Lydia Kang
@lydiakang.bsky.social
Professional snacker. Internal med MD. Utterly incapable of staying in one literary lane. (she/her)
📕K-Jane (YA/ Harper Collins, out now!)
https://linktr.ee/lydiakang
📕K-Jane (YA/ Harper Collins, out now!)
https://linktr.ee/lydiakang
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Lydia Kang
@lydiakang.bsky.social
· Oct 21
Hey Bluesky! It’s my book birthday!
Shameless plug to please buy this book about identity and heritage and K-pop and being a grandchild of Korean immigrants AND falling in love?
Thank you!!! 🙏❤️😊
bookshop.org/p/books/k-ja...
Shameless plug to please buy this book about identity and heritage and K-pop and being a grandchild of Korean immigrants AND falling in love?
Thank you!!! 🙏❤️😊
bookshop.org/p/books/k-ja...
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Writers (and illustrators!): Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY. #WriterSky
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Writers (and illustrators!): Take regular breaks away from the keyboard. HERE'S WHY. #WriterSky
I have always been transparent bc aspiring writers need to know.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have always been transparent bc aspiring writers need to know.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
I never quit my day job as a part-time physician. Spouse works full time.
Writing is gig work. Some years are great. Some years are not. There is a lot of hustle and diversifying to keep all the plates spinning.
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To echo much of what's been said:
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
To echo much of what's been said:
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
Please don't pirate books.
If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.
Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
This is infuriating. We are shepherds for the voiceless, including the pollinators that we need to help grow our own food. (But also--they need to exist for their own sake!) Not to mention PFAS is a very terrible thing in the human food chain.
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Trump EPA Approves Its Second ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide in Two Weeks
The Environmental Protection Agency today approved the highly persistent pesticide isocycloseram for golf courses, lawns and food crops such as oranges, tomatoes, almonds, peas, and oats. The pesticid...
biologicaldiversity.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is infuriating. We are shepherds for the voiceless, including the pollinators that we need to help grow our own food. (But also--they need to exist for their own sake!) Not to mention PFAS is a very terrible thing in the human food chain.
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
UGH.
biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
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OMG!!! 😭 I am speechless and humbled and thrilled and delighted
AND TODAY IS MY ACTUAL LITERAL BIRTHDAY
so this is extra special 💚 thank you all so much for supporting my effort here and thank you doubly, triply for supporting these awesome kids ✨😭
engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/6...
AND TODAY IS MY ACTUAL LITERAL BIRTHDAY
so this is extra special 💚 thank you all so much for supporting my effort here and thank you doubly, triply for supporting these awesome kids ✨😭
engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/6...
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 AM
OMG!!! 😭 I am speechless and humbled and thrilled and delighted
AND TODAY IS MY ACTUAL LITERAL BIRTHDAY
so this is extra special 💚 thank you all so much for supporting my effort here and thank you doubly, triply for supporting these awesome kids ✨😭
engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/6...
AND TODAY IS MY ACTUAL LITERAL BIRTHDAY
so this is extra special 💚 thank you all so much for supporting my effort here and thank you doubly, triply for supporting these awesome kids ✨😭
engage.treehouseforkids.org/fundraiser/6...
Reposted by Lydia Kang
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
I wrote and essay on being GenX and looking back at John Hughes—whose movies we grew up with but don’t unequivocally love anymore.
thenerddaily.com/lydia-kang-a...
thenerddaily.com/lydia-kang-a...
Gen-X and John Hughes: A Tale of Love and Hate | The Nerd Daily
Guest post by K-Jane author Lydia Kang Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School ...
thenerddaily.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I wrote and essay on being GenX and looking back at John Hughes—whose movies we grew up with but don’t unequivocally love anymore.
thenerddaily.com/lydia-kang-a...
thenerddaily.com/lydia-kang-a...
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
Wow, this post is going slightly viral on TikTok.
Some folks are so triggered by seeing a person wearing a mask.
🙄
(happy to report that most people are supportive or in agreement!)
Some folks are so triggered by seeing a person wearing a mask.
🙄
(happy to report that most people are supportive or in agreement!)
I have books to write and people to take care of. I don’t have time to get Covid or a cold!
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wow, this post is going slightly viral on TikTok.
Some folks are so triggered by seeing a person wearing a mask.
🙄
(happy to report that most people are supportive or in agreement!)
Some folks are so triggered by seeing a person wearing a mask.
🙄
(happy to report that most people are supportive or in agreement!)
I have books to write and people to take care of. I don’t have time to get Covid or a cold!
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I have books to write and people to take care of. I don’t have time to get Covid or a cold!
Thank you! It was an absolute blast writing these serialized stories for SW Insider! For Light and Life!
Thank you Lydia Kang @lydiakang.bsky.social for writing "Tales from the Occlusion Zone: No Big Deal", "TftOZ: Friend or Foe?", "TftOZ: Survivors", "TftOZ: Pathogen", "TftOZ: Family Ties", "TftOZ: The Fate of Eriadu", "TftOZ: Sparks Fly", "TftOZ: Out with a Bang" and "TftOZ: The Will to Fight"!
