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Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - SO. PUMPED. Also exquisitely in love with this entire team so hard already. I can’t wait to make this so good and so squish and so sob. Your Korean moms are gonna be heated at the wrinkles from the fuggo scrunch weeps and the deeeeeeep laugh lines. I can’t wait to bring this story to you with sound and movement and so much more magic. ✨
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Friends. Thank you. I am unsurprisingly emotional today and so grateful. It feels selfish to ask for your love. Unlucky. As if the blessings I’ve received and the grace of your support is finite. Zero sum. As if daring for this book to do well, to be widespread enough to tell its story to the people I most wanted to reach is asking too much. But I’m also done with scarcity. I’ve been shown so many times this past year that love is generative. That it isn’t transactive. And I know in my heart this is true because I love you this way. 💛🍳 

I am proud of this book. I am proud of all of us who have the audacity to make something. I love my family of creative humans. I am so moved when I see your work. It’s proof of life. Evidence that we were here. All these efforts no matter how small or quiet count. They give me relief and reassurance and fundamentally change my brain. They are insurrections against despair and mortality. It’s so weird and cool that we do this. Uuuugh I’m fully crying. I love you. 💛
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites 
☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites 
☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month's GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it's heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It's enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn't universal. That intimacy isn't unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you'll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren't #onhere.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month's GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it's heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It's enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn't universal. That intimacy isn't unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you'll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren't #onhere.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - CW: grief, parent loss. 

I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. 

He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane.

I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. 

I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. 

Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. 

But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). 

I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. 

I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. 

But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. 

My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - CW: grief, parent loss. 

I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. 

He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane.

I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. 

I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. 

Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. 

But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). 

I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. 

I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. 

But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. 

My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.)

If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. 

We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? 

Love you. Have a beautiful day.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.)

If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. 

We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? 

Love you. Have a beautiful day.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Andrew Hyung-bum Choi (5/14/52-1/31/22) thanks for being a pal. 💔
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Jenny Han is really very good at taking photos. Grateful for a magical (hot) summer night ✨
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - My heart hurts today. I can’t stop thinking about all the anti Asian racism and attacks in the news. The videos, the headlines, how it’s all gotten so much more flagrant and angry. And how optics, proximity to whiteness, assigned privilege, Uber rich caricatures in media all play into this notion that anti-Asian racism doesn’t count or is more forgivable. I can’t stop thinking about my parents and how they’re so far away and how I felt when they got their first vaccine shot last week and for the moment where I could allow myself the tiniest glimmer of hope and how deeply I slept that night for the first time in so long. And how I have to be helplessly vigilant again because this is what it is. Anyway I’m sad. There’s just so much ache in my body.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - happy Mother’s Day to mothers, children of mothers, estranged children of mothers, those choosing not to mother and those unable to mother. Anyway here’s wonderwall.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hanging out in regular places with some very demure friends 💗
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi friends. I need your help. If you bought Yolk at a store, please leave a review so that it will be made more visible when you’re shopping online 💛💛💛. If you bought it at Amazon please leave a verified purchase review. It hurts my heart but it really does make a difference to dance for the algorithm. 👀🍳 It’s really tough releasing a book during Covid especially without the human interaction and getting to meet all of you and talking about the book IRL. I miss it so much but creating excitement in other ways is what we’ve got and it’s super helpful. And THANK YOU for reviewing the book on your blogs, feeds and for writing me so many notes of encouragement. I’m so grateful 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi friends! Happy #indiebookstore day! I know I rep my local @booksaremagicbk super hard so I want to take a moment to share my gratitude for all of you! Thank you for the support and love and for including me in your events. Thank you for the staff recommendations and the impassioned hand-selling throughout my short career (I know my books aren’t for everyone so I am wild lucky that I have you in my corner making sure that my stories meet their readers 🥲). Thank you for being so much more than brick-and-mortars. Y’all are all are such agents of change and beacons of hope. I love knowing where you stand and I love how much emotional labor you take on as part of local communities as we all learn together. I’m so grateful for everyone who survived an absolutely harrowing year and I can’t wait to hang out with all of you. ❤️🤓❤️ @loyaltybooks @bluewillowbooks @wordbookstores @greenlightbklyn @oblongbooks @mcnallyjackson @strandbookstore 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi friends! Happy earth day. I won’t even get into the Drake equation or geo-exceptionalism (or attitudinal geocentrism as it relates to our specialness) BUT I am into this planet so much! And I am so grateful. Trees are so wonderful! Also fruit. And animals are so funny and cool. Which is to say that about a month ago I stopped eating meat every day or even really that much at home and it’s been really sweet. I’m not vegetarian or vegan and I eat eggs and dairy and honey and figs and sometimes fish which is to say that all I did was eat less meat but I am into it. I have such perfectionism and fear of failure but I also saw how my disordered eating assigned magical thinking around “lean protein” and I wanted to start interrogating that. It does mean I’m eating more carbs which scares me sometimes and I have fear around fullness and satiety but it’s okay. I also am careful to make sure I’m not doing this as a virtue-motivated way to start dieting because that’s a surefire path to binge-eating and madness for me. I’m just sharing this to say that for me little actions do count and they do contribute to personal morale and self esteem. And just for today this is something I am exploring with gentleness and self forgiveness and curiosity (it turns out I actually loathe eating broiled chicken breast!) Anyway 🌱💕 Go smile at the sun and say hi if it’s available for you today. And trees, they’re hilarious and have the best personalities!
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - ✨🐣 THIS PRIZE HAS BEEN CLAIMED 🐣✨

Thank you 💛

🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 EDIT: hi friends. Just wanted to say that I will be picking someone by EOD today but also that I am so moved by all of your courage and honesty. It is such a difficult time to admit to dreams and wishes and hopes. I identify so much with everyone who commented. With the anxiety, the self-doubt, the fear of the unknown but also that ✨ glimmer ✨ of a suspicion that perhaps we are expansive and magical and can accomplish all we envision. I’m holding space for all these prayers and love you with my entire heart. You are enough. And it is WONDERFUL. Sending gentleness to yourselves and your bodies. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

It is just a very REAL thing that not everyone can afford books right now and I get that. So if you've wanted to read my books for a while but couldn't make it happen here's your chance. 
Enter to win a FULL SET of all three books, signed and personalized (including the hardcover Yolk which isn't out yet) by answering in the comments:

What's one thing you need to say outloud that you want in life. Name an ambition, a goal, any intention of any size (it can be teeny-tiny) and I'll pick someone at random to win. 

