February 29, 2024: This site is no longer active. Please visit kawaishen.com (n.b. This domain redirects to neocities so if the link doesn’t work, try manually typing it in or using this direct link. Please bear with me as I sort out this transition!)
2/28/24 update: I’ve now deleted the bulk of my posts, sparing those that other people linked to or still read a lot. This site will no longer be updated but I’m going to leave it up for the surviving posts and to keep the email form since I don’t have time to learn php and … Continue reading
Happy new year ✨ I’m just popping briefly in to announce that I’ve written a little something for Broccoli, a 420 magazine for women. It drops in April but you can get on the waitlist here. For now, here’s some teaser photos: My editor moved my piece to Issue #20! No preview pics for that … Continue reading
The Winter 2023/2024 issue of The Whitney Review of New Writing has dropped! I’m especially looking forward to reading the interview with McKenzie Wark (whose book Raving I recommend). You can check out my review for Aurora Mattia’s The Fifth Wound as well. If you happen to be in Brooklyn, you can pick up copies … Continue reading
A head’s up to readers in Montreal – Weird Era will be hosting a little launch event for Issue 3 (featuring yours truly) at @tsarprintshop 2148 Mackay StFriday, November 24th7:30pm BYOB Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend but I hope you all enjoy the erotic/experimental prose piece I contributed ❤ The Weird Era podcast … Continue reading
I recently went to Canzine in Toronto, a show I haven’t attended since the pandemic began. It was really great to see friends and my work on a few tables (with many thanks to those selling my wares!) including Smutburger ❤ I’ll also add that there were a lot of tablers and attendees wearing masks … Continue reading
My short story, The Hanged Man, will be coming out with The Malahat Review no. 224 very soon – I’ll update this post as soon as it’s available for purchase. Until then, you can read this interview I did with former Malahat contributor, T. Liem – with gratitude for the thoughtful questions! I’m pretty chuffed … Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce my article on luxury fakes, Make It Till You Fake It, is now live with Vestoj, an independent fashion journal. I’ve always wanted to write for Vestoj but really lucked out because the Assistant Editor, Monica Jae Yeon Moon, has studied fashion counterfeiting. It was great to dive deep into the … Continue reading
Wrote a review for the launch issue of The Whitney Review featuring 🔥🔥🔥 new writing. Get it for the interviews (Tamara Faith Berger! Samuel R. Delany!) and reviews featuring fresh small press books and authors outside North America. Update: you can now listen to an interview and a reading from this issue via Montez Press … Continue reading
I’ve a new article in Black Lipstick about uncommon perfume, escaping the feminine youth cult and the transformative power of scent with many thanks to editrix, Mila Jaroniec ❤ Continue reading
In spring news, I’ve a short story in The Fiddlehead’s Spring 2023 issue and I’ll be giving a virtual reading of an excerpt at the launch next month. The free, hybrid event will be held Wednesday, May 17th @ 7:00 pm ADT on Zoom and Carleton Hall in Room 106. Featuring Mary Germaine as a … Continue reading
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