R. O. Kwon 권오경

been sitting on this a little while because of feelings, but y’all Exhibit is a national bestseller 🖤✨🫶🏻😭 a picture from when I heard the news & luckily I got the shot before I started crying

@BaizeShephard Jenny Odell (@the_jennitaur) speaks with four writers and artists (Marcus Burke, @rokwon, Alexis Madrigal, and @DanielGAlarcon) about their athletic practices: thebeliever.net/no-one-gave-it…

Over the years, I've come to realize that it's on this territory—this no-man's-land between what we desperately yearn for and what we know to be the limits of the possible that I most like to work as a writer. —Kazuo Ishiguro, from his intro to a new edition of Never Let Me Go

“I want to be chill, you know what I mean? It seems nice, but I have this unfortunate personality: I feel the most alive and connected to the world when I’m in the maw of incredible intensity.” —Laura van den Berg, interviewed by @rokwon thebeliever.net/an-interview-w…

Our fall issue is coming! We have essays by @heatherchristle, Oliver Egger, and Ash Sanders; interviews with Laura van den Berg, @BlondieOfficial, and @RichardAyoade, conducted by @rokwon, Emma Ingrisani, and Wallace Shawn; poetry, reviews, a column by @NathanielRich, and more.

Left's strong night, updated: —Mamdani finishes well ahead. —All 10 challenged NYC Progressive Caucus members win, or way up. Jumaane Williams, too. —Left may add councilors (AOC- or WFP-backed newcomers up) —WFP-endorsed candidates win primaries for Syracuse & Buffalo mayor.

Last weekend, we headed up the coast for the Bay Area Book Festival! From the Bookworm Block Party to our party with @transitbooks featuring @rokwon, @belladodie, and @LaurenMarkham_, we were thrilled to see our Northern California readers again!

South Korea's President-elect Lee Jae-myung: was a child laborer lost the last election by less than 1% survived a knife attack led his party to a general election victory live-streamed his rush to parliament during martial law wins election with biggest vote share since 2012

—Layli Long Soldier

@olivasdan 🖤🖤

@rokwon ¡Felicidades! Lovely seeing you at recent book festivals. Onward!

EXHIBIT is out in paperback today!, with an updated cover 🖤 & here’s a banned-books fundraiser & lottery to mark this novel’s one-year birthday +

@mvddm <33

@rokwon 🙌❤️

@booksnotbans please send me a screenshot showing you did so, & I’ll put you in a lottery for a signed, personalized paperback of EXHIBIT. & will send out 10 copies 💌 thank you to everyone who’s taken time with this book

been thinking of how my books have been banned in various schools, libraries, & so on. & how painful it is each time I hear about another ban, & of what else I can do so!, if you make a donation of any size to @booksnotbans, which sends lgbtq+ books to groups around the US +

We’re headed back up the coast! Come see us at the Bay Area Book Festival on June 1, or at our bash with Transit on May 31—we'll be hosting @rokwon and @LaurenMarkham_ for a conversation and party. Learn more and RSVP at eventbrite.com/e/ro-kwon-laur…

@riverheadbooks @ABAbook @ThirdPlaceBooks <3

And another special announcement: EXHIBIT was selected by the @ABAbook for their June "Now in Paperback" Indie Next Pick list 🥳 “There is so much in this layered 200-page gem of a novel about a pair of new artist friends...Completely absorbing.” —Kalani K, @ThirdPlaceBooks

Happy paperback pub day to EXHIBIT by @rokwon 🎉 Don't miss this nationally bestselling book that @voguemagazine calls "the sexiest novel of the year" and @TIME says "is sure to get your heart rate up" 👀🖤 Start reading now: bit.ly/3ZFXXom

"Explain why intellectuals can be attracted by a totalitarian ideology." Hannah Arendt's final exam for Contemporary Issues taught in 1955:

The children of Refaat Alareer are having a horrendous day with the sounds of bombs nearby. We pray for their safety and the safety of everyone in Gaza with this intense escalation. Support us here: chuffed.org/project/113327… Two weeks ago, the children of Refaat Alareer camp planted some mint and basil in the camp as a way to grow their own food. They also planted a significant amount of molokhya, traditional Palestinian plant that’s turned into a stew. Farming is one of the ways people are trying to survive the famine imposed by the military occupation. Bombings specifically target farmland to intensify the famine and deprive people from vegetables. Donate to the Refaat Alareer camp to support their survival during this tough time: chuffed.org/project/113327… Other ways to donate include: paypal.me/mahertali (Paypal option, please make sure to add a message saying "camp") account.venmo.com/u/Maher-Ali (Venmo option, please make sure to add a message saying "camp")

MRS. DALLOWAY was published 100 years ago today. The following year, E.M. Forster reviewed it in The Yale Review. Now online for the first time: his essay on Woolf’s novels to date—including what he called her “exquisite and superbly constructed” masterpiece. yalereview.org/article/forste…

South Koreans who supported the impeachment are jubilant in the streets of Seoul. They are hugging one another, some showing tears of joy

Hélène Cixous: “When I start writing, I’m feeling my way in the dark. It’s a kind of darkness that’s not altogether black—there are a few indicators, lights to guide me, black stars. But the darkness is the one in charge.” (from a 1994 interview, tr. Suzanne Dow, in White Ink)