Will Pei Shih
@williampeishih.bsky.social
Words in Best American Short Stories, VQR, Joyland, McSweeney’s, Boston Review, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Los Angeles Review, Ursa, & elsewhere. Fiction Editor at Guernica Magazine.
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Huge congratulations to William Pei Shih @williampeishih.bsky.social (and also the Los Angeles Review) for winning an O. Henry Prize this year. Can’t wait to read the story.
April 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Huge congratulations to William Pei Shih @williampeishih.bsky.social (and also the Los Angeles Review) for winning an O. Henry Prize this year. Can’t wait to read the story.
I am beyond thrilled to share that my story, “The Masterclass,” has been selected as a winner of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction. I am deeply grateful to Tommy Orange for choosing this story and to Jenny Minton Quigley for her brilliant leadership of the series.
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Announcing the Winners of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction
Tommy Orange was awarded a much-deserved MacArthur Genius Grant this fall for breaking from the tradition of reservation-based Native American literature to write new, illuminative, and realistic N…
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April 15, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I am beyond thrilled to share that my story, “The Masterclass,” has been selected as a winner of the 2026 O. Henry Prize for Short Fiction. I am deeply grateful to Tommy Orange for choosing this story and to Jenny Minton Quigley for her brilliant leadership of the series.
lithub.com/announcing-t...
lithub.com/announcing-t...
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Our new issue is online, with portfolios by Lynn Johnson and Mandy Barker; essays by Sofi Thanhauser and Donovan Hohn; fiction by Bill Cheng, William Pei Shih, and Mimi Lok; poetry by Erin L. McCoy, Leslie Harrison, Sacha Marvin, and Nikki Giovanni. Read it all: www.vqronline.org/summer-2025
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our new issue is online, with portfolios by Lynn Johnson and Mandy Barker; essays by Sofi Thanhauser and Donovan Hohn; fiction by Bill Cheng, William Pei Shih, and Mimi Lok; poetry by Erin L. McCoy, Leslie Harrison, Sacha Marvin, and Nikki Giovanni. Read it all: www.vqronline.org/summer-2025
Today’s reading.
April 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today’s reading.
Happy Book Birthday to this book! 🎊🎉🙌
April 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Happy Book Birthday to this book! 🎊🎉🙌
Excited to read this! New novel by Andrew Porter!
April 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Excited to read this! New novel by Andrew Porter!
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“I’d run into Leslie Epstein in Brookline, and he’d ask me, ‘Are you writing, Jhumpa?’ And I’d say, ‘I have papers to finish—Foucault is expecting me.’ And he’d say, ‘Don’t forget to be a writer.’” —Jhumpa Lahiri buff.ly/fcwTAmz
April 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“I’d run into Leslie Epstein in Brookline, and he’d ask me, ‘Are you writing, Jhumpa?’ And I’d say, ‘I have papers to finish—Foucault is expecting me.’ And he’d say, ‘Don’t forget to be a writer.’” —Jhumpa Lahiri buff.ly/fcwTAmz
Two Canadian writers walk into a bar…. 🥰
April 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Two Canadian writers walk into a bar…. 🥰
“The Place Blanche, Paris, Life itself. One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”
— Quartet by Jean Rhys
— Quartet by Jean Rhys
April 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“The Place Blanche, Paris, Life itself. One realized all sorts of things. The value of an illusion, for instance, and that the shadow can be more important than the substance. All sorts of things.”
— Quartet by Jean Rhys
— Quartet by Jean Rhys
Tonight is a Wuthering Heights night.
April 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Tonight is a Wuthering Heights night.
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I'm absolutely delighted to find The Great Believers on Kirkus's list of the 100 Best [fiction] Books of the Century (So Far), along with so many books I love. 😍😭
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Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) | Kirkus Reviews
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April 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm absolutely delighted to find The Great Believers on Kirkus's list of the 100 Best [fiction] Books of the Century (So Far), along with so many books I love. 😍😭
www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...
www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...
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Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊
April 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Not an April Fools' joke: I'm partnering w/ @legroff.bsky.social & her amazing bookstore The Lynx to give away free books on fighting fascism. FL folks, just stop in and ask for a free copy of the titles below! Not in FL? Order and get 10% off. Read, share, fight the fascist fools. ❤️👊
Happy birthday Vincent van Gogh! 🌻
March 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy birthday Vincent van Gogh! 🌻
Lots happening on The White Lotus.
March 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Lots happening on The White Lotus.
Just remembered Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major has a horn.
March 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Just remembered Franz Schubert's Octet in F Major has a horn.
Oh god, the boat people.
March 31, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Oh god, the boat people.
". . . You would never call me baby
If you knew me truly
Oh but I waited so long for your love
I am scared baby that I can't keep it up for long
Boy I wish I grow up the second
I first held you in my arms
Underneath this hood you kiss
I tick like a bomb . . ."
If you knew me truly
Oh but I waited so long for your love
I am scared baby that I can't keep it up for long
Boy I wish I grow up the second
I first held you in my arms
Underneath this hood you kiss
I tick like a bomb . . ."
March 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
". . . You would never call me baby
If you knew me truly
Oh but I waited so long for your love
I am scared baby that I can't keep it up for long
Boy I wish I grow up the second
I first held you in my arms
Underneath this hood you kiss
I tick like a bomb . . ."
If you knew me truly
Oh but I waited so long for your love
I am scared baby that I can't keep it up for long
Boy I wish I grow up the second
I first held you in my arms
Underneath this hood you kiss
I tick like a bomb . . ."
" . . . I wonder why I'm so afraid
Of saying something wrong, I never said I was a saint
I wonder, when I cry into my hands
I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man
And I wonder if someday you'll be by my side
And tell me that the world will end up alright
I wonder
I wonder . . . "
Of saying something wrong, I never said I was a saint
I wonder, when I cry into my hands
I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man
And I wonder if someday you'll be by my side
And tell me that the world will end up alright
I wonder
I wonder . . . "
March 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
" . . . I wonder why I'm so afraid
Of saying something wrong, I never said I was a saint
I wonder, when I cry into my hands
I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man
And I wonder if someday you'll be by my side
And tell me that the world will end up alright
I wonder
I wonder . . . "
Of saying something wrong, I never said I was a saint
I wonder, when I cry into my hands
I'm conditioned to feel like it makes me less of a man
And I wonder if someday you'll be by my side
And tell me that the world will end up alright
I wonder
I wonder . . . "
"There are many people at Versailles today."
March 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"There are many people at Versailles today."
Thinking about Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
March 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Thinking about Good Morning, Midnight by Jean Rhys
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.” Emily Dickinson.
March 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.” Emily Dickinson.
Giving the music of Antonio Salieri a try.
March 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Giving the music of Antonio Salieri a try.
too soon old, too late smart
March 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
too soon old, too late smart
Vivaldi - Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV r630
YouTube video by Marie Lys, soprano
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March 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM