Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
@mandrigall.bsky.social
a pile of ginkgo leaves in a trench coat. author of FABLEMAKER (Gaudy Boy, 2025), UNSPRUNG (Newfound, 2023), and MONSOON DAUGHTER (Thirty West Publishing House, 2022).
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Calling all fiction writers: our MFA application deadline here at UW-Madison is fast approaching! Apply! We fully fund everyone we admit! We’ve got everything: lakes, stellar faculty, snow, cheese, and summer funding!
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Calling all fiction writers: our MFA application deadline here at UW-Madison is fast approaching! Apply! We fully fund everyone we admit! We’ve got everything: lakes, stellar faculty, snow, cheese, and summer funding!
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Today’s poem is selected by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu (@mandrigall.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today’s poem is selected by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu (@mandrigall.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.
This poem is in the public domain.
This poem is in the public domain.
such a joy to speak to @rmbanting.bsky.social always 💛
" @mandrigall.bsky.social positions herself as a masterful storyteller—or more accurately, a fablemaker—and presents us with one way to turn anguish into beauty. "
@rmbanting.bsky.social talks with the Madison-based author about writing poetry in the face of political precarity and more.
@rmbanting.bsky.social talks with the Madison-based author about writing poetry in the face of political precarity and more.
Mandy Moe Pwint Tu tries to alchemize what she couldn't witness
The Madison-based poet transfigures the anguish of grief into the catharsis of memory in debut collection, "Fablemaker."
tonemadison.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
such a joy to speak to @rmbanting.bsky.social always 💛
so I talked to my cat Ginkgo and she says you should preorder Fablemaker: singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
August 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
so I talked to my cat Ginkgo and she says you should preorder Fablemaker: singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
love the background you chose 💙
August 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
love the background you chose 💙
this is so kind! thank you, @zo51m05.bsky.social 💛🌌✨
I had the immense privilege to read my friend Mandy's Fablemaker this month. Absolutely beautiful, gutting stuff that gave me some precious inspiration in a month full of grief and listlessness – it's one of the many things I'm feeling gratitude for today
i need to be better about being on here but my debut poetry collection, FABLEMAKER, is available for preorder! thank you to the team at Gaudy Boy / Singapore Unbound for all their work on this. would love it if you'd preorder!
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
August 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
this is so kind! thank you, @zo51m05.bsky.social 💛🌌✨
i need to be better about being on here but my debut poetry collection, FABLEMAKER, is available for preorder! thank you to the team at Gaudy Boy / Singapore Unbound for all their work on this. would love it if you'd preorder!
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
i need to be better about being on here but my debut poetry collection, FABLEMAKER, is available for preorder! thank you to the team at Gaudy Boy / Singapore Unbound for all their work on this. would love it if you'd preorder!
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
singaporeunbound.org/gaudy-boy/fa...
did yoga for the first time since i got Baldur's Gate 3 please clap
May 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
did yoga for the first time since i got Baldur's Gate 3 please clap
guys I share a birthday with the Pope
May 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
guys I share a birthday with the Pope
me when my job isn't words: 😭
me when my job is words: 😭😭😭
me when my job is words: 😭😭😭
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
me when my job isn't words: 😭
me when my job is words: 😭😭😭
me when my job is words: 😭😭😭
i can't do work because my cat has decided i am a chair
March 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i can't do work because my cat has decided i am a chair
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I wasn't selected in the lottery to table my local book fair, so I have a bunch of copies of my poetry collection to sell online! DM me if you're interested in one. $15 signed and shipped, but will sell for less if you send me a photo of your pet.
#poetry #booksky #smallpress
#poetry #booksky #smallpress
March 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I wasn't selected in the lottery to table my local book fair, so I have a bunch of copies of my poetry collection to sell online! DM me if you're interested in one. $15 signed and shipped, but will sell for less if you send me a photo of your pet.
