Is there a word for when your crop top rides up and reveals your estrogen patch?
Jen Sookfong Lee
@jensookfonglee.bsky.social
Still an author, still an editor, new book THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN out now, it might scare you
Absolutely stoked to be heading to Vancouver June 2 to give a talk with @bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social on the importance of disruptive books at this moment in history. Currently absorbing the fabulous“The Hunger We Pass Down” by my co-presenter @jensookfonglee.bsky.social See you soon Vancouver!
The Hunger We Pass Down by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social Sometimes it feels like your family’s intergenerational trauma is a curse. For Alice, it is. This book explores feminine rage & motherhood in an absolutely devastating way. TW: rape, abuse, alcoholism, depression, etc #booksky
Join us for the Vancouver launch of It's Only Forever, from @ecwpress.bsky.social, featuring Elizabeth Bachinsky and Billeh Nickerson, and hosted by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social. Bring your inner goblin with you! Dress in goblin mode, masquerade fantasy, or anything in between! #labyrinth
VANCOUVER: Not All Dragons will have its launch Iron Dog Books on MAY 27, generously hosted by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social with a reading by the always-magical @adelebarclay.bsky.social. ⚡️ RSVP 🔗: irondogbooks.com/events/49345... (not mandatory, but will help Iron Dog know how many to expect!)
Pocket Friends! Why did no one tell me @jensookfonglee.bsky.social has a new novel out? I swear I was just going into the bookstore to soak up the vibes and now I have a book about complex women and family trauma to read! Sorry, Katie, I was going to finish yours but this is a reading emergency!
Happy second birthday to Grey Dog! This book has changed my life in so many ways, and I am so grateful that I was given the chance to share it with the world. (Thanks, @ecwpress.bsky.social!)
From the wonderous fantasy to mind-expanding sci-fi, from the depths of horror to the magical realms of the speculative, we're proud to have an expansive list of SFF fiction eligible this year for awards consideration! @dianapho.bsky.social @viengsamai.bsky.social
I'm trying to read more #cancon this year, and starting off strong with The Hunger We Pass Down by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social app.thestorygraph.com/books/d3ec7f...
The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee
Jordan Peele’s Us meets The School For Good Mothers in this horror-tinged intergenerational saga,...
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This week on Sunday Scaries, it's the Naughty List! buttondown.com/daviddemchuk...
The Naughty List
Your Sunday Scaries holiday guide: delightful books, delicious films, a seventeen-minute English folk fantasia, an animated modern opera based on a Christmas mummer's play, and Anoushka the Christmas ...
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"Night Mercy," a prose poem by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social:
Night Mercy | Fvwritersfest
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What an honour for @danielinnes.bsky.social and I to have DENISON AVENUE be the featured title for Together We Read Canada! Starting today until Nov 18th, you can borrow the e-book or audiobook via the Libby app with no waitlists or holds! @ecwpress.bsky.social @jensookfonglee.bsky.social
Thank you to @jensookfonglee.bsky.social @adelebarclay.bsky.social and @michaelvsmith.bsky.social for sharing these warm and generous endorsement quotes for Reckless by Andrea MacPherson. bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/...
Please go read the Goodreads reviews for THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN because you will see gems like this.
Five Canadian horror novels you may not have read: * Green Fuse Burning by @tiffmorris.bsky.social * The Marigold by @afsulli.bsky.social * Linghun by @aijiang.bsky.social * The Hunger We Pass Down by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social * No One Will Come Back For Us by @premeemohamed.com
David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚@daviddemchuk.com · 10mo agoFive Canadian horror films you may not have seen: * Red Rooms * The Strings * Clearcut * The Editor * Les Affamés
Ahhhhhh, we're in @electricliterature.com!☺️ Thank you Kate Cayley for including DENISON AVENUE on your list! Means so much to @danielinnes.bsky.social and I!❤️ @ecwpress.bsky.social @jensookfonglee.bsky.social
Electric Literature@electricliterature.com · 10mo agoA list that looks at the complex and contradictory life of cities, the thorniness of class and privilege, and how neighborhoods shift.
#TheHungerWePassDown by @JenSookfongLee is featured in yesterday's #newbooks haul on youtube! watch: youtu.be/M1R-AjU7LZI buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n... #booksky @erewhonbooks
THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN is now available everywhere you buy your books in the US! American friends, please love my Asian lady demons.
Authors this round include @mattdinniman.bsky.social, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @yumewrites.bsky.social, @jensookfonglee.bsky.social, @olgaravn.bsky.social, @eddierobson.bsky.social, @senlinyu.bsky.social, @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, and more!
17 more sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books to close out September with
One last book list for the month
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In #TheHungerWePassDown, @jensookfonglee.bsky.social has written a terrifying, visceral story of generational trauma and how it is passed down through five generations of women. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social for the ARC for my honest review here:
The Hunger We Pass Down — CandiKat Horror
There are moments where I felt my stomach drop as I realized what was happening to someone, moments where I felt my stomach tighten in grief as the women lost loved ones, and moments where I felt my s...
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It's so rare to see real book reviews in Canada anymore, so I really treasure this one from the Winnipeg Free Press by Keith Cadieux. "A novel of excellent literary merit and a pitch-perfect ghost story." www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Generations haunted by traumas of the past in Jen Sookfong Lee’s chilling new novel The Hunger We Pass Down
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Not every class needs to be a masterclass. I'm happy with a Mostly Competent Class.
Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues. …And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!
Well, look at that. THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN is a Globe bestseller in its first week of life! I had better celebrate this weekend because this may never happen again lol.
"I did not scare myself. I *delighted* myself." 🔥 The iconic and delightful @jensookfonglee.bsky.social speaks to @harrisonmooney.bsky.social about her new book, The Hunger We Pass Down. I can't wait to read it. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Jen Sookfong Lee’s New Novel Is Terrifying | The Tyee
The Vancouver author’s latest work explores intergenerational trauma and what it means to live as a racialized immigrant woman.
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Spooky music for your spooky reading time! You know you want it! music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
Hunger We Listen To by Jennifer Lee on Apple Music
Playlist · 30 Songs
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TFW you talk about your long retired therapist on national public radio and she messages you because she heard it and you immediately panic because the one person in the world you do not want to piss off is the mental health practitioner who knows all your secrets.
It's very on brand for me to talk about the indignities of the female body but did you also know I can talk about GHOSTS? My interview with Q on CBC is online now! www.cbc.ca/arts/q/jen-s...
Jen Sookfong Lee on the ghosts of motherhood | CBC Arts
The Canadian author joins Q guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about her haunting new novel, The Hunger We Pass Down, and how it explores intergenerational trauma in a Chinese Canadian family.
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Every white guy musician at the MTV VMAs this year looks like Wheels from Degrassi.