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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 13/09/2026

I am almost never on here, but some of you were my pals elsewhere on the internet before Bluesky, and perhaps you remember our little dog Daphne. I am sad to share that Daphne died last night. Already I have cried and cried and I know that I will cry more. She was a very good girl.

A woman with purple and black hair in an updo, wearing clear-framed glasses, red lipstick, and a black ribbed sweater with pearl studs, holds a small tan-and-white mutt. She’s wearing pearl chain-link glasses holders and gold jewelry. The background is blurred with home furnishings and colorful artwork.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 13/08/2026

I was appalled by how bad I thought the 1991 Cape Fear was—Juliette Lewis was terrific, but otherwise… gah. Wooden performance by Jessica Lange, Robert De Niro chewing the scenery so hard he was probably pulling splinters out of his teeth for years afterward, and Nick Nolte being… there.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 13/08/2026

Does anyone know someone who might be able to help me—my Lyft account has been frozen for months now, I spoke to Support and they allegedly bumped it up, and then they said it had to go even higher up the chain, & now it’s been weeks & weeks. No one can tell me why my account was frozen.

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Risa Wolf / Killerpuppytails @risawolf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

July 22nd's disabled writer is Esmé Weijun Wang! Also known as @esmewang.com Deets at esmewang.com Author of The Collected Schizophrenias ( www.booksaremagic.net/item/SPJp5aJ...) & many amazing fiction/nonfiction works. More details in replies. #DisabilityPrideMonth

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Esmé Weijun Wang | Memoir Writing & Personal Nonfiction

Explore Esmé Weijun Wang’s memoir writing courses, The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise, personal essays, and living well with chronic illness.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 14/05/2026

Interested in writing memoir or personal essays? Interested in my teaching? I’m closing The Unexpected Shape Writing Academy and am now selling the entire curriculum and 12 brilliant guest lectures for the $ of a little more than one class. Sale closes June 15: www.esmewang.com/last-chance

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Sara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Mother Tongue also has an extremely cool cover in the UK (which I feel ok bragging about since I have no hand in it at all 😆), featuring kind words from the great @esmewang.com. It's out 11 June there and is available for preorder now. geni.us/MotherTongue

Cream book cover with green squiggly lines running across it. Mother Tongue, Sara Novic and A Memoir of Family, Deafness and Identity in large text, with the Blurb A book I want to press into everyone's hands from Esme Weijun Wang across the top.

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 31/07/2025

"...living with limitations means developing a different relationship with completion. Where others might see abandoned projects as evidence of failure, I see them as proof of making an effort despite all evidence to the contrary." www.reasonsforliving.co/p/the-museum... 👏 @esmewang.com is brilliant

reasonsforliving.co

The Museum of Almost

on the beauty of unfinished things

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 19/06/2025

"[Writer's block is] the internal critic gone haywire, the imposter syndrome that whispers you're not good enough, smart enough, or talented enough to tell this story." www.reasonsforliving.co/p/when-the-t... (@esmewang.com with some brilliant wisdom on writing, as ever)

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When the Thread Breaks

Navigating the Difference Between Writer's Block and Brain Fog

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TRossi (she/her) @trossiwriter.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I’ve found @esmewang.com’s free guides helpful and generative. This class could help get your memoir started!

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 08/05/2025

A really interesting (& brutal) piece about the commodification of Black identity in the art market in 2020-2022, & the opportunists who inflated art prices, only to devalue the same Black artists later

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 08/05/2025

I’m teaching a new (& free!) class called Shape Your Story: How to Create a Full-Length Memoir with Confidence next week—It’s esp good for people who’ve written short pieces, such as blogs or Substack posts, & want to write memoir. Live class, but recording available: esmewang.com/shape-your-story

esmewang.com

Esmé Weijun Wang | Memoir Writing & Personal Nonfiction

Explore Esmé Weijun Wang’s memoir writing courses, The Collected Schizophrenias, The Border of Paradise, personal essays, and living well with chronic illness.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 07/05/2025

A dorky question (and tailored-made, I think, for @bcdreyer.social): I often want to put a comma after an independent clause even if the clause that comes after it is a dependent one—because I hear it in my head as having a pause. What’s the rule there? What’s best practice w/literary fiction?