Also, if you're in Texas with power outages and no heat like my parents and brother's family are, my heart goes out to y'all. Stay safe. Love you so much. x
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Have you forgotten what I look like? I SURE HAVE. Twelve days until Yolk. Seventy trillion days since I could hug all of you and take pictures and sign your books and talk about your eyeliner and your lip tints and how hot it is or how cold it is or how many books you got that day or how cute the bookstore in your town is and how grateful I am for your love and support in my short, FULL life as an author. I MISS Y’ALL. Book three. What a journey. Thank you all for holding my hand. I’m so grateful. Stay safe stay warm. Go slow. 
❄️
(Also my parents got power back last night thank you for your thoughts 💛)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - “If I so much as see you at H Mart or even Sunrise Mart, I will fucking ruin you.”
Jayne Baek Starter Pack
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Have you read Yolk yet?
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Okay, so, chin touch? Hold drinks? Neither. Both? Who cares! 💗 Love you. Love to be reunited. Love that Greta is too baller to even be #onhere 🇰🇷🪁
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - The stories! It’s all about the stories! I love you. What an abundant evening. It’s such a joy to celebrate you and laugh with you 🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ART! 😭😭😭😭 what a crew of iconoclasts ✨✨✨✨✨✨happy bountiful #apahm
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily*

Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win:
🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro
🥚 A mini Telfar bag
🥚 A complete Ohora nail set
🥚 Starface Set
🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact   Permanent Record

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

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Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily*

Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win:
🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro
🥚 A mini Telfar bag
🥚 A complete Ohora nail set
🥚 Starface Set
🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact   Permanent Record

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Hi friends, just wanted to share the first page of Yolk. Today marks the beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the U.S. If you know me, chances are you'll know that bulimia, binge-eating and body obsession are part of my story. I was hoping this letter would serve as a trigger warning but also a reminder. You are not alone and you are not the sum of your compulsions, your traumas or the life-saving tools that are broken but kept you protected at different times. Trust bodies. They are unfathomably wise and doing their best. All my love. 
💛💛💛

[Image caption: The first page of the book, Yolk, that reads, This is a work of fiction that mirrors aspects of my own history with disordered eating, dysmorphia, and bulimia. For those struggling with body image and food, this story might be emotionally expensive for you. Please be gentle with yourselves—sensitivity is a superpower. And please know that there is no such thing as a bad body. Truly. Take up space, it is your birthright. Love, Mary.]
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Are we hanging out tonight or what? ☺️ Come join me and @ro.kwon to celebrate #Yolk with @barnesandnoble’s YA book club on IG live. It’s at 7PM EST. Ask me anything! Even when the job podcast is coming back lol 🤪🧐 
Love you 💛🍳🍳🍳🍳
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Happy 44th wedding anniversary. In sickness and in health is some real shit. Thank you for modeling strength for me this past year. 💕 
(Health update for my dad: he’s out of ICU and in an acute care facility from continued complications due to pneumonia and ALS. Thank you for the prayers and check ins and compassion and identification and the wisdom of friends who have moved through this. Love you 🪁🙏 also for the AZNs thank god 4 4=8 amirite? 😅)
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - New York I love you!
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Happy Mother’s Day you absolute ledge. ❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - 새해 복 많이 받으세요 🎎  Happy Lunar New Year!! 🧧

Call your parents, call your cousins, call ALL your favorite people.

Also, tag me in what you're eating!
Mary H.K. Choi Instagram - Yolk. Yellow awash in whiteness. The part of the egg I didn’t eat for two decades when I had an eating disorder. The tie that binds beasts of burden. Fertility and the biological strictures foisted on women. The yellow spheroidal mass of stored food that forms the inner portion of the egg. The title of my third book about sisters. Happy Valentine's Day. Love you so big. xx

“Heart Eggs” by Masao Saito, 1988
Mary H.K. Choi - 4.2K Likes - SO. PUMPED. Also exquisitely in love with this entire team so hard already. I can’t wait to make this so good and so squish and so sob. Your Korean moms are gonna be heated at the wrinkles from the fuggo scrunch weeps and the deeeeeeep laugh lines. I can’t wait to bring this story to you with sound and movement and so much more magic. ✨

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Caption : SO. PUMPED. Also exquisitely in love with this entire team so hard already. I can’t wait to make this so good and so squish and so sob. Your Korean moms are gonna be heated at the wrinkles from the fuggo scrunch weeps and the deeeeeeep laugh lines. I can’t wait to bring this story to you with sound and movement and so much more magic. ✨
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3.9K Likes - Friends. Thank you. I am unsurprisingly emotional today and so grateful. It feels selfish to ask for your love. Unlucky. As if the blessings I’ve received and the grace of your support is finite. Zero sum. As if daring for this book to do well, to be widespread enough to tell its story to the people I most wanted to reach is asking too much. But I’m also done with scarcity. I’ve been shown so many times this past year that love is generative. That it isn’t transactive. And I know in my heart this is true because I love you this way. 💛🍳 

I am proud of this book. I am proud of all of us who have the audacity to make something. I love my family of creative humans. I am so moved when I see your work. It’s proof of life. Evidence that we were here. All these efforts no matter how small or quiet count. They give me relief and reassurance and fundamentally change my brain. They are insurrections against despair and mortality. It’s so weird and cool that we do this. Uuuugh I’m fully crying. I love you. 💛

3.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Friends. Thank you. I am unsurprisingly emotional today and so grateful. It feels selfish to ask for your love. Unlucky. As if the blessings I’ve received and the grace of your support is finite. Zero sum. As if daring for this book to do well, to be widespread enough to tell its story to the people I most wanted to reach is asking too much. But I’m also done with scarcity. I’ve been shown so many times this past year that love is generative. That it isn’t transactive. And I know in my heart this is true because I love you this way. 💛🍳 I am proud of this book. I am proud of all of us who have the audacity to make something. I love my family of creative humans. I am so moved when I see your work. It’s proof of life. Evidence that we were here. All these efforts no matter how small or quiet count. They give me relief and reassurance and fundamentally change my brain. They are insurrections against despair and mortality. It’s so weird and cool that we do this. Uuuugh I’m fully crying. I love you. 💛
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3.4K Likes - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.

3.4K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Likes : 3401
Mary H.K. Choi - 3.4K Likes - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.

3.4K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Likes : 3401
Mary H.K. Choi - 3.4K Likes - Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. 

I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. 

To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.

3.4K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi. Guess what? Emergency Contact is FOUR YEARS OLD TODAY! Can you believe it? Penny’s graduating from college!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭 Four years. Four years of me getting to be an author. A NOVELIST. With three books. It’s so surreal and really does feel like some glitch in the matrix or a rounding error or a dream but this is actually happening. I want to learn how to appreciate this. This THING that no one can take away from me no matter how much it feels that way sometimes. I also want to thank you. For all your love and support. For coming out to meet me at bookstores, book fairs, schools, all of it. For sharing your stories in letters and IG voice memos and in person because for some reason my books made you feel seen and safe. I am so grateful to live in service to you and your pain and your struggles and your bodies and your laughter and your eyeliner and your truth. I tear up everytime I think about y’all. And I SUPER miss you. To commemorate this occasion I’m doing an AMA over the next few days in stories so please ask any questions you have about Yolk (no spoilers), any of the books, writing or VIBES. I also recorded a little micropod about *FEELINGS* about this day which is in stories. Love you with my entire everything.
Likes : 3401
Mary H.K. Choi - 3.1K Likes - I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨

3.1K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3.1K Likes - I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨

3.1K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I knoooooooooooow! Can you believe it? Can you imagine how FULFILLED I am in this moment? Behold: the crowning achievement of my personal brand—my UNIQLO HEATTECH Moment! 👀💕Can you even cope with how wholesome and scholarly I can look in the right light? 🍂🍃☺️Seriously, you know that HEATTECH is my actual literal favorite article of clothing and topic of conversation. But did you know that there’s this new iteration of extra warms that have a cotton lining? It’s true. You’re welcome. #sponsored @Uniqlousa ✨
Likes : 3068
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳

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Caption : Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Likes : 3000
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Likes : 3000
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Yay. First As-Am Female owned bookstore in nyc ✨ lol how is that even possible? Filled my heart to the absolute brim to see it heaving with visitors. ❤️✨🌼 So pumped to meet Lucy Yu the founder and Lisa Ko 😱 who is such an utter ledge ❤️‍🔥oh also signed some books so get them here 🍳
Likes : 3000
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Likes : 2975
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
Likes : 2975
Mary H.K. Choi - 3K Likes - A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)

3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : A wonderful night celebrating an incredible show. Laughed so hard, cried my face off, binged the ever living fuck out out of this absolute coup of a series. Congratulations @beherelater @steveyeun @a24 @saraobery @aliwong @rekstizzy @justinmin #peninsulamentality #descendedfrommongols 🇰🇷🥩🫶 (also met Steven from Summer! IRL!)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites 
☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites ☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites 
☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I don’t normally disrespect @ligneroset in quite this fashion but it’s @voguekorea!!! Thank you @soeun.nikki.lee for the thought-provoking discussion and shining a light on our experiences as Korean-American storytellers in this absurd country. So happy to be included with my iconic siblings @jennyhan @lee_minjin @franceschawrites ☺️💕🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷 (not solely to lurk their beautiful homes 👀). So much love. So much joy.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.9K Likes - 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang

2.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : 🇰🇷 *heart eyes* @sola5532 for @voguekorea by Hyea W. Kang
Likes : 2852
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
Likes : 2825
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I took a sailing class this year, went on a helicopter, saw my 1st, 2nd and 3rd Broadway musical. Bought an apartment and moved into it. Spent a month on a lake in Switzerland and buried my father. Was grateful to be with all my best friends at Lunar New Year dinner when I found out he died. Received the solace they had to give and had to push my book out a year. Sold a show. Baked some cookies. Learned how to forgive myself for all the things I didn’t know but had expectations that I would. Missed my LA friends. Missed my dad. Especially the one I wish he was. Met a terrific couples counselor. Made amends. Learned that grief can feel like shame. Basically it was perfect. ✨🤸🏻‍♀️❤️🥹 happy new year.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month's GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it's heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It's enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn't universal. That intimacy isn't unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you'll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren't #onhere.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month’s GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it’s heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It’s enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn’t universal. That intimacy isn’t unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you’ll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren’t #onhere.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.8K Likes - Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month's GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it's heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It's enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn't universal. That intimacy isn't unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you'll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren't #onhere.

