This video from the UNDP Thailand Extreme Lives series tells the story of Phornthip 'Cha' Khamthongpanao, a young fighter from the Khlong Toei community in Bangkok who has changed her life through Muay Thai.

I’m so grateful to Ian Bonaparte, Janklow & Nesbit, and One World for helping me bring my debut novel to life!

I got to talk to Mitzi Rapkin about Welcome Me to the Kingdom on one of my favorite writing podcasts @FirstDraftADOW lithub.com/passing-throug…

Music has been telling y'all this for a long time: All them fascists gotta lose. From Joshua Stephens. bk.asia-city.com/city-living/ne…

Three takeaways from Thailand's election night: 1. Move Forward wins big 2. It's over for Prayut 3. Murky road of coalition formation ahead Read the piece at Thai Enquirer: thaienquirer.com/49642/three-ta… #เลือกตั้ง2566

This is history in the making in #Thaipolitics 🧵 1 Since 2014 coup, establishment elites have done everything they could to undermine democracy & the opposition, recycling hyperoyalist-nationalist ideology. The results are conversely growing and stronger opposition.

Get ready for stories of grief, families in Bangkok, atmospheric Japanese fiction, the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and lots more. ow.ly/WFpz50OwIXt

Queer reads from Southeast Asia for Pride Month! Featuring books from: 🇻🇳 🇹🇭 🇰🇭 🇲🇲 🇵🇭 🇲🇾

Foglifter is here for the LGBTQIA2-S community. This #Pride month, we need you to be there for us🌈 Help us reach our fundraising goal of $10k and be part of our radical queer and trans literary magazine! giveoutday.org/organization/f…

Don't miss Thai-American author Mai Nardone in conversation at the FCCThai this Thursday. Bookings: [email protected] fccthai.com/events/203

Invest in the future of literary translation. Help us increase payments to contributors by 20%. When you participate in our Spring Fund Drive, your contribution supports our vision of a more sustainable future for translators and authors. Donate today. wwborders.live/donate

Sometime last year, @puttaneekangkun told me she was facing a 42-year sentence for sharing posts on Twitter and Facebook. Since then, I've followed the long legal odyssey that she, Thanaporn Saleephol and Angkhana Neelapaijit have been mired in. nytimes.com/2023/06/09/wor…

Need an audiobook for days in the sun? Save 50% on "Welcome Me to the Kingdom" by Mai Nardone. Offer expires 07/03. audiobooks.com/promotions/pro…

Today is the anniversary of Sunthorn Phu's birthday, one of Thailand's greatest poets. I adapted some of his most well-known poems into English while retaining the distinctive rhyming structure of Thai poetry. thaienquirer.com/50051/an-intro… Thai Enquirer

Hello from Maine, Mai Nardone! Are we still in the same country, same time zone? When I was still in Germany, + he in Bangkok, we chatted about his marvelous story collection Welcome Me to the Kingdom, which spans four decades set in Thailand. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/critl…

Elvis impersonator, skin whitening, sex tourism—the big English-language book about Thailand this year is a collection that spans decades and takes dark turns. bk.asia-city.com/arts/news/mai-…

What's next in Thailand's PM selection process? 🧵 After yesterday's vote, it's become almost certain that Pita will not become Thailand's next prime minister. The Senate has become an insurmountable challenge for him.

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On July 5th the Asian American Literature Festival was suddenly canceled by Smithsonian leadership, just weeks in advance. Without explanation, they erased months of planning work and canceled a unique and historically significant event. washingtonpost.com/books/2023/07/…

My take on Thailand's democratic system being held in the custody of the Establishment. "... No one should have any illusion about the fitness of Thai democracy. This country is semi-authoritarian in deft disguise." bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…