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Mike Fu 🌾 麦子 @wheatfu
Joined February 2008
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Mike Fu 🌾 麦子@wheatfu
27 Mar 2019
"Desire in itself is empty, in other words it merely indicates direction, but never destination; destinations, in any case, always remain phantasmagoric and unclear; the closer we get to them, the more enigmatic they become."
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Stevie Suan@stevie_suan
11 Jan 2025
Happy to have an article on isekai anime published with the Japan Times. Many thanks to editor Mike Fu @wheatfu for all his guidance! japantimes.co.jp/culture/202…

Isekai anime offers a key to understanding globalization

The fantastical genre wherein characters are dropped into unlikely worlds — and sometimes bodies — can be read as an allegory for the structure of the contemporary anime industry.

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tall girl on netflix@clairejiacries
19 Dec 2024
🚨big announcement!!! you can preorder my novel now! this is the beautiful cover! out from @Tin_House July 1, 2025 😊 please order from non-Amazon links 😊 tinhouse.com/book/wanting/
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sinθ magazine 🌱 issue 33 out now!@sinethetamag
15 Dec 2024
Editor-in-Chief Jiaqi Kang @jiaqikangjiaqi chats with Mike Fu @wheatfu about the cultural history behind his debut novel, his academic background, and his current interests and inspirations.
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McCormack Writing Center@mccormack_wc
6 Dec 2024
"Where Masquerade excels is the way it evokes a lived-in version of New York—Brooklyn in particular—even as it takes its protagonist to increasingly surreal places, literally & metaphorically." @TobiasCarroll reviews🌔🥀Masquerade by @wheatfu @reactormag! reactormag.com/book-review-m…

Reality Hazy, Try Again: Mike Fu's Masquerade - Reactor

A review of Mike Fu’s new novel

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Heather Carr@heatherannecarr
2 Dec 2024
Come hang with @wheatfu at @yuandmebooks tomorrow at 6pm! Mike is gracing us with his presence all the way from Tokyo, don't miss it! yuandmebooks.com/blogs/news/…

Book Talk | Masquerade by Mike Fu

No RSVPs Required.  “A surreal, queer, coming-of-age mystery set between New York and Shanghai.”?TIME, A Best Book of Fall A Best Book of October at People, Chicago Review of Books, and The Millions...

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Pleased to share my write-up of TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE, a book to awaken all kinds of hunger 🌴🚂🥢👘🌸 @linkinglionking @undertonecat @GraywolfPress @nationalbook
The Japan Times
@japantimes
15 Nov 2024
Kaleidoscopic histories unfold in Yang Shuang-zi’s layered tale of female companionship in a colonial era. jtim.es/40Io3cQ
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Shout-out to @JeremyTiang for being a beacon to us all 😊
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東京国際映画祭 TIFFJP
@tiff_site
6 Nov 2024
＼第37回 #東京国際映画祭／ コンペティション部門　最優秀芸術貢献賞は… ˗ˋˏ🎊『わが友アンドレ』🎊ˎˊ˗ おめでとうございます！！ #ドン・ズージェン 監督 🎬『#わが友アンドレ』作品詳細はこちらから 2024.tiff-jp.net/ja/lineup/f… 📺第37回 #東京国際映画祭 クロージングセレモニー 公式YouTubeチャンネルで配信中！ youtube.com/live/Mm6HLtQYMXo… #TIFFJP
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A feline diversion: I wrote about the consolation of cats and the boom in iyashikei/healing literature in translation from East Asia 🛌🐈🐈‍⬛😸😽✨ Pictured: “Kurokineko” (1910) by Hishida Shunso
The Japan Times
@japantimes
3 Nov 2024
Cats are all the craze in Japan’s “healing fiction," even for overseas readers. jtim.es/4f7Gz2M
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Literary Hub
@lithub
1 Nov 2024
“Shanghai in June is a sweltering continuum of neon and glass, its colors and textures either smudged by gloom or rendered aggressively crisp under the harsh sun.” Read from @wheatfu’s new novel, Masquerade. lithub.com/masquerade

Masquerade

Shanghai in June is a sweltering continuum of neon and glass, its colors and textures either smudged by gloom or rendered aggressively crisp under the harsh sun. Meadow cocoons himself in his paren…

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David Gutowski@largeheartedboy
31 Oct 2024
"Every song is a portal into the past, a chance to connect with countless mundane moments from before..." @wheatfu shared a playlist for his debut novel Masquerade at @largeheartedboy largeheartedboy.com/2024/10/… @Tin_House
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DEBUTIFUL@debutiful
31 Oct 2024
We have @wheatfu on the podcast chatting about his debut novel MASQUERADE! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4eZ… @Tin_House
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Literary Hub
@lithub
30 Oct 2024
“I’m pretty omnivorous when it comes to my reading habits.” @wheatfu’s TBR, featuring Ray Bradbury, Elysha Chang, Tony Tulathimutte, and more. lithub.com/the-annotated-nig…

The Annotated Nightstand: What Mike Fu is Reading Now, and Next

As Mike Fu’s novel Masquerade progresses, his protagonist Meadow Liu’s day-to-day becomes increasingly haunted. While digging around a friend’s sublet for something, he finds a book entitled The Ma…

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My debut novel MASQUERADE is out from @Tin_House today. It’s about the wretched, beautiful place that is New York and the implacable ghosts of history and memory.
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And of course, I am indebted to the whole Tin House crew that has buoyed me and steered me through these pre-pub rapids 🌊🛶💦 and all the early readers and reviewers for their time and care 🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️🙇🏻‍♂️
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Anyway, here’s a mood board for my novel. Might add more later 🤓
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McCormack Writing Center@mccormack_wc
29 Oct 2024
🌹🌖Happy Pub Day!🌖🌹 Masquerade by Mike Fu (@wheatfu) is out now! A Best Book of Fall at TIME & Best Book of October at People, The Associated Press, Chicago Review of Books & The Millions! 🌹🌖Hit the link to read more and order now! bit.ly/MasqueradeNovel
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Olufunke Grace Bankole@ogracebankole
23 Oct 2024
Readers, reviewers, interviewers, it's getting real! 😁 @Tin_House is holding a special galley giveaway for THE EDGE OF WATER, out 2.4.25! We'd love to hear from you.
McCormack Writing Center@mccormack_wc
23 Oct 2024
✨ Want to be one of the first to read the luminous debut novel The Edge of Water by @ogracebankole? Jami Attenberg calls The Edge of Water “an artfully constructed, beautifully told, and utterly moving book.” Enter to win an early copy now: bit.ly/EdgeofWaterGalley
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savannah@savbrads
16 Oct 2024
every now and then i have to re-watch this video of an nyc children's choir singing jóga by björk (2008)
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