2.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Just a reminder that we as Asians contain multitudes. My parents are in this month’s GQ magazine with an article I wrote about family. We went through the ringer this pandemic. Together and apart. I think about them always and it’s heartbreaking to bear witness to the ways that society and media flatten us. It’s enraging to see how we are targeted with violence and indifference. We are diverse. And yet the same. I defy you to read this story and tell me that grief isn’t universal. That intimacy isn’t unbearable for everyone at different times. Yes, I am in my feelings. I live here now. Honestly, I really hope you’ll fucking join me. I love you. Thank you @GQ. Thank you @WillWelch. Thank you @AlHoyt. Thank you @mikechoiart for keeping our parents alive who thank god aren’t #onhere.
Likes : 2796
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.6K Likes - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️

2.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY! I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 (✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.6K Likes - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️

2.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY! I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 (✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.6K Likes - The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY!  I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 

(✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). 

Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️

2.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : The day has come! Yolk is now available in Korea. IN KOREAN. 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷The people who love me best know what this means — that my mother (yes that mother) can finally read my work. I’m shook but I’m also SO HAPPY! I have never seen my name in Korean on any of my work and it’s making me cry! 😭🥹 (✨ 최 현경 signifies the HK in Mary H.K. Choi✨). Thank you to Wedon Books, Simon & Schuster, Duran Kim Agency, Susan Hobson and Edward Orloff at McCormick Literary for making my inner worlds legible to a community that means so much to me. I LOVE BEING KOREAN SO MUCH. It’s deeply lolsob and truly exceptional. Link to buy in stories. ❤️
Likes : 2648
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Likes : 2539
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Likes : 2539
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Likes : 2539
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Rare post on main with my main (and a Getty watermark lol)! Okay so I went to the @nationalbookfoundation awards with the ever lovely @jennyhan and I got to live out my absolute prom date dreams in this @the.peterdo tuxedo. It was unreal. I blacked out due to general overwhelm but it was as if I were wearing a mech suit. I took zero other pictures lol but the construction was absolutely sublime and I felt utterly indestructible. I get so scared or else become leery of Ruthlessly Tailored Wildly Valuable Designer Clothing but this exquisite suit was as sultry as a symbiote and intuitively generous. It was bafflingly comfortable. PLUS DEADASS JENO FROM NCT OPENED THE SHOW IN IT (final slide). ❤️✨ Thank you @the.peterdo @jessicazwu 🙏
Likes : 2539
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. Also these pix ✨✨✨✨ Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1 Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori Tailoring by Lindsay Wright Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. Also these pix ✨✨✨✨ Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1 Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori Tailoring by Lindsay Wright Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Likes : 2497
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. Also these pix ✨✨✨✨ Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1 Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori Tailoring by Lindsay Wright Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
Likes : 2497
Mary H.K. Choi - 2.5K Likes - It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. 

Also these pix ✨✨✨✨

Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii
Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill
Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1
Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle
Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori
Tailoring by Lindsay Wright
Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions

2.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : It’s the rare profile that will draw me out of a book-and-script-writing k-hole but I couldn’t resist interviewing the GOAT the TONY the one and only @lucyliu!!! I loved her so much and was sooooooooo excited. My inner teen was going berserk. I couldn’t believe I looked at her actual face with my face! So grateful that this icon felt familiar to me down to my soul. What a gift to have always had her to look to onscreen. So full of love ❤️ Thank you @brkmrn and @thecut for the experience. Also these pix ✨✨✨✨ Photography by Johnson Lui @johnsonluii Styling by Jessica Willis @jessswill Hair by Marco Santini @_marcosantini1 Makeup by Kristofer Buckle @kristoferbuckle Manicure by Nori Yamanaka @nailnori Tailoring by Lindsay Wright Production by Kindly Productions @kindlyproductions
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - CW: grief, parent loss. 

I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. 

He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane.

I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. 

I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. 

Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. 

But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). 

I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. 

I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. 

But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. 

My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : CW: grief, parent loss. I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane. I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - CW: grief, parent loss. 

I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. 

He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane.

I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. 

I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. 

Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. 

But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). 

I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. 

I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. 

But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. 

My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : CW: grief, parent loss. I’m on my way to Texas this AM on the same flight we took the morning after my dad died. This time last year, I was at Lunar New Year dinner with my beautiful, wonderful, chosen family when I saw all the missed calls from my mom. And then my brother. He’d been in hospital, on a ventilator, for six months due to complications from his ALS but we were told he had anywhere from 3-7 years. I’d been shuttling back to Texas from NY all through Covid and wanted a reprieve. I didn’t go home for LNY though I usually do. That night I was struck stupid with guilt, tipsy because it was the one evening in so many that I’d had cocktails. I hugged all my friends sobbing, unseeing and utterly in shock. Then I got on a plane. I couldn’t understand that he was still dead when I arrived in San Antonio. I’d traveled as fast as I could. I hadn’t slept. It was so completely unjust and incomprehensible that I hadn’t arrived in time. I felt I was being punished. I replayed those last moments in a recursive loop, trying to figure out where I’d fucked up. Cut to last night: The same dinner with the same friends the night before this same flight. Because eerily that’s how schedules lined up. But this year I’ll be in Texas with my mom and brother on the night my dad passed (on the 31st). I’m hoping for closure. I’m hoping for peace. I’m hoping I can forgive myself. I almost wore the same comme dress that I did last year as though invoking a spell. But the thing is, everything is different. I’ve done a lot of work to move through grief. To try to rest because sorrow and lack is exhausting. To try and understand that of all people the person whose forgiveness I do not need to earn or ask for is my dad’s. He wanted me to have all this. The friends, the freedom, my work, my own home. My heart hurts because he never explicitly told me this. We didn’t talk much. But this is what I have to choose to know for myself. This is faith. This is trust. But there is also evidence. My dad left his family to seek his destiny and make his life. And on some days I can believe he would want for me what he wanted for himself ❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Caption : I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2.2K Likes - I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

2.2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : I had such a magical, wonderful evening last night for the paperback launch of Yolk. Thank you to everyone who came and everyone who came but couldn’t get in!!! 🥺💗🙏 It made me so happy to see you all after a whole year of not being able to tour this book. I wish I took more pictures because uuuuuugh everyone looked so incredible and the eye liner and brows and nails and fits were fire!!! Someone (lol Phil) said my readers skew “Asian Diane Keaton” aesthetically speaking and OMG so true and so 😭😭😭😍😍😍 because that is so inspiring. Thank you to @cookiecutternyc for the tender treats, to @yuandmebooks for being iconic and @ohcnoh and @moralisasmile from @simonteen for the love and support. And thank you two kinds of therapy, medication and two 12-step programs for helping me experience the night without anxiety and just feel pure joy. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2K Likes - Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.)