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thank you! It was an absolute blast writing these serialized stories for SW Insider! For Light and Life!
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Just finished K-Jane, I loved it.
I laughed, I teared up, I cringed with second hand embarrassment, I heard my inner mom voice say "do your homework".
And now I am hungry for Korean food.
Definitely recommend for the teens in your life!
I laughed, I teared up, I cringed with second hand embarrassment, I heard my inner mom voice say "do your homework".
And now I am hungry for Korean food.
Definitely recommend for the teens in your life!
Hey Bluesky! It’s my book birthday!
Shameless plug to please buy this book about identity and heritage and K-pop and being a grandchild of Korean immigrants AND falling in love?
Thank you!!! 🙏❤️😊
bookshop.org/p/books/k-ja...
Shameless plug to please buy this book about identity and heritage and K-pop and being a grandchild of Korean immigrants AND falling in love?
Thank you!!! 🙏❤️😊
bookshop.org/p/books/k-ja...
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just finished K-Jane, I loved it.
I laughed, I teared up, I cringed with second hand embarrassment, I heard my inner mom voice say "do your homework".
And now I am hungry for Korean food.
Definitely recommend for the teens in your life!
I laughed, I teared up, I cringed with second hand embarrassment, I heard my inner mom voice say "do your homework".
And now I am hungry for Korean food.
Definitely recommend for the teens in your life!
Found two interesting things in the woods!
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Found two interesting things in the woods!
I am bummed I missed the Aurora borealis but hope to see it tonight in Baltimore. Wish me luck!
November 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am bummed I missed the Aurora borealis but hope to see it tonight in Baltimore. Wish me luck!
Got my copy of Master of Evil and hey…is there maybe a Lydia Easter egg in here?!?
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Got my copy of Master of Evil and hey…is there maybe a Lydia Easter egg in here?!?
Excellent!
Today is the day!
STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL is out!
Grab it from your favorite store, or hit up tinyurl.com/master-of-evil for some order links!
Launch day bonus! Meet Halland Goth, commander of the Royal Guard, in this brand new exclusive extract over at @space.com! www.space.com/entertainmen...
STAR WARS: MASTER OF EVIL is out!
Grab it from your favorite store, or hit up tinyurl.com/master-of-evil for some order links!
Launch day bonus! Meet Halland Goth, commander of the Royal Guard, in this brand new exclusive extract over at @space.com! www.space.com/entertainmen...
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Excellent!
My writing companions! (Piper is there too, hidden on a chair to my left). It makes writing less lonely. 💙
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
My writing companions! (Piper is there too, hidden on a chair to my left). It makes writing less lonely. 💙
Thank you for including Pseudoscience in your review!
Today on @therevelator.org -- 14 inspiring new environmental books by @lydiakang.bsky.social @craigtimes.bsky.social @bethpratt.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @katemessner.com & many others: therevelator.org/inspirationa...
14 Incredible New Books to Inspire Your Friends and Family in the Year Ahead • The Revelator
These beautifully produced new books — covering art and photography, cooking, crafts, and more — celebrate our wildlife, health, and sustainable ways to care for our environment.
therevelator.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Thank you for including Pseudoscience in your review!
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Book banning isn't popular and isn't what parents nor taxpayers want.
The average person is sick of hearing about the unhinged sexual fantasies made up by the genital obsessed party.
The average person is sick of hearing about the unhinged sexual fantasies made up by the genital obsessed party.
I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
November 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Book banning isn't popular and isn't what parents nor taxpayers want.
The average person is sick of hearing about the unhinged sexual fantasies made up by the genital obsessed party.
The average person is sick of hearing about the unhinged sexual fantasies made up by the genital obsessed party.
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Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Honestly, this was my favorite news of the night.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
It's a beautiful blue wave, my friends.
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
It's a beautiful blue wave, my friends.
I was interviewed for this piece...I'm at the end! Fascinating topic in the world's history of medicine and medical fads.
www.history.com/articles/rad...
www.history.com/articles/rad...
Radium: The Deadly Health Fad of the Early 1900s
Pimples. Impotence. Cancer. 'Doctors' pitched it as a cure-all.
www.history.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I was interviewed for this piece...I'm at the end! Fascinating topic in the world's history of medicine and medical fads.
www.history.com/articles/rad...
www.history.com/articles/rad...
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The crown jewel of Star Wars publishing in the Disney era: The High Republic. @cavan.bsky.social @charlessoule.bsky.social @djolder.bsky.social @justinaireland.com @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social #ClaudiaGray @tessagratton.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social @lydiakang.bsky.social @georgemann.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The crown jewel of Star Wars publishing in the Disney era: The High Republic. @cavan.bsky.social @charlessoule.bsky.social @djolder.bsky.social @justinaireland.com @zlikeinzorro.bsky.social #ClaudiaGray @tessagratton.bsky.social @crashwong.bsky.social @lydiakang.bsky.social @georgemann.bsky.social