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books: Vague Predictions & Prophecies (CLASH Books 2024), Funeral (with Vi Khi Nao, KERNPUNKT Press 2023)

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rnrmagazine.bsky.social
“A very fortunate thing happened to me this summer. What it is, I can’t say yet—I’m writing as if it has already occurred, but the truth is it hasn’t.”

Read new fiction by Daisuke Shen (@daijoubu.bsky.social) on R&R:

www.relegationbooks.com/article/summ...
Summer Vacation
Founded in 2012 by Dallas Hudgens, Relegation Books works to connect readers and writers on a smaller, more intimate scale, understanding that success isn't always measured by sales numbers.
www.relegationbooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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dog.labeledrude.online
happy 9/11
telling homura of madohomu: maybe you could go back and stop 9/11 instead or something she thinks for an instant and goes back to 1973. "Presidente Allende!!"
September 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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thebaffler.com
She was under no illusions that he loved her—but will she surrender? In “The Executioner,” an affair takes a surreal turn over a dinner of octopus.
The Executioner | Daisuke Shen
Which one was the executioner? For there must be a sense of justice, a purpose. One who is good, the other bad.
thebaffler.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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ertheynoh.bsky.social
a testament to the success with which the biden administration normalized eugenicist narratives about disease management in order to suppress popular demands for deeper structural change
jbenmenachem.com jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · Sep 3
Does anyone feel like they were prepared, emotionally and intellectually, for the current political moment? There are certain things I was ready for (convergence of local and border policing), but for example the rise of granola fascism (RFK and COVID reaction) kind of blindsided me
September 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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clashbooks.bsky.social
This means a lot, we really felt like this debut collection by @daijoubu.bsky.social was special 🥰
clmporg.bsky.social Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · May 24
Congratulations to VAGUE PREDICTIONS & PROPHECIES by Daisuke Shen, published by @clashbooks.bsky.social, a finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Award in Fiction! bookshop.org/a/500/978196...
A bright blue graphic with fireworks, the cover of Vague Predictions & Prophecies by Daisuke Shen, and text reading "Finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award in Fiction" and "The winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony on June 26 at 6 PM ET."
May 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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clashbooks.bsky.social
This is really special for us, so happy for @daijoubu.bsky.social this is a special debut
clmporg.bsky.social Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · May 21
Congratulations to the finalists of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Fiction! www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
A bright blue graphic with fireworks, the covers of the finalist books, and text reading "Congratulations to the finalists of the Firecracker Award in Fiction" and "The winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony on June 26 at 6 PM ET!"
May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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VAGUE PREDICTIONS & PROPHECIES by Daisuke Shen, published by @clashbooks.bsky.social: bookshop.org/a/500/978196...
May 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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clmporg.bsky.social
Congratulations to the finalists of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Fiction! www.clmp.org/programs-opp...
A bright blue graphic with fireworks, the covers of the finalist books, and text reading "Congratulations to the finalists of the Firecracker Award in Fiction" and "The winner will be announced in a virtual ceremony on June 26 at 6 PM ET!"
May 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
daijoubu.bsky.social
Today it felt urgent to me to make a post but now that I’m here I’m not sure what to say
March 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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March 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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mlobelart.bsky.social
As a follow-up to my earlier David Wojnarowicz post, here's something to keep in mind in coming years: a statement from Wojnarowicz—relayed by artist Zoe Leonard—about the importance of embracing beauty in difficult times (via @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's "Orwell's Roses" bsky.app/profile/rebe...)
The tension exists even in nonnarrative art. The artist Zoe Leonard was bashful about making beautiful images during the AIDS crisis and said so to fellow artist and activist David Wojnarowicz, who replied, "Zoe, these are so beautiful, and that's what we're fighting for. We're being angry and complaining because we have to, but where we want to go is back to beauty. If you let go of that, we don't have anywhere to go." So beauty can be both what one does not wish to change and where one wishes to go, the compass or rather north star for change. Leonard reflects on their interchange: "You know, we were all just too busy for beauty. We were too angry for beauty. We were too heartbroken for beauty. I felt like an asshole with these picture of clouds, but David was right. You go through all of the fighting not because you want to fight, but because you want to get somewhere as a people. You want to help create a world where you can sit around and think about clouds. That should be our right as human beings." You could argue that if we go too long without sitting around and thinking about clouds we might forget how to do so or why, that we could so shrivel en route we'd be unable to reach that destination.
January 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
daijoubu.bsky.social
saw #him in the store and exclaimed “wow…he is awesome” to myself
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
daijoubu.bsky.social
porridge is the meal of 2025
January 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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xraylitmag.bsky.social
we're so lucky to work with Rebecca Gransden !! a brilliant writer & fantastic interviewer -- check the thread below for interviews with @mallorysmart.bsky.social @rossmcmeekin.bsky.social @rickclaypool.bsky.social @daijoubu.bsky.social @wesblake.bsky.social @xoxohomeless.bsky.social & others
rgransden.bsky.social Rebecca Gransden @rgransden.bsky.social · Dec 30
A mixed year of reading for me, dominated by my never-ending quest to uncover authors whose works have fallen into the public domain. Fortunate to read titles from exciting authors who also wanted to talk to me about their work for @xraylitmag.bsky.social! www.goodreads.com/user/year_in...
Goodreads 2024 Year in Books
Check out My 2024 Year in Books on Goodreads!
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December 31, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Fave Stories 2024: The Pasture by @daijoubu.bsky.social from Vague Predictions & Prophecies www.clereviewofbooks.com/writing/dais...
from “Vague Predictions & Prophecies” — Cleveland Review of Books
My hearing came back, but the other boys’ never did.
www.clereviewofbooks.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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meritadocta.bsky.social
Yuji Hiratsuka – Domestic robes, 1993
intaglio, Chine-collé
December 6, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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budsmith.bsky.social
Hello, I am reading at this event at McNally Jackson (Seaport) next Tuesday in NYC. It’s for the release of Daisuke Shen’s amazing book Vague Predictions & Prophecies. Come on out. ❤️

www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/daisuk...
www.mcnallyjackson.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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parkeryoung.bsky.social
spoke w @daijoubu.bsky.social about machines, the future, and their great new collection of stories from @clashbooks.bsky.social www.full-stop.net/2024/12/03/i...
Daisuke Shen
Life doesn’t make sense to us, disastrous and uncomfortable events happen suddenly, and without warning. It only makes sense, then, that stories should do the same.
www.full-stop.net
December 3, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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A bidet for every toilet
November 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
daijoubu.bsky.social
Thank you so much to @electriclit.bsky.social for naming Vague Predictions and Prophecies as one of the most exciting debut short story collections of 2024 🤍
November 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
daijoubu.bsky.social
Dec. 10
6:30 PM
McNally Jackson Seaport

An evening of fiction and poetry featuring Liza St. James, Bud Smith, Mohammed Zenia Siddiq Yusef Ibrahim, and myself

RSVP here: www.mcnallyjackson.com/event/daisuk...
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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do people over here like poems? I had a poem published recently in Spectra spectrapoets.org/That-Empire-...
screenshot of a poem called "That Empire of Dirt? All Mine" published in Spectra
November 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
daijoubu.bsky.social
Struggling to find any semblance of joy but in the meantime i have my friends and my books and that’s enough
November 18, 2024 at 5:55 AM