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GET TO KNOW YOUR READER This was originally a BookTok tag that I’ve migrated to Bookstagram to help my new…

It’s been a long time since I made a post—mostly, because it’s been a long time since I’ve had an idea or…

A big week for bandwagoning; Or, I made a Substack and wrote my first essay on Asian diaspora literature and…

I notoriously hate the heat. As a sweaty girl prone to overheating and on SSRIs, I spend most of the summer…

It is Chinese New Year, and I cannot find my words. It is Chinese New Year, and I’m hoping the fire…

Happy New Year! Ins: posting whenever I want (and not from an algorithm), creating and consuming mindfully…

REPOST: I noticed some spelling and grammar errors, and my perfectionism would not let it go (now you see…

My holiday gift to you: a book list based on the crafts that have been consuming me this holiday season. I…

With these lines from A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing, we celebrate not just history and challenge, but also…

When I was eleven, I wrote my first novel (an ill-advised crossover between a boarding school drama akin to…

Please stop asking about my whereabouts on Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM CEST, I definitely was not in…

The goal is always to be disgustingly well-read and ethical! I recently purchased four books for this fall…

EDIT: I realized I didn’t edit the chicken hand description 😭 sleep deprivation from my move got me. Here’s…

UK COVER REVEAL 🐇🍋 Not only is this cover holographic, it's a collaboration between a designer I’ve…

I am struggling to reconcile the dissonance of promoting and sharing my book while, thousands of miles away…

A BEAST SLINKS TOWARDS BEIJING is now available to early readers on Edelweiss and NetGalley, and I’m feeling…

Hot girl summer is upon us, and I have a gift to make your summer even hotter. @bellesaco and I are…

Tomorrow is Election Day in New York City—which is where I live—and I wanted to use my platform to talk…

🐇 COVER REVEAL 🐇 Thank you to my editor @tessj2 and the team @williammorrowbooks and @coversbypaul for…

the barbie classical movie child to weird literary fiction reader pipeline should be studied! thanks for…

So thrilled to be collaborating with @chillsubs_official team on this book list, which looks at the (often…

Reader, I’ve been crashing out. I am constantly struggling with the dissonance of witnessing the current…

5 K G I V E A W A Y (Closed) Despite being a writer, I find myself without words at the support of this…

A bookish dump to celebrate baby’s first book mail! Thank you to the publishers and authors that sent it!…