Lauren Ho’s sharp-witted debut Last Tang Standing (Putnam) opens with 33-year-old lawyer Andrea Tang attending her matriarchal aunt’s Chinese New Year party, when unmarrieds and children are given ang paos, customary red envelopes of cash symbolizing luck and happiness which…
“How do we survive a body breaking and then taking us back home to the origin site of violence?…This is the story of a body not broken but reaching for beauty, a life not destroyed, but re-storied.” – Lidia Yuknavitch,…
“A funny, witty caper filled with charm and unexpected friendship.”–Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand “[A] delightful debut…. A completely logical yet somehow unexpected ending will leave readers smiling—and looking forward to Fossey’s next…
On Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 7PM, Craft on Draft, a reading series developed by Grub Street’s Novel Incubator alumni, presents Writing Your Novel’s Biggest Moments at Trident Booksellers, 338 Newbury St. Boston, MA. Come hear how authors Rachel Barenbaum…
Do I actually want another baby? Or am I just so full of fear over the prospective publication of my debut novel that I want the purity of focus that caring for a newborn affords? I love babies. Always have….
I don’t know what you expected when you published your first novel. In truth, you tried hard to keep expectations low so that they would be met and perhaps exceeded. But the build-up to a book launch is so huge…