Over a teal background with abstract bubbles and circles, the words, "Clarion West News: Clarion West alumni are honored as Locus Award finalists. Horror Novels - The Possession of Alba Diaz, Isabel Canas (CW'18) (Berkley; Solaris UK). First Novels - Sour Cherry, Natalia Theodoridou (CW'18) (Tin House; Wildfire UK) [F]. Novelette - "We Begin Where Infinity Ends," Somto Ihezue (CW'24) (Clarkesworld 2/25). Collection - Call and Response, Christopher Caldwell (CW'07) (Neon Hemlock). Nonfiction - Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling, Henry Lien (CW'12) (Norton)."

Congratulations to our amazing Clarion West alumni who are finalists for @locusmag.bsky.social Awards, plus too many instructors to name. Full list: locusmag.com/2026/04/2026.... @isabelcanas.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social @somtoihezue.bsky.social @seraph76.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

Happy to be a finalist alongside such fine folx!

Congrats to all the finalists!! I spy @charliejane.bsky.social @wiswell.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @samiraahmed.bsky.social @bogiperson.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social @sentencebender.bsky.social @franwilde.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social and many other really amazing people!!!!

Awww shux, thanx! And I’m so happy to see you on the Nebs finalist list, too! Well deserved!

hey @henrylienauthor.bsky.social congrats on the nonfic book nod on the Locus finalists list!!!

#RevPitWaiting I can't recommend @charliejane.bsky.social 's Never Say You Can't Survive (esp. right now) enough! @henrylienauthor.bsky.social 's Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird was very validating as someone incorporating this structure into my own work. 💖

Henry Lien, PJ Manney and Laura Tenenbaum discuss Eastern story structure on Love Letters to the Future podcast.

Act structures profoundly affect worldview, expectations and outcomes. What assumptions do we make about the world? Can we tell better stories? @henrylienauthor.bsky.social joins me and @laurafayeten.bsky.social on Love Letters to the Future to discuss 4 act Eastern story structure.

Humans are wired for story and that's what made us succeed as a social species. Join @henrylienauthor.bsky.social, @laurafayeten.bsky.social and me as we discuss how to tell better stories on Love Letters to the Future.

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Just picked it up from the bookstore. Wow, the artwork is so lush!!! Excited to play with this book!

Just ordered my copy from my local indie! So excite!!!!!

Born Again | Getty News All kinds of creative people—including mixed-media artist Susan Hannon—call LA home, and many make regular visits to the Getty Center or Getty Villa for inspiration.

www.getty.edu/news/susan-h...

MY ARTIST IN THE GETTY MAGAZINE
As some of you might know, I moonlight as an art dealer. I’m super proud that my artist Susan Hannon is featured in the @gettymuseum.bsky.social magazine. Link to full article in first comment.

In honor of Lunar New Year, I reading this fantastic book on Eastern storytelling methods (highly recommend) and drinking a Vietnamese coffee/tea pour-over from @coppercowcoffee which is quite good, as well ☕️
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu @henrylienauthor.bsky.social #lny #chinesenewyear

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR!
@idinamenzel.bsky.social #PeasproutChen and I wish you a happy year of the fire horse!
Love,
Henry
#lunarnewyear #yearofthehorse #DiverseBooks #reading

10,000 YEARS OF STOMACH GAS!
#PeasproutChen is infuriated to death that the #Olympics committee once again failed to include Wu Liu, the beautiful and deadly sport of kung fu figure skating, in #MilanoCortina.
#DiverseBooks #HeatedRivalry
Artwork: Alexandra Manukyan, Afu Chan, Caroline Jaltorossian

It continues to teach me lessons, including acceptance of the bird poop marring my beautiful scroll.

Love,

Henry
@wwnorton.com
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu #BookTok #WabiSabi #kintsugi

Now the Library of Congress is flying me out to speak about it and it’s longlisted or recommended for multiple awards (Locus, British Science Fiction Award, Nebula).

It’s quietly ignited little conversations over the past year.

SOMETIMES THE ASTEROID IS SMALL (AND WET)

My book about Eastern storytelling structures has been enjoying an interesting life.

It continues to teach me lessons, including acceptance of the bird poop marring my beautiful scroll.

Love,

Henry
@w.w.norton

Now the Library of Congress is flying me out to speak about it and it’s longlisted or recommended for multiple awards (Locus, British Science Fiction Award, Nebula).

It’s quietly ignited little conversations over the past year.

Q&A Excerpt: Henry Lien Henry Lien was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Henry is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the auth…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: excerpts from a Q&A with author & Your Personal Odyssey guest lecturer @henrylienauthor.bsky.social, who talks about nonlinear storytelling & the relationship between unreliable narrators and linearity odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/q...

Thanks, I could talk about this stuff all day long!!!

Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Storytelling The Art of Eastern Storytelling

and Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird by @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

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Thank you, @susankayequinn.bsky.social and @clarkeaward.bsky.social !!

Thanks for the shout-out about my book. You make an nteresting point. Western logic and rhetoric are often about proving a thesis. Eastern logic and rhetoric often focus on observing phenomena and inducing larger truths from them. That’s apparent in kishõtenketsu.

You’re the best, Carlie!!

“THIS IS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM USING AN OLD PASSWORD.”
This is my new mantra I came up with as a sort of self bio-hack. It’s been modestly life-changing.
Love,
Henry
#biohack #neurology #rewiring

“IN DREAMS I WALK WITH YOU”
2 blocks from my house is a cemetery starring the remains of David Lynch. A year and a day after he left Earth, I went to thank the artist who taught me there is another world, but it’s not somewhere out there. It’s inside and it’s hidden in plain view.
#DavidLynch