Jan 21, 2025
R.O. Kwon
Writing CoLab's 100 Days of Creative Resistance
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R.O. Kwon
Writing CoLab's 100 Days of Creative Resistance
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I want to live on a planet that can hold us. I believe we can all still help it, us, do so. If nothing else, why not try? Why not hope, and then act as if? This is our one wild, lone home; what other choice do we have?
R.O. Kwon
I had so much fun doing micro-reviews of my favorite reads from 2020, that I decided to do a monthly round up. Hereâs what I read this January and my quick thoughts on each. Stay tuned for Februaryâs list next month.
January 2021 Reading Round-Up
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu (2020)
genre-bending
important commentary about Asian identity in the U.S.
what is real vs. performative
weird, but I liked it.
Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener (2020)
well written and interesting
memoir that reads like a novel
sometimes self indulgent (but, ok: memoir)
Hamnet by Maggie OâFarrell (2020)
loved the multiple timelines
gorgeous writing
Shakespeare is never mentioned by name â cool
caution warning: bubonic plague
Topics of Conversation by Miranda Popkey (2020)Â
probably not everyoneâs cup of tea, but I liked it
every chapter is a different conversation in the narratorâs life
I like unlikable narrators, so
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon (2018)
has been on my bookshelf a long time
cults, fire, college
a debut novel
some great writing
didnât really âgetâ parts from cult leaderâs POVÂ
Happy pub day to R.O. Kwon and her highly anticipated debut novel, THE INCENDIARIES!
@usatoday calls it âurgent in its timeliness, dizzyingly beautiful in its prose.â
GOOP says itâs âtoo gorgeous to read only once.â
The NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW calls it âradiantâŚa dark, absorbing story of how first love can be as intoxicating and dangerous as religious fundamentalism.âÂ
Get your copy today!!!
I began wearing black eye shadow during a period in my life when I realized that how I looked was ill-matched to how I felt.
âPeople often assume Iâm harmless, someone whoâll let them get away with unacceptable behavior, and what I hope to convey, a little, even if itâs just with a centimeter of extra makeup, is that Iâm not, I wonât.â
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The, one night, while I was taking a walk alone, I noticed a loud throng of students turning into a gate. It was left propped open; I followed them in. Hip-hop pulsed, rolled. Pale limbs shone. I'd learned that the alcohol table was the one place where I could stand without looking too isolated, and I was idling at my usual station, finishing a third drink, when a girl in a striped dress tripped.
The Incendiaries, R.O. Kwon
But this is where I start having trouble, Phoebe. Buildings fell. People died. You once told me I hadn't even tried to understand. So, here I am, trying.
The Incendiaries, R.O. Kwon
It wasn't his fault. I'd been wasteful. It's as if, or so I've, at times, believed, pleasure has its allotted limit, a finite portion of juice in each pistil. I'd sucked it out, anticipating.
The Incendiaries, R.O. Kwon