Girl in a Box is featured this week on #NetGalley! Come for the tanka poetry, stay for the love story. #historicalfiction

Hey you guys, I got my Advance Readers Copy (ARC) for my novel GIRL IN A BOX last week! Isn't it pretty? So excited to hold the real thing in my hands. It doesn't release until April 21, but pre-order is possible now. www.jeangordonkocienda.com

Librarian of Congress Dr. Hayden summarily fired today. Shocking, in a world where I am shock-weary.

Female(s)! Really?

Democrats need a better strategy than, "I told you so". We are waiting for a leader, time is short, and no one is stepping forward. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/o...

Happy Girls Day in Japan! #Japan #poetry #historicalfiction #girlsday #ひな祭り

Horrifying, but this surely speaks to hard work paying off in making plane crashes survivable. Incredible that everyone survived this, and relatively few were even hospitalized. www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/u...

I wish these ladies were still around so I could interview them. I have so many questions! #WAC #Pacific #historicalfiction #author

I bet they have strong opinions on this matter! Why did we never ask before? #grammar

While ERA should be a complete no-brainer, I am concerned about this precedent - i.e., President proclaims an amendment to the Constitution when the legal requirements weren't met. #ERA #precedent #Biden #ruleoflaw www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...

Even if you revile TikTok, watch this space. BookTok moves books in the digital economy. Parent co ByteDance says it will proactively switching off its app. Trump/Musk may pull a 13th hour turnaround. www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...

I will not make this cake, but I can imagine doing so. It's way better for my mental health than worrying about All the Things. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026...

With the LA fires still burning, is anyone else in the Bay Area starting to fret that we need more rain here, too? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Justice Samuel Alito spoke with Donald Trump shortly before Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his hush-money sentencing.

Good news for creatives, including writers, as well as teachers, counselors and therapists: www.nasdaq.com/articles/10-...

I hope that BlueSky will not become a political echo chamber in the way that Twitter did, only with a different political agenda. I revile the MAGA set as much as anyone here, but I am also weary of pointless name-calling.

Another inconvenient truth. :( www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/w...

Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) was a tanka poet. My translations are sad shadows of her verses, but I love to try. Here's the original :「このあした君があげたるみどり子のやがて得む恋うつくしかれな」(find more at www.instagram.com/accidental_f... )

for the potato fears not death

I didn't go to my high school senior prom. Instead, a dateless friend and I stole into the AV Dept of our boarding school and watched this version of Romeo and Juliet on the school's VHS machine. We had a blast, and Olivia is my favorite Juliet. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/a...

Jimmy Carter came into his own as an elder statesman after his presidency ended. He wasn't nasty and Machiavellian enough to be a great President. But afterward, he became a trusted diplomat, a symbol of what Americans could aspire to. Rest well, Jimmy.

Finished draft #1 of new novel and let it sit unopened for two weeks. Opening it back up -- I'll try to read straight through without editing. Making a pdf so it's harder to fiddle. #writer #historicalfiction

#1. Ghosts of the Tsunami, #2. James, #3 Beloved, #4. Remarkably Bright Creatures... lots more on my Substack open.substack.com/pub/jeangord...

Korean fashion at the Asian Art Museum in SF today. Hot!

Just finished James, which won the National Book Award this year. I'll probably dream about it tonight. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/b...

Merry Christmas!

Tanka poem by Yosano Akiko (1878-1942). #poetry #Japan #lovers

May you never be so easily identifiable. ❤️

I am a Succulent Sitter. I need to keep this--a loved one's gift for someone else--alive for a week. No instructions were attached. No water, right? Just indirect light?

I Wrote a novel in ninety days... here's what I learned. open.substack.com/pub/jeangord...

What powers your writing? I mean, besides coffee?