K-Ming Chang

A visceral, bite-size novella from a rising Asian American literary star with a striking, surreal, irreverent voice - one of the '5 under 35' National Book Award honorees. An erotic, surreal novella about the ecstasies of intense friendships and obsessive love. Seven, who works as a cleaner at a chiropractor's office, re-encounters Cecilia, a woman who has obsessed her since...

Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses and buried secrets. One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body. Her name was Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes....

Gods of Want presents queer, fabulist stories from rising Asian American talent K-Ming Chang, a Kundiman Fellow, National Book Award "5 Under 35" honoree, and Lambda Literary finalist. This collection explores themes of body, memory, queerness, and family with boundless, dark imagination and visceral prose. WINNER OF THE 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LESBIAN FICTION A New York Times 100...