’m making egg drop soup it’s because I don’t feel like putting in much effort for anything else.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
THIS
(Because we need a diversion)
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
(Because we need a diversion)
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
I don’t have the NYT cooking app so someone who does might tell me: why would it take a whole *30 minutes* to make egg drop soup?? Are we collecting eggs from the hen coop? Making bone broth from scratch??
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
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this is incredible
A dream come true: film footage of Simon Barere on TV in 1950 has surfaced and it's extraordinary. He plays an abridged version of the Gounod-Liszt Faust Waltz with his legendary dazzling technique & great lyricism - and the unmoving face of Horowitz, Moiseiwitsch & other greats. Link in comments!
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
this is incredible
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
BREAKING: Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This vote has not happened yet. Call your Senators, especially your Democratic Senators, and tell them that a deal without protection NOW for health insurance tax credits is unacceptable.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Louvre heist mystery man revealed to be a 15-year-old dandy who styles himself after French resistance hero Jean Moulin: Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux.
apnews.com/article/louv...
apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Louvre heist mystery man revealed to be a 15-year-old dandy who styles himself after French resistance hero Jean Moulin: Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux.
apnews.com/article/louv...
apnews.com/article/louv...
Watched Taxi Driver again tonight - last saw it in college probably.
Just astoundingly, disturbingly good.
Just astoundingly, disturbingly good.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Watched Taxi Driver again tonight - last saw it in college probably.
Just astoundingly, disturbingly good.
Just astoundingly, disturbingly good.
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Ah, le beau modèle anglo-saxon qui nous arrive très vite... #ESR
this is rather terrible news.
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is "proposing to reduce its nursing offer".
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah, le beau modèle anglo-saxon qui nous arrive très vite... #ESR
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
June 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rather beautifully, Professor Mahmood Mamdani's dedication in "Neither Settler Nor Native" is to his trail-blazing son, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
He quotes the revolutionary Chinese writer Lu Xun's famous concluding lines in "Hometown":
「其實地上本沒有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。」
-魯迅，故鄉
#everynightapoem
Reposted by eileen chengyin chow
Thinking of #zohranmandani ‘s father #MahmoodMamdani ‘s quote on the May Fourth writer Lu Xun. Hope is perhaps one of the best examples of #cogencytheory; it’s a thing with feathers, it’s an intellectual passion, the youthful spirit that animates how we envision a new world
“Imagine an iron house, with absolutely no windows, indestructible, with many people asleep inside who will soon die of suffocation…Would you think you are doing them a good turn [by waking them before they perish]?”
“But if a few awake, you can’t say there is no hope.”
Lu Xun
“But if a few awake, you can’t say there is no hope.”
Lu Xun
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thinking of #zohranmandani ‘s father #MahmoodMamdani ‘s quote on the May Fourth writer Lu Xun. Hope is perhaps one of the best examples of #cogencytheory; it’s a thing with feathers, it’s an intellectual passion, the youthful spirit that animates how we envision a new world
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I spoke to Donovan Hohn of @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social for their Moby Dick podcast. We talked about Chapter 4, my Queequeg and Ishmael fanfic (Quishmael for my fellow old Tumblr heads) and Melville’s unrequited love for Nathaniel Hawthorne.
www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
Episode 17: Queequeg and Ishmael in Love (with Alexander Chee, Aaron Sachs, and Caleb Crain)
The latest episode of The World in Time.
www.laphamsquarterly.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spoke to Donovan Hohn of @laphamsquarterly.bsky.social for their Moby Dick podcast. We talked about Chapter 4, my Queequeg and Ishmael fanfic (Quishmael for my fellow old Tumblr heads) and Melville’s unrequited love for Nathaniel Hawthorne.
www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
www.laphamsquarterly.org/content/epis...
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really Angel of History-maxxing right now
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
really Angel of History-maxxing right now