Not a smart man but a loving one.https://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3lrrf54cosk2kI wrote this poem years ago about my Asianness and violence and in the intervening time, somehow the poem has continued to grow, outside of me, into asking me to see everyone as myself, in fear and care and deep deep love. https://www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/at-the-aapi-support-group-zoom-everyone-waves-goodbye-with-both-hands/17 Jun 2025 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrrf54cosk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3krrbjx2qdg2zI wanted to be worth Love's time but I was not / ready. - Yanyi, "Ambulance! Ambulance!"05 May 2024 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3krrbjx2qdg2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kpprirngq52kI presented at the Oregon Book Awards last night and backstage all the writers pulled out books we had brought to read during our down time.09 Apr 2024 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kpprirngq52khttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3ko474retdt2p“It’s special, to be able to love.” — Rebecca K Reilly, Greta & Valdin20 Mar 2024 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko474retdt2phttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3knnjmbzb7w2iI used to wake up at 4AM to write during med school. I’m jet lagged and waking up around that time now and what a delight to remember dark hours that are mine alone.14 Mar 2024 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3knnjmbzb7w2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kkoszzypql2vI've created a list of LGBT/queer AAPI films. Most of them I found by pulling DVDs off the shelf of Movie Madness, a fantastic video rental store in PDX. Please share generously and lovingly. Send me any suggestions or thoughts! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n8u2ij64rknzNVCq19SYUNfFr0VzTyqF_HZx8GDYZdk/edit?usp=sharing05 Feb 2024 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkoszzypql2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kju5v47ami2y“How will you / have you prepare(d) for your death? I walk home calmly. I kiss him. I kiss him.” — Chen Chen, “a small book of questions: chapter 1”26 Jan 2024 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kju5v47ami2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kiqfg6h5jr2pI go on what I call sadness/depression walks. Today I did that to buy candles and condoms and the owner of a Japanese stationary store ran after me to give me a water bottle I left there months ago. I call them sadness walks, but really I'm always walking towards joy.11 Jan 2024 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kiqfg6h5jr2phttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3ke4ooximlk2fTook myself on a date and as I was reading at the bar, another patron—a horror writer—brought candles to my table so I could had enough light.14 Nov 2023 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3ke4ooximlk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kd5ksv3jpj2qNothing matters. We can do whatever we want.01 Nov 2023 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kd5ksv3jpj2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3kczkrnckxp2nThe instinct of love is to worry. -- Oliver de la Paz31 Oct 2023 05:11 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3kczkrnckxp2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/erictran.bsky.social/post/3k5uypvlrg727Listen, if the barista gives me a latte that matches my skintone, it's flirting.26 Aug 2023 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:cut6vus3ijpa32siwdbpcqys/app.bsky.feed.post/3k5uypvlrg727