/Literary Arts
Launch for Kathryn Ma / The Chinese Groove
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Kathryn Ma is the author of the widely praised novel The Year She Left Us, which was named a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an NPR “Great Read” of the year. Her short story collection, All That Work and Still No Boys, won the Iowa Short Fiction Award and was named a San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Discoveries Book. She is also a recipient of the David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction and has twice been named a San Francisco Public Library Laureate. Author photo by Andria Lo.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Author of the widely praised novel “The Year She Left Us”, a NYT Editors’ Choice and NPR “Great Read”, Kathryn Ma’s short story collection “All That Work and Still No Boys” won the Iowa Short Fiction Award. She presents her anticipated new novel “The Chinese Groove”, which follows optimistic 18-yo Shelley as he leaves the Yunnan Province to pursue his dreams in San Francisco. When he arrives, things are far from what he was promised.
Evan Karp
SF/Arts Curator
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