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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 10/04/2026

From @cathylinhche.bsky.social: Her parents were extras in Apocalypse Now. But in trying to recenter their experience in her own work, she wondered: whose story was it to tell?

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My parents were extras in Apocalypse Now — is this their story?

Artist Cathy Linh Che confronts the literal marginalization of her mother and father.

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The Shipman Agency @shipmanagency.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

YOWZA! Congralations to @rabihalameddine.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social and @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social, all finalist for the National Book Award!!⚡ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b...

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Here Are the Finalists for the 2025 National Book Awards

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A. J. Lee @byajlee.myatproto.social · 07/10/2025

Congrats to @cathylinhche.bsky.social , who is a National Book Award finalist ❤️ www.nationalbook.org/awards2025/h...

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76th National Book Awards

76th National Book Awards - Longlist Announcements

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cristian josé lopez (he/him/his) @ihatepatriarchy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

congratulations to @cathylinhche.bsky.social for “Becoming Ghost” and Tiana Clark for “Scorched Earth”. well-deserved for these two incredible poetry collections ♥️♥️🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼♥️♥️

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Brooklyn Poets @brooklynpoets.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Featured poets include @chenchenwrites.bsky.social , @cathylinhche.bsky.social , Mahogany L. Browne, Brittany Rogers, @edgarkunz.bsky.social , Hala Alyan, Cornelius Eady, @taraskurtu.bsky.social , @deesoulpoetry.com , Elisabet Velasquez, Pamela Sneed, @joankwonglass.bsky.social & more!

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Kathryn Cowles @kathryncowles.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Outdoor reading in Rochester’s beautiful Highland Park, if you’re in the area. Thursday at 6:30 with @geoffreybabbitt.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social and me. Bring a blanket!!

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Geoffrey Babbitt @geoffreybabbitt.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I couldn’t be happier to read with @kathryncowles.bsky.social and @cathylinhche.bsky.social in the Highland Park Bowl on Thursday night! 6:30–9:30

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Curt Nehring Bliss @curtnehringbliss.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

a wonderful evening of poetry at the Highland Bowl with readings by @kathryncowles.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social and @geoffreybabbitt.bsky.social -a huge thanks to Writers & Books for hosting and @robinweeg.bsky.social for hanging

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Alex Gallo-Brown @alexthegb.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

(Awkwardly, because I've never posted on here before) I wrote a piece about @cathylinhche.bsky.social's stunning new collection of poems, Becoming Ghost, for Poetry Northwest. Check it out here: www.poetrynw.org/we-give-it-t...

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We Give it to Ourselves: On Cathy Linh Che's Becoming Ghost | Poetry Northwest

"For Che, the erasure of her parents and the other Vietnamese refugees . . . speaks to the larger silencing of Vietnamese people from histories of American imperialism and immigration."

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Paul Hlava Ceballos @paulhlava.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

So my friend @cathylinhche.bsky.social won a *ahem* Sundance Film Award Come see her film at SIFF or at Elliot Bay Books this Sunday 5/18 at 5 PM! I will read a lil something to celebrate her, and her new book, too!

Author photos of Cathy Linh Che, Alex-Gallo Brown and Paul Hlava Ceballos are beside a book cover of Becoming Ghost. Text reads: Elliot Bay Books Company. Sunday 5/18 at 5 PM

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The Verge @theverge.com · 25/04/2025

Artist @cathylinhche.bsky.social's parents were extras in Apocalypse Now. But in trying to recenter their experience in her own work, she wondered: whose story was it to tell? Read the final story in our special series, American War: www.theverge.com/cs/features/...

a headline reads: Behind the Scenes: the extras of Apocalypse Now. the headline sits next to an illustration of a man set against a Vietnam battlefield and a sky full of helicopters

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Barbara Tran @staranise99.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Looking forward to reading "Becoming Ghost." And seeing Cathy Linh Che's award-winning short film "We Were the Scenery." Congratulations, Cathy! @cathylinhche.bsky.social #poetry #vietlit #booksky #sundance #vietdiaspora #asianamerican

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stop romanticizing palm trees @lisaskwon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

today marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. I interviewed poet @cathylinhche.bsky.social about her new book of poetry reflecting on her parents’ work as extras on Coppola’s Apocalypse Now and American myth-making of the war impulsemagazine.com/symposium/be...

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“Becoming Ghost” with Cathy Linh Che — IMPULSE Magazine

Che’s latest collection of poems looks at the American myth-making that shaped public memory of the Vietnam War.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 30/04/2025

From @cathylinhche.bsky.social: Her parents were extras in Apocalypse Now. But in trying to recenter their experience in her own work, she wondered: whose story was it to tell?

theverge.com

My parents were extras in Apocalypse Now — is this their story?

Artist Cathy Linh Che confronts the literal marginalization of her mother and father.

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A. J. Lee @byajlee.myatproto.social · 07/05/2025

Just received my copy of Becoming Ghost by @cathylinhche.bsky.social ! So very much looking forward to reading this, Cathy ❤️

The front of the book Becoming Ghost by Cathy Linh Che. Image on Cover: the sky with fluffy clouds and cascading leaves

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James Che @jamesvietche.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

It won! I'm so proud of my sis @cathylinhche.bsky.social

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James Che @jamesvietche.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Nice poster! I do love the look and grain of film. Can't believe I'm on the sundance website ...

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here is the film poster for WE WERE THE SCENERY designed by @jessxsnow Featuring Super 8 shot in the Philippines traveling from my parents’ refugee camp to where they were extras in Apocalypse Now + a photo of my parents in VN. Tickets: festival.sundance.org

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Quincy Scott Jones @quincyscottjones.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Quick #NYE shout-out: Shout-out to @cathylinhche.bsky.social for We We’re Scenery.

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Suzi F. Garcia @suzig.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I am very excited to watch this documentary & also for the world to learn about the brilliant writer Cathy Linh Che. There is so much more I have to say about the subjects, the writer, the deserved attention coming this way, but for now, I’ll just say, I’m very very happy this story is being told

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James Che @jamesvietche.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My parents were extras in Apocalypse Now, and my sister made a film about it. It's beautiful... the cinematography is so beautiful. I'm so proud of her!

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I'm thrilled to announce that our short documentary film 𝘞𝘌 𝘞𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘠 is officially premiering at the 2025 #Sundance Film Festival! 📷📷 Thanks to Christopher Radcliff & Jess X Snow for making this dream come true.

Image of a mountain in the distance, with greenery in the foreground, filmed on Super 8. Official Selection 2025 Sundance Film Festival laurel in the bottom righthand corner. We Were the Scenery in the upper left.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17/12/2024

Staff at Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital have called for international protection after Israeli forces destroyed its power generators and snipers targeted staff in the ICU. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1kjium

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Just sharing this news over here: I'm going to be the new secretary of Periplus, a volunteer mentorship collective serving early-career writers of color. Periplus has been a steady source of joy to me since I became a mentor in 2021 & I'm happy to be able to help out more as we head into Year 5.

We are pleased to announce that author and mentor Nicole Chung will serve as our 2025 Periplus Secretary - a role vital to continuing Periplus' mentorship program and sustaining a community of writers of color.

We look forward to welcoming her in the coming year.

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Mx. Faylita Hicks @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Love me some Haymarket Books!

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South Carolina 50501 @ctraveler.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

295,000 journalists from 44 countries will stop posting content on X. We are making change and the world has spoken. www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

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European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X

The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I started @diacritics-dvan.bsky.social as a blog over 15 years ago, to publish Vietnamese diasporic writers. It continues w/@ericnguyenisok.bsky.social. Some writers we published now have their own books. I learned how to write satire via my editorials. Make your own platform if none exists.

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𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒛𝒊 🇵🇸🫒𝑰𝒏 𝑮𝒂𝒛𝒂 @monahijazi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Together 😻 Look 👀 Where we are now.! 90% Done 10% Left If you can't donate, Just repost 🐈‍⬛️ Just repost 🐈 Just repost 🐈‍⬛️ ⛔️ Call me🤙via a VIDEO CALL to make sure I'm a real mother suffering inside Gaza 🇵🇸⬇️💔 t.me/Mona_hijazy 🔵❄️ To Donate GFM gofund.me/4afe7094 🅿️❄️ or PayPal www.paypal.me/Hijazi562

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Sumita Chakraborty @notsumatra.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I have three signed copies of Arrow available at this year’s Brew and Forge book fair, along with tons of other incredible books. All proceeds benefit Addameer, a Palestinian civil institution that supports Palestinian political prisoners. www.brewandforge.com/bookfair

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Book Fair | Brew & Forge

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Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill.com · 22/11/2024

Virtual event today at 2pm ET on the wars against Palestine and Lebanon. Register here: linktr.ee/HGSUBDS

Reporting a Genocide: Dispatches from Palestine, Lebanon and the United States featuring Mariam Barghouti, Lara Bitar, Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel Kouddous.

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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 22/11/2024

The fight to defeat HR 9495 isn't over yet. Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on this dangerous bill, which gives the admin unilateral power to strip nonprofits (e.g. news outlets, universities) of their status. Here's the ACLU statement on its dangers: www.aclu.org/press-releas...

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Mission Belonging @missionbelonging.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Tonight! Sign up by 4 pm ET to join! Author @cathylinhche.bsky.social joins our virtual writing room for her workshop "A Conversation with What Haunts You," a session in which we will invite what is haunting us into conversation with us on the page. bit.ly/cbaw-strathmore

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 21/11/2024

BREAKING — The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during Israel's assault on Gaza.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/11/2024

🔴 Gaza’s Civil Defence has released a statement detailing the extensive damages and losses it has suffered in Israeli attacks: 🔺87 personnel killed 🔺304 staff injured 🔺21 detained LIVE Updates ⤵️

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Israeli forces kill 88 in Gaza; US Senate rejects bid to block arms sales

No respite for civilians in Gaza, Lebanon as US Senate blocks bid to halt arms sales to Israel.

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“Hope is no substitute for strategy.” ––Percival Everett, when giving his acceptance speech for winning the @nationalbook.bsky.social award 📚💙

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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

also if you order one of my books, I'll include a cute lil poem print for you! (not a poem by me, lol. I mean a GOOD poem, by an actual poet.)

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George Abraham 🍉 @intifadabatata.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD @lenakt.bsky.social WON THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN POETRY IVE BEEN CRYING FOR 5 MINUTES STRAIGHT

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Love is a story we never tire of telling… Love lives in many rooms. ––Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (@lenakt.bsky.social), from Something About Living

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congrats to dear @lenakt.bsky.social for winning the National Book Award in Poetry! Weeping, grateful.

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cathylinhche.bsky.social @cathylinhche.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Shifa Saltagi Safadi, winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, for her book Kareem Between, ends her speech with Free Palestine! I’m weeping 😭

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 21/11/2024

lawmakers joined Bernie Sanders' effort to block arms sales to Israel, but the vast majority of the Senate voted against the measure. mondoweiss.net/2024/11/sena...

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Senate rejects effort to block arms sales to Israel

18 lawmakers joined Bernie Sanders’ effort to block arms sales to Israel, but the vast majority of the Senate voted against the measure.

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