Happy year of the tiger! Reunification in our lifetime

ever since i got this little heart shaped pan i have refused to bake with any other vessel

Vievee Francis, from the latest The Sewanee Review

i am endlessly endlessly honored to have this poem of the past and of the future in The Atlantic this weekend, it meant a great deal to me to write it 🌸 — theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

The silence of Japan on the issue of comfort women rhymes with the silence of the Stanford English department on what happened to my younger self. 11/

Every rumor, fake news, intelligence leak or eyebrow twitch about Kim Jong Un and North Korea gets star treatment in the US media. But when thousands of SOUTH KOREAN trade unionists & progressives march in Seoul against US-ROK war games, NOT ONE PEEP. This was Saturday in Seoul.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY: Now accepting grant applications for projects on Asian Pacific American religions. Up to $30,000 in funding for research & $7,000 for working groups. Applications are due November 15! More info below: aparri.org/grants-and-fel… aparri.org/grants-and-fel…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: BCSR is now accepting proposals for graduate student working groups! Groups with a focus on a specific topic in the study of religion are welcome to apply. Up to $3000 in funding. Applications due October 3. Learn more here: bcsr.berkeley.edu/news/invitatio…

very grateful to be included in The Evergreen Review's special feature on DICTEE -- I wrote about what the text has taught me not only about grief and loss, but also about liveliness, ongoingness, my life at berkeley, and my own family history evergreenreview.com/read/dictees-a…

“I can’t help but think this is what Cha would have wanted—for DICTEE to serve as a site of dynamic, personal movement toward the unfurling of other narratives, other archives.” Now up: “DICTEE’s Auto/Biographies” by maddie kim. Art by Richard Barnes. evergreenreview.com/read/dictees-a…

💛SAN FRANCISCO💛 Solidarity Network is collecting funds to distribute wool socks, rain jackets and other emergency supplies for neighbors living on the street in this rough weather. Venmo: SFNeighbors☂️Please support!

"At the beginning of the road was a sign marking the end of it. We sat down beside the post, our feet sinking through piles of leaves." "The Sign" by Maddie Kim rejection-letters.com/?p=6105

i have new poem called "the sign" up in Rejection Letters today! v grateful that this weird little poem found such a sweet home~ rejection-letters.com/2023/02/02/the…

I loved this poem by maddie kim in Rejection Letters . The simple yet sparkling language expresses so much emotion and beauty in such a small space. This is minimalism at it's best. Also, the fourth to last line in this one is a whole story in itself. rejection-letters.com/2023/02/02/the…

CALL FOR PROPOSALS | APARRI 2023: Envisioning Radical Futures in APA Religions & Communities There are only 2 weeks left to submit to our 2023 conference UC Berkeley -- proposals are due by March 31! Learn more here: aparri.org/the-aparri-con…

stepped back for a sec and took a real look at the books on my desk, defamiliarized before my very eyes

This one’s for all my fellow K-media fans who love books! And for all my fellow lit lovers who appreciate K-media. Working at the intersections of the two, maddie kim’s piece (its investments, its modes of inquiry) holds a special place for me.

I wrote about the intersections of Korean popular culture and Korean American literature for the exciting new MENT Magazine! Featuring readings of recent Korean American novels and convos with Chang-rae Lee, Cathy Park Hong, Ed Park, and Ery Shin~