Soo J. Hong
@soojhong.bsky.social
Mother, daughter, partner, friend | storyteller | wordlover | karma believer | ✍️ Narrative, Summerset Review; CQR | Alum of Bread Loaf, Community of Writers, PEN Emerging Voice LA | IRL fintech CPO | always grateful💃🪩❤️✌️
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Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.
October 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Wisdom from Schoolhouse Rock.
Thank you @chicagoqreview.bsky.social and @elizabethmck.bsky.social for giving “Dead and Buried” the most wonderful home.
Fall ‘25 issue is amazing. Pick up yours today! (chicagoquarterlyreview.com)
#writingcomminity
#storysky
#booksky
Fall ‘25 issue is amazing. Pick up yours today! (chicagoquarterlyreview.com)
#writingcomminity
#storysky
#booksky
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you @chicagoqreview.bsky.social and @elizabethmck.bsky.social for giving “Dead and Buried” the most wonderful home.
Fall ‘25 issue is amazing. Pick up yours today! (chicagoquarterlyreview.com)
#writingcomminity
#storysky
#booksky
Fall ‘25 issue is amazing. Pick up yours today! (chicagoquarterlyreview.com)
#writingcomminity
#storysky
#booksky
A week ago, I went to bed without having the slightest clue that the next 10 days on the mountain would be as transformative as many writing friends told me would be. Here’s to the knowing… and now the waiting until I can return
#breadloaf2025
#blueparlor
#workshop
#writingcommunity
#iykyk
#breadloaf2025
#blueparlor
#workshop
#writingcommunity
#iykyk
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A week ago, I went to bed without having the slightest clue that the next 10 days on the mountain would be as transformative as many writing friends told me would be. Here’s to the knowing… and now the waiting until I can return
#breadloaf2025
#blueparlor
#workshop
#writingcommunity
#iykyk
#breadloaf2025
#blueparlor
#workshop
#writingcommunity
#iykyk
As golden as the light #breadloafwriters
August 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
As golden as the light #breadloafwriters
Thank you @narrativemag.bsky.social for making dreams come true. Seriously, this list with so many literary heroes and friends was a thrill
#firsts #stories #writingcommunity
#firsts #stories #writingcommunity
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thank you @narrativemag.bsky.social for making dreams come true. Seriously, this list with so many literary heroes and friends was a thrill
#firsts #stories #writingcommunity
#firsts #stories #writingcommunity
For an upcoming program, I have to be prepared to talk about a passage that I particularly admire. Amy Hempel’s “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson” guts me. Every. Single. Time. Will I ugly cry when I’m talking about it? Stay tuned… #babycomehug #booksky #literaryfiction #stories #writingcommunity
July 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
For an upcoming program, I have to be prepared to talk about a passage that I particularly admire. Amy Hempel’s “In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson” guts me. Every. Single. Time. Will I ugly cry when I’m talking about it? Stay tuned… #babycomehug #booksky #literaryfiction #stories #writingcommunity
It was a magical week in the valley with @communityofwriters.bsky.social I will carry it in my heart for a long while, quite probably forever.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#writers
#westcoastbestcoast
#grateful
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#writers
#westcoastbestcoast
#grateful
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It was a magical week in the valley with @communityofwriters.bsky.social I will carry it in my heart for a long while, quite probably forever.
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#writers
#westcoastbestcoast
#grateful
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#writers
#westcoastbestcoast
#grateful
It’s been a wonderful time so far at @communityofwriters.bsky.social and this jay bird agrees
July 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It’s been a wonderful time so far at @communityofwriters.bsky.social and this jay bird agrees
Thank you @penamerica.bsky.social for an incredible Emerging Voice program. We cried, we laughed. And yes, it became a part of us. Forever EVs… creating, communing, and caring. #cantstop #wontstop
#writingcommunity #fiction
#writingcommunity #fiction
June 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you @penamerica.bsky.social for an incredible Emerging Voice program. We cried, we laughed. And yes, it became a part of us. Forever EVs… creating, communing, and caring. #cantstop #wontstop
#writingcommunity #fiction
#writingcommunity #fiction
This Friday, June 13th, I’ll be giving a reading of my novel in progress as a PEN America Emerging Voice with my fellow amazing EVs. Register with link below or in bio—it’s free plus friendly faces always appreciated
#writingcommunity
www.eventbrite.com/e/1368801555...
#writingcommunity
www.eventbrite.com/e/1368801555...
June 2025 Emerging Voices Workshop: Final Reading
Join us for the talents of our summer Emerging Voices Workshop cohort!
www.eventbrite.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
This Friday, June 13th, I’ll be giving a reading of my novel in progress as a PEN America Emerging Voice with my fellow amazing EVs. Register with link below or in bio—it’s free plus friendly faces always appreciated
#writingcommunity
www.eventbrite.com/e/1368801555...
#writingcommunity
www.eventbrite.com/e/1368801555...
Grateful for a wonderful Mother’s Day with my favorite mamas and my favorite mama-makers
#psiloveyou #classics
#psiloveyou #classics
May 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Grateful for a wonderful Mother’s Day with my favorite mamas and my favorite mama-makers
#psiloveyou #classics
#psiloveyou #classics
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It’s our free submission period. Looking forward to reading your amazing work!
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s our free submission period. Looking forward to reading your amazing work!
Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
March 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Affirming and fun times #AWP2025 it’s official: these are really my people 🥰 lovely visiting with
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
@catamaranlit.bsky.social @chicagoqreview.bsky.social @amethystwrites.bsky.social @uclaextension.bsky.social
#writingcommunity #grateful
In other news… 🧔🧔♂️🧔♀️
The New York Yankees are ending the team’s longstanding policy on facial hair and will allow “well-groomed beards moving forward.” The policy was in place since the 1970s.
Yankees Part With Tradition: Beards Are Now Allowed
The team is ending its longstanding policy on facial hair and will allow “well-groomed beards moving forward,” Hal Steinbrenner said.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In other news… 🧔🧔♂️🧔♀️
“It’s a destruction so relentless, illegal, and comprehensive that…every element of the attack is still shocking…For any of this to matter, that group of people will need to assert itself”
Where are our leaders?
👇 such a great piece @nplusonemag.com
In a just world, the Trump/Musk coup would receive the wall-to-wall coverage granted to James Comey’s firing or, for that matter, Hillary Clinton’s emails. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
DOGE Nation | Mark Krotov
Like Critical Race Theory before it—but with a supercharged intensity, since each new campaign of right-wing hate has been more aggressive than the last—Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has come to st...
www.nplusonemag.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“It’s a destruction so relentless, illegal, and comprehensive that…every element of the attack is still shocking…For any of this to matter, that group of people will need to assert itself”
Where are our leaders?
👇 such a great piece @nplusonemag.com
Could spend all day curating a 6-plus minute playlist and this one for sure makes it
February 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Could spend all day curating a 6-plus minute playlist and this one for sure makes it
Catching up on all the Oscar 🏆nominations. NGL: spending a lot of time at the Aero recently 📽️🎞️🎥💙 may have a wee impact on my writing productivity. 💯 worth it. Thanks @amcinematheque.bsky.social for these amazing screenings! 🙌
#filmsky #oscars @zoesaldanaa.bsky.social
@emiliaperezfilm.bsky.social
#filmsky #oscars @zoesaldanaa.bsky.social
@emiliaperezfilm.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Catching up on all the Oscar 🏆nominations. NGL: spending a lot of time at the Aero recently 📽️🎞️🎥💙 may have a wee impact on my writing productivity. 💯 worth it. Thanks @amcinematheque.bsky.social for these amazing screenings! 🙌
#filmsky #oscars @zoesaldanaa.bsky.social
@emiliaperezfilm.bsky.social
#filmsky #oscars @zoesaldanaa.bsky.social
@emiliaperezfilm.bsky.social
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Reposted by Soo J. Hong
I invite people around the country who can spare some $$ to check out these charities vetted by Charity Navigator. Fwiw I'm donating to the California Community Fund's "Wildfire Recovery Fund." But there are other great ones too. Be generous if you can!
www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
Los Angeles Fires
Highly rated charities providing relief and recovery to those impacted by fires in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles and surrounding California areas.
www.charitynavigator.org
January 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I invite people around the country who can spare some $$ to check out these charities vetted by Charity Navigator. Fwiw I'm donating to the California Community Fund's "Wildfire Recovery Fund." But there are other great ones too. Be generous if you can!
www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
www.charitynavigator.org/discover-cha...
Money, work, love. In 2025 let’s make of them what we wish.
Francis Ford Coppola, a true living legend, kicking off the new year with truth bombs
#filmsky #scritpsky #storytellers #manifest
Francis Ford Coppola, a true living legend, kicking off the new year with truth bombs
#filmsky #scritpsky #storytellers #manifest
January 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Money, work, love. In 2025 let’s make of them what we wish.
Francis Ford Coppola, a true living legend, kicking off the new year with truth bombs
#filmsky #scritpsky #storytellers #manifest
Francis Ford Coppola, a true living legend, kicking off the new year with truth bombs
#filmsky #scritpsky #storytellers #manifest
What should I ask Coppola? 90 minute Q&A with “all questions and discussions permitted” 🙋♀️🎤
Happy New Year and new traditions… #lfg #film #newyear #megalopolis #scriptsky #storyteller #filmsky #happy
Happy New Year and new traditions… #lfg #film #newyear #megalopolis #scriptsky #storyteller #filmsky #happy
January 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What should I ask Coppola? 90 minute Q&A with “all questions and discussions permitted” 🙋♀️🎤
Happy New Year and new traditions… #lfg #film #newyear #megalopolis #scriptsky #storyteller #filmsky #happy
Happy New Year and new traditions… #lfg #film #newyear #megalopolis #scriptsky #storyteller #filmsky #happy
We said goodbye to the very best boy this week. 17 years of the sweetest purrs and cuddles. We will miss you so much but know you are frolicking with your sister somewhere and enjoying an unreasonable amount of meowjawana
December 15, 2024 at 5:40 AM
We said goodbye to the very best boy this week. 17 years of the sweetest purrs and cuddles. We will miss you so much but know you are frolicking with your sister somewhere and enjoying an unreasonable amount of meowjawana
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We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
December 2, 2024 at 2:08 AM
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.
Oh, good heavens
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law, accusing the opposition of plotting “insurgency.” It was the first time a South Korean president had declared martial law since the military dictatorship ended in the country.
Follow live updates: nyti.ms/4eUS5xu
Follow live updates: nyti.ms/4eUS5xu
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Oh, good heavens