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Slumberland Records @slumberlandrecords.com · 07/05/2025

SO much good stuff out now and coming up, give our SLR NOW playlist on BNDCMPR a spin and bookmark it for frequent updates! bndcmpr.co/012f6f44

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 07/05/2025

Pupdate for people who’ve missed Daphne on their screens.

Small white dog with tan ears sits on wet pavement, wearing a red-and-yellow striped knit sweater.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

all right everybody, here we go links, trackers, webinars, templates, and all the free support you need if you just got that nightmare NEA email on Friday please share far and wide, you do NOT have to be in Oregon to use these resources

orartswatch.org

Emergency Alert: Six action steps if your NEA grant was just canceled • Oregon ArtsWatch

Arts organizations can learn how to still appeal the cancellations, including free resources and support on what steps to take.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 07/05/2025

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!

A person with short curly hair and vintage glasses smiles slightly, wearing a shiny silver outfit at a lively indoor event.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 07/05/2025

I keep thinking I’m getting close to being done with the newest novel, & then I am delayed by things like cancer and depression and whatnot but IT WILL COME EVENTUALLY, I PROMISE

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

A quadriplegic man named Normand Meunier died via MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) after being neglected for 4 days in ER. He was denied a specialized mattress, wasn’t turned & ended up with terrible bed sores. His partner says she was threatened with removal from the ER for advocating for him 🧵

cbc.ca

'It was horror,' says wife of quadriplegic man who sought assisted death after ER bedsore | CBC News

A public inquiry into the death of a quadriplegic man is underway in Quebec — over a year after he sought medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay that left him with a severe and painful ...

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 06/05/2025

this made me laugh in the most delighted way…

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deverde greene @deverde.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

ever since i read her excellent book, the collected schizophrenias, i've looked up to esme weijun wang as an amazing #mentalhealth role model. here she is via bbc ideas talking about her diagnosis & how to break the stigma youtu.be/vYrkcZTFllk?...

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Schizophrenia: Breaking the mental health stigma | BBC Ideas

YouTube video by BBC Ideas

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 06/05/2025

I don’t promote all of my Reasons for Living posts here—but most of the posts are free, and if you can’t afford a paid subscription, just DM me and I’ll comp you one, no questions asked ❤️

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 06/05/2025

for people who are interested in writing personal nonfiction/memoir and would like to start small: I made a free 28-paged workbook called Memoir in Miniature for you! grab it here: www.esmewang.com/memoir-in-mi...

Promotional graphic for a free guide titled “Memoir in Miniature,” a resource for writing mini-memoirs in 500 words or less.

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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 25/04/2025

“but #waiting is also labor. It takes up #MentalSpace, demanding attention like a low-grade fever: not acute enough to be all-consuming, but persistent enough to unsettle and discomfit.”: buff.ly/LQLxTqF by @esmewang.com #MentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #patience

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On Waiting

the strange, unbearable art of living in the in-between

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 25/04/2025

@janecasey.bsky.social Back when we were both on The Bird Site, I could at least send you a DM—but alas, searching the internet top to bottom is not helping me find a direct mode of contact. Perhaps I can ask my agent to get in touch with your agent?????

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 22/04/2025

getting a call for a Chotiner interview: *one pill is poison and the other is a Smartie*

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 15/04/2025

C and I are thinking of getting me a wheelchair for situations like museums, touring gardens, rallies/marches, etc. Does anyone have a rec for a reliable, decent wheelchair for someone who wouldn’t be using it all the time?

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 15/04/2025

I am having weird imaginings of China v USA and being put in a camp. everything seems possible.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 15/04/2025

I’ve been following Amanda Nguyen’s story on her IG feed and even read a galley of Saving Five… whew, did NOT know until today the context of the space flight 🫣

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 03/04/2025

the bird of the day reminds you to drink some water

Black ink drawing of a bird drinking water, with its reflection visible; placed on floral-patterned fabric.

