About this episode

Rachel Khong discusses her writing journey and her latest works.

Rachel Khong’s first novel Goodbye, Vitamin, won the 2017 California Book Award for First Fiction, and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction. Her second novel, Real Americans, was a New York Times bestseller. She was the managing and executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine and edited a cookbook called All About Eggs. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission district. Her new short story collection is called My Dear You. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Rachel Khong

Topics covered

• writing
• fiction
• literature
• women in arts
• publishing

Keywords

• Goodbye, Vitamin
• California Book Award
• Real Americans
• New York Times bestseller
• The Ruby
• My Dear You

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Lucky Peach, All About Eggs

Books & works: First Draft, Goodbye, Vitamin, California Book Award, First Fiction, Real Americans, My Dear You

Places: San Francisco’s, Mission district

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