Hysteric Tran
@erictran.bsky.social
Not a smart man but a loving one.
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Shenandoah’s 75th anniversary double issue just dropped! www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/#poetry Amazing poems by @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @carlosaglive.bsky.social @rosswhite.com @casswhit.bsky.social @darleneanitascott.bsky.social 1/2
Volume 74, Numbers 1 & 2
Shenandoah has been publishing great writing for 75 years. Located at Washington and Lee University, the magazine is part of the English Department and is a tool used to teach students the art and cra...
www.shenandoahliterary.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Shenandoah’s 75th anniversary double issue just dropped! www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/#poetry Amazing poems by @janezwart.bsky.social @sallypoet.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @carlosaglive.bsky.social @rosswhite.com @casswhit.bsky.social @darleneanitascott.bsky.social 1/2
I wrote this poem years ago about my Asianness and violence and in the intervening time, somehow the poem has continued to grow, outside of me, into asking me to see everyone as myself, in fear and care and deep deep love.
www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/at-th...
www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/at-th...
At the AAPI Support Group Zoom, Everyone Waves Goodbye with Both Hands
In that Zoom, I cried /
when I saw faces that looked like mine. Faces that looked at mine.
www.shenandoahliterary.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I wrote this poem years ago about my Asianness and violence and in the intervening time, somehow the poem has continued to grow, outside of me, into asking me to see everyone as myself, in fear and care and deep deep love.
www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/at-th...
www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/at-th...
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the cheer rn is "The people are victorious."
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 PM
the cheer rn is "The people are victorious."
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I wanted to be worth Love's time but I was not / ready.
- Yanyi, "Ambulance! Ambulance!"
- Yanyi, "Ambulance! Ambulance!"
May 5, 2024 at 7:22 PM
I wanted to be worth Love's time but I was not / ready.
- Yanyi, "Ambulance! Ambulance!"
- Yanyi, "Ambulance! Ambulance!"
I presented at the Oregon Book Awards last night and backstage all the writers pulled out books we had brought to read during our down time.
April 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I presented at the Oregon Book Awards last night and backstage all the writers pulled out books we had brought to read during our down time.
“It’s special, to be able to love.”
— Rebecca K Reilly, Greta & Valdin
— Rebecca K Reilly, Greta & Valdin
March 20, 2024 at 5:57 AM
“It’s special, to be able to love.”
— Rebecca K Reilly, Greta & Valdin
— Rebecca K Reilly, Greta & Valdin
I used to wake up at 4AM to write during med school. I’m jet lagged and waking up around that time now and what a delight to remember dark hours that are mine alone.
March 14, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I used to wake up at 4AM to write during med school. I’m jet lagged and waking up around that time now and what a delight to remember dark hours that are mine alone.
I've created a list of LGBT/queer AAPI films. Most of them I found by pulling DVDs off the shelf of Movie Madness, a fantastic video rental store in PDX.
Please share generously and lovingly. Send me any suggestions or thoughts!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share generously and lovingly. Send me any suggestions or thoughts!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 5, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I've created a list of LGBT/queer AAPI films. Most of them I found by pulling DVDs off the shelf of Movie Madness, a fantastic video rental store in PDX.
Please share generously and lovingly. Send me any suggestions or thoughts!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Please share generously and lovingly. Send me any suggestions or thoughts!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
“How will you / have you prepare(d) for your death?
I walk home calmly.
I kiss him.
I kiss him.”
— Chen Chen, “a small book of questions: chapter 1”
I walk home calmly.
I kiss him.
I kiss him.”
— Chen Chen, “a small book of questions: chapter 1”
January 26, 2024 at 3:33 AM
“How will you / have you prepare(d) for your death?
I walk home calmly.
I kiss him.
I kiss him.”
— Chen Chen, “a small book of questions: chapter 1”
I walk home calmly.
I kiss him.
I kiss him.”
— Chen Chen, “a small book of questions: chapter 1”
I go on what I call sadness/depression walks. Today I did that to buy candles and condoms and the owner of a Japanese stationary store ran after me to give me a water bottle I left there months ago. I call them sadness walks, but really I'm always walking towards joy.
January 11, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I go on what I call sadness/depression walks. Today I did that to buy candles and condoms and the owner of a Japanese stationary store ran after me to give me a water bottle I left there months ago. I call them sadness walks, but really I'm always walking towards joy.
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Took myself on a date and as I was reading at the bar, another patron—a horror writer—brought candles to my table so I could had enough light.
November 14, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Took myself on a date and as I was reading at the bar, another patron—a horror writer—brought candles to my table so I could had enough light.
Nothing matters. We can do whatever we want.
November 1, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Nothing matters. We can do whatever we want.
The instinct of love is to worry.
-- Oliver de la Paz
-- Oliver de la Paz
October 31, 2023 at 5:11 AM
The instinct of love is to worry.
-- Oliver de la Paz
-- Oliver de la Paz
Listen, if the barista gives me a latte that matches my skintone, it's flirting.
August 26, 2023 at 6:31 PM
Listen, if the barista gives me a latte that matches my skintone, it's flirting.