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Ryka Aoki

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.rykaryka.com

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Genre

Memoir, Fiction, Poetry

Member Since

October 2011

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Ryka Aoki is a writer, performer, judo black belt, and professor of English at Santa Monica College.

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Ryka Aoki's Blog

Happy New Year, Guest of Honor at Arisia 2024, and My New Book (Yes, I’m still working on it. Yes, Same one. But super excited about it!!))

Happy New Year, Everyone!My writing life and rhythm is, like many things about me, perhaps questionable to many of those around me.

Folks will ask like, “What are you up to?”

And I’m like, “Working on my book.”

And they’re like, “Which one?”

And I’m like, “Same one.”

And they kind of go, “Oh, uh-huh,” and I can’t help but feel as if I’ve disappointed them somehow.

I’ve never been the most prolific write

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Ryka Aoki’s books

Average rating: 4.07 · 33,602 ratings · 6,524 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	Light from Uncommon Stars 4.06 avg rating — 32,264 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism by Dani Barnhart (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Iris Mahan (Editor), Jordan Scherer (Narrator) 3.75 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy from Transgender Writers by Cat Fitzpatrick (Editor), Casey Plett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), RJ Edwards (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.98 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard by Tom Léger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Riley MacLeod (Editor), Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.02 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	He Mele A Hilo 4.34 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seasonal Velocities 4.35 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul 4.35 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Light From Uncommon Stars Sneak Peek 4.37 avg rating — 38 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Roads by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author), Imogen Binnie (Goodreads Author), Dane Figueroa Edidi 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Space Adventure by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author), Cai Steele (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ryka Aoki wrote a new blog post Happy New Year, Guest of Honor at Arisia 2024, and My New Book (Yes, I’m still working on it. Yes, Same one. But super excited about it!!)) Happy New Year, Everyone!My writing life and rhythm is, like many things about me, perhaps questionable to many of those around me.Folks will ask like Read more of this blog post »
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“Tomorrow is tomorrow. Over there is over there. And here and now is not a bad place and time to be, especially when so much of the unknown is beautiful.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

tags: beauty, now, the-unknown

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“The world is changing, you know. A pity you aren’t ready to live in it.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

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“When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace.”
― Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

tags: mistakes, music, practice

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