Mandy-Suzanne Wong
@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social
Author, THE BOX, DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL
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“A passionate paean to life’s wonders.”
Thank you so very much, Kirkus, for reading DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL and for this wonderful review, available in its entirety at: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Thank you so very much, Kirkus, for reading DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL and for this wonderful review, available in its entirety at: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
💙🌊💙
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“A passionate paean to life’s wonders.”
Thank you so very much, Kirkus, for reading DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL and for this wonderful review, available in its entirety at: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
💙🌊💙
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
Thank you so very much, Kirkus, for reading DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL and for this wonderful review, available in its entirety at: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
💙🌊💙
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
For ASYMPTOTE I wrote about Eva Meijer’s soft-spoken disaster novel, SEA NOW, translated from the Dutch by Anna Thompson Melo, published by @twolinespress.com and Peirene Press.
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
For ASYMPTOTE I wrote about Eva Meijer’s soft-spoken disaster novel, SEA NOW, translated from the Dutch by Anna Thompson Melo, published by @twolinespress.com and Peirene Press.
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/10...
For Animal Culture Magazine, I wrote about the Jura phase of Kathryn Eddy's new work of artistic animal-advocacy, Doe.
(photo by Tracy McDonald)
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(photo by Tracy McDonald)
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October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
For Animal Culture Magazine, I wrote about the Jura phase of Kathryn Eddy's new work of artistic animal-advocacy, Doe.
(photo by Tracy McDonald)
www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...
(photo by Tracy McDonald)
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For Asymptote's blog, I reviewed Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev by Maxim Gorky, translated from the Russian by Brian Karetnyk @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
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www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/new-in-...
September 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
For Asymptote's blog, I reviewed Reminiscences of Tolstoy, Chekhov and Andreyev by Maxim Gorky, translated from the Russian by Brian Karetnyk @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/new-in-...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/new-in-...
For Asymptote's blog, I reviewed CASTIGATION by Sultan Raev, translated from the Kyrgyz by Shelley Fairweather-Vega @syracuseup.bsky.social
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
September 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For Asymptote's blog, I reviewed CASTIGATION by Sultan Raev, translated from the Kyrgyz by Shelley Fairweather-Vega @syracuseup.bsky.social
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
For ASYMPTOTE's blog, I reviewed THE INVESTIGATOR by Dragan Velikić, translated from the Serbian by Christina Pribichevich-Zorić, published by Istros.
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
For ASYMPTOTE's blog, I reviewed THE INVESTIGATOR by Dragan Velikić, translated from the Serbian by Christina Pribichevich-Zorić, published by Istros.
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/09...
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ARCs!!
Much gratitude to the team at @graywolfpress.bsky.social
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www.graywolfpress.org/books/daught...
Much gratitude to the team at @graywolfpress.bsky.social
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www.graywolfpress.org/books/daught...
September 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ARCs!!
Much gratitude to the team at @graywolfpress.bsky.social
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www.graywolfpress.org/books/daught...
Much gratitude to the team at @graywolfpress.bsky.social
🌊🪼🦑🐙💙
www.graywolfpress.org/books/daught...
August 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
August 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Well, the Winter 2026 catalogue is up @graywolfpress.bsky.social. My little book of essays, Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl, is in that catalogue -- in such company! -- and I couldn't be more delighted. 🐌🦑🐙🌊🪸💙
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August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Well, the Winter 2026 catalogue is up @graywolfpress.bsky.social. My little book of essays, Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl, is in that catalogue -- in such company! -- and I couldn't be more delighted. 🐌🦑🐙🌊🪸💙
www.graywolfpress.org/winter-2026-...
www.graywolfpress.org/winter-2026-...
December 26, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Gratitude to Rose Hendrie and Literary Review of Canada for this engaging review of The Box!
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…
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reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…
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December 5, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Gratitude to Rose Hendrie and Literary Review of Canada for this engaging review of The Box!
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
reviewcanada.ca/magazine/2024/…
@graywolfpress.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
A terrifying denunciation of the human species' pretensions to superiority; an exploration of metaphysical extremes comparable to Vilém Flusser's; & a marvelous novel whose confrontation of the depths of grief painfully rings true.
