Thanks to Grist: A Journal of the Literary Arts for publishing "Namesake," one of the first poems I wrote when I started suddenly writing poems again shortly after moving to Virginia.
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Still proving my argument, carry on and have a blast 😂👊🏼
Apparently my monograph has gotten so much interest my publisher pushed the paperback release up six months! Pre-order link for is now available on the Bloomsbury website (pub date September 17)!
www.bloomsbury.com/us/straight-...
I have turned off AI overview in chrome in every possible place but it keeps showing up, please help!
they are very shady
Not sure what you’ve read already or what your taste is like, but I’d rec:
- The Tensorate series by Neon Yang
- unwieldy creatures by Addie Tsai
- the spirit bares its teeth by Andrew Joseph White
- The Raven tower by Ann Leckie
- the water outlaws by SL huang
- the woods all black by Lee Mandelo
A bookstore display shelf with: Unwieldy Creatures, Addie Tsai Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Destroyer, Victor LaValle Our Hideous Progeny, C.E. McGill Chicano Frankenstein, Daniel A Olivas
Thanks to Underdog Bookstore for featuring my baby UNWIELDY CREATURES in this Frankie display with other much loved babes! @danielolivas.bsky.social @victorlavalle.bsky.social
Chuffed to get this first review!
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Addie Tsai’s 'Straight White Men Can’t Dance' interrogates popular American media portrayals of white male movement, analysing how such representations reflect gender and race ideologies.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3HKDGJB
Provocative close readings reveal how dance becomes a battleground for gender, race, & power. Smart & sharp essential reading for anyone curious about what's really at stake when white men hit the dance floor."
"Addie Tsai convincingly unpacks 40 years of film, television, & music videos to reveal how awkward moves, gay panics, and racial appropriation shape constructions of white masculinity dancing on screen.
Losing my mind at this recent blurb of my new monograph, Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film and Popular Culture from Thomas DeFrantz:
Please see me present on the Trump dance as part of Critical Humor Studies Association’s virtual symposium, “Humor and the Right.” I’m up first with Session 2 at 2:15 ET/11:15 PT Friday, November 14.
QR code to register below which includes program, linked here: drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
Sarah recommends the book “Divergent Terror” edited by W. Dale Jordan. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.
Sarah recommends the book “InhuMANities” by Andrew Robertson. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.
Sarah recommends the book “Unwieldy Creatures” by Addie Tsai. A picture of Sarah in a Beetlejuice costume is next to the cover of the book.
And @sarahlaudenbach.bsky.social’s picks! (3/4)
Thanks for the Unwieldy Creatures shout out! 🥰
“Every gesture, every word, involves our past, present, and future. The body never stops accumulating, and years and years have gone by mine without my being able to stop them, stop it.” (Trinh T Minh-Ha)
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!!! Where?!
Addie and Jubi at AWP.
The last time I saw Jubi Arriola-Headley he bowed at my feet & showered me with love. We didn’t see each other often but we had such a tender connection. I was honored to publish his kilt essay at @justfemmeanddandy.bsky.social. I’m not ready to accept he’s gone. A tremendous kind fierce spirit.
BW photo of Addie in a suit with two fake flowers at her mouth in a bowler hat
Diane Keaton in a patterned suit with two peonies at her mouth in a bowler hat.
Did a little homage to Diane Keaton over at my fashion remakes IG (@ addiewearshistory)
The conference takes accessibility seriously. This means all our conferences are online and they are free to speakers. We offer accessibility training. We provide slides ahead of time with alt-text, encourage written copies of papers, provide a code of conduct and clear guidelines on the day 1/
Thanks to Justin Trinh of Soapberry Review for this thoughtful review of Unwieldy Creatures! They really got the book, and I really love Unwieldy Creatures being reviewed for an Asian American lit review journal.
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Please take a look at @anmlymag.bsky.social's newest issue! Very proud of being Fiction Co-Editor for Anomaly, so please take a look at the stories, and also read the rest of this incredible issue!
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HTX: Come to my book talk for Straight White Men Can't Dance: American Masculinity in Film & Popular Culture at @basketbooksandart.bsky.social, October 23, 7:30 PM. I'll be in conversation with @rachelafi.bsky.social, & we'll close the night with a dance party!
www.basket-books.com/events/36641...
this is how it feels to wear high rise pants
Delighted to be in @loverseyepress.bsky.social's David Lynch tribute! The folio includes my video collage On Lone, which explores my relationship to solitude since early 2020, when I found myself solitary due to divorce & COVID.
www.loverseyepress.com/post/video-b...
Curious if academic folks have read any scholarly articles looking at race on tv you could link me? Looking for specific pieces you found illuminating. If it's Asian-focused, even better. I've been grumpy about a mixed Asian girl trope for long enough & I finally just need to write about it! 😂😭