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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of @theoffingmag.bsky.social. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!

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My Last Letter from the Editor

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wormbuxx @wormbuxx.bsky.social · 1d

Now I’m falling asleep and she’s calling a cob

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Sep 5

I will join 😮‍💨

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Sep 1

Labor Day
Nicolaas van der Waay, The Strike of the Ballerinas, c. 1936

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · Sep 2

i think all the toads & toadettes come from the same mycelium and therefore share a hive mind

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · Sep 1

[to the tune of Lee-Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance] I hope he dies

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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · Aug 30

hopescrolling

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · Aug 27

anyway neoluddite movement when

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 24

Your support of @theoffingmag.bsky.social makes a huge difference. We rely on individual donations and pride ourselves on being community-funded. The money goes directly to paying our contributors, offering small stipends to our volunteer staff, and keeping submissions free and accessible to all.

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 24

It would mean so much if you could join me in becoming a monthly patron @theoffingmag.bsky.social and help support an independent nonprofit literary journal. To celebrate 10 years of publishing, new patrons at the $10 level will get a copy of our 10th anniversary anthology!
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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today I share my last Letter from the Editor as EIC of @theoffingmag.bsky.social. Thank you for being part of this journey with me!

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My Last Letter from the Editor

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Judy Berman @judyberman.bsky.social · Jul 22

For those of us who were actually unemployed adults in 2008, shit like this is hilarious

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Tony Hao @tonyhao.bsky.social · Jul 22

My translation of poetry and prose by Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, the late Taiwanese transgender poet and writer whose life was tragically cut short by a mountain trekking incident at age 19.

from “Before the Snowmelt” 我所告訴你關於那座山的一切

The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · Jul 2

“And if you get lost and walk into your heart yourself, then it’ll be your turn to become a mountain."

Four Excerpts from "Before the Snowmelt" by Liu Chen-Chun, translated from Chinese by Tony Hao.

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Words Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · Jul 20

“When I write about the children, I know your mind will wander back to someone else.” Read this story by Lê Khải Việt, tr. by Phương Anh, in theoffingmag.bsky.social . Phương Anh contributed to our issue “Untethered States: Literature of the Vietnamese Diaspora.” theoffingmag.com/translation/... (1)

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 18

Hi! Select departments will open for subs in the fall. In the meantime, you can sign up for our monthly newsletter to get announcements about any calls for submissions: theoffingmag.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe/po...

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Aruni Kashyap @arunikashyap.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you to Gauri Awasthi and @theoffingmag.bsky.social magazine for publishing this interview

The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Is it possible to write in English by remaining acutely aware of and consciously borrowing from Indigenous and vernacular aesthetics?"

From a new Q&A with Aruni Kashyap, author of The Way You Want To Be Loved, and editor Gauri Awasthi. @arunikashyap.bsky.social

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The Offing @theoffingmag.bsky.social · Jul 7

Join The Offing's patron community! Keep independent publishing alive and be the first to see new interviews, hear new audio installations, and get patron-exclusive perks. Become a patron today! Visit our Patreon page to join.
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Black text reads Keep The Offing independent by becoming a monthly patron! Patrons support operations and keep our website free to all.

Slide 3 is a list of perks for patrons who donate $5 per month. The perks include your name on our
Sustaining Patrons page; our monthly installation of The Offing Curates --- a round up of art, literature, and music recs by our team members; and first listen to Offing works newly revived through audio recordings.

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 9

This one might as well be real

New York Times-style headline that reads: Mamdani Lacks 'Hands-On' Executive Experience, Says Cuomo

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 9

A New York Times-style headline that reads: In Texts, Mamdani Replies 'LOL.' But Does He Really 'Laugh Out Loud'?

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Ted Leo 🍉 @tedleo.bsky.social · Jul 5

It’s canon, now, that that T should be capitalized.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jul 4

‘New York Times’ Announces New Columnist Will Contribute Nothing To Society 3 Times A Week

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Jul 3

A thing that will clarify everything about these discussions of race (and the brokenness of reporting on politics in NYC) is that mainstream media absolutely *cannot* conceive of conversations that aren’t mediated by whiteness…

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un bastille after another @anem0ne.net · Jul 3

but also, when i say the NYTimes deserves neither your money nor your respect, i also mean NYTimes cooking, NYTimes puzzles, crosswords, connections, and wordle, the wirecutter, the athletic, and all their podcasts.

No Mods, No Masters @julieofthespirits.bsky.social · Jul 3

We have now officially moved on to the "NY Times trying to understand the existence of Asian Africans" part of the election

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Daniel 🌷✨🌇 @iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social · Jul 2

ICYMI: still open for volunteer readers for the Micro department @theoffingmag.bsky.social!! plz share with your friends 🙏🏼❤️✨

Daniel 🌷✨🌇 @iloveyoudaniel.bsky.social · Jun 26

hi friends, I’m looking for volunteers to read for the Micro department @theoffingmag.bsky.social! no experience needed, but if you love short writing & can spare a few hours a week reading, plz apply/share! plz send a letter of interest & resume to [email protected]

hope to hear from you! 🌊✨

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 2

Excited to read Nishant’s new novel! I previously chatted with Nishant about his debut, which grew out of a piece published early on at @theoffingmag.bsky.social:

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Mimi Wong @mimiwong.bsky.social · Jul 2

Translator’s Note

The following extracts are selected from Before the Snowmelt (我所告訴你關於那座山的一切, lit. “Everything I’ve Told You about That Mountain”), the only published book by the late Taiwanese transgender writer Liu Chen-Chun. In 2017, during a hiking trip in Nepal, Liu and his partner Liang Sheng-Yueh (known as “Yueh” in Liu’s writing) were trapped in a mountain cave by a snowstorm. Forty-seven days later, the rescue team finally arrived and discovered that only Liang had survived.