Yu-Mei

Decolonizing #Thanksgiving bioneers.org/decolonizing-t…

Things I do for my novel that you otherwise wouldn’t catch me doing instagram.com/p/ClUriNCOrZq/…

Dipping my toes into Mastodon. So far I have written an intro post and told you what I’m having for dinner. Just like the old days! @bubblevicious" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">universeodon.com/@bubblevicious

The Pushcart Prize-nominated story is “A Reliable Woman,” which was published in the fiftieth anniversary volume of the Mississippi Review earlier this year. The story is about a Vietnamese woman who lives in Singapore with her Chinese-Singaporean husband and their two children.

Gobsmacked. Thank you @MissReviewMag for the love! 🫶🏽 And congrats to my fellow nominees!

Marshall's daughter (not identified by name in the previous link) explains the phrase "Wacko the ducks!" as meaning "How absolutely fantastic!" and adds, "I think it's a very interesting phrase and ought to be returned to the language, really." Endorsed!

Also came across this lovely oral history snippet contributed by one of Marshall's daughters (not sure if it's the same one) describing her father's penchant for the word sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-di…

More than 15 years ago, I wrote a short blog post about "Wacko the ducks," a pet phrase of Singapore's former Chief Minister David Marshall, which I stumbled across while listening to his oral history recordings at the National Archives of Singapore blog.toomanythoughts.org/2006/06/wacko-…

Typo of the day: cathedrawl

Typo of the day: Singapore friend noodles. #amwriting

When you realise that the magnificent dramatic set piece at the midpoint of your novel draft has to be entirely rewritten because reasons. #amwriting

Typo of the day: forewarm

And here's the video of the festival closing address by @cheriangeorge, which I moderated youtube.com/watch?v=DjAXps…

To be fair, I mostly reflect on my distance from the subject and my current preoccupations as a fiction writer. 🙃

TY @SGUnbound1 for the video of my panel at the Singapore Literature Festival in New York: "Archipelagic Constellations", abt writing the history of South Asian migration to Guyana, Trinidad & Singapore, with the inspiring Gaiutra Bahadur & @KrystalASital youtube.com/watch?v=8MUgxN…

When your fingers automagically type "cinta" instead of "contain".

The event will be the first stop on @JeremyTiang ’s New England book tour for “Cocoon”.

I’ll be in conversation with @JeremyTiang to celebrate the launch of his latest translation, “Cocoon” by Zhang Yueran, at @papercutsjp in Boston, Tuesday, October 18, 6 pm.

Recent reads on my New York trip + upcoming event in Boston with @JeremyTiang: instagram.com/p/CjzITIQu3Km/