May 2025: Doing Less, More
Maybe the point is to do less, more.
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Yanyi
‘Does It Honor Life?’
Recent events have reminded me of the first anti-trans, alt-right blowup on newsletter platforms in 2021. If you are a writer on a newsletter platform that doesn't align with your values, you can leave, and I hope you will. If you have questions on how or why, I&
Read moreWriting in private
The summer was immense.
Read more‘How Do You Begin Again?’
It's not how you begin, but how you continue.
Read moreSeattle, Dickinson, writings—
Read more‘How Do I Give Myself a Residency?’
It's about coming home to your art.
Read more‘How Did You Decide to Return to Your Day Job?’
How did you decide to return to software engineering and how has that shaped your days and wellbeing? I feel like I have unfortunately over-invested in the idea of ‘being a writer’ as ‘your primary day job is adjacent to writing.’
Read more‘When Will The Reading Return?’
Dear reader, This may be the first time you’re hearing from me—or maybe you’ve been following my work for a while. Either way, I’m Yanyi. I’m a poet, critic, and a lifelong lover of literature (and alliteration, clearly). At some point in time, you subscribed
Read more‘You Are More Than Your Writing.’
On July 31, 2022, The Reading will go on a long hiatus.
Read more‘I’m So, So Tired of Having to Justify My Writing.’
Is it really terrible to be wrong?
Read moreOn knowledge as a trapping net
What to do with the knowing we have—what we want from what we know.
Read more‘Can I Still Write My Memoir If It Exhausts Me?’
This book is a ghost of memoirs past.
Read more‘How Do I Find Joy in Big Writing Projects?’
You're juggling two minds, but you only need one.
Read moreWriting strategies for perfectionism
Writing against the (Platonic) form.
Read more‘Lately, All My Stories Fall Short.’
It’s time to look at everything everywhere all at once.
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