Mimi Wong
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https://mimi-wong.com
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I’m excited to share I have a work of short fiction published in
@kwelijournal.bsky.social
. The story is excerpted from my novel set in mid-2000s Shanghai. I’m so honored the story found a home in a journal whose contributions the community I admire so much.
www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025...
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Encounter on the Bund by Mimi Wong — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices
He watched as his companion for the past hour left, not bothering to cast even a backwards glance as she exited the bar arm in arm with another man.
https://www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025/12/4/encounter-on-the-bund-by-mimi-wong
5 months ago
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The Offing
13 days ago
Thank you to those who have contributed to our emergency fund raiser!
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The Offing
23 days ago
“Like the Parasite home, Kyung-Me’s rooms induce anxiety through the illusion of openness and transparency.” From “House of Worship,” an Art essay by Danielle Wu, originally published on January 14th, 2020.
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From the Archives: House of Worship - The Offing
Art - The Offing Magazine
https://theoffingmag.com/art/archive-house-of-worship/
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The Offing
about 2 months ago
Exciting Announcement 📣 Our Essay department has decided to stay open until they reach 750 submissions! Submit at the link below.
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The Offing Submission Manager
Thanks so much for your interest, and we look forward to reading your work. Please be familiar with the magazine and our mission before you submit.For 2026, there will be no submission fees thanks to ...
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2 months ago
It's time!! The Essay department at
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is open for submission until May 1. This is my first official window as Editor and I'm excited to see what y'all have for me. Here's a lil thread of details...
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The Offing - Essay
Personal essays, rather than commentary or criticism, of any length.
https://theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit/38405/essay
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Roxana Hadadi
3 months ago
BAIT is meta and heady and weird and messy and so, so good, a constantly provocative dive into what representation even means -- progress or placation? riz & guz are an unmatched pair. great stuff.
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It was incredible hearing this piece performed out loud in person. I will never forget it.
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4 months ago
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Your last saved photo of a celebrity is your therapist. SIGN ME UP.
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Vivian Lee
4 months ago
I'm hiring for an editorial assistant here at L,B! If you're someone who is interested in literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoirs, and nonfiction that deals with big ideas, please apply here:
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Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown & Co.
Hachette Book Group is looking for Editorial Assistant, Little, Brown & Co. Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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The Offing
5 months ago
“To confront a Toor then is to reckon with the nature of art history itself.” From the Archives: Read “The Miraculous Vivacity of Salman Toor,” an Art essay by Katie Alafdal.
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From the Archives: The Miraculous Vivacity of Salman Toor - The Offing
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The Offing
5 months ago
The Offing’s Poetry department is open for submissions today! ✨
theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit
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Bodega Cats
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Julia Carrie Wong
5 months ago
I love Neil Young for a host of reasons but this is pretty cool "New York Times used to be where I went for news. Now I go to 'The Guardian.' I suggest you give it a try."
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I’m excited to share I have a work of short fiction published in
@kwelijournal.bsky.social
. The story is excerpted from my novel set in mid-2000s Shanghai. I’m so honored the story found a home in a journal whose contributions the community I admire so much.
www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025...
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Encounter on the Bund by Mimi Wong — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices
He watched as his companion for the past hour left, not bothering to cast even a backwards glance as she exited the bar arm in arm with another man.
https://www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025/12/4/encounter-on-the-bund-by-mimi-wong
5 months ago
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Sarah Marian Seltzer
5 months ago
Dear
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your silence as ICE attacks democracy is deafening. As a NY woman I’m ashamed.
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Dara Hyde
5 months ago
Amazing piece by
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in
@kwelijournal.bsky.social
: Encounter on the Bund
www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025...
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Encounter on the Bund by Mimi Wong — KWELI / Truth From the Diaspora's Boldest Voices
He watched as his companion for the past hour left, not bothering to cast even a backwards glance as she exited the bar arm in arm with another man.
https://www.kwelijournal.org/fiction/2025/12/4/encounter-on-the-bund-by-mimi-wong
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Tara Skurtu
6 months ago
If you read one thing today, let it be this: “An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good: Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness” ❤️💔
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
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An Elegy for My Neighbor, Renee Nicole Good
Fellow poet Danez Smith memorializes the Minneapolis mother's call to witness
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a69957102/elegy-for-renee-nicole-good/
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Catbus
6 months ago
happy birthday to the GOAT Hayao Miyazaki
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Gillian Branstetter
6 months ago
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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David DeKeyser
7 months ago
Supporting The Offing every year has meant I’m exposed to new writers and artists and helping give people the break they deserve.
