NaMee

New excerpt from the book draft: The Eggs

Thanks for being here. I'm writing a lot these days! Here's another little excerpt from the book in progress, freshly written this week. About Easter! Is the ending clear? I am unsure about it.

Thanks for reading! xo namee

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Every mom lies to their kids in ...

New excerpt from the book draft: I am always looking for this soup

Here's a draft for a chapter I wrote last week, for patreons' eyes only.

I don't know if I should keep the dialogue at the beginning or not, what do you think? Does it work, is it interesting/distracting?

I am finally learning the lesson to attach it as a pdf to preserve my f...

Book draft excerpt: Dave

Here's another little excerpt! Thanks for following along.

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Gutted, I call Dave. Dave is a fellow adoptee who always texts back and looks at me like I’m his favorite color and does things like return to the car for an umbrella. Dave will know what to do. Dave knows what to do...

Draft: How I wonder what you are

I want to get better at sharing some draft / works in progress here on Patreon! This is a poem I've been tinkering with, and shows up in my book manuscript. I wrote it during a workshop for adoptees with my friend Lee Herrick&nbs...

Bookling #4 Pre-Order Link for Patreons Only

Happy Lunar New Year! I'm in production mode and will be releasing another handmade bookling (YEAR OF THE SNAKE) on Thursday, February 14th, at Noon AKST. There will also be hand-painted 8x10 prints featuring two lines from the larger piece.

The first three booklings each sold...

First Reunion (excerpts)

Hi friends! I'm fresh off my first residency at Randolph where I'm working on getting my MFA! Lots of new ideas swirling, and I can't wait to get writing. Thank you for being here, because Patreon funds are supporting my MFA journey!! I hope to do right by you!

In other news, the poetry edi...

Bookling #3 Pre-Order Link for Patreons Only

I’m in assembly mode and will be releasing my third handmade bookling DEEP PERSISTENT SLAB on Monday, December 16th at Noon AKST.

✨ But PATREONS can pre-order starting NOW! Here is a super fancy 2024-12-10 23:08:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Draft Excerpt: The Snowblower part III

Here's part 3 of 3 for this section I worked on at Hedgebrook. Thanks for reading along!

Early Draft Excerpt: The Snowblower part III

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You called Gema?  Fernando calls me.

Early Draft Excerpt: The Snowblower part II

Here's a second part of some of the work I wrote while at Hedgebrook this month!

Do you want to see more excerpts? Y/N

Thank you again for supporting me and my work! Love, Na Mee

The Snowblower, excerpt part 2

Chapter #&nbs...

Early draft book excerpt: the snowblower, part I

Hi hi! I’m writing to you from beautiful Hedgebrook, where I’ve spent the last few weeks working on my memoir project!

I’ve written a lot (yay!) and thought I’d give patreons a little peek inside the draft. Here’s an e...

For patreons: early access to preorder YES Booklings and prints

I’m in assembly mode and will be releasing my second handmade bookling “Yes” + hand-pressed lino prints on Tuesday sept 10 at 10am AKST!

These photos are behind-the-scenes process shots. Finals to come on Tuesday!

✨PATREONS can pre-order starting NOW: send me a DM and I’ll ...

Early draft excerpt

Early draft! Felt like sharing a peek into the process. I’m steadily working on my book and here’s a lil thing that appears early on, about a one day event the Korean community put on for adoptees to teach us how to, uh, be Korean and stuff. In this story, I’m 21 years old.

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BOOKLINGS: Early release for patreons only

Hi friends,

So excited to show you this! I’ve had this idea to do a handmade art book series and tomorrow I’m releasing the first one!! I’m calling them Booklings, a la ducklings or darlings, because they’re like sweet little book babies. They will each feature one poem/piece and be...

Let me send you a tiny broadside

Update: all broadsides have been claimed!! Thanks for supporting me here, patreon! I’m sorry I don’t have enough for everyone, but that just means I will have to find another thing to send out another time. Stay tuned! Hugs, namee

Hi patreon friends, thanks for supporting me...

Works in Progress: Meditations on Grief

Hi friends, 

Thought I'd share some of the meditations on grief I've been writing throughout May to fellow Kundiman fellows (as part of their 2023 postcard project with the Poetry Coalition...

February check-in

Thank you for being here!

This past month has been about reading and editing, mostly. I'm gobbling up books by the handfuls lately, wanting to feel immersed in words and writing and story. Have you read any good books lately?

Some places I'm finding poetry lately:

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January Check In

Hi friends!!

Just a quick note to offer my continued gratitude for you being here and supporting my writing. I've written a lot since starting this patreon, most of which does not get shared publicly but has joyfully made its way out of my body and onto a page. And, perhaps more importantly...

Word Collecting: Poem by Ayisha Siddiqa

I'm sorry I've been slow about posting things here! Here is a recent poem that wow'd me. 

ON ANOTHER PANEL ABOUT CLIMATE, THEY ASK ME TO SELL THE FUTURE AND ALL I’VE GOT IS A LOVE POEM

by Ayisha Siddiqa

What if the future is soft and revolution is so kind that there is no...

Word Collecting: The House of Belonging by David Whyte

Word Collecting: Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Welcome!

I'm new at all this so thanks for being here with me as a I do my best <3

Here's a video to introduce some of the content you'll see on this page - snippets from my word collection! If you'd also like to see it in your IG feed, feel free to follow me at @namee_loves_words. This is is an ...