#R.O. Kwan

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New Releases: May 21, 2024

Picture Books The Rainbow Parade by Shane Jordan & Rick Hendrix (text) and Jieting Chen (illustration) Join the celebration at the Rainbow Parade and witness a heartwarming story of acceptance and friendship. In this joyful picture book, LGBTQ+ advocates Shane Jordan and Rick Hendrix take young readers on a colorful journey of self-expression and acceptance. Set at a stormy pride parade, the…

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I’m also putting together a list of review outlets for Cunning Linguists, which has meant checking out coverage of recent literary erotic titles. And having read a half-dozen reviews of R.O. Kwan and Garth Greenwell’s Kink I’m forced to conclude with despair that the latest prestige literary erotica collection about BDSM contains not one story with a female dominant and male submissive? (if there is one the reviewers are bad at covering it)

Well, I guess that dropped a lot lower on my to-read list.

[beautifulscreaminglady]

“The Unbearable Lightness of Post-Pandemic Beauty” by R.O. Kwan

[jeanmoreaux]

december wrap up

Approximately in the middle of December I ended up in a temporary reading slump bc i kept picking up mediocre books that I quickly grew tired of. Weirdly enough, it was Mindy Kaling’s essays that got me out of this mini-slump. After that, I was unstoppable. I predominantly listened to audiobooks; mostly bc my library acquired around 12 audiobooks I recommended on overdrive which left me with dips on 12 audiobooks at once... since I’m a greedy girl when it comes to these kind of things, i tried to get to all of them first which is why i spend 3 days doing nothing but listening to audiobooks while going through my daily motions.

anyway, I had a great reading month with more than 10′000 pages!! I never had such a high page count... like ever.

as alway, feel free to drop book recs, questions, or opinions in my inbox; i am always happy to talk about books with you!

* –> newly added to my favorites shelf

follow my goodreads | previous wrap ups

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Dumplin' by Julie Murphy | ★★★☆☆

The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars by by Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Veronica Fish, Irene Koh  | ★★★★★

Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren | ★★★★☆ | review 

Bunny: A Novel by Mona Awad | ★★★★★ | review

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde | ★★★☆☆

*Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid | ★★★★★

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch | ★★★★☆

The Alice Network by Kate Quinn | ★★★☆☆ | review

Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History) by George R.R. Martin |  ★★★☆☆

GRM: Brainfuck by Sibylle Berg | ★★★☆☆

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi | ★★★1/2☆

Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling | ★★★★☆

Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman | ★★★3/4☆

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon | ★★☆☆☆

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins | ★★★★☆

*Color me In by Natasha Diaz | ★★★★★

The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde | ★★☆☆☆

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones | ★★★★☆

Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan | ★★★★☆

Four Three Two One by Courtney Stevens | ★★1/2☆☆ | review

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson | ★★★★☆

To Kill A Kingdom by Alexandra Christo | ★★★1/2☆ | review

The Hating Game by Sally Thorne | ★☆☆☆☆ | review

reread:

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee | ★★★★☆ | review

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater | ★★★★★

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater | ★★★★★

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater | ★★★★★

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater | ★★★★★

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater | ★★☆☆☆

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I go through this a lot... sometimes, I’ll read nonstop for pleasure and forget my academic work. Other times, I’ll struggle to pick up a book for weeks or months.

Even today, nearly four years after leaving my program, I still cannot read the vast majority of adult fiction on the market, particularly the upmarket and literary fiction valued by my writing community where I live in New York City. The body keeps the score, as the saying goes. I still try to read these books, of course: to slowly make my way through Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, which I’ve never finished; to finally get past the first chapter, even, of books that I know I would love, if only I could make it more than a few pages in—R.O. Kwan’s The Incendiaries, or Madeline Miller’s Circe, for example. But the same thing happens every time. I lose focus, the words blur, my breath comes fast, my hands shake. End scene.

I’ve been reading since I was a young child. Reading was always one of the safest spaces, novels my favorite escape hatch as a kid growing up in a home where there was more shouting than there was laughter. So what happens when what nourishes us as readers changes, specifically in response to trauma? In some ways, reading, for me, has often been a response to trauma, but things are different now.

