Article here. There are still MANY questions about how this new INA 212(f) entry suspension will be implemented, and the government has put out frighteningly little official information. Many people will be watching carefully. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

MUCH GRATITUDE TO @jenwithwords.bsky.social @pleomorphic2.bsky.social and all the WONDERFUL EDITORS AT LITERARY NAMJOONING for including "Sticky Notes for a Downcast Soul" in Issue 2 literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/sticky-notes-for-a-downcast-soul-by-tracie-adams

Tis the start of the new school year. May the force be with us. #BackToSchool open.substack.com/pub/liyer/p/...

Pennsylvania people, listen up.

Shout-out to our wonderful team--four brilliant writers who have stood by me through good times and bad, and who believe in Lit Namjooning as much as I do. So grateful for @lakshgiri.bsky.social, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @jenwithwords.bsky.social, and @pleomorphic2.bsky.social 😍 - Hema #namjooning

New post up on #Substack open.substack.com/pub/liyer/p/...

Tomorrow evening at 6:00 pm www.aaiff.org/aaiff48/love...

Joonie those are so deep damn thoughts (from his Insta, Google Lens translated so it might suck)

From Blog to Substack: A New Chapter Begins Photo by George Dolgikh on Pexels.com With Love Chaos Kin having premiered, it feels like my writing/sharing journey has come full circle. I started micro-blogging somewhere between 2001 and 2003 and writing fairly regularly from 2004 on. What started as…

Corrugation Photo by Nitin Sharma on Pexels.com My aching feet long for the warm water despite it being summer. I am in the shower and looking at the water cascading from the shower head when on impulse I look up. The cover that shields the plumbing from the onlookers eyes is loose. I reach up to…

From 2007 www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/12...

#fourthofjuly🇺🇸 #independence As America turns 250, we mark the end of a cycle. Yesterday, @amandasmildtakes spoke of hope as action. Today, I am taking this day to mourn and start afresh with hope for a future that is equitable

Crossovers I Didn’t Expect "… my little soda pop…" I am humming as I get ready to log in. The entire soundtrack of K-Pop Demon Hunters has been on loop this past week. The songs work well in the movie and work even better as an album to play on repeat. I am not even sure when was the last time I…

I could be watching the next episode of the show (Reborn) I am currently watching. Instead, I am sitting, mid afternoon, with the sun a tad too harsh through the mullioned windows of our family room, watching Felix chase a ball round and round. lgiyer.com/2025/06/28/i...

Breaching New Frontiers "You can get drunk as much as you want to…" Ammu says playfully in conversation where her dad and I talk about her and her twin getting their learner's permits and eventually their drivers license. "Ani! Neva…" I call out laughing as I do and head back to my oasis that is…

Where Angels Fear To Tread Gigi and Grandpa E came into our lives in the spring of 2012. They are my older daughters' birth great grand parents. I know it's a mouthful. It started with one email that burgeoned into over five hundred emails and well over a thousand text messages over the course of…

My feet ache from running around with our new pup Felix. I am wearing a dress with no pockets so my phone lies on some table somewhere. I glance at the notifications on the screen. A democratic lawmaker in Minneapolis is shot and killed. lgiyer.com/2025/06/14/e...

Bringing Home Felix "Felix, come here. Come here baby…" Pattu's high pitched baby talk sounds so good to me. Ammu is walking around with the twelve week old puppy draped over her shoulders the way one carries a human baby. Saathi is on the mattress in the dark, patting Felix through the bars of…

D-1. Can’t believe the wait is almost over. 💜 #army #borahae #apobangpo #BTS #btsisback lgiyer.com/2024/11/05/m...

Navigating Marriage: Intentionality in the Later Years The foot massager emits a comforting whine as it kneads and presses my aching soles. I let out an audible gasp of relief even as I mindlessly flit between the various social media pages I have open in front of me. It is a Saturday morning.…

Always a thrill to see things in print. This is in the current issue of The Week magazine in India.

Only fair to post this in anticipation of my #BTS coming back home and #FESTA #ARMY lgiyer.com/2024/03/15/w...

Woke up to this sweet note in my inbox. Bring back blogging I say. 🫶🏽 As an aside, this is what keeps me going. These little notes from strangers on the internet make my day. #writerlife

Embracing The Indolence It's the last week of school in this part of the world. Everyday boasts some event or another that requires parental presence and involvement. Yesterday, I stood in the afternoon sun for over two hours watching my youngest graduate from elementary school. She came home…

Children’s Literature in India: A New Era The Week, India carries an article on children's literature in which I am featured. Read the article here. Children literature in India is going lit with bold, diverse themes- The WeekDownload

Behind the Camera: Crafting Our Family Story on Film Have you ever wondered what it is like to be the subject in a documentary? Here's your inside look.

Happening now. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Next screening in Brooklyn, NYC on May 31st at 7:00 pm as part of Brooklyn Film Festival @brooklynfest See you there.

3 things about the super-talented @jenwithwords.bsky.social (have you seen her poetry films?) that you probably didn't know! Read more about Jenny here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/masth... #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary