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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s meaningful for me as an immigrant to come visit for the 1st time the capital of the country that has given me so much, on its 250th bday. Also pretty cool to see my books, also about an immigrant, in the collection of the @libraryofcongress.bsky.social. Love, Henry #america250 #peasproutchen

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thank you both so much for coming out!!!!!!! I appreciate your warmth and big heart!! Have fun with the Roanhorse conversation!!!

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Elektra Hammond @untilmidnight.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At the Library of Congress, waiting for (@henrylienauthor.bsky.social) Henry Lien to give a talk on Eastern Story Telling. He's one of my favorite teachers.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THIS GUY LOOKS SO PLEASED BECAUSE . . . He just realized how his own story structure lessons in #SpringSummerAsteroidBird offer a raw, heartfelt, joyful way for him to tell this new story he is writing in the #PeasproutChen world. Also, Louisa’s oatmilk cappuccino is superb. Love, Henry #LifeIsSweet

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THE PROBLEM WITH WRITING IN CAFES . . . is when they play the song you can’t not sing along with.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

FREE. TICKET REQUIRED. ASTEROID INCLUDED. Come watch me use my sexy kung-fu poverty monk skills to defend the @librarycongress.bsky.social against an extinction-level event while talking about #SpringSummerAsteroidBird. Sept 24, 7 pm. Link below. Love, Sexy Kung-Fu Poverty Monk @wwnorton.com

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And that tower puzzle in your video is a bitch until you start using the maps posted near the ball charge stations.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s pretty great! I talk about this game in my latest book about story structure. The remaster on Switch is pretty impressive. Enjoy!

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thank you, kindly!! Ken Liu’s THE GRACE OF KINGS is a case study in my book. And I adore the THREE BODY PROBLEM and the rest of the trilogy. Wildly inventive.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hah, thanks. I do dream of food almost every night. Wonder what Jung would say about that.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Hai there! Sorry for the noise, just rehearsing new #PeasproutChen song for my concert at @laworldcon.bsky.social Fri 08-28 9 am. Love, Henry #WorldCon

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Link to enroll below or use the QR code: www.uclaextension.edu/osher-olli/c... We hope to see you in class! Henry Lien and TAFKAD Photo Courtesy Cassia Davis #OLLI #UCLA #Photography

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Expanding Your Photographer Eyes Course - UCLA Extension

Osher (50+). In this course, we learn how to create artistic compositions using any camera.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This class is offered through the UCLA Extension Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. It is geared towards students age 50+ but all ages are welcome. No prior photography experience required. No special equipment required. A phone camera is fine. +

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This 4-week class will be in person in Westwood, and will include two field trips (to the Huntington and the Getty Villa). You’ll have plenty of opportunity to create photography of your own and get constructive critique from both me and TAFKAD. It’ll be the whole Lien experience in S T E R E O. +

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

THE LIEN EXPERIENCE IN S T E R E O Hai!! I’m co-teaching a new photography class this October called “Expanding Your Photographer’s Eye” with my father, photographer Fong-Chi Lien. If you read the Getty Magazine article I previously posted, you’ll know him as The Artist Formerly Known as Dad. +

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

LIVE AND IN FULL 3D Hai, friends. I’ll be at @laworldcon.bsky.social in Anaheim later this month. Come by and say hai! Love, Henry

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

HOW TO FEED AND CARE FOR YOUR CALIFORNIAN Make him cooked kale salad with russet potato, carrot, sweet corn, and lo-cal champagne vinaigrette dressing and Korean radish miso soup with shiitake mushrooms and red pepper flakes for early lunch before he works on his book about Jungian dream analysis.

Hot Asian zaddy shows off bowls of homemade radish soup and kale salad.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thank you for the kind attention to my book. It was joyful to write.

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The Human Journey Project @humanjourney.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

What happens when we step outside the inherited architecture of Western storytelling? In SPRING, SUMMER, ASTEROID, BIRD Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social explores the textures, philosophies, and narrative instincts of Eastern story traditions. humanjourney.us/book-reviews...

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

THE BALCONY SCENE Thank you to the California Writers Club, Orange County branch for letting me talk about SPRING, SUMMER, ASTEROID, BIRD (@w.w.norton) . . . from a balcony! Love, Henry #AmWriting

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Thank you, I had such a blast talking with you!!!