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As I remake myself as a reader, I’m relearning what kinds of stories matter to me. Not what should matter to me, as an aspiring writer in the rural Midwest desperately trying to prove herself, or as a college English major trying to figure out her next step, or as a PhD student trying to find her place. What makes my heart sing? What kinds of themes and characters and conflicts resonate so deeply that it’s as if an instrument deep inside me is being plucked for the first time?

[dissertationdeath]

Friday 8.9.2019

Since I haven’t been getting much writing done (I’ve been totally blocked, but I’m working on it), I thought I would include my [non-dissertation] summer reading list, since that’s something of an “accomplishment.” So here she is:

Completed:

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Currently Reading:

Difficult Women by Roxane Gay

The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwan

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware [Graphic Novel]

I’ve also been asked to cover 4 class periods of one of my mentor’s undergrad seminar in speech act theory. He is assigning one of my published articles on love speech as required reading (!!!)-- so exciting. I’ve never “taught” my own published work before. This will be something to look forward to between the long weeks of diss writing.

I also read through my course evals from the summer composition class that I taught; they were pretty great overall, especially the written comments. Here were some of my favorites: 

“The course was really great because at first I was not really looking forward to taking this class. English and writing are not my forte. However, over time I’ve grown really fond of this class, since I’ve learned so much. It made me improve my writing ability, because I’ve learned many new ways to approach writing.”

“Fantastic teacher, complex encouragement of individual thinking, extremely fair grading...favorite class at OU so far!”

“Prof. Jacobs kept the course interesting and it was never difficult paying attention to the materials. I also think she did a really great job with one on one revising and review of our essays, which helped a ton in the long run.”

I loved that class and am actually really going to miss seeing those kids everyday. I told several of them to check in with my next semester to see how they’re doing with classes... fingers crossed that they do!

[cheshirelibrary]

The Book From 2018 To Read, Based On Your Zodiac Sign

[via Bustle]

The 12 books below are some of the biggest titles to be released in 2018, and we’ve made it easy for you to choose which one to read during the holidays: Just find your Zodiac sign and get to reading, (if you'd rather just read whatever the heck you want, regardless of the Zodiac, feel free to skip around this list). Whatever book you choose, it's a great way to add at least one more amazing book to your 2018 reading list!

If You're An ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 19), Read The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

If You're A TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20), Read All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung

If You're A GEMINI (May 21-Jun. 20), Read An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

If You're A CANCER (Jun. 21-Jul. 22), Read How To Be Alone: If You Want To, And Even If You Don't by Lane Moore 

If You're A LEO (Jul. 23-Aug. 22), Read The Astonishing Color Of After by Emily X.R. Pan

If You're A VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22), Read Children Of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

If You're A LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22), Read The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

If You're A SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21), Read Tell Me More: Stories About The 12 Hardest Things I'm Learning To Say by Kelly Corrigan

If You're A SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21), Read Feel Free: Essays by Zadie Smith

If You're A CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19), Read Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover

If You're An AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18), Read The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwan

If You're A PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20), Read Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

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Shorties (Fall's Best Political Books, In Utero's 25th Anniversary, and more)

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Shorties (Fall's Best Political Books, In Utero's 25th Anniversary, and more)

Vanity Fair recommended fall's best political books.

The Riverfront Times reconsidered Nirvana's In Utero album on its 25th anniversary.

Rolling Stone shared 20 things you didn't know about the album.

September's best eBook deals.

eBooks on sale for $1.99 today:

1968 by Mark Kurlansky The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

Bandcamp interviewed musician Thalia Zedek.

R.O. Kwan shared some of her favorite things at The Strategist.

Wolf Alice has been awarded the 2018 Mercury Prize.

Hobart shared a conversation between authors Bud Watson and Shy Watson.

Brandi Carlile ranked her albums at Noisey.

The Ringer and the Guardian interviewed author Patrick deWitt.

Patterson Hood talked to Paste about this week's release of Adam's House Cat's long-lost 1991 album, Town Burned Down.

Stream a new song by Minus the Bear.

Comic Book Resources is counting down the top 100 graphic novels.

Lily Allen covered Lykke Li's "Deep End."

ArtsHub listed 10 of Australia's best literary comics.

Stream a new song by Amyl and the Sniffers.

Javier Cercas discussed his new book The Impostor with All Things Considered.

Stream a new Miya Folick song.

Rolling Stone interviewed author Gary Shteyngart.

Signature recommended books where authors make fictional appearances.

Electric Literature interviewed poet Eileen Myles.

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