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Recently found out about your work, through a Wired article. Vietnamese diaspora always peek my interest, beause i am one of them (ended up in the Netherlands). Looking forward in whatever you are writing in the future, in whatever form, book or newsletters.

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thank you June! that’s very kind

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Just about every other week I would wake up at an unreasonable hour (not on purpose and not unusual) and read the weekly grief in bed, suspended between sleep and the sunrise and your writing. Your newsletters gave me a lot to stew on, from how the passage of time felt in a place that I knew but wasn’t actually in, to configuring relationships with others (humans, phenomena, objects). Thank you so much, and whatever form the weekly grief and your other writing take in the future, I look forward to reading. メリークリスマス and 良いお年をお過ごしください!

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Gai-san! こちらこそ. thank you for such kind words

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It's such a shame that you're leaving because I've always enjoyed reading your letters from Tokyo. The way you have with words and how you captured your life in Tokyo was an immersive, beautifully-written experience that I'm glad I got to read! Can't wait to read your novel when it gets released, I'm sure it'll be as great as your letters have been :)

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that’s incredibly kind, Michelle, thank you for your support

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