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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin

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🍉 Author of forthcoming Heart Eater: A Memoir of Immigration, Belonging, and How We Find Ourselves in Language, The Wet Hex, Unbearable Splendor, + 11 other books. Rep: Tia Ikemoto @CAA & bookings: Anya Backlund @BlueFlowerArts. www.sunyungshin.com

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · Aug 9

Weekend newsletter edition! Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs! Cover reveal of my newest picture book, dropping 11/4/25! Co-authored w/ Mélina Mangal, illustrated by Leslie Barlow and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social! open.substack.com/pub/sunyungs...

"What time is it on the clock of the world?" asked revolutionary philosopher Grace Lee Boggs

Revolutions Are Made of Love: The Story of James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs is coming to the public on November 4, 2025!

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 1d

I love all the editors I’ve gotten to work with. They have all made my work better. And in the very few places where I insisted on my version, they have supported me. It’s a privilege to work with good editors.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 1d

Come hang out with us on 10/23 at the office! www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-brew...

What's Brewing at Coffee House Press?

An evening of fundraising featuring a silent auction, sneak peeks, refreshments, and author readings!

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight!

The Hidden Life of Books: Banned & Burned, An Exhibit and Panel Discussion

Celebrate intellectual freedom during Banned Books Week with an exhibit and talk, The Hidden Life of Books Chapter V: Banned & Burned. The Hidden Life of Books is an ongoing photography series by Laur...

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1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 2d

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Revolutions Are Made of Love Launch Celebration!

Join us for a night of art, community, and celebration as we launch Revolutions Are Made of Love

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 3d

But affirmative action is the true enemy of meritocracy at elite schools…

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d

At Harvard, many students skip class and fail to do the reading, according to a report, but rampant grade inflation allows them to coast through anyway. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

Harvard Has Identified Another Problem: Its Own Students

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a campus culture they say hurts achievement and stifles speech.

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 3d

Open today! www.palettepoetry.com/the-2025-lov...

The 2025 Love & Eros Prize - Palette Poetry

Submit your nature poetry for consideration by our judge, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, between April 14, 2025 and July 15, 2025.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Six out of 10 UK secondary schools hit by cyber-attack or breach in past year

Hackers are more likely to target educational institutions than private businesses, government survey shows When hackers attacked UK nurseries last month and published children’s data online, they were accused of hitting a new low. But the broader education sector is well used to being a target. Continue reading...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d

so is this the fight against "left-wing terrorism"?

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

Federal agents knock down elderly couple during Portland protest

An 84-year-old said she sustained a concussion and was hit with a projectile after she and her husband, a Vietnam vet, were knocked down by federal officers.

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 5d

The latest Substack newsletter open.substack.com/pub/sunyungs...

신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 16d

Dial-A-Poem, a Very Analog Project of the ’60s, Goes Global www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/a...

Dial-A-Poem, a Very Analog Project of the ’60s, Goes Global

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 17d

As long as this is still happening the fundraising is happening.

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 17d

Horrors

신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 17d

So You Want to Write Books for Kids?
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
6:30PM – 8:00PM

Part of the Our Stories, Ourselves series collaboration with More Than a Single Story that highlights BIPOC writers and artists through panel conversations and writing workshops. hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/68a7a...

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 17d

New Substack with poem by the magisterial Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and prompt. Thank you, Lena. Thank you, Kazim Ali for recently reminding people to donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund. www.pcrf.net

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21d

A danger of parasocial relationships with AI is "now you're interacting with something that is designed to not challenge you," the CEO of Partiful, Shreya Murthy, says.

"In-person relationships are supposed to actually have a little friction. That's how we build bonds." #TAF25
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 22d

Democracy, more than anything is a practice. I always think that the Civil Rights Movement succeeded because from the Civil War black Americans built institutions: universities, fraternities and sororities, churches, that engaged them in democratic practice.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 22d

generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 21d

Watching prominent commenters followed by dozens of people I know say "it's over" because Jimmy Kimmel got suspended...like, they actually killed Medgar Evers, in defense of a fascist system that had been in place for decades. Imagine social media that day! Read history and have some self-respect.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26d

did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ

New NYT Column — Republicans Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 21d

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Where are the Publishers?

I’m currently abroad for a surprise long weekend in Italy for my 25th wedding anniversary.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25d

Regret.

WHERE IS KRISTI NOEM? These were her officers and agents. The South Koreans were detained by DHS - not the State Dept. Why is she being shielded from accountability for her Department’s irresponsible raid?

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 25d

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US

US Official Offers Regrets Over Detention of South Koreans

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia.

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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 24d

By me: A planned expansion of military spending by Nato countries could generate an additional 1,320m tonnes of CO2 over the next decade – on a par with the annual GHG emissions generated by Brazil, the fifth largest emitter in the world, according to a new report
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Rising Nato military spending to cause huge spike in emissions, report warns

Pollution could be on par with annual emissions generated by Brazil as experts warn of climate effects of war

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24d

Does anyone on this app work for Apple?? please pass up the chain that the glorching is getting out of hand

Tze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 25d

Girl, I am losing my mind

I think it is glitching autocorrecting to ‘glorching’

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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · Sep 2

A new tool at ICE's disposal and - experts and history tell us - a new threat to civil liberties www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ice obtains access to Israel-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

Trump administration to move ahead with contract with Paragon Solutions, giving Ice access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Sep 1

During the Great Depression, these 7 Black wet nurses staged a sit-down strike to demand better pay and an end to racial discrimination. This is what a labor movement looks like. #LaborDay @hammerandhope.bsky.social

No Money, No Milk

Black wet nurses made a show of militance in 1937.

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