If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. 

We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? 

Love you. Have a beautiful day.

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Caption : Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.) If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? Love you. Have a beautiful day.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 2K Likes - Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.)

If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. 

We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? 

Love you. Have a beautiful day.

2K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Doing a giveaway for morale… (and because I bought ALL the stamps when we were saving USPS.) If you’d like a pop socket and a signed bookplate for your book, head over to stories and fill out the link with your address. While supplies last. We’ve got more bookplates than pop sockets so if you only get one that’s what happened. Also, if you are overseas we are DOWN to slap as many stamps on the envelope and roll that dice and see what unfolds? Love you. Have a beautiful day.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.9K Likes - Andrew Hyung-bum Choi (5/14/52-1/31/22) thanks for being a pal. 💔

1.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Andrew Hyung-bum Choi (5/14/52-1/31/22) thanks for being a pal. 💔
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.9K Likes - Jenny Han is really very good at taking photos. Grateful for a magical (hot) summer night ✨

1.9K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Jenny Han is really very good at taking photos. Grateful for a magical (hot) summer night ✨
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - My heart hurts today. I can’t stop thinking about all the anti Asian racism and attacks in the news. The videos, the headlines, how it’s all gotten so much more flagrant and angry. And how optics, proximity to whiteness, assigned privilege, Uber rich caricatures in media all play into this notion that anti-Asian racism doesn’t count or is more forgivable. I can’t stop thinking about my parents and how they’re so far away and how I felt when they got their first vaccine shot last week and for the moment where I could allow myself the tiniest glimmer of hope and how deeply I slept that night for the first time in so long. And how I have to be helplessly vigilant again because this is what it is. Anyway I’m sad. There’s just so much ache in my body.

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Caption : My heart hurts today. I can’t stop thinking about all the anti Asian racism and attacks in the news. The videos, the headlines, how it’s all gotten so much more flagrant and angry. And how optics, proximity to whiteness, assigned privilege, Uber rich caricatures in media all play into this notion that anti-Asian racism doesn’t count or is more forgivable. I can’t stop thinking about my parents and how they’re so far away and how I felt when they got their first vaccine shot last week and for the moment where I could allow myself the tiniest glimmer of hope and how deeply I slept that night for the first time in so long. And how I have to be helplessly vigilant again because this is what it is. Anyway I’m sad. There’s just so much ache in my body.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)

1.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)

1.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)

1.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit   we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)

1.8K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Wow I’ve missed my friends and their babies and their foods and their vibes and their hugs and their love. None of the friends are pictured lol because we were too busy talking and LA people are just too damn chill to pose. 😅 ALSO I learned about OMG LOL dolls and will never be the same. (Miss you everybody who’s tagged and was there in spirit we are all so blessed to be vaxxed 🌱)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.8K Likes - happy Mother’s Day to mothers, children of mothers, estranged children of mothers, those choosing not to mother and those unable to mother. Anyway here’s wonderwall.

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Caption : happy Mother’s Day to mothers, children of mothers, estranged children of mothers, those choosing not to mother and those unable to mother. Anyway here’s wonderwall.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Hanging out in regular places with some very demure friends 💗

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Caption : Hanging out in regular places with some very demure friends 💗
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Hi friends. I need your help. If you bought Yolk at a store, please leave a review so that it will be made more visible when you’re shopping online 💛💛💛. If you bought it at Amazon please leave a verified purchase review. It hurts my heart but it really does make a difference to dance for the algorithm. 👀🍳 It’s really tough releasing a book during Covid especially without the human interaction and getting to meet all of you and talking about the book IRL. I miss it so much but creating excitement in other ways is what we’ve got and it’s super helpful. And THANK YOU for reviewing the book on your blogs, feeds and for writing me so many notes of encouragement. I’m so grateful 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi friends. I need your help. If you bought Yolk at a store, please leave a review so that it will be made more visible when you’re shopping online 💛💛💛. If you bought it at Amazon please leave a verified purchase review. It hurts my heart but it really does make a difference to dance for the algorithm. 👀🍳 It’s really tough releasing a book during Covid especially without the human interaction and getting to meet all of you and talking about the book IRL. I miss it so much but creating excitement in other ways is what we’ve got and it’s super helpful. And THANK YOU for reviewing the book on your blogs, feeds and for writing me so many notes of encouragement. I’m so grateful 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Hi friends! Happy #indiebookstore day! I know I rep my local @booksaremagicbk super hard so I want to take a moment to share my gratitude for all of you! Thank you for the support and love and for including me in your events. Thank you for the staff recommendations and the impassioned hand-selling throughout my short career (I know my books aren’t for everyone so I am wild lucky that I have you in my corner making sure that my stories meet their readers 🥲). Thank you for being so much more than brick-and-mortars. Y’all are all are such agents of change and beacons of hope. I love knowing where you stand and I love how much emotional labor you take on as part of local communities as we all learn together. I’m so grateful for everyone who survived an absolutely harrowing year and I can’t wait to hang out with all of you. ❤️🤓❤️ @loyaltybooks @bluewillowbooks @wordbookstores @greenlightbklyn @oblongbooks @mcnallyjackson @strandbookstore 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi friends! Happy #indiebookstore day! I know I rep my local @booksaremagicbk super hard so I want to take a moment to share my gratitude for all of you! Thank you for the support and love and for including me in your events. Thank you for the staff recommendations and the impassioned hand-selling throughout my short career (I know my books aren’t for everyone so I am wild lucky that I have you in my corner making sure that my stories meet their readers 🥲). Thank you for being so much more than brick-and-mortars. Y’all are all are such agents of change and beacons of hope. I love knowing where you stand and I love how much emotional labor you take on as part of local communities as we all learn together. I’m so grateful for everyone who survived an absolutely harrowing year and I can’t wait to hang out with all of you. ❤️🤓❤️ @loyaltybooks @bluewillowbooks @wordbookstores @greenlightbklyn @oblongbooks @mcnallyjackson @strandbookstore 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Hi friends! Happy earth day. I won’t even get into the Drake equation or geo-exceptionalism (or attitudinal geocentrism as it relates to our specialness) BUT I am into this planet so much! And I am so grateful. Trees are so wonderful! Also fruit. And animals are so funny and cool. Which is to say that about a month ago I stopped eating meat every day or even really that much at home and it’s been really sweet. I’m not vegetarian or vegan and I eat eggs and dairy and honey and figs and sometimes fish which is to say that all I did was eat less meat but I am into it. I have such perfectionism and fear of failure but I also saw how my disordered eating assigned magical thinking around “lean protein” and I wanted to start interrogating that. It does mean I’m eating more carbs which scares me sometimes and I have fear around fullness and satiety but it’s okay. I also am careful to make sure I’m not doing this as a virtue-motivated way to start dieting because that’s a surefire path to binge-eating and madness for me. I’m just sharing this to say that for me little actions do count and they do contribute to personal morale and self esteem. And just for today this is something I am exploring with gentleness and self forgiveness and curiosity (it turns out I actually loathe eating broiled chicken breast!) Anyway 🌱💕 Go smile at the sun and say hi if it’s available for you today. And trees, they’re hilarious and have the best personalities!

