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@mimiwong.bsky.social
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My Last Letter from the Editor
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Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of @theoffingmag.bsky.social. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!
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We are officially less than two years away from the events of CHILDREN OF MEN
Matters seem to be right on schedule
Matters seem to be right on schedule
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are officially less than two years away from the events of CHILDREN OF MEN
Matters seem to be right on schedule
Matters seem to be right on schedule
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Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
November 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
"Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue."
The movie takes place in 2027.
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Please please please double space your essays when submitting. When you are >50 and on your 20th essay read of the day, you will understand what an immense courtesy it is to double space.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please please please double space your essays when submitting. When you are >50 and on your 20th essay read of the day, you will understand what an immense courtesy it is to double space.
Honestly, this is what I try to tell my students
Major in Africana Studies or any humanities course like English Literature! You could be mayor of New York City. You could do anything.
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Honestly, this is what I try to tell my students
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I really needed this.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I really needed this.
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Congratulations to all of our nominees this year for Best of the Net!
Check them out below:
Check them out below:
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congratulations to all of our nominees this year for Best of the Net!
Check them out below:
Check them out below:
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Happy to announce that I’ve been appointed Editor of Poetry in Translation at The Offing. Looking forward to bringing lots of awesome work into the world, so overjoyed to be joining the team at the Offing and please stay tuned for an open call I’ll be announcing soon. يا قدّوس
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Happy to announce that I’ve been appointed Editor of Poetry in Translation at The Offing. Looking forward to bringing lots of awesome work into the world, so overjoyed to be joining the team at the Offing and please stay tuned for an open call I’ll be announcing soon. يا قدّوس
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whiteness is not so much a colour as the visible absence of colour
October 25, 2025 at 4:47 AM
whiteness is not so much a colour as the visible absence of colour
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current mood
a girl with a red bow on her head is standing on a bed
Alt: a girl with a red bow on her head flops face down on a bed
media.tenor.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
current mood
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Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob
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Labor Day
Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936
Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936
September 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Labor Day
Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936
Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936
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[to the tune of Lee-Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance] I hope he dies
September 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
[to the tune of Lee-Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance] I hope he dies
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anyway neoluddite movement when
August 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
anyway neoluddite movement when
Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of @theoffingmag.bsky.social. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!
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My Last Letter from the Editor
mailchi.mp
July 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of @theoffingmag.bsky.social. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!
mailchi.mp/theoffingmag...
mailchi.mp/theoffingmag...
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For those of us who were actually unemployed adults in 2008, shit like this is hilarious
July 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
For those of us who were actually unemployed adults in 2008, shit like this is hilarious
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My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19.
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
“And if you get lost and walk into your heart yourself, then it’ll be your turn to become a mountain."
Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" by Liu Chen-Chun, translated from Chinese by Tony Hao.
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Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" by Liu Chen-Chun, translated from Chinese by Tony Hao.
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Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" - The Offing
Translation - The Offing Magazine
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July 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19.
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
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“When I write about the children, I know your mind will wander back to someone else.” Read this story by Lê Khải Việt, tr. by Phương Anh, in theoffingmag.bsky.social . Phương Anh contributed to our issue “Untethered States: Literature of the Vietnamese Diaspora.” theoffingmag.com/translation/... (1)
You and I on the Motorbike - The Offing
Translation - The Offing Magazine
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July 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“When I write about the children, I know your mind will wander back to someone else.” Read this story by Lê Khải Việt, tr. by Phương Anh, in theoffingmag.bsky.social . Phương Anh contributed to our issue “Untethered States: Literature of the Vietnamese Diaspora.” theoffingmag.com/translation/... (1)
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Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and @theoffingmag.bsky.social magazine for publishing this interview
"Is it possible to write in English by remaining acutely aware of and consciously borrowing from Indigenous and vernacular aesthetics?"
From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
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From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social
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Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved - The Offing
Q&A - The Offing Magazine
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July 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and @theoffingmag.bsky.social magazine for publishing this interview
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July 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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It’s canon, now, that that T should be capitalized.
@tedleo.bsky.social was way ahead of y'all on calling out the nytimes
July 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It’s canon, now, that that T should be capitalized.