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Dispatches from Sanjena Sathian. Essays about narrative art, much of it old, and reflections on the craft of writing.
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Everybody’s a critic -- or, we all should be (opens the original)
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I have a new review out today in New York Magazine. I wrote about Min Jin Lee’s new novel American Hagwon (2026), in a review titled “Min Jin Lee’s Model Minorities.” Here is an excerpt: From afar, Lee’s books can be viewed as pleas to see Asians as complex. Indeed, Pachinko—which sold over 5 million copies worldwide, according to her UK publisher—is a cautionary tale about the uselessness of seeking to be a model… Yet there is a paradox within Pachinko that is easy to miss amid its impressive h
Fine, I’ll bite again: on A.I. in classrooms (opens the original)
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Last week, I went back to school to teach my course on queer and feminist Asian literature here in Hong Kong. I started the class as I always do, with an overview of the syllabus and a spiel about my academic policies. Due to the times, I also gave my no-LLMs-in-my-class speech. When I last delivered said speech in January, some students looked nervous. Several told me that they were so accustomed to using A.I. that they weren’t sure they could survive my class. (Those same students killed it, i
What we owe the gods (opens the original)
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Fine, I'll bite: on A.I. and writing (opens the original)
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A reminder that you can still apply to the Banyan Writers’ Workshop anytime before August 14th. Scholarships are available! Please share with anyone you know who might enjoy more writing community and feedback!<source type="image/webp"
Announcing the Banyan Writers' Workshop (opens the original)
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Friends, I’m running another class this fall! In fact, I’m launching a whole online workshop with classes for students of all levels. First up is a classic prose workshop, open to writers of fiction and nonfiction alike. No experience or publication necessary. All you need are some pages to submit. We’ll meet on Tuesday evenings, 8-10 pm ET, between Sep… Rea
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