Karissa Chen
@karissachen.bsky.social
Author of HOMESEEKING, coming Jan 7, 2025. Repped by Michelle Brower at Trellis Lit. EIC of Hyphen.
Okay I did the substack thing
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Diary of a Reverse Immigrant | Karissa | Substack
Missives from my life as a Taiwanese Chinese American living in Taiwan. Click to read Diary of a Reverse Immigrant, by Karissa, a Substack publication. Launched 15 minutes ago.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Okay I did the substack thing
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Columbia protests live updates: University calls in New York police after library takeover
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Columbia protests live updates: University calls in New York police after library takeover
Columbia University called on New York police help as protesters chanting pro-Palestinian slogans took over the room of a library this evening.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Columbia protests live updates: University calls in New York police after library takeover
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I made a playlist of all the musical pieces/songs mentioned in HOMESEEKING! In case you wanted a soundtrack.
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Haiwen & Suchi's Playlist - YouTube
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April 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I made a playlist of all the musical pieces/songs mentioned in HOMESEEKING! In case you wanted a soundtrack.
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Our Literary Thursdays series continues with @karissachen.bsky.social, the author of "Homeseeking."
Join us on April 24 at 6PM!
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Join us on April 24 at 6PM!
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April 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Our Literary Thursdays series continues with @karissachen.bsky.social, the author of "Homeseeking."
Join us on April 24 at 6PM!
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Join us on April 24 at 6PM!
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Omg episode 6 of When Life Gives You Tangerines: I have not cried that hard while watching anything in a long time. I cannot watch narratives like this now I have a child!!
April 9, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Omg episode 6 of When Life Gives You Tangerines: I have not cried that hard while watching anything in a long time. I cannot watch narratives like this now I have a child!!
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Our virtual Literary Thursdays series brings you live conversations with amazing writers.
Learn More about our April guests: Andrew Hui, @librarianjones.com, Melissa Mogollon, and @karissachen.bsky.social!
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Learn More about our April guests: Andrew Hui, @librarianjones.com, Melissa Mogollon, and @karissachen.bsky.social!
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March 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Our virtual Literary Thursdays series brings you live conversations with amazing writers.
Learn More about our April guests: Andrew Hui, @librarianjones.com, Melissa Mogollon, and @karissachen.bsky.social!
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#NationalLibraryWeek
Learn More about our April guests: Andrew Hui, @librarianjones.com, Melissa Mogollon, and @karissachen.bsky.social!
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#NationalLibraryWeek
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Episode 342E is here! Karissa Chen discusses HOMESEEKING, a tale of one couple across sixty years, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland. @karissachen.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social
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March 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Episode 342E is here! Karissa Chen discusses HOMESEEKING, a tale of one couple across sixty years, illuminating the Chinese diaspora and exploring what it means to find home far from your homeland. @karissachen.bsky.social @prhlibrary.bsky.social
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Day 61 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @karissachen.bsky.social wants to meltdown
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March 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Day 61 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: @karissachen.bsky.social wants to meltdown
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I have not had more than 2 days in a row of health since I got back from the states
Thanks, toddler! 😩
Thanks, toddler! 😩
March 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I have not had more than 2 days in a row of health since I got back from the states
Thanks, toddler! 😩
Thanks, toddler! 😩
Baby has norovirus and has been vomitting all day. Send prayers that I somehow miraculous avoid catching it even though he has vomited on me and then wanted to be held to sleep with his face breathing directly into mine
February 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Baby has norovirus and has been vomitting all day. Send prayers that I somehow miraculous avoid catching it even though he has vomited on me and then wanted to be held to sleep with his face breathing directly into mine
Going through my baby's newborn stuff to sell / giveaway and 😭 why am I having a hard time letting go of these tiny clothes !!
February 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Going through my baby's newborn stuff to sell / giveaway and 😭 why am I having a hard time letting go of these tiny clothes !!
Was NOT prepared for how 💔 I'd feel to hear an older kid yell at my toddler, "You can't play with me!" Baby had been excitedly chasing a remote control car this kid and other older kids were playing w in the playground. The 6 yr old stopped baby and said "*You're* not allowed to chase it!"
February 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Was NOT prepared for how 💔 I'd feel to hear an older kid yell at my toddler, "You can't play with me!" Baby had been excitedly chasing a remote control car this kid and other older kids were playing w in the playground. The 6 yr old stopped baby and said "*You're* not allowed to chase it!"