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Andrea @andreagoyan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The LLFs have a new chat out with Henry Lien. We loved hanging out with Henry the first time he joined us and couldn't wait to have him back again. Henry shares some great story generating ideas he teaches his student. Episode below! @eeking.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

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Long Lost Friends interview with author Henry Lien, Part 2

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

WHAT $44 OF AIRPORT FOOD LOOKS LIKE. Omg that was disgusting, especially the drink. Tasted like someone hosed down their lawnmower and bottled the run-off. At least the candy bar was good. Please send thoughts and prayers. Love, Henry

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

See? This just proves my belief that Philip K. Dick was writing realist fiction.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

See? This just proves my belief that Philip K. Dick was writing realist fiction.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Very excited to work with your writers!

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Wholehearted Writers @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@henrylienauthor.bsky.social is an author & teacher who is joining us at Wholehearted Writers Mini-Retreat to discuss the radical four-act Eastern storytelling structure. If you’ve ever wondered about how stories, ya know, actually work, come join us: wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/june-mini-re...

Meet Our Speakers! Henry Lien, author and teacher. Let’s discuss the radical four-act Eastern story structure! Wholehearted Writers Mini-Retreat, June 26-27, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Loved the visual in your keynote of cake icing made up of ground up elves and mermaids and UFOs.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

You do such a great job with writing and reading the dialogue of your characters!

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Kelly Robson @kellyrobson.com · 29/05/2026

Fantastic time reading @locusmag.bsky.social Awards Virtual readings tonight with @henrylienauthor.bsky.social. Henry is a delight, always.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

This brief list has my absolute MUST HAVE books for writers, gleaned over my 15 year career (some are old, some very new!). These work for any writer, but especially #solarpunk writers. Books on Writing Every Writer Should Have: bookshop.org/lists/books-... #writing @henrylienauthor.bsky.social

Books on Writing Every Writer Should Have

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This is a museum that doesn’t usher you through an orderly catalog. It’s not a library. It’s a labyrinth. Love, Henry #DavidGeffenGalleries #LACMA

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Small doorways open onto vast rooms of treasures in seeming defiance of physics. Also, there are NO. WHITE. WALLS. This has a remarkable effect on reducing the pretension and intimidating feel of the clean white cube presentation of most art institutions. +

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Peter Zumthor’s beautiful flowing design straddles Wilshire Blvd. It deliberately interrupts not just a linear path, but any kind of orderly path, through the museum. The usual march through history and the hushed reverence of most museums is replaced with disorientation, discovery, and delight.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Instead of organizing by historical period, movement, or medium, like most encyclopedic museums, this is vibe-coded around theme/tone in a democratically ahistorical/multihistorical organization. The result is an experience that is exciting, not academic, effortlessly diverse, not agenda-driven. +

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

A LABYRINTH, NOT A LIBRARY Just got back from the members’ preview of the magnificent new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA. +

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Andrea @andreagoyan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

@eeking.bsky.social and I had a fantastic time chatting with Henry Lien. I loved learning about the structural differences between Western three-act stories and Eastern four-act ones. #WritingCommunity #WritingTips @eeking.bsky.social @henrylienauthor.bsky.social @metastellar.bsky.social

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Long Lost Friends interview with author Henry Lien

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hey, you. Yeah, you. You like watching an author work himself into a lather about #kishotenketsu and Eastern storytelling structures? Thot so, you look like the type. Well, then, here’s a hawt video for you. - Henry #SpringSummerAsteroidBird @wwnorton.com

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Thanks for letting me get so worked up about this subject! And I didn’t even foam at the mouth! #Progress

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

They bring cool professors to talk about hawt subjects but in bars, with alcohol. So it’s the best parts of college without the pressure. DM me for link to buy tix. This goes on public sale on Sun and it WILL sell out (they always do) so tarry not. @skylightbooks.bsky.social will have my book there.

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Henry Lien @henrylienauthor.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

COOL LECTURES + DRINKS - EXAMS = I got invited by @lecturesontap.bsky.social to do a lecture about my book #SpringSummerAsteroidBird (@wwnorton.com) and #kishotenketsu. +

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