My first event for my debut monograph, Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture, is on Wednesday at William & Mary! (It'll be hybrid, will share a link soon.) Meanwhile, here's a sneak peek at the video I plan to open with: vimeo.com/1120643057?s...

Today is pub day for my third book and debut monograph! This baby has had quite the journey, and I'm so thrilled to see where it lands in the world. Link below for the info - please buy it if you have the means, ask your libraries to stock it if you don't, and ask me to things! a.co/d/5FmYwYw

Arthur Sze has been named the new U.S. poet laureate. He succeeds Ada Limón, who has held the position since 2022. During his term as poet laureate, Sze plans to have a special focus on translating poetry originally written in other languages. Read more: at.pw.org/ArthurSze

Got my author copies for my third book (!!!) and debut monograph, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN CAN’T DANCE: AMERICAN MASCULINITY IN FILM AND POPULAR CULTURE, published by Bloomsbury Academic! So much more stunning than I was expected! At bookstores near you Thursday the 18th. More info below.

BREAKING: The Trump administration wants the last four digits of every voter’s Social Security number. It's part of a sweeping project led by election deniers to compile a federal voting database. trib.al/P3WCWc9

Just got my flu + covid vaccinations for this season! If you're in Maryland, you can still get them! Keep yourself and your loved ones safe!

It is absolutely wild that the person in charge of health in America has be roundly condemned and labeled as dangerous by: - Former CDC directors - Former Surgeons General - Multiple medical professional societies - Health professionals across multiple platforms And still holds his position.

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

Got my Covid and flu vax scheduled for Monday! Pretty happy, considering I live in TX. Yay for Costco!

🚨 UPDATE on the current COVID vaccine access situation in the US. Please note that this is based on state laws but different things may be happening on the ground, and some pharmacies are defaulting to federal guidelines instead of state laws.

Yes DC!

Your Virgo made her word count goal with two days to go! I wanted to get to 30k words by September 2. Made it to 30,009 and 102 pages yesterday. And now I'm taking a pre-birthday weekend break. 🥰🥹🤩

Transitioning back to the semester while staying with the novel is a struggle. Yesterday, I couldn't do it. But today, although it was hard, I got in there. Today's count: 29,277 & I made it to the top of page 100. My current goal is 100 pages / 30k words by my bday (9/2), whatever comes first. 🙏🏼

this explains some things. that i don't love. please call your repsssssss

so many people are going to die because not enough people were willing to believe that RFK jr would actually try to do exactly what he has said for decades that he wanted to do

The damage this man has done is incalculable.

unusual waistband construction known as a hollywood waist, which means the waist connects seamlessly into hips without the use of a separate waistband. this construction was popular in the 1940s and 50s for how it created an elegant line, but is rarely seen today

COVID vaccine update: Pharmacies in these states won't give you a shot unless you have a prescription. CVS: CO, FL, GA, KY, LA , ME, NY, NC, PA, UT, VA, WV, DC Walgreens: AZ, CO, GA, IN, LA, MO, MT, NM, NY, OR, SC, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI CVS is not yet offering COVID shots at all in MA, NV, and MN.

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@rattymarty.bsky.social @emmsom.bsky.social and I are working on a twin anthology! If you are a twin writer, scholar or artist, consider submitting! docs.google.com/.../10Y5Hnuc....

Today's novel count: 27, 283 / 94 pages If I got to 100 before school starts on Wednesday, I would feel like such a super virgo! 😂🙏🏼

Today's novel count: 26,403 / 92 pages, trying to get to 30k or 100 pages (whichever comes first) by the end of August 🙏🏼

Yesterday’s novel count: 25,335 / 89 pages, trying to get to 30k or 100 pages (whichever comes first) by the end of August 🙏🏼

23,201, trying to get to 30k by September…even with a stomachache in bed I’m trekking along 🙏🏼 #wip

If any of your books are in this database of works stolen by Libgen theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/ You can fill out this form to receive updates on the ongoing class action lawsuit www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/ (my agent said yes, do this)

reckoning w cultural & linguistic displacement, mythology, migration, & empire - mixed Taiwanese rep - abandoning yt mother - longing to share father birth tongue - twin rep - connecting to ancestors thru food - finding one's history via 228, Rape of Nanjing, Patty Chang, & karaoke #Queerpit #PM

a poetry collection that tries to answer: how does identical twinship and mixed race Asian identity impact one's relationship to speech and silence? - lyric meditations - visual poetics - prose poems - dramatic monologues - forms made from diagrams and Chinese karaoke lyrics #Queerpit #PM

