*WINNER OF THE 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LESBIAN FICTION* *A New York Times 100 Notable
Book of 2022* 'These stories glitter and pulse' Dantiel W. Montiz In her singular
electrifying style K-Ming Chang peels back questions of body power and identity and the
relationships of Asian American women with vivid imagination. A stream of women adjust to
American life by sneaking kisses from women at temple and buying tubs of vanilla ice cream to
prepare for citizenship tests. Ghost-cousins cross space seas and skies to haunt their living
cousin. Two girls explore each other's bodies for the first time in the belly of a plastic
shark. Brimming with moths and mothers nine-headed birds and storm-chasers these queer
fabulist tales delve viscerally into myth and memory corporeality and ghostliness beauty and
the grotesque. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR in New York Times NPR Them and Book Riot
from the National Book Award '5 under 35' honoree and author of Bestiary. 'Wild and lyrical
visionary and touching. Read her!' Sharlene Teo 'A voracious probing collection proof of how
exhilarating the short story can be' New York Times 'Stunning and moving... One of our most
brilliant authors' Bryan Washington
