Nik Nadeau 임창훈
@nikchanghoon.bsky.social
Korean adoptee writer. '24 Annie Dillard Prize for CNF winner & Iowa Review Award finalist. '24-25 Bread Loaf, Tin House & Kenyon alum. CNF reader @ Hypertext Review. nikchanghoon.com
Just updated my writer bio (nikchanghoon.com) and you know what? It makes me smile. My deepest thanks to every instructor, mentor & fellow artist who's carried me (not to mention my literal words) forward, when "forward" can often feel like falling behind, falling asleep, or just plain falling.
July 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just updated my writer bio (nikchanghoon.com) and you know what? It makes me smile. My deepest thanks to every instructor, mentor & fellow artist who's carried me (not to mention my literal words) forward, when "forward" can often feel like falling behind, falling asleep, or just plain falling.
It began with a prompt at the 2024 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop: "Write a lyric essay that takes on an unexpected form." I wrote something, revised & delivered it at the participant reading, and was encouraged to submit it. Still in disbelief that it will appear in the @kenyonreview.bsky.social!
April 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It began with a prompt at the 2024 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop: "Write a lyric essay that takes on an unexpected form." I wrote something, revised & delivered it at the participant reading, and was encouraged to submit it. Still in disbelief that it will appear in the @kenyonreview.bsky.social!
There is no better feeling than meeting fellow adoptee writers who are committed to telling the historical & emotional truths about adoption #AWP25
April 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
There is no better feeling than meeting fellow adoptee writers who are committed to telling the historical & emotional truths about adoption #AWP25
"Did you hit your word count goal today...?"
March 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Did you hit your word count goal today...?"
Contacted my legislators to urge restored funding for #Fulbright & #CriticalLanguageScholarship (CLS) programs. I reunited with my first mother while on a Fulbright grant in 2010 and met her again after supervising the CLS Korea program in 2016. My life literally would not be the same without them.
March 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Contacted my legislators to urge restored funding for #Fulbright & #CriticalLanguageScholarship (CLS) programs. I reunited with my first mother while on a Fulbright grant in 2010 and met her again after supervising the CLS Korea program in 2016. My life literally would not be the same without them.
I'm so glad I have a dog whose boundless energy motivates me to get up and write
March 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I'm so glad I have a dog whose boundless energy motivates me to get up and write
An old essay I wrote for my Korean language class ~2008. I am describing my search & reunion and clearly struggling to do so in a grammatically correct way. 3rd sentence: "I also thought a lot about whether my birth mother wouldn't want to meet me even if I wanted to meet her."
March 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
An old essay I wrote for my Korean language class ~2008. I am describing my search & reunion and clearly struggling to do so in a grammatically correct way. 3rd sentence: "I also thought a lot about whether my birth mother wouldn't want to meet me even if I wanted to meet her."
Last night I made 떡볶이 (spicy Korean rice cake). I cook Korean food often but typically not 떡볶이and fortunately it turned out Korean wife-approved. These small victories mean a lot to me, more than I'm sometimes willing to admit. #KoreannessReclamationProject
February 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Last night I made 떡볶이 (spicy Korean rice cake). I cook Korean food often but typically not 떡볶이and fortunately it turned out Korean wife-approved. These small victories mean a lot to me, more than I'm sometimes willing to admit. #KoreannessReclamationProject
This one should be good! @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This one should be good! @adoptionmosaic.bsky.social
KAAN is offering three different versions of a webinar discussion on the PBS docu that came out last fall: linktr.ee/KAANcommunity
February 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
KAAN is offering three different versions of a webinar discussion on the PBS docu that came out last fall: linktr.ee/KAANcommunity
One of the obsessions I've been writing into lately: short track speedskating. I imagine a lot, wish a lot, regret some about starting this sport so late. Leaning into turns (always left, lol) feels like what my body was designed to do. Hockey was ... not 😂
February 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One of the obsessions I've been writing into lately: short track speedskating. I imagine a lot, wish a lot, regret some about starting this sport so late. Leaning into turns (always left, lol) feels like what my body was designed to do. Hockey was ... not 😂
Can't imagine my memoir project, writing life nor my human heart w/o @tinhouse.bsky.social Winter Workshop & our brilliant CNF workshop leader @nicolechung.bsky.social. "Back to writing" never felt so good! Deep thanks to @almajor.bsky.social & Lance Cleland for investing so much in us as writers.
