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Tayyba Kanwal
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Writer | Author of TALKING WITH BOYS, STORIES (Black Lawrence Press, Jan 2026) | Assistant Editor, Conjunctions | Associate Fiction Editor, Cutleaf Journal | https://tayyba.com
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i wrote about Juli Min's SHANGHAILANDERS and Lai Wen's TIANANMEN SQUARE, two debut novels from this past year that i enjoyed greatly

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From the Pudong Airport to Tiananmen Square | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rebecca F. Kuang reviews Lai Wen’s “Tiananmen Square” and Juli Min’s “Shanghailanders.”
lareviewofbooks.org
December 8, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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When it comes to writing a novel, you have to be obsessed with it. Think about the thing you're most into right now. If you aren't at least that locked into thinking about your book, you're not going to make it. It must consume your whole being. Full stop.
December 21, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem
December 8, 2024 at 2:51 AM
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Han Kang's Nobel lecture is now online.

Please note that this was filmed *before* the events of 12/3 and only *released* now.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2024 was awarded to Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life"
www.nobelprize.org
December 8, 2024 at 2:35 AM
"...and I wondered if he worried he would never find his way out, if the world of fiction had lost its protective powers..."

Y'all, Katie Kiramura's AUDITION lands in April and every page will transport you to unsettling places deep in your psyche. Yes, it's a real good feeling.
December 8, 2024 at 2:04 AM
so, hey
November 20, 2024 at 4:43 AM