#poetry #booksky #smallpress
#poetry #booksky #smallpress
will i be better about posting on here? we'll see. in the meantime here's a photo of my cat
March 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
will i be better about posting on here? we'll see. in the meantime here's a photo of my cat
i cannot emphasize enough how much i love this cast. i'm so glad the taskmaster podcast is going through this series (Taskmaster NZ Series 2). i love learning. next ep is with Urzila Carlson? girl. i'm sat
March 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
i cannot emphasize enough how much i love this cast. i'm so glad the taskmaster podcast is going through this series (Taskmaster NZ Series 2). i love learning. next ep is with Urzila Carlson? girl. i'm sat
COVER REVEAL for THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS: TALES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA'S MYTHICAL CREATURES! Illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo! I have a story about a karaweik in here! I'm so proud to be a part of this amazing project. Eternally grateful to @hannaalkaf.bsky.social for letting me be a part of it. 💛🐲
February 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
COVER REVEAL for THE BEASTS BENEATH THE WINDS: TALES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA'S MYTHICAL CREATURES! Illustrated by Jes and Cin Wibowo! I have a story about a karaweik in here! I'm so proud to be a part of this amazing project. Eternally grateful to @hannaalkaf.bsky.social for letting me be a part of it. 💛🐲
i'm listening to andy serkis read the silmarillion and it's stunning, perfect, 10/10, but i can't take him seriously every time he says túna
February 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i'm listening to andy serkis read the silmarillion and it's stunning, perfect, 10/10, but i can't take him seriously every time he says túna
my babies! ⛈️🐊
February 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
my babies! ⛈️🐊
oh this? this is my emotional support rage
January 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
oh this? this is my emotional support rage
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One of the best things I ever did for myself was stop comparing my life trajectory to people who have support systems. I won’t say I never had help, but I’m just now truly understanding the difference between “assistance” and “support”.
December 23, 2024 at 1:53 PM
One of the best things I ever did for myself was stop comparing my life trajectory to people who have support systems. I won’t say I never had help, but I’m just now truly understanding the difference between “assistance” and “support”.
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🚨 I have a new poem in The Harvard Advocate 🚨
Big thank you to the editors for including me.
https://buff.ly/4f6yVVz
Big thank you to the editors for including me.
https://buff.ly/4f6yVVz
December 10, 2024 at 5:48 PM
🚨 I have a new poem in The Harvard Advocate 🚨
Big thank you to the editors for including me.
https://buff.ly/4f6yVVz
Big thank you to the editors for including me.
https://buff.ly/4f6yVVz
to celebrate @stevenespadaw.bsky.social's long awaited arrival on this here app, will you look at this stunning book full of poems that made me WEEP!
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
to celebrate @stevenespadaw.bsky.social's long awaited arrival on this here app, will you look at this stunning book full of poems that made me WEEP!
while I'm here here's a poem of mine from FABLEMAKER that appeared in @baltimorereview.bsky.social recently 💛
November 25, 2024 at 6:49 PM
while I'm here here's a poem of mine from FABLEMAKER that appeared in @baltimorereview.bsky.social recently 💛
here I am with multiple book ideas and no willpower with which to write them
November 25, 2024 at 6:47 PM
here I am with multiple book ideas and no willpower with which to write them
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Nicole Rivas in The Longleaf Review
@mandrigall.bsky.social in Poetry
Lauren Saxon in @bullshitlit.bsky.social
Josh Price in Fauxmoir
@mandrigall.bsky.social in Poetry
Lauren Saxon in @bullshitlit.bsky.social
Josh Price in Fauxmoir
November 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Nicole Rivas in The Longleaf Review
@mandrigall.bsky.social in Poetry
Lauren Saxon in @bullshitlit.bsky.social
Josh Price in Fauxmoir
@mandrigall.bsky.social in Poetry
Lauren Saxon in @bullshitlit.bsky.social
Josh Price in Fauxmoir