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Hi friends! Happy earth day. I won’t even get into the Drake equation or geo-exceptionalism (or attitudinal geocentrism as it relates to our specialness) BUT I am into this planet so much! And I am so grateful. Trees are so wonderful! Also fruit. And animals are so funny and cool. Which is to say that about a month ago I stopped eating meat every day or even really that much at home and it’s been really sweet. I’m not vegetarian or vegan and I eat eggs and dairy and honey and figs and sometimes fish which is to say that all I did was eat less meat but I am into it. I have such perfectionism and fear of failure but I also saw how my disordered eating assigned magical thinking around “lean protein” and I wanted to start interrogating that. It does mean I’m eating more carbs which scares me sometimes and I have fear around fullness and satiety but it’s okay. I also am careful to make sure I’m not doing this as a virtue-motivated way to start dieting because that’s a surefire path to binge-eating and madness for me. I’m just sharing this to say that for me little actions do count and they do contribute to personal morale and self esteem. And just for today this is something I am exploring with gentleness and self forgiveness and curiosity (it turns out I actually loathe eating broiled chicken breast!) Anyway 🌱💕 Go smile at the sun and say hi if it’s available for you today. And trees, they’re hilarious and have the best personalities!
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍

🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚
YESSSSSS! It's PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly*

Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! 

WHAT’S ON DECK:
Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. 

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

Why are pre-orders so crucial?
Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Edit: All winners have been chosen and notified, thank you all so much for entering and pre-ordering Yolk! Love you so much!! 🤍 🥚YOLK SWEEPSTAKES🥚 YESSSSSS! It’s PRE-ORDERS PRIZES TIME! *shimmies awkwardly* Feast your eyes upon this BOUNTY!!! WHAT’S ON DECK: Exclusive Yolk AirPod Pros (one of ONE in the whole wide world!), the most covetable bag of ANY season the Bushwick Birkin, aka the TELFAR bag in stunning white, a Starface beauty set (deep space cleanse PLUS the iconic big yellow pimple patches), a complete set of semi-cured Ohora nails (plus the gel lamp, the topcoat and the remover), OR signed and personalized copies of Permanent Record and Emergency Contact as well as VINTAGE (lol) PR and EC pop sockets and pins. HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. Why are pre-orders so crucial? Pre-orders count towards a book’s debut numbers. So even if you pre-order a book 3 months before its launch, the actual sale counts towards that first day and that first week. All of this really dictates the success of the book which bumps up your rankings. Rankings on a bookseller’s website, whether it’s Amazon or an Indie, helps determine how much promotion that book gets. So, if you love and want to support an author, getting a pre-order helps HUGELY. OK, that’s it from me. Good luck. Love yous. xo
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.7K Likes - ✨🐣 THIS PRIZE HAS BEEN CLAIMED 🐣✨

Thank you 💛

🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 EDIT: hi friends. Just wanted to say that I will be picking someone by EOD today but also that I am so moved by all of your courage and honesty. It is such a difficult time to admit to dreams and wishes and hopes. I identify so much with everyone who commented. With the anxiety, the self-doubt, the fear of the unknown but also that ✨ glimmer ✨ of a suspicion that perhaps we are expansive and magical and can accomplish all we envision. I’m holding space for all these prayers and love you with my entire heart. You are enough. And it is WONDERFUL. Sending gentleness to yourselves and your bodies. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

It is just a very REAL thing that not everyone can afford books right now and I get that. So if you've wanted to read my books for a while but couldn't make it happen here's your chance. 
Enter to win a FULL SET of all three books, signed and personalized (including the hardcover Yolk which isn't out yet) by answering in the comments:

What's one thing you need to say outloud that you want in life. Name an ambition, a goal, any intention of any size (it can be teeny-tiny) and I'll pick someone at random to win. 