2 translations:
@jantarbooks.bsky.social, @sublunary.bsky.social
2 translations:
@jantarbooks.bsky.social, @sublunary.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 6:34 PM
A terrifying denunciation of the human species' pretensions to superiority; an exploration of metaphysical extremes comparable to Vilém Flusser's; & a marvelous novel whose confrontation of the depths of grief painfully rings true.
2 translations:
@jantarbooks.bsky.social, @sublunary.bsky.social
2 translations:
@jantarbooks.bsky.social, @sublunary.bsky.social
The Passion According to GH by Clarice Lispector tr Idra Novey
November 16, 2024 at 12:03 AM
The Passion According to GH by Clarice Lispector tr Idra Novey
I've not hung out here in a while, so I thought I'd share this.
Working pub dates:
Spring '26, A DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL, essays
Spring '27, THE QUIET UPWELLING, a novel
From #GraywolfPress
Working pub dates:
Spring '26, A DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL, essays
Spring '27, THE QUIET UPWELLING, a novel
From #GraywolfPress
November 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I've not hung out here in a while, so I thought I'd share this.
Working pub dates:
Spring '26, A DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL, essays
Spring '27, THE QUIET UPWELLING, a novel
From #GraywolfPress
Working pub dates:
Spring '26, A DAUGHTER OF MOTHER-OF-PEARL, essays
Spring '27, THE QUIET UPWELLING, a novel
From #GraywolfPress
Lovely haul from @jantarbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Lovely haul from @jantarbooks.bsky.social
The Box on the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Prize Shortlist!
www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news
www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news
March 5, 2024 at 3:37 PM
The Box on the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Prize Shortlist!
www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news
www.republicofconsciousnessprize-usa.com/news
THE BOX -- longlisted for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Prize?!! I cannot thank Graywolf Press enough for selecting The Box as their nomination for this year. Thank you so much for reading, judges! Congrats to everyone on the longlist!
January 30, 2024 at 4:50 PM
THE BOX -- longlisted for the US/Canada Republic of Consciousness Prize?!! I cannot thank Graywolf Press enough for selecting The Box as their nomination for this year. Thank you so much for reading, judges! Congrats to everyone on the longlist!
"a way of hearing in which borders are broken down, not only between different peoples but between the animate & the inanimate, unseating anthropocentric philosophies..."
TYSM @akilamantado.bsky.social for this omg-amazing review of THE BOX!
mokomagazine.org/wordpress/20...
TYSM @akilamantado.bsky.social for this omg-amazing review of THE BOX!
mokomagazine.org/wordpress/20...
December 27, 2023 at 4:05 PM
"a way of hearing in which borders are broken down, not only between different peoples but between the animate & the inanimate, unseating anthropocentric philosophies..."
TYSM @akilamantado.bsky.social for this omg-amazing review of THE BOX!
mokomagazine.org/wordpress/20...
TYSM @akilamantado.bsky.social for this omg-amazing review of THE BOX!
mokomagazine.org/wordpress/20...
My contributor copies are here! Of my own stories, "Soledad" has become a favorite. And here it is in such terrific company. www.upress.umn.edu/book-divisio...
December 19, 2023 at 2:52 PM
My contributor copies are here! Of my own stories, "Soledad" has become a favorite. And here it is in such terrific company. www.upress.umn.edu/book-divisio...
Thank you, @babakl.bsky.social , and thank you, staff, wherever you are, for choosing BOX and SOUTH. 💙📦
December 19, 2023 at 12:43 AM
Thank you, @babakl.bsky.social , and thank you, staff, wherever you are, for choosing BOX and SOUTH. 💙📦
Thank you so much, Superstition Review editors, for corresponding with me about The Box in this terrific interview for Issue 32, "Frightful Impenetrability of Mundane Things."
superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue32/inte...
superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue32/inte...
December 1, 2023 at 6:42 PM
Thank you so much, Superstition Review editors, for corresponding with me about The Box in this terrific interview for Issue 32, "Frightful Impenetrability of Mundane Things."
superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue32/inte...
superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue32/inte...
November 30, 2023 at 1:36 PM