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Tim Manley @timmanley.com · 21/03/2025

It feels serendipitous to come across an answer I needed in this conversation between two artists I admire. @esmewang.com talking with Andrew Garfield in @thebeliever.net:

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The Believer @thebeliever.net · 19/03/2025

"Generally speaking, the way I work is inside out, so I’m searching and digging and scouring and on a treasure hunt for the character within myself, rather than finding it outside myself." —Andrew Garfield, interviewed by @esmewang.com www.thebeliever.net/an-interview...

thebeliever.net

An Interview with Andrew Garfield - Believer Magazine

I first became interested in Andrew Garfield and his work not from his starring role in the two big-budget Amazing Spider-Man films (2012, 2014), nor from his famous laptop-smashing scene in David Fin...

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 13/03/2025

every day I pull the ten of wands and it’s like, yes, I get it, I KNOW

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 05/03/2025

A little more info: it was not my decision to use Word. Word is the industry standard in book publishing. I’m at the point where my editor has sent me my manuscript in .docx with his thousands of markup corrections and comments. So that’s what I’m dealing with, given that it’s a fairly long book.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 05/03/2025

trying to make a Tarot deck on top of my other ten million projects… can you guess what these are?

A set of four black-and-white ink illustrations of birds on textured paper, arranged on a worn wooden surface. Each bird is uniquely stylized: a fluffy chick with detailed feathers, a plump bird gazing at a star, a regal peacock-like bird wearing a tiny crown, and a bird with roses and abstract geometric elements. The intricate linework gives each illustration a distinct character.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 05/03/2025

I’ve tried everything I’ve found from online searches and I’m still having issues—does anyone have hacks for keeping long Word documents from lagging? I’m going over edits right now and Word is lagging like whoa. I made the font/size/etc into a Style as recommended…. Advice????

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 24/02/2025

I have a best friend who’s a Luddite. She’s a brilliant writer, but when the topic of building an author platform comes up, she gets a panicky look—like I just told her she has to go viral on TikTok by Monday. And… I have a new class for that: www.esmewang.com/building-an-...

Says. “Building your author platform (when you’d rather be writing” (coming soon)

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 24/01/2025

Would anyone like to buy some @lessavyfav.bsky.social tickets from for a San Francisco show that C and I can no longer go to due to his health issues? We were SO EXCITED to go & devastated that we can’t. The show is Saturday, February 22, 2025 @ The Great American Music Hall.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 23/01/2025

the new bird I drew during therapy today deeply reflected/reflects my mood

A detailed pen sketch of a bird, drawn on a grid-patterned notebook page. The bird has expressive, large eyes and intricate feather detailing. Above the drawing, handwritten text is visible but partially obscured. The notebook rests on a brown cover, atop a patterned surface.

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 23/01/2025

for those following the medical-crisis-adventure of the last two months, some good news. C is coming home.

WBC at 10.5 out of a 4-11 scale, and Neutrophil at 6.43 out of a 1.7-6.7

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 17/01/2025

this is… horrible and amazing

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 15/01/2025

The misapprehension that sensitivity is the same as empathy

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 14/01/2025

I read the Vulture Neil Gaiman piece and I can’t stop thinking about it. Last night I had to urge to break everything in my office—not just because of the NG thing, but that definitely compounded my already existing anger

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Esmé Weijun Wang @esmewang.com · 13/01/2025

Donate $50 to Pasadena for All (www.instagram.com/pasadenaforall), an organization that’s supporting houseless people in LA during the wildfires (& beyond). Send your receipt and mailing address to donation@esmewang.com; I'll mail you an original, one-of-a-kind bird postcard hand-drawn by me.

Alt-text: “A promotional graphic encouraging donations to Pasadena for All. The text reads: ‘Donate $50 to Pasadena for All & get a bird postcard. Donate $50 to @pasadenaforall, send your receipt and mailing address to donation@esmewang.com, & I’ll mail you an original, one-of-a-kind bird postcard hand-drawn by me.’ Below the text is an image of a hand-drawn bird postcard on a floral background. The handle @esmewang appears in the lower left, with ‘Save this post’ in the bottom right.”

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