K-Ming Chang, author portrait
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K-Ming Chang

K-Ming Chang is a Lambda Literary Award winner, a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, a Kundiman Fellow, and an O. Henry Prize winner. She is the author of Bestiary, Gods of Want, Organ Meats, and Cecilia. She has been longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award, and the Otherwise Award.
Organ Meats
Gods of Want
Bestiary

What I'm Reading: K-Ming Chang (author of BESTIARY)

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What I'm Reading: K-Ming Chang (author of BESTIARY)

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