Karen Kao writes lyric essays chosen as a 2024 Notable for The Best American Essays, winner of the 2022 Kenyon Review Short Nonfiction Contest, and nominee for the Pushcart Prize. She lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.https://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.social/post/3ljahgxvcus2sDeeply grateful to see my words in this issue of Brevity. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:2fbrepm65aahd2uzgeblzm4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljahgxvcus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.social/post/3lfrob64mic2zhttps://substack.com/@karen694847/note/c-86296357?r=17x3oe15 Jan 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:2fbrepm65aahd2uzgeblzm4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfrob64mic2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.social/post/3lf3gpv5zs22rHappy New Year. https://open.substack.com/pub/swimmingupsidedown/p/a-hundred-meals-without-mustard?r=17x3oe&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true06 Jan 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:2fbrepm65aahd2uzgeblzm4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3gpv5zs22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.social/post/3ldgk6avblk24So excited to have words in this issue of @smokelong.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2024 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:2fbrepm65aahd2uzgeblzm4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgk6avblk24https://bsky.app/profile/karenkao.bsky.social/post/3lcxgfrozfc2aSo pleased that this should be my first post on Bluesky [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Dec 2024 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:2fbrepm65aahd2uzgeblzm4c/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxgfrozfc2a