A few people have claimed that the "revoke some trans passports" in my latest story is "hyperbole" or "sensational reporting." The Trump admin in their 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has literally said they will do this if they win. assets.aclu.org/live/uploads...

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Check out THIS ARAB IS QUEER, an anthology that has @zeynjoukhadar.bsky.social a brilliant trans writer who generously blurbed my novel in it with others. Stop pinkwashing your orientalist fantasies of the bigotry of Arabs over their experiences.

Do you like lists, books, and queer hauntings? Check out my @electricliterature.com post featuring excellent work by @vajra.me @ninocipri.bsky.social @zeynjoukhadar.bsky.social @sofiaajram.bsky.social @casskhaw.bsky.social @hangsawoman.bsky.social & more! electricliterature.com/8-books-abou...

get in loser we’re going to hyrule @summ.bsky.social https://www.gameoverbooks.com/product-page/i-could-die-today-and-live-again

Gamer of color? Write CNF? @summ.bsky.social is editing what's going to be an AMAZING folio for ANMLY that you should absolutely send work to! More details: https://anmly.medium.com/call-for-work-cnf-video-game-writing-from-lgbtq-writers-of-color-3ffe10e818c5

Once a bustling congregation of Arabs in the heart of New York, the city's Syrian quarter has now all but vanished, save for a few relics. @zeynjoukhadar.bsky.social reflects on its history and how it impacted his work as a writer 👇

Last week, the Smithsonian cancelled next month's 2023 Asian American Literature Festival (#AALF) without warning or explanation. Today I signed an open letter together with the partners, organizers, & participants of the festival to ask for accountability & answers. https://linktr.ee/aalfcollective

I could listen to @garthgreenwell.bsky.social write about literally anything all day long, but--particularly as I'm getting back into vocal training as a bass--reading him on opera is a special treat.

sometimes u just need to lay down in a quiet room and listen to John Cage's Lecture on Nothing while the cicadas thrum outside and the room slowly darkens. asmr before asmr existed i swear

i know it's overdue but i FINALLY got around to making a page on my website for my multidisciplinary stuff, like the art show I did in Corsica with my partner last year (photos!!) & the adaptation I'm working on for @NoorTheatre of THIRTY NAMES 😻 https://www.zeynjoukhadar.com/multidisciplinary-work/

Book lovers, NYC's beloved Yu & Me Books, our city's first Asian American woman-owned bookstore, suffered terrible damage from a fire above their shop on July 4. They've had to cease operations for now. Can you please give to help them through this difficult time?

Okay y'all, last go around promoting this, but if you happen to be in the NY/Brooklyn area tomorrow, I'll be reading with some of the dopest writers around (game changers in the making!) at Unnameable books at 7pm! Hope to see y'all there for a night of mingling and verse! #author #authors

do we share here? on twitter? both? idk but I wrote about womb transplants, Jacqueline Rose, Sheila Heti, and trans motherhood. feel free to retweet it there here or just send it out by carrier pigeon https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/14986/assigned-womb-at-birth-an-essay-on-trans-motherhood

Since I’m here now, I figure this essay is a good introduction to my work and what I’m about. Took a year to write, tho some pieces were knocking around way back in 2019, I think. Sometimes things take as long as they take. https://electricliterature.com/my-transition-will-never-be-finished/