THE HUNGER GAMES meets DAUGHTER OF THE MOON GODDESS where a shapeshifting fox demon bard seeking to become human joins the deadly race up a wish-granting mountain—but falling for a demon hunter may cost her everything. #QueerPit #A #FR #F

LUCY UNDYING X FOR THE WOLF Death should have been the end. Yet Ginevra is remade into a monster-her soul still yearning for the one she made a promise to in life. ✨️A promise to come back safe 🌱A promise of moonflowers #QueerPit #F #DF #LGBTQ #A

Even though so few agents rep poetry, still throwing my hat into the #Queerpit ring for this completed ms before I finish my novel! So feel free to support with a repost (but likes are for agents and publishers). Good luck to everyone!

Emily Lee Luan x Diana Khoi Nguyen an extended poetic contemplation on doubling, language, identity, and home - mixed race Asian rep - Chinese characters - Chinese karaoke - Patty Chang - twinhood - family photos, double exposures, polaroids, and images of water #QueerPit #PM

#QueerPit is tomorrow! Starting at 8:00 AM EST! Likes for agents only, so comment on and repost pitches you want to support! Open to query ready manuscripts only. See queerpit.wordpress.com for rules! #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #LitAgents

Wow, I feel really honored that Unwieldy Creatures is the subject of this article! doingsociology.org/2025/08/14/t...

Let's see if I can make my goal of 30k by my birthday (September 2)? 🙏🏼 Today I'm at 22,026.

Anyone have recommendations for agents who take all genres, including poetry? And please, I don't need to be told the whole agents don't often represent poets etc etc, thanks. 😂🙏🏼

Finally added the upcoming monograph (aka debut scholarly book) to my Goodreads! I hardly do anything on there but if you still do, wanna add? www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

Welp, dreaming about characters in my novel for the first time ever so I must be in it now!

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒚. 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐎𝐄𝐌𝐒—Voice & Verse, a Hong Kong-based bilingual print publication, invites poets/translators worldwide to submit original ENG-language poems & poems newly translated into English for our upcoming issue themed 𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠. www.facebook.com/VoiceAndVers...

BREAKING: We filed a class action lawsuit against ICE for denying people access to lawyers and subjecting them to inhumane conditions at 26 Federal Plaza in New York. ICE is illegally holding people here for weeks, often without adequate access to medical care, food, or legal counsel.

Weekend newsletter edition! Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs! Cover reveal of my newest picture book, dropping 11/4/25! Co-authored w/ Mélina Mangal, illustrated by Leslie Barlow and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/sunyungs...

It's August, so, I'm reminding you about my scholarly book, STRAIGHT WHITE MEN CAN'T DANCE: AMERICAN MASCULINITY IN FILM & POPULAR CULTURE, which comes out 9/18! Reach out @ [email protected] if you'd like to bring me for a visit, add the book to your syllabi, have me on a podcast, review, etc!

I got the sweetest fan email today signed: “Sincerely, one more unwieldy creature (less alone now).” 😭😭😭😭

Seeking Taiwanese novels - especially those with English translations. I'm particularly interested in novels that explore 228 and White Terror.

I still haven’t recovered that I can count Jesse Dittmar among my “fans” (who, me? 🫣🥰) & am honored & grateful to be part of the community of beyond wondrous spirits he’s captured. ✨ Here are a couple new author photos plus joyous traces of our time together around the corner from Wash Sq Park. 🥰😍

This works to stop the AI overview on Google search in Chrome, and it's very easy (and helpful to the planet): www.engadget.com/big-tech/how...

Question for publishers: if I want to print a digital photograph in a book, any idea what resolution I’d need?

www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... One of the most important harrowing accounts I’ve read by someone who barely lived to tell it.

Passed peer review for my Substance article for a forthcoming Mary Shelley collection (Bloomsbury)! First time writing Frank scholarship & solely film studies scholarship. They found the article, which ties the two Elizabeths in a psychoanalytic reading, “quite original and engaging.” 😍😍😍

Tell me your favorite novels that do interesting things with POV - shifting, multiple, etc.