Tom Cho 曹勵善

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A brief note from Taos, New Mexico

Posted by on 5 November 2014 in Blog | 0 comments

I’ve been spending the last two months or so doing an artist residency in the town of Taos, New Mexico. I feel very lucky to have been given this opportunity – a fellowship from The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. During my time here, I’ve been working on my novel. While working here in Taos, I’ve been thinking about such...

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From Ólafsfjörasður

Posted by on 8 October 2013 in Blog | 0 comments

I’m writing this from Ólafsfjörður, in northern Iceland, where I arrived a few hours ago. This is the start of my two-month residency at Listhús, where I’ll be working on the draft manuscript for my novel. So far, I have written what I estimate is about 40% of a draft manuscript. At this point, I am feeling pretty good about the state of the...

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What relief is

Posted by on 11 March 2013 in Blog, Twitter | 0 comments

Tom Cho 曹勵善 on X (formerly Twitter): “Relief: when what you’ve written the night before passes the morning after test. Still the hardest section of this chapter to write though. / X” Relief: when what you’ve written the night before passes the morning after test. Still the hardest section of this chapter to write...

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More results just in

Posted by on 28 February 2013 in Blog, Uncategorized | 0 comments

Thea Astley. She’s dead, but she’s still winning prizes. That’s how good she is. Yes, Thea Astley’s piece “Hunting the Wild Pineapple” has won the final of the Meanjin Tournament of Books. While I would have loved for my piece to have won the final, I certainly didn’t expect that it would make it so far through the...

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