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Dorothy Chan
@dorothykchan.bsky.social
💥 Poet, author of five collections
💥 RETURN OF THE CHINESE FEMME (Deep Vellum, April 2024)
💥 HBIC of Honey Literary 🍯
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Cool book news!! Contributor @dorothykchan.bsky.social’s book Return of the Chinese Femme is a finalist for a 2025 Lammy Award in Bisexual Poetry 🙌 Results will be announced at a virtual event October 4th!
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Congratulations to Dorothy Chan (@dorothykchan.bsky.social), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry for "Return of the Chinese Femme!"

For more of Dorothy's work, check out Foglifter 3.2 (buff.ly/ZCXL4R4) and "Home is Where You Queer Your Heart" (buff.ly/D7Ay1mg) (free ebooks)
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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I am so thrilled to feature @dorothykchan.bsky.social in this week’s Writer’s Style Guide!!! Check out the post for all Dorothy’s insights into serving looks ❤️❤️ charlesjensen.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The best thing about being a poet is other poets. LY @dorothykchan.bsky.social.
March 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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Jacksonville locals! Come on out for this 🔥 reading this week.
March 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Hey hey Hive 🍯 — submissions close tonight at 11:59 PM PST on Submittable. Boba tea parties 🧋🪩 are the best!! Get your best and brightest in ✨✨✨

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December 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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"We could think of the line break as the breath/release after intense physical pleasure."

In our "Writing About Sex" folio, @dorothykchan.bsky.social reviews erotic work by @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social and Michael Chang.
The Inward Pull and Pulsation: On the Erotics of Faylita Hicks’s A Map of My Want and Michael Chang’s Synthetic Jungle
Dorothy Chan on books by Faylita Hicks and Michael Chang that use sex in poetry to challenge norms.
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December 10, 2024 at 8:37 PM
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it’s someone’s bday I love you @dorothykchan.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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It’s time for a (belated) Big Honey Congrats to our 2024 Best of the Net nominees 💐🪺🌸

XOXO,
The Hive 🍯

(Graphics by our HBIC @dorothykchan.bsky.social)
December 3, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Let's talk about YOU and ME! Let's talk about SEX (in a purely literary context), BABY!

Our Issue 21.2 "writing about sex" feature is live, with work by Jonathan Alexander, @dorothykchan.bsky.social , @otroedgargomez.bsky.social , @gwenekirby.bsky.social , & Keetje Kuipers.
Folio: Writing about Sex
In this folio to accompany issue 21.2, five writers explore the craft of writing about sex.
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November 22, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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1/ Hello everyone! I'm an author and screenwriter from California. My debut novel DISORIENTATION came out in 2022 from @penguinpress.bsky.social and I'm adapting it into a feature film. It's about a white poet who pretended to be Chinese American for over 30 years 👀

prh.com/disorientation
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou: 9780593298374 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE SELECTION * A MALALA BOOK CLUB PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK * A FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 BY NPR AND BOOK RIOT * A MUST-READ MARCH 2022 BOOK BY TIME, VANITY FAIR, EW AND...
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November 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Thx for finding me. Figuring out how to use this 🦋☁️
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 AM