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Why I Write: Ryka Aoki (a.k.a. I’m in Publishers Weekly!)

Books and Publications, Interviews / Saturday, May 23rd, 2015

Hi All! I just wanted to share this news! This is a piece I wrote for Publishers Weekly. It’s my first time in a mainstream national publication!

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I wanted to learn Cyrillic so I finally did yester I wanted to learn Cyrillic so I finally did yesterday and today. And then I went to the Russian market nearby to Read labels of cans of fish and stuff. My rule was not to buy anything if I couldn’t at least read the Russian. Originally, I thought I didn’t want to buy anything in English, but that was pretty impossible. So, I just settled for “if I didn’t need the English.” There’s a slight cheat because I went to Japanese to buy the sake, and my Hebrew helped with the preserves. Other than that, I could not have read a single one of these labels a couple days ago. 🎵
When you’re super happy to be at Cornell and mis When you’re super happy to be at Cornell and miss Ithaca very much but it’s still very cold outside.
I have very nice and peaceful way to begin the day I have very nice and peaceful way to begin the day. It’s snowing outside, and I am in a warm room with breakfast and coffee and some work I need to do.
My room comes with an umbrella. Because Cornell. My room comes with an umbrella. Because Cornell.
Exhausted after a full day of traveling, but safe Exhausted after a full day of traveling, but safe and sound at Cornell. So grateful to be back. ❤️
Peanut Lake with turtle Peanut Lake with turtle
I have found my corner. I have found my corner.
Lord empanada! Lord empanada!
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my pumpkin my pumpkin
This is going to be wonderful! Please come and say This is going to be wonderful! Please come and say hi to @nghivowriting! --- LIVE ON FACEBOOK, 10/26 @ 6PM SHAKING IN OUR BOOTS as we welcome Hugo Award-winning author Nghi Vo to our virtual event space! She'll be joining us to celebrate her newest novella, Into the Riverlands! She will be joined in conversation by Ryka Aoki (Light From Uncommon Stars)!
Taking a walk around my neighborhood. Somebody mad Taking a walk around my neighborhood. Somebody made a rock sandwich. I don’t know why this person made a rock sandwich. But somebody made a rock sandwich. Oh Hollywood. I love you so.
The best part about Halloween is the Halloween sto The best part about Halloween is the Halloween store. Well, maybe not, but it’s a pretty good part of Halloween.
feast feast
It has been a remarkable couple of weeks. Some won It has been a remarkable couple of weeks. Some wonderful things.--and wonderful people 🌸--but also a lot of mortality. So, I thought I would post something a little different this week...something older, but also always new to me. 🙂 If you want to read, please subscribe to my newsletter (even though it's shuttering in a couple of months and I'll be moving over to Substack or similar platform)--it's totally free, and I use it to chat and write about stuff and share stories and poems. :) And link in bio! https://rykaworld.bulletin.com/subscribe
Hi Folks! My latest essay is all about specialness Hi Folks! My latest essay is all about specialness--does knowing more about the world around us really reduce our own significance? ✨💫🌠⭐️🤩 If you want to read, please subscribe to my newsletter--it's totally free, and I use it to chat and write about stuff and share stories and poems. :) And link in bio! https://rykaworld.bulletin.com/subscribe
"Chess grandmaster denies cheating by using anal b "Chess grandmaster denies cheating by using anal beads" What I find most fascinating is that this is the first generation of players where vibrating anal beads would have had any benefit, at least in world championship events. 🙂 If you want to read, please subscribe to my newsletter--it's totally free, and I use it to chat and write about stuff and share stories and poems. :) And link in bio! https://rykaworld.bulletin.com/subscribe
Chocolate Dipped Ika from #bigislandcandies!!! My Chocolate Dipped Ika from #bigislandcandies!!! My friend shipped me these from O'ahu earlier this year--but I need to get back to the Big Island sooner or later.
Last night of Worldcon!! @micaiahthewriter and me Last night of Worldcon!! @micaiahthewriter and me getting ready for a most delicious carnage while @fozmeadows and @stina_leicht look on approvingly.
One nice thing about living in Hollywood is when y One nice thing about living in Hollywood is when you go to your neighborhood liquor store, sometimes you run into excellent people! @paulwesley and @iansomerhalder have an amazing new bourbon called Brother’s Bond @brothersbondbourbon! They are incredibly knowledgeable and passionate about what they’re doing. We had a wonderful talk about whiskey and whisky, and they even signed my bottle!
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Try go come, yeah?
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Licht aus ausßergewöhnlich Sternen? *giggle*
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I am so looking forward to this! :D https://t.co/eHVk1uROxl
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Applications for the Kundiman Retreat are open through January 15th! Join us at @FordhamNYC's Rose Hill Campus next summer with poetry faculty @rajivmohabir, Solmaz Sharif, & Lehua M. Taitano, and fiction faculty @ryka_aoki, @MeghaMaj, & @LysleyTenorio.

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一緒にRIKKA ZINEを応援しましょう！ https://t.co/FquuZ7fEyK
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ワールドコンの後、とても感謝しています。次の小説もっと頑張ります✨💖✨
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#Chicon8 ‼️楽しかった‼️ https://t.co/05NGy692Rg
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寝なきゃいけないけど、もっと書き続けたいの。。。書くには良い日でしたんだな。。。　ロサンゼルスからおやすみなさい😴💤
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私の執筆の生徒だよ!!! ✨✨✨✨✨ https://t.co/nWslHFIHoH
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so ………… I have some news https://t.co/9LpgmRmzVO
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