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Mixed Bag

@m-ixedbag.bsky.social
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Writer, Mom, Polyglot. Editor @lit-namjooning.bsky.social, Subs Editor @Smokelong. Words: BSF'23 @hexliterary,@tinymolecules @barrelhouse @BoothAJournal @wigleaf Published work here: linktr.ee/hemanataraju

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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I love how this narrative actually feels like a winding path with a satisfying ending! 💜
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
" You try to save. To one day have your own home with your own yard to grow your own food" @lumchanmfa.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute 👏👏👏 ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
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Living in Paradise — Ghost Parachute
You work, you serve, you cook, you clean for others. You do what you need to, but it’s never enough. Sometimes you ask for help. For food. For shelter. For life. And yet, you scrape together what you ...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stunning! @karenc.bsky.social in @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Congratulations and much success to our Monarch Queer Literary Awards nominees 2027!
Against a white background with dramatic, swirly purple and black swoops, and a purple and pink butterfly in the upper left-hand corner, SmokeLong's nominations for the Monarch Queer Literary Awards are in the center. Text: MONARCH QUEER LITERARY AWARDS Nominations
"Sugar" by Lane Michael Stanley
"Grave" by CJ Scruton
"The Roommate" by Holly Mitchell
"Boys" by t.r.san
The SmokeLong logo is in the lower right-hand corner.
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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If you're participating in Promptember or you're in SmokeLong Fitness, this webinar/workshop with K.C. Mead-Brewer is on us! But even if you're not participating, you can still come! www.smokelong.com/product/trou...
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Troubling Tales: How to Coax Forth Any Story's Sinister Side - SmokeLong Quarterly
Join author K.C Mead-Brewer for a 90-minute workshop all about accentuating and celebrating the horror elements in your stories, no matter the genre. Be prepared for an evening with plenty of teeth in...
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Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖 @nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"Could be, the stand said via semaphore, offering me a Do Unto Others Popsicle the color of a mid-summer Milwaukee morning sky and the flavor of always." Incredible writing from @pdforan.bsky.social in a piece that aches with the melancholy of loss 💔
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"you can’t make ends meet, so you fish at night, for menpachi, for auweoweo, for opelu. You regrow scraps in old pots, pans, jars, on windowsills, on verandas, green onions, bean sprouts, spinach, if you can." Love this micro. The rhythm! @lumchanmfa.bsky.social ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...
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Living in Paradise — Ghost Parachute
You work, you serve, you cook, you clean for others. You do what you need to, but it’s never enough. Sometimes you ask for help. For food. For shelter. For life. And yet, you scrape together what you ...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Shukriya, Todd! 💜
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Friends, after almost 3 years of nothing, I have an acceptance in my inbox. A little one of mine has secured a home in the wonderful @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social!
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I adore this essay by Per Olvmyr. I love how this seemingly everyday interaction between a father and son made me, a reader, feel so safe and completely in the moment. Do give it a read.
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Okay Donkey Magazine @okaydonkeymag.com · 04/10/2026
Dear OKD Reader- We’ve been trying to reach you regarding your lack of work submitted to us. Our free submissions run out fast, so please send us your writing at your earliest convenience using this link: buff.ly/chQ4jpz. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Corporate Sad Jack 💼🫏
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There is something so soothing in the rhythm of this piece. Do read!
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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A wonderful launch of @lit-namjooning.bsky.social’s Issue 3! The readings were stellar and heartfelt, and yes, there were even some tears! 🪷 Catch up on the full issue here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/issue3
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ISSUE 3 | Litnamjooning
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lovely launch party this morning with our brilliant issue 3 writers reading their work and talking about what inspired them to write their stories. A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and brought their stories to life! What an honor it is to publish your words and worlds! 💜💜💜
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A hospital room, a puzzle, and the regrets of grief--all in this beautiful piece by @amaliag.bsky.social. Do read "Hourglass" and be ready to feel. literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Hourglass by Amalia Gladhart
When Sadie was sick, I used to do puzzles with her. Not with her, exactly. She was too tired to sit up or concentrate much, and the chemo gave her brain fog. But I’d do a puzzle on a card table beside...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collaborating with these fabulous litmag editors- @maxpasakorn.bsky.social, Allison Thung, and Eneida Alcalde on a panel during Singapore Writers Festival about curating contemporary writing from Singapore! Do come if you’re around! 20th Nov, 8:45pm. #swf2026
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@m-ixedbag.bsky.social will be representing Lit Namjooning and @smokelong.bsky.social at this year's Singapore Writers Festival! We're so excited to make our SWF debut! If you're in Singapore on Nov 20, do come! More details about the panel here: www.singaporewritersfestival.com/programmes/i...
