Congrats Wendy Chen 🧨🧨🧨

my mom reacting to the fact it now costs $4,100 a month to live in a Bushwick loft between a Boar’s Head warehouse and a wonton factory

Compassionate and necessary ❤️ Thank you for writing R.O. Kwon 권오경

running to the internet to say “earthquake in brooklyn” like passing cows and saying “cows”

when you’re mean to me this is who you’re being mean to

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The way this almost had me crying on the subway.

This piece will either perfectly articulate your everyday anxieties, in which case you’ll want to read it—or it’ll all sound totally unfamiliar to you, in which case you need to read it. defector.com/the-money-is-i…

Join us on Thursday, 2/15 for an evening with 2023 #5Under35 honorees Mateo Askaripour, Chelsea T. Hicks, Jenny Xie, and Ada Zhang in Miami.

Presented in partnership with Books & Books and Miami Book Fair. RSVP today: mailchi.mp/a91a5acce4bf/b…

Announcing the spring season of NBF Presents, a line-up that will bring 21 National Book Foundation-honored authors to 14 events across 12 cities between February and May 2024!

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'What you’re doing as a writer is experiencing the world. You’re learning, and you’re gaining experiences, and you’re having emotions, and you’re working through them. That is your material.'— #5Under35 honoree Jenny Xie (Jenny Xie). | The Creative Independent

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Today on TCI ✏️🌱

'Writing is a very lonely thing to do. And it's too easy to not write....[But] the only thing I hate more than writing is not writing.'

- Jenny Xie (Jenny Xie)

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we updated the @cntraveler pitch guide; hit me up w/ queer travel stories AND essays/reporting on specific identities—also points & miles and (après) ski

in particular, i'd love stories re: destinations w/ surprising/unexpected queer communities thriving
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HOLDING PATTERN by Jenny Xie is Belletrist’ January Book Pick!

Buy the book now to read with Belletrist all month long. 🌟

📚 Riverhead Books

Clarice Lispector on punctuation.

'In my mind, genres don’t really exist. Fiction or nonfiction, poetry or prose, the task is the same: to manipulate the stuff of life into a composition that exposes the truth.'

—Jenny Xie (Jenny Xie) interviewed by Jen Lue for BOMB Magazine

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My friendly annual reminder that this symbol you see everywhere this time of year is *not* a snowflake.

It is the 8-pointed 🌟Bethlehem Star 🌟, a #tatreez (embroidery) symbol that has decorated #Palestinian artwork for centuries and was brought to Europe via the Crusades. 1/3

🎁The gifting season continues!🎁

We are here to make the annual scramble a little easier, with curated book selections for all the readers in your life. Next up is the Cool, 'In-the-Know' Friend! Scroll for our recs and check out our full guide here:

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I spoke with 20+ people in tech about our relationship to it—what started as a light-hearted homage on NYT’s “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love” ended up being a heartfelt conversation about the role of tech in our lives and our hopes for the future:

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It was a full house for our New Books Reading with NYU Creative Writing, featuring J. Mae Barizo, Ava Chin, Bushra Rehman (@WriterBushra), & Jenny Xie. Thank you to everyone who came out! 📚

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I am so honored!⚡️The Storm We Made⚡️ is a Book of the Month selection for Dec 2023 - yes a whole month early!! There is a magical sale going on right now where if you sign up you can get a HARD COVER of my book for $5?? Check it! bookofthemonth.com/all-hardcovers…

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