Loved this dizzying, hyperkinetic debut novel. I don't mention it in this review, but also has an eerie synergy with Famous Adopted People.

Back by popular demand! 🥚 Our tattoos often hold the stories we struggle to voice— identity, loss, and resilience etched into our bodies. In this intimate, #adoptee-only generative workshop, we’ll explore the narratives behind our ink. To sign up and learn more go to form.jotform.com/joonae/writt...

Free literary salon hosted by @wwph.bsky.social, a mighty cooperative nonprofit literary small press, at the Arts Club of Washington on Oct. 9, 6-9 pm, featuring 2 writing workshops and readings from the anthology AMERICA'S FUTURE. Spaces limited, RSVP acw.wildapricot.org/event-631395...

Loved this book featuring a Korean Adoptee as a vampire hunter. And yeah, I go there in the review, comparing adoptive parents to vampires. #BookReview #KoreanAdoption #vampires

Tonight! Elaine U. Cho is an author on the rise, and you'll want to say you were there when.

A few spots left in this upcoming workshop. See consequenceforum.org/workshops/ for more information and to sign up. 🥚 #WritingWorkshop 🥚

A physician and atom-bomb survivor exposes the truth about radiation poisoning. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/a... @alicestephens.bsky.social #Booksky

My self-care is reading.

🥚 #AdopteeOnly online generative writing workshop, exploring our tattoos and their meanings. To register go to form.jotform.com/251306794662...

🥚My podcast episode with Adoption:The Making of Me dropped today! Thanks @sarahreinhardt.bsky.social & @louisebrowne.bsky.social !

Thanks to Consequence for publishing "The Lucky Ones," about my mother relinquishing me to my Korean adoption agency. Consequence addresses the consequences of war & I'm gratified they recognize intercountry adoption thrives in wars & dictatorships. consequenceforum.substack.com/p/the-lucky-...

S Korea's Truth & Reconciliation Commission found my #adoption, a textbook case of relinquishment & placement, to be in violation of my human rights due to the orphan hojuk. This is huge because 1000s of Korean adoptees were permanently separated from their families of origin by the orphan hojuk. 🥚

My review of Nobel Prize winner Han Kang's WE DO NOT PART, a novel of memory and forgetting. "[Kang's] stories transcend time and place to speak to the very truths of humanity and the struggle to understand the evil that is done in our name." www.koreanquarterly.org/books/the-to...

My review of Korean adoptee Amy Lee Scott's collection of essays, WHEN THE WORLD EXPLODES, which bravely and beautifully explores motherhood, loss, grief, and adoption.

I wrote about finding joy and solace in these tumultuous times.

We have 1000 signatures!! Many adoptees are reeling from the Frontline doc and the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's report on human rights violations in S Korean adoption & feel helpless about next steps. Here's a simple and concrete action to take. Please sign and share! tinyurl.com/OKA-Rights

A thrill and honor to be on this illustrious panel and to be amongst my community of adoptee writers.

🥚 Thank you to my favorite book review site @wirobooks.bsky.social for featuring the @adopteelitfest.bsky.social. Adoptee Literary Festival 2025 is online and free to attend! Read all about it!! www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/the...

🥚 Shouldn't it be a right for a person to know who their parents are? Shouldn't it be a right that children who were adopted to the US from abroad be American citizens? Sign this petition & stand with Overseas Adopted Koreans. secure.everyaction.com/05xuVX9o0USu... #KoreanAdoption #AdopteeRights

Thank you to @loyaltybooks.bsky.social for being the official bookstore for the Adoptee Literary Festival 2025. Support adoptee authors and indie bookstores and order today! bookshop.org/lists/adopte...

Usually I remove all the tabs from a book before I photograph it for social media, but I kept them in for THE VIOLENCE OF LOVE by Kit W. Myers to show how many important passages there were. Read my review at www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t... #adoption #TransracialAdoption

Our workshops filled up in two days! Registration for the keynote, panels and readings will be open until March 21st. Virtual and free to attend!

Thank you to Bodega Magazine for publishing "Cavities and Fillings," another piece in my collection of autofictional short stories. I've had trouble w/ my teeth my whole life, this story explores why while also delving into the double consciousness of the #adoptee. www.bodegamag.com/articles/809...

Thank you to the Korean Quarterly for this write-up on the Adoptee Literary Festival 2025. Workshops are full, but registration is still open for the keynote address, panels, and readings. See our website (link in comments) to register.

#adoptees #AdopteeVoices #AdopteeLiterature #AdopteeWriters #adoption

Our 2025 Keynote Speaker is Shannon Gibney! Shannon will appear from 11:00 – 11:40 am ET. Registration opens Feb. 11. Please see adopteelitfest.com for more details.

Thank you to Little Patuxent Review for publishing my short story "The Origamist," part of my autofictional collection on my adoption. This is the first print-only publication I have been published in in years, and it's lovely to hold my words in my hands. #ShortStory #AmWriting

I wasn't an orphan but was labeled one to be eligible for adoption in America. Turns out, I'm not the only one. Read my review of Kristen Martin's important investigation on America's shameful treatment of its most vulnerable citizens. www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/t...

Thanks to the Baltimore Banner and journalist John-John Williams IV for recognizing that many intercountry adoptees are feeling scared and vulnerable. My adoption and immigration papers are so precious to me that I keep them in a bank vault. Also, support local journalism!!

"In 'Alice in Wordland,' columnist Alice Stephens shares the origin story of her novel THE TWAIN, forthcoming from Regal House Publishing." www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-n... @alicestephens.bsky.social @regalhouse.bsky.social

Thrilled to announce that my historical novel, THE TWAIN, will be published by Regal House Publishing in early 2027. To read about the the manuscript's long and winding road to publication, please go to regalhousepublishing.com/alice-stephe...

Thank you to @raisingmothers.bsky.social for publishing my review of ADOPTION UNFILTERED, a much needed, first-of-its-kind resource on adoption's complexities for everyone in the constellation. raisingmothers.substack.com/p/review-ado...

Support our all-adoptee, all-volunteer, free to attend Adoptee Literary Festival, March 22, 2025, and help us reshape the adoption narrative to center adoptees. To learn more about us, please see our website adopteelitfest.com.

Hard to pick favorites from the 12 books I reviewed this year, but STARRY FIELD hit my sweet spot by combining the personal with the historical, including photographs. Lots of other great books on @wirobooks.bsky.social year-end list too.

Thanks to these amazing, talented and funny ladies for a third annual writing weekend, and for bringing me onto yet another social platform!! #WriterFriends