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Invisible Hands: Curating Contemporary Writing from Singapore
Discover 10 days of talks, panels, and performances that celebrate stories in every form. Filter by language, genre, or programme type \u2013 and make the most of your SG Culture Pass with eligible ev...
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Pat Foran @pdforan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
See you there?
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Collaborating with these fabulous litmag editors- @maxpasakorn.bsky.social, Allison Thung, and Eneida Alcalde on a panel during Singapore Writers Festival about curating contemporary writing from Singapore! Do come if you’re around! 20th Nov, 8:45pm. #swf2026
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is happening soon! Come and hear our wonderful authors read their work! Also, meet with Lit Nam editors. Bring your friends!
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The peach pit in my stomach cracks open." This is a piece only @willmusgrove.bsky.social could've written! Loneliness and the need to be seen in "Bus Windows." Gorgeous, moving work. Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Bus Windows by Will Musgrove
I watch as Sammy breathes on the glass, fogs it up. With a finger, he writes BEHIND YOU in the condensation. The bus parks at its next stop, and Sammy, his hoodie hood up so he resembles a ghost, slap...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Congrats, Shome! ❤️❤️
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Literary Namjooning (and @smokelong.bsky.social) and @eunoiareview.bsky.social showing up at the Singapore Writers Festival Reveal event. What a great evening. SWF runs from 13-22 November. Do come if you’re around.
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ache and literal ache bwahahaha
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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“You say: One day.” Get lost in this beauty by @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
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Jenny Wong @jenwithwords.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The lingering smell of sweat and rubber, the taste of Windex in the air, makes me relax within this calm before the storm.” Finding zen moments in…fencing? Yep! Read this new piece by @ninamiller.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh I love this so! And omg, that Claire Danes and Leo scene and the ache! And @pleomorphic2.bsky.social captures that and perimenopause so well, I almost cried, coz yes to all of this.
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Author Spotlight's on! @ninamiller.bsky.social writes a wonderfully meditative essay on "salle-itude" she finds while fencing! Read here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/post/...
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Gillian O’Shaughnessy @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love this with all the love @patforan.bsky.social
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Kissing, Still" by the amazing @pdforan.bsky.social in @lit-namjooning.bsky.social. So beautiful (and kinda hot, I think).🔥
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh yes, Dina! I love the Anne of Green Gables example! This is something similar and somehow it feels fresher? I don’t know why.
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I only like tofu that you have to reach into a waterfall to get. Will Don Don Donki’s wonders never cease?
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We approve this message. 💜
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congrats, all!
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Literary Namjooning | Submissions Open! @lit-namjooning.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Have you registered yet? Issue 1 & 2 authors, we hope to see y'all too! <3
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Mid-Autumn festival. Lotus mooncakes, here I come!
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Where to send a hybrid story?
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LOVE this!
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredibly grateful for Jamy and Pat for their support and DMs in the early, raw stage of grief when it felt like I was losing my mind. <3
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And once again, @pdforan.bsky.social's piece in @fracturedlit.bsky.social fracturedlit.com/the-nights-i...
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The Nights I Spend Reading to a Rescue Horse Named Emmeline | Fractured
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Mixed Bag @m-ixedbag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As the third anniversary of my sister's passing approaches, I can feel a giant wave of sadness (and regrets, once again) coming, building, and I find myself going back to two wonderful pieces - "What Feels like Destiny" by @jamybond.bsky.social in The Sun www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
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What Feels Like Destiny
There were seven thousand Peace Corps volunteers out there, in the most remote places of the world, and if something bad were to happen to any one of them during the night, something tragic, I would t...
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