@mimiwong.bsky.social
and I are committing this year to matching $500 in donations and we’re halfway there so we hope you can make a tax deductible donation today!
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The Offing
7 months ago
Seeking your support as we work toward our $5,000 goal for next year! Donate $50 and receive a free copy of our anthology. Use the link to donate today!
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Crisosto Apache
7 months ago
I'm seeking a few writers who might be interested in writing a review and have access to publishing the review for my current poetry collection "is(ness). Serious inquiries only. You can message me and I can get you in touch with my publisher.
gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/isness/
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is(ness) - Gnashing Teeth Publishing
The poetry collection "is(ness)" is all about capturing the importance of time and presence. Much like taking a snapshot of moments in stillness, similar to a photograph or painting. These poems refle...
https://gnashingteethpublishing.com/books/isness/
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Óscar Moisés Díaz موسى دياز
7 months ago
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So honored to kick off my role as Editor of Poetry in Translation at The Offing with these poems by Leónidas Lamborghini translated by Anayvelyse Allen-Mossman. Please read and share widely. So much in store for 2026 and beyond.
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Josephine Riesman
7 months ago
We are officially less than two years away from the events of CHILDREN OF MEN Matters seem to be right on schedule
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Ty Burr
8 months ago
Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines. "Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue." The movie takes place in 2027.
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Amanda Katz
8 months ago
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Jerry Chen
8 months ago
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Christine Hyung-Oak Lee 🐝💨
8 months ago
Please please please double space your essays when submitting. When you are >50 and on your 20th essay read of the day, you will understand what an immense courtesy it is to double space.
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Honestly, this is what I try to tell my students
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8 months ago
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Alexander Chee
8 months ago
I really needed this.
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The Offing
8 months ago
Congratulations to all of our nominees this year for Best of the Net! Check them out below:
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Óscar Moisés Díaz موسى دياز
8 months ago
Happy to announce that I’ve been appointed Editor of Poetry in Translation at The Offing. Looking forward to bringing lots of awesome work into the world, so overjoyed to be joining the team at the Offing and please stay tuned for an open call I’ll be announcing soon. يا قدّوس
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Karen K. Ho
9 months ago
current mood
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wormbuxx
9 months ago
Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob
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Rabih Alameddine
10 months ago
Labor Day Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936
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Wendy Xu
10 months ago
i think all the toads & toadettes come from the same mycelium and therefore share a hive mind
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Blue sky nice ghost
10 months ago
[to the tune of Lee-Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance] I hope he dies
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Anton Hur
10 months ago
hopescrolling
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Joshua Erlich
10 months ago
anyway neoluddite movement when
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Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of
@theoffingmag.bsky.social
. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!
mailchi.mp/theoffingmag...
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My Last Letter from the Editor
https://mailchi.mp/theoffingmag/last-letter-from-editor
11 months ago
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Judy Berman
11 months ago
For those of us who were actually unemployed adults in 2008, shit like this is hilarious
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Tony Hao
11 months ago
My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19. from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切
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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus
11 months ago
“When I write about the children, I know your mind will wander back to someone else.” Read this story by Lê Khải Việt, tr. by Phương Anh, in
theoffingmag.bsky.social
. Phương Anh contributed to our issue “Untethered States: Literature of the Vietnamese Diaspora.”
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You and I on the Motorbike - The Offing
Translation - The Offing Magazine
https://theoffingmag.com/translation/you-and-i-on-the-motorbike/
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Aruni Kashyap
12 months ago
Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and
@theoffingmag.bsky.social
magazine for publishing this interview
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The Offing
12 months ago
Join The Offing's patron community! Keep independent publishing alive and be the first to see new interviews, hear new audio installations, and get patron-exclusive perks. Become a patron today! Visit our Patreon page to join.
www.patreon.com/theoffing
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12 months ago
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Ted Leo 🍉
12 months ago
It’s canon, now, that that T should be capitalized.
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Tim Onion
12 months ago
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‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week
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Anil Dash
12 months ago
A thing that will clarify everything about these discussions of race (and the brokenness of reporting on politics in NYC) is that mainstream media absolutely *cannot* conceive of conversations that aren’t mediated by whiteness…
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real name requirements considered harmful
12 months ago
but also, when i say the NYTimes deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean NYTimes cooking, NYTimes puzzles, crosswords, connections, and wordle, the wirecutter, the athletic, and all their podcasts.
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