Also, if you're in Texas with power outages and no heat like my parents and brother's family are, my heart goes out to y'all. Stay safe. Love you so much. x

1.7K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : ✨🐣 THIS PRIZE HAS BEEN CLAIMED 🐣✨ Thank you 💛 🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱🌱 EDIT: hi friends. Just wanted to say that I will be picking someone by EOD today but also that I am so moved by all of your courage and honesty. It is such a difficult time to admit to dreams and wishes and hopes. I identify so much with everyone who commented. With the anxiety, the self-doubt, the fear of the unknown but also that ✨ glimmer ✨ of a suspicion that perhaps we are expansive and magical and can accomplish all we envision. I’m holding space for all these prayers and love you with my entire heart. You are enough. And it is WONDERFUL. Sending gentleness to yourselves and your bodies. 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛 It is just a very REAL thing that not everyone can afford books right now and I get that. So if you’ve wanted to read my books for a while but couldn’t make it happen here’s your chance. Enter to win a FULL SET of all three books, signed and personalized (including the hardcover Yolk which isn’t out yet) by answering in the comments: What’s one thing you need to say outloud that you want in life. Name an ambition, a goal, any intention of any size (it can be teeny-tiny) and I’ll pick someone at random to win. Also, if you’re in Texas with power outages and no heat like my parents and brother’s family are, my heart goes out to y’all. Stay safe. Love you so much. x
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.

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Caption : #wgastrong Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.

1.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : #wgastrong Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.

1.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : #wgastrong Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.

1.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : #wgastrong Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - #wgastrong 

Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. 

For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. 

Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. 

Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. 

I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.

1.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : #wgastrong Went to the union meeting last night and picketed this morning and I’m learning so much about how reasonable our asks are. For just one example we wanted parameters around AI. We’re not luddites. This isn’t some Y2K shit. We just don’t want idea generation from AI (doing a punch up on an AI script forever is NOT IT) and we don’t want AI to mine our voices, essentially learning from us, using us without permission or residuals to make us obsolete. Meanwhile the studios are saying they don’t want to preempt technology that they want to take advantage of and they countered with: we agree to annual meetings to discuss. Writing is taxing, lonely and for some of us the only fucking thing we can do and want to do with our lives. I’m not a joiner. I don’t like crowds. Confrontation makes me itchy but this is important. They’re making it impossible to make a career of this work. They want to make a gig economy of art. I cannot stand for it. So I stand with my union.
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.6K Likes - Have you forgotten what I look like? I SURE HAVE. Twelve days until Yolk. Seventy trillion days since I could hug all of you and take pictures and sign your books and talk about your eyeliner and your lip tints and how hot it is or how cold it is or how many books you got that day or how cute the bookstore in your town is and how grateful I am for your love and support in my short, FULL life as an author. I MISS Y’ALL. Book three. What a journey. Thank you all for holding my hand. I’m so grateful. Stay safe stay warm. Go slow. 
❄️
(Also my parents got power back last night thank you for your thoughts 💛)

1.6K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Have you forgotten what I look like? I SURE HAVE. Twelve days until Yolk. Seventy trillion days since I could hug all of you and take pictures and sign your books and talk about your eyeliner and your lip tints and how hot it is or how cold it is or how many books you got that day or how cute the bookstore in your town is and how grateful I am for your love and support in my short, FULL life as an author. I MISS Y’ALL. Book three. What a journey. Thank you all for holding my hand. I’m so grateful. Stay safe stay warm. Go slow. ❄️ (Also my parents got power back last night thank you for your thoughts 💛)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.5K Likes - “If I so much as see you at H Mart or even Sunrise Mart, I will fucking ruin you.”
Jayne Baek Starter Pack
💛🍳
Have you read Yolk yet?

1.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : “If I so much as see you at H Mart or even Sunrise Mart, I will fucking ruin you.” Jayne Baek Starter Pack 💛🍳 Have you read Yolk yet?
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.5K Likes - Okay, so, chin touch? Hold drinks? Neither. Both? Who cares! 💗 Love you. Love to be reunited. Love that Greta is too baller to even be #onhere 🇰🇷🪁

1.5K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Okay, so, chin touch? Hold drinks? Neither. Both? Who cares! 💗 Love you. Love to be reunited. Love that Greta is too baller to even be #onhere 🇰🇷🪁
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - The stories! It’s all about the stories! I love you. What an abundant evening. It’s such a joy to celebrate you and laugh with you 🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ART! 😭😭😭😭 what a crew of iconoclasts ✨✨✨✨✨✨happy bountiful #apahm

1.4K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : The stories! It’s all about the stories! I love you. What an abundant evening. It’s such a joy to celebrate you and laugh with you 🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷❤️🇰🇷 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ART! 😭😭😭😭 what a crew of iconoclasts ✨✨✨✨✨✨happy bountiful #apahm
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗

1.4K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗

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Caption : Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗

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Caption : Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗

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Caption : Day and Night. Somebody actually went outside and it was lovely. Celebrating the LAUNCH of summer I turned pretty (season 1 out on Amazon right now!😭😭😭 it’s so good) on a rooftop with @phenomenal. Mansei with Jenny and Minjin. Also 🥰 for getting to see J. The photo I sent my brother late last night in the cab ride where we gushed about Gilmore Girls and me and @leilani_shizue_’s date night 💗
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily*

Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win:
🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro
🥚 A mini Telfar bag
🥚 A complete Ohora nail set
🥚 Starface Set
🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact   Permanent Record

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚

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Caption : T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily* Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win: 🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro 🥚 A mini Telfar bag 🥚 A complete Ohora nail set 🥚 Starface Set 🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact Permanent Record HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily*

Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win:
🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro
🥚 A mini Telfar bag
🥚 A complete Ohora nail set
🥚 Starface Set
🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact   Permanent Record

HOW TO ENTER:
Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to bodegabusiness666@gmail.com WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only.
Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 

🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚

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Caption : T-2 days until launch! 😱 *breathes heavily* Have you entered the Yolk sweepstakes yet? You could win: 🥚 An Yolk themed AirPod Pro 🥚 A mini Telfar bag 🥚 A complete Ohora nail set 🥚 Starface Set 🥚 Signed copies of Emergency Contact Permanent Record HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win one of the above 5 prizes by sending your Yolk pre-order confirmation (screen-grab) to [email protected] WITH your address and contact phone for mailing purposes AND your preferred prize. Only one winner will be chosen for each prize. Open to the US only. Winners will be picked at random and announced on 3/5 12PM EST. 🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚🍳🥚
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Hi friends, just wanted to share the first page of Yolk. Today marks the beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the U.S. If you know me, chances are you'll know that bulimia, binge-eating and body obsession are part of my story. I was hoping this letter would serve as a trigger warning but also a reminder. You are not alone and you are not the sum of your compulsions, your traumas or the life-saving tools that are broken but kept you protected at different times. Trust bodies. They are unfathomably wise and doing their best. All my love. 
💛💛💛

[Image caption: The first page of the book, Yolk, that reads, This is a work of fiction that mirrors aspects of my own history with disordered eating, dysmorphia, and bulimia. For those struggling with body image and food, this story might be emotionally expensive for you. Please be gentle with yourselves—sensitivity is a superpower. And please know that there is no such thing as a bad body. Truly. Take up space, it is your birthright. Love, Mary.]

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Caption : Hi friends, just wanted to share the first page of Yolk. Today marks the beginning of Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the U.S. If you know me, chances are you’ll know that bulimia, binge-eating and body obsession are part of my story. I was hoping this letter would serve as a trigger warning but also a reminder. You are not alone and you are not the sum of your compulsions, your traumas or the life-saving tools that are broken but kept you protected at different times. Trust bodies. They are unfathomably wise and doing their best. All my love. 💛💛💛 [Image caption: The first page of the book, Yolk, that reads, This is a work of fiction that mirrors aspects of my own history with disordered eating, dysmorphia, and bulimia. For those struggling with body image and food, this story might be emotionally expensive for you. Please be gentle with yourselves—sensitivity is a superpower. And please know that there is no such thing as a bad body. Truly. Take up space, it is your birthright. Love, Mary.]
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Are we hanging out tonight or what? ☺️ Come join me and @ro.kwon to celebrate #Yolk with @barnesandnoble’s YA book club on IG live. It’s at 7PM EST. Ask me anything! Even when the job podcast is coming back lol 🤪🧐 
Love you 💛🍳🍳🍳🍳

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Caption : Are we hanging out tonight or what? ☺️ Come join me and @ro.kwon to celebrate #Yolk with @barnesandnoble’s YA book club on IG live. It’s at 7PM EST. Ask me anything! Even when the job podcast is coming back lol 🤪🧐 Love you 💛🍳🍳🍳🍳
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.4K Likes - Happy 44th wedding anniversary. In sickness and in health is some real shit. Thank you for modeling strength for me this past year. 💕 
(Health update for my dad: he’s out of ICU and in an acute care facility from continued complications due to pneumonia and ALS. Thank you for the prayers and check ins and compassion and identification and the wisdom of friends who have moved through this. Love you 🪁🙏 also for the AZNs thank god 4 4=8 amirite? 😅)

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Caption : Happy 44th wedding anniversary. In sickness and in health is some real shit. Thank you for modeling strength for me this past year. 💕 (Health update for my dad: he’s out of ICU and in an acute care facility from continued complications due to pneumonia and ALS. Thank you for the prayers and check ins and compassion and identification and the wisdom of friends who have moved through this. Love you 🪁🙏 also for the AZNs thank god 4 4=8 amirite? 😅)
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.3K Likes - New York I love you!

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Caption : New York I love you!
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.3K Likes - Happy Mother’s Day you absolute ledge. ❤️

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Caption : Happy Mother’s Day you absolute ledge. ❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.3K Likes - There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️

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Caption : There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.3K Likes - There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️

1.3K Likes – Mary H.K. Choi Instagram

Caption : There’s something truly chilling about the strike ending and having to contend with this. As someone for whom “voice” is paramount (god knows it’s not plot or historical import) I’m completely gutted and whipsawed. I am outraged and at the same time feel utterly helpless. I feel sheepish as though I’m fist shaking at the internets or machinery and I’ve often made the joke that after Armageddon they’ll bring writers back after soul cycle instructors but I’m scared. I’m furious and want to fight but I’m also so tired. Grateful to the union for protecting us with the language around AI-usage in the MBA but also wow is it all ongoing. 🙏❤️
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.3K Likes - 새해 복 많이 받으세요 🎎  Happy Lunar New Year!! 🧧

Call your parents, call your cousins, call ALL your favorite people.

Also, tag me in what you're eating!

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Caption : 새해 복 많이 받으세요 🎎 Happy Lunar New Year!! 🧧 Call your parents, call your cousins, call ALL your favorite people. Also, tag me in what you’re eating!
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Mary H.K. Choi - 1.1K Likes - Yolk. Yellow awash in whiteness. The part of the egg I didn’t eat for two decades when I had an eating disorder. The tie that binds beasts of burden. Fertility and the biological strictures foisted on women. The yellow spheroidal mass of stored food that forms the inner portion of the egg. The title of my third book about sisters. Happy Valentine's Day. Love you so big. xx

“Heart Eggs” by Masao Saito, 1988

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Caption : Yolk. Yellow awash in whiteness. The part of the egg I didn’t eat for two decades when I had an eating disorder. The tie that binds beasts of burden. Fertility and the biological strictures foisted on women. The yellow spheroidal mass of stored food that forms the inner portion of the egg. The title of my third book about sisters. Happy Valentine’s Day. Love you so big. xx “Heart Eggs” by Masao Saito, 1988
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