Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
@jennyqi.bsky.social
Focal Point (2021)
freelance med/sci writer, poet
essays & poems in NYT, The Atlantic, etc.
www.jqiwriter.com
freelance med/sci writer, poet
essays & poems in NYT, The Atlantic, etc.
www.jqiwriter.com
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
"I’m thinking about the bleached bones O’Keeffe collected as her symbols of the desert. I’m remembering that, like O’Keeffe, my parents initially came to the desert from the East Coast hoping for a kind of renewal." @jennyqi.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
Picking Up Bones - The Rumpus
“During all the years I’d lived in Las Vegas as a child, I’d felt like an animal trying to escape the harsh environs. In addition to the physical harshness, the desert represented, for me, the city’s ...
therumpus.net
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"I’m thinking about the bleached bones O’Keeffe collected as her symbols of the desert. I’m remembering that, like O’Keeffe, my parents initially came to the desert from the East Coast hoping for a kind of renewal." @jennyqi.bsky.social
therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
therumpus.net/2025/11/18/p...
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
“The bones are what get left behind when a life has ended.”
From "Picking Up Bones," a new original essay by @jennyqi.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/JAI7W7x
From "Picking Up Bones," a new original essay by @jennyqi.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/JAI7W7x
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“The bones are what get left behind when a life has ended.”
From "Picking Up Bones," a new original essay by @jennyqi.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/JAI7W7x
From "Picking Up Bones," a new original essay by @jennyqi.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/JAI7W7x
NGL, one of my great unadulterated joys the past couple years has been seeing my photos in the Nevada tourism magazine. Thanks for sharing 😊
March 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
NGL, one of my great unadulterated joys the past couple years has been seeing my photos in the Nevada tourism magazine. Thanks for sharing 😊
Always a joy to see / work with / learn from @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social. Gratitude to Paisley & @highcountrynews.bsky.social for publishing this poem.
I had the great pleasure of hearing Jenny Qi read this poem at a talk, now I'm delighted that @highcountrynews.bsky.social has published it: www.hcn.org/issues/57-3/...
Sunday Morning in Woh Hei Yuen 和 喜 园 - High Country News
A poem by Jenny Qi.
www.hcn.org
March 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Always a joy to see / work with / learn from @paisleyrekdal.bsky.social. Gratitude to Paisley & @highcountrynews.bsky.social for publishing this poem.
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
Guardian provides needed antidote to idiotic Carville #BrokenTimes op-ed:
"Ask the post-first world war German Social Democrats–they also believed that the Nazis would disgrace themselves and be rejected by the public once their true colors were shown."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Ask the post-first world war German Social Democrats–they also believed that the Nazis would disgrace themselves and be rejected by the public once their true colors were shown."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No, ‘playing dead’ is the last thing Democrats should be doing | Megan Romer
Party insiders are trying to make the case for doing nothing against Trump. That’s a colossal mistake
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Guardian provides needed antidote to idiotic Carville #BrokenTimes op-ed:
"Ask the post-first world war German Social Democrats–they also believed that the Nazis would disgrace themselves and be rejected by the public once their true colors were shown."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Ask the post-first world war German Social Democrats–they also believed that the Nazis would disgrace themselves and be rejected by the public once their true colors were shown."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
We've launched a Wisconsin Supreme Court Race toolkit!
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Make sure every voter in Wisconsin knows what's at stake!
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February 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We've launched a Wisconsin Supreme Court Race toolkit!
Make sure every voter in Wisconsin knows what's at stake!
Share now! social.demcast.com/toolkit/WISu...
Make sure every voter in Wisconsin knows what's at stake!
Share now! social.demcast.com/toolkit/WISu...
Popping in to share this poem about the reverberations of another authoritarian regime. Thanks @terrainorg.bsky.social
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
One Poem by Jenny Qi - Terrain.org
A semifinalist in the Terrain.org 15th Annual Poetry Contest, Jenni Qi's "Liminal Blue" is a beautiful, heartbreaking poem of family, history, and tragedy in China.
www.terrain.org
February 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Popping in to share this poem about the reverberations of another authoritarian regime. Thanks @terrainorg.bsky.social
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
February 20, 2025
February 20, 2025
On Monday, James Marriott of The Times, published in London, noted that the very stability and comfort of the post–World War II liberal order has permitted the seeds of its own destruction to flourish...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:04 AM
February 20, 2025
Hi, I've been "here" for awhile but have yet to post. I've been traveling for the last 7 weeks through European countries with more experience with fascism and posting occasional travelogues on IG.
Trying to keep up with writers I like but avoid social media burnout + spiraling + moral ambiguity.
Trying to keep up with writers I like but avoid social media burnout + spiraling + moral ambiguity.
February 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Hi, I've been "here" for awhile but have yet to post. I've been traveling for the last 7 weeks through European countries with more experience with fascism and posting occasional travelogues on IG.
Trying to keep up with writers I like but avoid social media burnout + spiraling + moral ambiguity.
Trying to keep up with writers I like but avoid social media burnout + spiraling + moral ambiguity.
Reposted by Jenny Qi, Ph.D.
I'm not sure yet if this site has the same community of #freelance writers eager to hear a #callforpitches as the other side, but let's see if we can't find out.
@trailsmag.net is looking for pitches for Issues 10 and 11!
@trailsmag.net is looking for pitches for Issues 10 and 11!
January 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I'm not sure yet if this site has the same community of #freelance writers eager to hear a #callforpitches as the other side, but let's see if we can't find out.
@trailsmag.net is looking for pitches for Issues 10 and 11!
@trailsmag.net is looking for pitches for Issues 10 and 11!