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Nicole Chung

@nicolechung.bsky.social
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author of A LIVING REMEDY and ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW. words in NYT Mag, Time, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Washington Post, Condé Nast Traveler &c. she/her linktr.ee/nicolesjchung get signed/personalized copies of my books: loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Cornell Police and the County Prosecutor's office seem intent on saying, in barely concealed terms, the other is to blame. It's a system where they're both happy to be able to pass off any responsibility while preserving their authority / power / territory; something fundamental has to change.
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Mood at Cornell University darkens amid mounting pressure on investigators of alleged sex assault | CNN
At first glance, the Cornell University looks like a picture-perfect college brochure. But students say the mood on campus has turned somber amid allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“While aspects of Ms. Pike’s case are unique, the cruelty she experienced in the execution chamber is not an aberration.”
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Opinion | Christa Pike Has Exposed the Truth About Lethal Injection
Lethal injection failures are not glitches; they are features of the process.
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Samit Sarkar @samitsarkar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
admittedly I have not read many memoirs but this one is incredible
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
aerial shot of Nicole’s hand holding a galley of Miss Lambert Steps Aboard Danger by Kazuo Ishiguro. Also pictured is Peggy, Nicole’s golden retriever, sleeping on a brown chair.
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Jeremy Doan @jeremymdoan.info · 02/10/2026
highly recommend this. one of the most lovely books you'll ever read (until you read the follow-up. A Living Remedy, that is)
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’ve given this book to the two adoptees in my family and wish I could give it to every adoptee I know
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.
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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
8 years of All You Can Ever Know 💙🌿 I treasure the conversations I’ve had (& still get to have) because of this book, and continue to be grateful to everyone who’s read it or shared it with others.
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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir
A NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis beloved memoir "is an extraordinary, honest, nuanced and compassionate look at adoption, race in America and families in general" (Jasmine Guillory, Code Switch, NPR)What doe...
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Caroline Casey @cacasey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
time to nominate your favorite bookseller *and* your favorite store
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James Patterson Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program 2026
James Patterson is once again supporting independent booksellers with a revival of his Holiday Bookstore Bonus Program.Patterson has pledged a personal contribution of $300,000, to be distributed in a...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 01/10/2026
Renee Good's family sues US government over her killing in Minneapolis
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Renee Good's family sues US government over her killing in Minneapolis
The 37-year-old woman was killed by an immigration official during a federal crackdown in Minneapolis in January.
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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This isn't just a think piece saying they disagree with PEN America; they actually went back and examined at the data and reporting — including a key claim that a literary agent was selling far fewer books by Jewish and Israeli authors in the US — and found it lacking. Fascinating work.
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Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So excited to see PEOPLE launching the cover of my new novel The Amnesiac today! people.com/jami-attenbe...
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Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
her smoosh face
closeup of golden retriever sleeping on a fuzzy blanket on the couch with her cheek smooshed up in a little roll against her paw
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Please share the application with anyone you think might be interested and help us spread the word! Here’s a bit more about Periplus, why we exist, and how we assess fellowship applications:
Periplus is a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. We’re happy you’ve found us. We’re looking for mentees—Periplus Fellows—who are located in the United States, and are at least 18 years old, and whose writing shows great promise. We are seeking to mentor writers who are relatively early in their careers and would especially like to award fellowships to those with limited past access to writing resources and supportive communities. We aim to equalize access so that writers can achieve their goals regardless of their background and affiliations. 

In assessing your application, we’ll be most focused on the promise we see in your writing sample. We will also consider how helpful a Periplus Fellowship could be for your craft and career.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the article I most vividly remember. A sympathetic portrait of mothers defending their sons who were “not falsely accused” but “wrongly accused.” They were fighting for impunity for rapists. It ran the week #MeToo went viral.
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‘Willing to Do Everything,’ Mothers Defend Sons Accused of Sexual Assault (Published 2017)
Some of the mothers met with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos before she changed the rules on how colleges should handle accusations.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TOUGH LOVE is the best thing @tajjaisen.bsky.social has written—which, if you know Tajja and her work, is really saying something! I can't wait to reread and discuss it with EVERYONE!!
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write. (Gift Article)
A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation.
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Rainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For @time.com, I wrote a short piece on doing ballet barre in my kitchen. It's about returning to childhood hobbies, and how bringing something positive forward from our pasts can connect to stories of who we are. It was great speaking with folks about childhood hobbies they've come back to, too!
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Revisiting Childhood Hobbies Is a Way to Learn Who You Are as an Adult
Returning to a childhood hobby can engage the past as we remember it, the present, and the future we imagine, writes Rainesford Stauffer.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW: I came across a bookseller who was afraid that a mysterious company trying to buy some of his rarest books was going to use them to train AI models. I went down the rabbithole with him, and was confused and altogether existentially weirded out by what I found www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
People don’t understand how fragile our water infrastructure is. I’ve had contaminated water in the last six years. I’ve had my water co. hijacked for digital ransom. We are in perpetual near drought conditions... in NC, not AZ. AI boosters use pedantry about water use as an accountability shield.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
who’s gonna be the hero who shares their galley of the new Ishiguro with me
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Dean Napolitano @dinonapolitano.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Thousands of the salmon were recorded passing a former dam site in 2024 and 2025, researchers say, and have reoccupied nearly the full extent of their known historical range.” By Rebecca Dzombak
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Salmon Are Thriving After Klamath Dam Removals, Study Finds (Gift Article)
The first fall runs of chinook salmon since the project in California and Oregon was completed have surpassed researchers’ expectations.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
NEW: For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and o...
