From Sally Wen Mao's (@sallywenmao.bsky.social) book The Kingdom of Surfaces: bookshop.org/a/862/978164... #poem #poetry #books #authors #writing

I am so excited and thrilled that Ninetails is included in this list, Washington Post's 11 best science fiction and fantasy books of 2024...Huge gratitude to Charlie and the Washington Post and my team at Penguin!

Featuring: Butcher of the Forest by @premeemohamed.com The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo Annie-Bot by Sierra Greer The Mars House by @natashapulley.bsky.social Metal From Heaven by August Clarke Ninetails by @sallywenmao.bsky.social Ours by Phillip B. Williams

Teaching @sallywenmao.bsky.social’s Oculus poems today paired with techno-Orientalism, Asian futurity, and Asian femme/cyborg representations. Always a hit with the students!!