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My phone autocorrected “writing” to “writhing” and I have never felt more seen.
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Steph Wong Ken
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Steph Wong Ken
@Swongken
Bad at sports • Better at words • @kundimanforever '24 • @Tin_House ‘23, '21 • rep'd by @annieahwang
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"We wanted something people could (literally) sink their teeth into and sip a la fine reality TV tea. Voila: The Top 10 Reality Dranks (and some snax) tasting party was born."
🍸 Read our beloved Trash Medicine columnists @Swongken & Beth Baines' latest: inthemoodmagazine.com/issue-10/reali…
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10/10 would read again 😈 Our 10th issue is now live!
We went literal with our theme and published 10 pieces inspired by the number 🔟 Cover illustration by the amazing @huge_rat_comics, who created a panel for every past issue of In The Mood!
READ NOW: inthemoodmagazine.com
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The Caribbean demands and deserves enslavement reparations + climate crisis compensation.
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I've officially re-opened to queries today after a long hiatus away from my query inbox, so here's an updated #mswl of what I'm looking for these days:
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"Is there anything juicier, and stranger, than hometown visits on reality TV shows?"
In their latest Trash Medicine column, @Swongken and Beth Baines tackle an iconic episode format of reality TV 🏡 Read now in our Hometown issue: inthemoodmagazine.com/issue-9/realit…
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#NationalPoetryMonth prompt 8 is adapted from a workshop prompt by @Swongken!
Write a poem whose form - not subject - is inspired by patterns found in nature, such as snowflakes, veins on leaves, honeycombs, spiderwebs, fibonacci sequences in sunflowers, bismuth.
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This story will make you confront all your mould feelings (I have a lot, I'm mostly afraid) and its also funny as hell
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"I’M IN RUSSIA, SURE, BABY. YOU CAN CALL ME BORIS IF IT HELPS, BUT I’M EVERYWHERE. I’M IN YOUR WALLS. I’M IN THE WHITE HOUSE. I’M ON YOUR PLATE. WHERE LIFE GOES, I FOLLOW." Read "We Love Because HE Loved Us First" by Ava Guihama Olson theoffingmag.com/fiction/we-lov…
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"What is a witch? ...Isn't the ability to communicate with the invisible world, to keep constant links with the dead, to care for others and heal, a superior gift of nature that inspires respect, admiration, and gratitude?"
~ Maryse Condé, I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
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Her novel Crossing the Mangrove is such an amazing book; polyphonic, about community drama, gossip, grief, everything. A really important text for me. Rest in Power.
The Booker Prizes@TheBookerPrizes
We’re deeply saddened to hear that Maryse Conde has died. The Grande Dame of Caribbean literature, she was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize twice, in 2015 and 2023, and leaves behind an extraordinary body of work. We send our heartfelt condolences to her family.
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i’ll be at @Tin_House in july! three summers ago was my first tin house, back when i had no writing pubs to my name & i had no idea if my art was any good. heaps of gratitude for all the support & community. 💕💕
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@AnnieAHwang <3 sooo excited and honoured to work with you, Annie! Let's goooo!
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@Swongken is such an enormous talent, thrilled we're getting to work together!! Her command over language (the precision! the restraint! the tension!) combined with her strange, slippery, evocative imagination—my weird, dark heart was just completely taken 🖤
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Wheww signing with @AnnieAHwang and getting into @kundimanforever within the span of two weeks! 🤯🥰
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Wheww signing with @AnnieAHwang and getting into @kundimanforever within the span of two weeks! 🤯🥰
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We asked our contributors to share their top film experiences of 2023 📽️ Featuring projector mishaps, celebrating @BayStreetVideo, falling asleep in the theater, and more from @jennajaco @mahahafilm @QuickReboot @WillSloanEsq @alexjamesmooney @Swongken: inthemoodmag.substack.com/p/are-you-stil…
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Over the past months or so, I began familairizing myself with the poetry, nonfiction, and fiction from and/or related to Sudan, and seeing how Sudan isn't talked about too often within the public space, here is a thread on Sudanese literature for those wanting to read more (🧵):
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So excited to pre-order and read this novel by incredible star @CherryLouSy <3 its going to be a real feast!
Cherry Lou Sy—LOVE CAN’T FEED YOU—out now@CherryLouSy
Just realized this week that people don’t know I am publishing my debut novel. Coming next year, in the Fall!
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Meet writer, activist, and community organizer, Steph Wong Ken. She shared with us reflections on working in and writing about Chinatowns across Canada and the complexities of relating one’s identity to a place.
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@CMagazineArt
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