R. O. Kwon 권오경
@rokwon.bsky.social
📚 nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries • co-edited Kink • Lambda Literary Duggins Prize • ‘25-‘26 American Library in Paris Visiting Fellow 🌈 she/her
www.ro-kwon.com
www.ro-kwon.com
Pinned
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
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...for those who can relate:
"I devote this day to being with the absence of this God to whom I meant to give my life."
"I devote this day to being with the absence of this God to whom I meant to give my life."
i wrote about why every year i skip family festivities & spend this day alone
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
...for those who can relate:
"I devote this day to being with the absence of this God to whom I meant to give my life."
"I devote this day to being with the absence of this God to whom I meant to give my life."
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
i wrote about why every year i skip family festivities & spend this day alone
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
i wrote about why every year i skip family festivities & spend this day alone
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
open.substack.com/pub/rokwon/p...
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Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year.
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Federal immigration agencies were involved in at least 33 deaths this year.
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/33-deaths-fe...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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Jenny Odell (@jennitaur.bsky.social) speaks with four writers and artists (Marcus Burke, @rokwon.bsky.social, @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, and @danielgalarcon.bsky.social) about their athletic practices:
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
No One Gave It to You - Believer Magazine
During my senior year of high school, a guidance counselor who had it in for me gleefully noticed I was missing a semester’s worth of PE. I still have the paper on the Cupertino High School letterhead...
www.thebeliever.net
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jenny Odell (@jennitaur.bsky.social) speaks with four writers and artists (Marcus Burke, @rokwon.bsky.social, @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, and @danielgalarcon.bsky.social) about their athletic practices:
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
www.thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-...
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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please share your favorite soup recipes
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
please share your favorite soup recipes
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Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.
late to the party but I started a Substack! 🫡
the first post is up, about the thought I reliably have anytime a plane jolts or the earth shakes & I suspect I might be about to die
& what this has to do with novel-writing & the extreme usefulness of keeping records
rokwon.substack.com
the first post is up, about the thought I reliably have anytime a plane jolts or the earth shakes & I suspect I might be about to die
& what this has to do with novel-writing & the extreme usefulness of keeping records
rokwon.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
late to the party but I started a Substack! 🫡
the first post is up, about the thought I reliably have anytime a plane jolts or the earth shakes & I suspect I might be about to die
& what this has to do with novel-writing & the extreme usefulness of keeping records
rokwon.substack.com
the first post is up, about the thought I reliably have anytime a plane jolts or the earth shakes & I suspect I might be about to die
& what this has to do with novel-writing & the extreme usefulness of keeping records
rokwon.substack.com
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
having been out of the US for work for most of the past several months, I've gone from having up to three panic attacks a day to having one (1) panic attack total, & that was when I was...watching a movie about American fascism
do I have an anxiety disorder or do I live in America!
do I have an anxiety disorder or do I live in America!
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
having been out of the US for work for most of the past several months, I've gone from having up to three panic attacks a day to having one (1) panic attack total, & that was when I was...watching a movie about American fascism
do I have an anxiety disorder or do I live in America!
do I have an anxiety disorder or do I live in America!
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All of these writers are absolutely outstanding and this looks like an amazing opportunity for anybody who wants to hone their craft.
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
All of these writers are absolutely outstanding and this looks like an amazing opportunity for anybody who wants to hone their craft.
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"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"The secret of Nazism in practice, as Mein Kampf states time and again, is to do the most outrageously secret things quite openly. The Nazi success with this practice has been so great that there is nothing they will not dare."
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
- Bella Fromm, Berlin, 3/20/1938
i violently don’t want to leave Seoul but i want to get back to my San Francisco life & friends & communities. a great blessing to feel so torn
December 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
i violently don’t want to leave Seoul but i want to get back to my San Francisco life & friends & communities. a great blessing to feel so torn
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Every single one of these writers is a genius. Do not pass up this opportunity!
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Every single one of these writers is a genius. Do not pass up this opportunity!
seoul breaking my heart with its beauty, the roofs striped white with the first snow of the season
haven’t seen seoul looking like this since i was a little kid
haven’t seen seoul looking like this since i was a little kid
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
seoul breaking my heart with its beauty, the roofs striped white with the first snow of the season
haven’t seen seoul looking like this since i was a little kid
haven’t seen seoul looking like this since i was a little kid
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uhmmm...this looks rad!
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
uhmmm...this looks rad!
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
we’ve been working on this for months—introducing a new teaching collective ✨
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
starting 2/4, Fatimah Asghar, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & I will offer generative & workshop-based classes! In fiction, nonfiction, & poetry!
theministryofwords.com
still true 📚
for anyone trying to extricate yourself from the clutches of Amazon: bookstores make more than a third of their money between now & New Year’s, & most bookstores ship nationwide 💌
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
still true 📚
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The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Stay Safe at a Protest
Know your rights, know the risks, and know what to do if you’re arrested.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Bay Area’s protest legacy runs deep, but there are new risks: militarized police, more surveillance, higher stakes. In this First Aid Kit guide, @cecilialei.bsky.social breaks down how to stay safe, what to say (or not) if you're detained, and how to protect your rights if you’re risking arrest.
bay area friends, this will be so lovely—a party 12/3 raising funds for @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social & @litquake.org, two beloved organizations hit hard by NEA & NEH cuts
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
bay area friends, this will be so lovely—a party 12/3 raising funds for @zyzzyvamag.bsky.social & @litquake.org, two beloved organizations hit hard by NEA & NEH cuts
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
hosted by daniel handler, @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, jonathan escoffery, @ingridrojasc.bsky.social, & @alexismadrigal.bsky.social
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Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
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Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
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November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
in Paris, I had to see a same-day doctor & I found one. was gravely warned that, as a foreigner, I’d have to pay 32 euros & I laughed & laughed
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭
a friend there said “make sure you get X kind of doctor, not Y, because the Y kind charges 74 WHOLE EUROS” & once again I bitterly, bitterly laughed 😭