“After reading, I am left with a sense of grief, but I am not certain why.” Amanda Earl recognizes the unique expressions and imagery captured in Grace Kwan’s debut poetry book. It's like a memory set in a haunted world one finds impossible to escape from. Read the full review here: buff.ly/w4Ph1pf

whats the most precious thing you’ve ever lost? ✨ open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

by the way, i offer poetry feedback to paid subscribers of my newsletter!!🥰 sleepyfacegrace.substack.com/diamond

a piece i wrote on loneliness🥀 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

if you need a break from the heat, here’s a snowy, sad vignette for your enjoyment❄️ open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

My friend Winston Le will be launching his new chapbook Thhhhh @spartacusbooks.net for Asians on the Edge May 31st with Carolyn Nakagawa, @yilinwriter.bsky.social, @rahat.bsky.social, and Leanne Dunic & host @gracekwan.bsky.social. Details here: simpli.events/e/46fca0 So excited to hear all!

a new post on anger on my newsletter❤️‍🩹 sleepyfacegrace.substack.com/p/my-anger-i...

i started posting an epistolary series, which is part of one of my fiction projects, on my substack and this is the second instalment :) 🌊💕💌📻📮 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

i have a new small poem in issue 27 of petrichor mag! be sure to check out the other contributors’ work: petrichormag.com/pebbles-vol-...

The only light in Gaza right now is from Israeli bombs. Israel has cut off electricity and water to 2.1 million Palestinians — resuming its genocidal war and pushing Gaza toward total humanitarian collapse.

#DailyishVerse 56 bsky.app/profile/grac...

this hat and some love island🤌

🧵 Israel has resumed its genocide in Gaza. After weeks of systematically violating ceasefire agreements, Israel launched massive airstrikes across Gaza overnight, targeting homes, hospitals, and shelters for displaced civilians.

happy small poem sunday from my book, THE SACRED HEART MOTEL🏹💕

no big deal just my favourite novelist (heather o’neill, whose book inspired the title of my book) saying she liked my book

reflections and a new poem on childhood love on my substack today👼📻🌕 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

Jennifer Espinoza @sadqueer4life.bsky.social

a poem from my book, THE SACRED HEART MOTEL, to start the week💘🌛https://metonymypress.com/shop/books/the-sacred-heart-motel/

i have a new essay on substack— my ode to lockets🥹💫💌 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

i have a new essay on substack— my ode to lockets🥹💫💌 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

We just want to highlight this excellent piece on the moral panic around e-scooters…very eye opening to get a sociological perspective on the #Toronto situation… journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

hot girls receive pretty books for valentine’s day and love supporting local authors fyi🥰 if anyone in vancouver wants a copy of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL for your loved one or your own enjoyment, i have a few🥺✨💌 just dm me!! 18.95 for a book; 28 for a book + keychain

a few words on editing my book, poetic centrifuges, and how a durian can bring everything together in my new substack post, featuring a little poem that didn’t make the cut for THE SACRED HEART MOTEL✨🌝 open.substack.com/pub/sleepyfa...

This morning, I revisited the first poem posted on @stonecirclereview.bsky.social: "Moving Poem" by @gracekwan.bsky.social "I don’t know what I’ll do / without Vancouver’s beauty—" stonecirclereview.com/moving-poem/

YIKES

hot girls receive pretty books for valentine’s day and love supporting local authors fyi🥰 if anyone in vancouver wants a copy of THE SACRED HEART MOTEL for your loved one or your own enjoyment, i have a few🥺✨💌 just dm me!! 18.95 for a book; 28 for a book + keychain

I dunno Mary Oliver, the soft animal of my body is not loving this right now

hi :) i’m a “vancouver”-based author, and my debut poetry collection just came out in november. it’s available most places books are sold!🥰💌✨ more info: grckwn.com

New at Pancouver: #Vancouver poet Grace Kwan delves into emotional lives of diaspora in The Sacred Heart Motel @metonymypress.bsky.social #poetry @theshorepoetry.bsky.social pancouver.ca/grace-kwan-d...

Poet Grace Kwan appears on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest to discuss their debut collection #TheSacredHeartMotel: from world-building via Pinterest mood boards to the life-saving power of poetry in a mental health crisis to migrants’ feelings of impermanence and more www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...