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 22/09/2026
Kentucky State University women’s basketball player Amina Seck remains detained by ICE six weeks after her arrest while going through security at the Louisville airport. Her attorney says Seck has been in four different detainment facilities.
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Lawyer of KSU basketball player detained by ICE says the student missed court date for surgery
Kentucky State University's Amina Seck has been in ICE custody since Aug. 7, according to her lawyer.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 20/09/2026
Holy smokes I fuckin' did it. As promised, I hard launched before Yom Kippur, with hours to spare! I am going to take a nap.
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Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself
Look at me. I’m the publisher now.
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bluesky is the most learned group ever assembled of smart, funny people who will read a headline and then talk for two days about only the headline
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Micah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026
anyway congratulations to Calvin’s Dad on diesel prices
Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin’s dad hopes gas goes up to eight bucks a gallon
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
it’s Camazotz-coded
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
my dad was an assistant manager at places like McDonald’s and Taco Bell while I was in high school, worked ridiculous hours with one full day off a week if he was lucky, and his salary was most definitely not enough for our family of three to be okay
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NICU babies are the most vulnerable a human can be, and it seems almost quaint to say it now, but we are supposed to build societies where the most vulnerable can count on others to not let this happen
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It truly is a sea of polyblend out there
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge in Kennedy Center case orders 30-day notice be given before “any changes to the scope of the [renovation] project plans presented to the Court … including but not limited to any ‘demolition’ of the Center's main building.”
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MINUTE ORDER: Plaintiff's 84 Motion for an Emergency Hearing is hereby
DENIED. By September 23, 2026,
Defendants shall a file a detailed status report, supported by a sworn declaration from a knowledgeable representative of the Kennedy Center, on the "temporary closure" and emergency repairs described in Defendants' 86 Response and Mr.
Floca's [86-1] supporting declaration.
Further, the parties are reminded of Defendants' representation to the Court in the companion case D.C.
Preservation League that they will
"inform Plaintiffs and the Court if there is any change in the Board's plans that would constitute a reversal of the Center's position that the building will not be demolished and that no new structure will be constructed." Joint Meet & Confer Report (Aug. 28, 2026), Case No. 26-cV-981 (CRC), ECF No. 62 at 2. To avoid any confusion on that score given more recent events, the Court hereby ORDERS Defendants to provide such notice in writing to Plaintiffs in both cases more than 30 days before the implementation of any changes to the scope of the project plans presented to the Court in D.C.
Preservation League, including but not limited to any "demolition" of the Center's main building. Finally, Plaintiff may seek discovery regarding the subject of their 85 Notice of
Supplemental Authority to the extent permitted by the Federal Rules and the Court's scheduling order. SO ORDERED. Signed by Judge
Christopher R. Cooper on 09/17/2026.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/09/2026
The family of Tierra Walker is suing Texas AG Ken Paxton and others over her death, alleging the state’s abortion ban is to blame. (Paxton has not commented.) Read ProPublica’s original investigation on Walker’s struggle to end her high-risk pregnancy:
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“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
she just seems especially floofs today
Peggy, a very good and beautiful golden retriever, reclining with dignity in her favorite brown armchair
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I will just add that when I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student, I tried to rescue her class from being lost, as it were. Such as I could. I've taught a lot of what she taught me over the years and most of it has held up.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I have had some great teachers in this life, and she was the one who taught me what I could call the survival techniques to being a writer. I wouldn't have made it this far without her. I'm grateful to her, for her. Rest in peace, Annie.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15/09/2026
Had some fun in my backyard last night with my new Seestar S50 Pro 🔭
NGC 6992 Eastern Veil NebulaNGC 7000 North America NebulaM31 Andromeda Galaxy
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Could the new world struggle to be born a little faster. These monsters are killing me. Get born, dipshit
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Peggy always makes sure that Peggy has a good day
golden retriever prancing through the grass proudly carrying a good sized tree branch she found at the park golden retriever reclining on the grass with what’s left of the tree branch tucked under her front paw
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
how to impress upon television writers in the UK that adoptees hardly ever murder our biological or adoptive parents, actually
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
THE PREMISE IS THAT THE MUPPETS ARE PUTTING ON A SHOW CALLED THE MUPPET SHOW
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 10/09/2026
Really proud to have had the Texas Observer's cover story earlier this year about why trans inclusion in sport is good, actually.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“For much of the last twenty-five years, journalism has asked Muslims to translate the reality of wars on the field, to explain terrorism, and contextualize cycles of violence. It has been far less interested in trusting us to tell stories about communities we know best. Or simply as reporters.”
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What the Post-9/11 Newsroom Still Takes From Arabic-Speaking Reporters
Twenty-five years into the Global War on Terror, newsrooms are still extracting labor from Arabic-speaking journalists.
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