It is terrible when you have fixed your jetlag but your toddler has not 😩
Signed, a former night owl and mom of a toddler who has woken up for the last week at 2am, 3:30am, 4:30am, 5:30am and FINALLY TODAY at 6am
Signed, a former night owl and mom of a toddler who has woken up for the last week at 2am, 3:30am, 4:30am, 5:30am and FINALLY TODAY at 6am
February 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
It is terrible when you have fixed your jetlag but your toddler has not 😩
Signed, a former night owl and mom of a toddler who has woken up for the last week at 2am, 3:30am, 4:30am, 5:30am and FINALLY TODAY at 6am
Signed, a former night owl and mom of a toddler who has woken up for the last week at 2am, 3:30am, 4:30am, 5:30am and FINALLY TODAY at 6am
My 2 year old is learning his numbers and alphabet and every day he points to 0s and Os asking me "zero? O? Zero? O?" And while I explain that it's a zero when it's a number but an O when it's a letter, I realize this is the beginning of a lot of absurd language things I'm going to have to explain
February 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
My 2 year old is learning his numbers and alphabet and every day he points to 0s and Os asking me "zero? O? Zero? O?" And while I explain that it's a zero when it's a number but an O when it's a letter, I realize this is the beginning of a lot of absurd language things I'm going to have to explain
Having listened to Baby Shark now hundreds and hundreds of times, I must say that the surprise POV change in the second to last verse is quite genius. We spend the entire song following the sharks, in their POV, meeting the whole family, going hunting with them...
February 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Having listened to Baby Shark now hundreds and hundreds of times, I must say that the surprise POV change in the second to last verse is quite genius. We spend the entire song following the sharks, in their POV, meeting the whole family, going hunting with them...
Have arrived back in Taiwan and can feel my papery skin rehydrating, like dried fruit plopped into water
February 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Have arrived back in Taiwan and can feel my papery skin rehydrating, like dried fruit plopped into water
My child has his last day of temporary preschool today and his teachers cried when he left. He was like, meh.
Then at 9 pm he wanted to go find his preschool teacher and started sobbing when we reminded him we had said goodbye already.
The whole thing broke my heart 😭
Then at 9 pm he wanted to go find his preschool teacher and started sobbing when we reminded him we had said goodbye already.
The whole thing broke my heart 😭
February 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My child has his last day of temporary preschool today and his teachers cried when he left. He was like, meh.
Then at 9 pm he wanted to go find his preschool teacher and started sobbing when we reminded him we had said goodbye already.
The whole thing broke my heart 😭
Then at 9 pm he wanted to go find his preschool teacher and started sobbing when we reminded him we had said goodbye already.
The whole thing broke my heart 😭
I opened a new bottle of gorilla super glue to glue back together my kid's brand new vehicle toy he broke and it exploded over my hand and now I guess I have to live with hard scabs of glue over my fingers til my epidermis decides to shed itself
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I opened a new bottle of gorilla super glue to glue back together my kid's brand new vehicle toy he broke and it exploded over my hand and now I guess I have to live with hard scabs of glue over my fingers til my epidermis decides to shed itself
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: do brontosauruses no longer exist? Have the names of dinosaurs changed from the 1980s? signed, mom of a dinosaur obsessed toddler
January 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION: do brontosauruses no longer exist? Have the names of dinosaurs changed from the 1980s? signed, mom of a dinosaur obsessed toddler
Finished my last tour event a couple days ago and now get to bask in the glory of running around in circles with my toddler while listening to Baby Shark at 1.5x speed. It's been a crazy, amazing couple of weeks and I am so grateful. But also happy to be home.
January 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Finished my last tour event a couple days ago and now get to bask in the glory of running around in circles with my toddler while listening to Baby Shark at 1.5x speed. It's been a crazy, amazing couple of weeks and I am so grateful. But also happy to be home.
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Happy to see Taipei at Daybreak come up here in this list of this month's Asian American literature at Mochi Mag, along with @karissachen.bsky.social's Homecoming!
What We Are Reading in January - Mochi Magazine
Dive into other worlds and characters with these January book releases, whether you’re in the mood for fantasy, murder, coming-of-age experiences, or stories of self-discovery.
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January 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Happy to see Taipei at Daybreak come up here in this list of this month's Asian American literature at Mochi Mag, along with @karissachen.bsky.social's Homecoming!
My photos memories cruelly showing me how 4 years ago, I bought a bottle of champagne and toasted that fucker's departure from the WH and cried with relief. I can't fking believe he's back, like a fucking roach
January 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
My photos memories cruelly showing me how 4 years ago, I bought a bottle of champagne and toasted that fucker's departure from the WH and cried with relief. I can't fking believe he's back, like a fucking roach
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I just finished Homeseeking by @karissachen.bsky.social and it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. A very moving, beautiful novel. #BookSky
January 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I just finished Homeseeking by @karissachen.bsky.social and it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. A very moving, beautiful novel. #BookSky
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The menace ends birthright citizenship by EO. Not likely to stand, but among other EOs today, he's attacking all BIPOC.
#wongkimark
#wongkimark
Update: Trump signs executive order ending birthright citizenship – AsAmNews
The White House announced numerous executive orders this morning meant to close the border to undocumented immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
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January 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The menace ends birthright citizenship by EO. Not likely to stand, but among other EOs today, he's attacking all BIPOC.
#wongkimark
#wongkimark
The fact that TikTok is actively thanking Trump on their app now is all the reason I need to never use that app
January 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The fact that TikTok is actively thanking Trump on their app now is all the reason I need to never use that app