February 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Can't imagine my memoir project, writing life nor my human heart w/o @tinhouse.bsky.social Winter Workshop & our brilliant CNF workshop leader @nicolechung.bsky.social. "Back to writing" never felt so good! Deep thanks to @almajor.bsky.social & Lance Cleland for investing so much in us as writers.
Because some days, the name of the poet, teacher & mentor who's left an indelible mark on you & your writing over the past decade appears in your inbox, for the most glorious of reasons. Congrats, @sunyungshin.bsky.social !!! May 2026 can't come soon enough~
February 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Because some days, the name of the poet, teacher & mentor who's left an indelible mark on you & your writing over the past decade appears in your inbox, for the most glorious of reasons. Congrats, @sunyungshin.bsky.social !!! May 2026 can't come soon enough~
I ended up leaving my house like this yesterday. metaphor for: adhd life (actually real tho). korean-american cultural ID? light amid darkness? hip-spine misalignment?
January 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I ended up leaving my house like this yesterday. metaphor for: adhd life (actually real tho). korean-american cultural ID? light amid darkness? hip-spine misalignment?
Can't wait to return to this beautiful mountain for the 100th year of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, this time as a staff scholar! August can't come soon enough~
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Can't wait to return to this beautiful mountain for the 100th year of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, this time as a staff scholar! August can't come soon enough~
Cannot contain my excitement for this! @shannongibney.bsky.social #AdopteeLitFest2025
January 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Cannot contain my excitement for this! @shannongibney.bsky.social #AdopteeLitFest2025
Helping daily my word count reach new heights ...
December 5, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Helping daily my word count reach new heights ...
As someone who experiences adoption on a continuous basis (separation, reunion and distance don't end at a single event), I have a complicated relationship with gratitude. My family believes they saved me from abject poverty; my birth mother tried but failed to take me back. These are equal truths.
November 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM
As someone who experiences adoption on a continuous basis (separation, reunion and distance don't end at a single event), I have a complicated relationship with gratitude. My family believes they saved me from abject poverty; my birth mother tried but failed to take me back. These are equal truths.
Sometimes, the best writing inspo is found in reams of notes, recordings of craft talks & feedback from your fellow workshop participants. Other times, it's your dog's nose.
November 24, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Sometimes, the best writing inspo is found in reams of notes, recordings of craft talks & feedback from your fellow workshop participants. Other times, it's your dog's nose.
One thing I learned in 2024: my art needs community to thrive. Whether it was in the @kenyonreview.bsky.social lawn socials, the Bread Loaf hayrides or the @tinhouse.bsky.social karaoke jams, each writing conference offered new friends, new POVs on art & publishing and new work to inspire my own.
November 21, 2024 at 9:50 PM
One thing I learned in 2024: my art needs community to thrive. Whether it was in the @kenyonreview.bsky.social lawn socials, the Bread Loaf hayrides or the @tinhouse.bsky.social karaoke jams, each writing conference offered new friends, new POVs on art & publishing and new work to inspire my own.
My heart, head & stomach are full f/ the @tinhouse.bsky.social Autumn Workshop. Huge thanks to our CNF workshop leader @emillygprado — who went above & beyond to ensure we each had the most customized, beneficial experience possible. Inspired & energized to return to my memoir-in-progress! #thautumn
November 20, 2024 at 8:01 PM
My heart, head & stomach are full f/ the @tinhouse.bsky.social Autumn Workshop. Huge thanks to our CNF workshop leader @emillygprado — who went above & beyond to ensure we each had the most customized, beneficial experience possible. Inspired & energized to return to my memoir-in-progress! #thautumn
My first-ever published poem was also the most emotionally vulnerable writing I've ever put onto a page. Thank you Blue Earth Review for selecting "post- and pre-" as the 2024 Minnesota BIPOC Emerging Writer Award runner-up in poetry! #adopteevoices
November 20, 2024 at 5:35 PM
My first-ever published poem was also the most emotionally vulnerable writing I've ever put onto a page. Thank you Blue Earth Review for selecting "post- and pre-" as the 2024 Minnesota BIPOC Emerging Writer Award runner-up in poetry! #adopteevoices