Nancy Jooyoun Kim
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Umma / Author of LA Koreatown novels WHAT WE KEPT TO OURSELVES THE LAST STORY OF MINA LEE https://bio.site/nancyjooyounkim
While it’s frustrating and baffling to see evil people live long, evil lives, eternity is unimaginably long and the spirit world is a mystery. There’s so much we don’t know about the forms of accountability, learning and growth that spirits undergo in the invisible and visible realms.
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
A Puerto Rican activist in Minneapolis had to prepare her kids for if they got stopped by ICE. She told her daughter, “‘Do not engage. This is not the time to be cussing at anyone.’” But she said, “‘Mom, if I create enough noise, my friends can get away.’”
Your Friendly Neighborhood Resistance
On the ground in Minneapolis, watching out for ICE at every corner, crosswalk, church, and school.
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This morning our newsletter readers received Mays Kuhail’s mstory “Between the Seas,” which was awarded second place in our annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction competition by Nancy Jooyoun Kim (@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social). nimrodjournal.substack.com/p/between-th...
Between the Seas
A story by Mays Kuhail
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Please buy books that are coming out this year. Doesn’t have to be mine. But there is a stellar release calendar this year especially of Black writers and it would be a shame if one of the fascist victories was people not buying those books (from the indies that are in the fight with us). #BookSky
A resignation letter: "We all saw it. We all saw, with our own two eyes, people getting dragged like dogs and killed. But we could not write one line about it on the newspaper. In shame, we put down our pens. May 20, 1980 All Journalists of Jeonnam Maeil Shinmun"
People really don't believe me when I say THIS BOOK IS MONUMENTALLY IMPORTANT but especially right now THIS BOOK IS MONUMENTALLY IMPORTANT Gather a group of friends and read it together. Organizers, especially lefties, should be doing a reading group about it.
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 8mo agoBy leaps and bounds the most important book of 2025 and literally everyone, especially people (lawyers) who think they know the history of free speech, should read it www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
It’s like a toddler but zero charm and zero beauty 🤷🏻♀️
Sara Nović@novicsara.bsky.social · 10mo agoGas station: Please insert your card. Gas station: processing, please do not remove your card. Gas station: processing, please do not remove your card. Gas station: processing, please do not remove your card. Gas station: OMFG TAKE YOUR CARD OUT RIGHT NOW WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!?
If you weren’t able to join us for the 2025 Literary Prize presentation, you can view it here. An inspiring double reading! Our thanks to our winners and judges, including @talianeffson.bsky.social, @nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social, and @randallmann.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=r53p...
2025 Nimrod Literary Awards Reading
YouTube video by Nimrod International Journal
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Go to protests Sign up to be on mailing lists Practice good operational security Don’t volunteer information you don’t need to, like where you plan to be Know your phone gives away information even when locked Don’t use face unlock or print to unlock your phone
@lataco.bsky.social is featuring my newest on how la migra has ruined summer in LA. I spoke to an elected official, activists, and educators about how they are meeting the moment and protecting youth!
ICE Cancels Summer for L.A.’s Kids ~ L.A. TACO
A new generation of children in the county are suffering what their immigrant parents feared most.
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The daily fear of simply living in LA, under a constant threat from ICE, has upended life for undocumented immigrants. For many, it means sheltering in place—avoiding work, social life, or even a walk outside.
Hiding from ICE in LA
After raids and protests, many people in Los Angeles are sheltering in place, fearful of deportation.
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The president is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Working on my third (and possibly final?!) Koreatown novel now and getting emotional and hungry. Hope to see some of you in my great, suffering and proud hometown (LA!) next week
Nancy Jooyoun Kim@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social · last yr.#awp25 LA, meet us there? I know we are all full of dread but I promise this will be a good one—smart, informative, and…fun. Trust us women to get the job done as they say 😉💞📚 @thebestjasmine.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @rootliterary.bsky.social @pw.org w/ Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
this vulture review made me cry (complimentary) happy pub day to my clown book!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dazzled to be part of this all-star panel! Come find us at AWP!
Nancy Jooyoun Kim@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social · last yr.#awp25 LA, meet us there? I know we are all full of dread but I promise this will be a good one—smart, informative, and…fun. Trust us women to get the job done as they say 😉💞📚 @thebestjasmine.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @rootliterary.bsky.social @pw.org w/ Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
It’s late. Read it in the morning. But my new one is up. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
It Is Not Enough to Fight. You Have to Meet the Moment
“There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation.
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If you're going to be at AWP, don't miss this amazing panel on finding and working with the agent that's right for you, moderated by our very own senior editor, Emma Komlos-Hrobsky! #AWP25
Nancy Jooyoun Kim@nancyjooyounkim.bsky.social · last yr.#awp25 LA, meet us there? I know we are all full of dread but I promise this will be a good one—smart, informative, and…fun. Trust us women to get the job done as they say 😉💞📚 @thebestjasmine.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @rootliterary.bsky.social @pw.org w/ Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
#awp25 LA, meet us there? I know we are all full of dread but I promise this will be a good one—smart, informative, and…fun. Trust us women to get the job done as they say 😉💞📚 @thebestjasmine.bsky.social @abwycisk.bsky.social @rootliterary.bsky.social @pw.org w/ Emma Komlos-Hrobsky
@lailalalami.com on why people fear real-life dystopia but love dystopian fiction.
Why We Fear Real-Life Dystopia but Love Dystopian Fiction
If you spend any time on social media, you’re likely to have noticed a nearly palpable fear of the future. “What stage of dystopia is this?” people will ask, usually in response to a news item abou…
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If you think resisting the nazis was only about active violence, & not also about the grinding & halting of gears, the bureaucratic sabotage, the disruption of process, then go reassess what you understand about history. It's not everything, but it's a slowdown for them, & breathing space for us.
A legend has passed. K.W. Lee was a towering figure in journalism, Koreatown, Asian America and the pursuit of truth and justice. So gratified that Julie Ha and Eugene Yi centered K.W. in "Free Chol Soo Lee." Deepest sympathy to his family and loved ones. asamnews.com/2025/03/10/f...
Legendary journalist K.W. Lee dead at the age of 96 – AsAmNews
K.W. Lee's groundbreaking series led to the reversal of a conviction of Chol Soo Lee, a man wrongfully convicted of a Chinatown murder in San Francisco.
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If you’re looking for something smart, deeply uncomfortable, moving, AND hilarious, this is it www.vulture.com/article/mo-a...
Mo Amer’s Last Rodeo
The Palestinian American comic made a Netflix show based on his life. As he was writing the final season, October 7 happened.
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If you’re feeling demoralized, know that psychological warfare is part of the enemy’s tactics and manage your PUBLIC response accordingly
The US was certain it could beat the Vietnamese into submission The Montgomery Bus Boycott looked for a long while like it wouldn’t work Napoleon had a better prepared army than Russia It really ain’t over until it’s over
Trump: I’m going to kill your loved ones. Democrats: [wave placard] Trump: Especially the black ones. And the gay ones Democrats: [strenuously wave placards]
Some figures on the potential death toll from Musk's pointless destruction of USAID, from a memo written by a fired official. He will be remembered as one of the great monsters of history. 1/x
