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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Bozo” from the April 8, 2024, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry and the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife,” which won the Giller Prize in 2020.

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Literary Club
Episode 31 Season 2 - How to Pronounce Knife, The Search for Us, The Long Way Back, The Last thing He Told Me, A Very Typical Family, Carley's Song

Literary Club

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 34:15


Click this link to get $5 off at book outlet and to connect with us on Goodreads https://linktr.ee/theliteraryclubpodcast  . You can also connect with us at literaryclubpodcast@gmail.com and @literaryclubpodcastHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham ThammavongsaThe Search for Us by Susan Azim BoyerThe Long Way Back by Nicole BaartThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveA Very Typical Family by Sierra GodfreyCarley's Song by Patricia Sprinkle 

best i've ever read podcast
aapi month book recommendations

best i've ever read podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2023 68:02


welcome back to the best i've ever read podcast with liv & kim! on this weeks episode, we wanted to highlight some of our favourite books by asian authors. we wanted to give a disclaimer that although aapi stands for asian american & pacific islander, we chat about books by authors that also live in canada, england, and australia. we hope this list gives you some fresh ideas for books to read, not just this month, but all year round! as always, liv & kim catch up on the random things they've been up to. liv talks about seeing live music in kingston (shout out to the sugar pills), while kim talks about football in sevilla and spending time in the pool because of the spring heat. we get into the book recommendations around 20:00. books mentioned: ⁠We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama⁠ ⁠The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon⁠ ⁠Either/Or by Elif Batuman⁠ aapi books mentioned: ⁠We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Aloha Vietnam by Elizabeth Nguyen⁠⁠ ⁠⁠When We Fell Apart by Soon Wiley⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bad Fruit by Ella King⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Pachinko by Min Jin Lee⁠⁠ ⁠⁠I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bliss Montage by Ling Ma⁠⁠ ⁠⁠White Ivy by Susie Yang⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan⁠⁠ ⁠⁠All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien⁠ ⁠How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa⁠ as always, email us your thoughts or suggestions at bestreadpodcast@gmail.com support us on patreon patreon.com/bestreadpodcast and give us a 5 star rating!

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The Pawsitive Post in Conversation by Companion Animal Psychology
Good habits and resolutions for dog and cat guardians and writers

The Pawsitive Post in Conversation by Companion Animal Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2023 35:35


We talk about New Year's Resolutions, habits that are a good idea for pet guardians, helping dogs and cats cope with winter, grooming dogs and cats, writing habits, and what we're reading right now.The books mentioned:A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of dogs in a World Without Humans by Jessice Pierce and Marc BekoffThe Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix It by W. Chris WinterHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

This is Your Book Club Podcast
What's On Your Shelf?

This is Your Book Club Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 34:59


Here we go again. Reading books. Sarah's Shelf: The Clover Girls by Viola Shipman Meant to Be by Emily Giffin This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub   Jayme's Shelf: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf Pieces of Her (Book #1) by Karin Slaughter Girl, Forgotten(Book #2) by Karin Slaughter

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Trash,” from the June 13, 2022, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry and the short-story collection “How to Pronounce Knife,” which won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

The New Yorker: Politics and More
Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Trash”

The New Yorker: Politics and More

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2022 21:09


Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Trash,” from the June 13, 2022, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry and the short-story collection “How to Pronounce Knife,” which won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Bookversations
Insta Live Monthly Round Up - Jan 2022

Bookversations

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 28:01


This episode is an extract from an hour long insta live on Bookversations. At the end of every month, we'll be hosting a live on the Bookversations Instagram page to recap all the books we've read and interact with you at the same time! We want to know what books you're reading, your thoughts on our episodes and everything in between. Books Mentioned: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot By Mikki Kendall, Grown by Tiffany D.Jackson, Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam, Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, House of Stone by Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa, Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh and At Night All Blood is Black by David Drop. As always, we're excited to hear your thoughts! Email us at bookversationspod@gmail.com or drop us a message here: https://anchor.fm/bookversations/message Follow us on Instagram @bookversations for more book reviews. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bookversations/message

Reading Envy
Reading Envy 226 - Cucumber Sandwiches with Lindy Pratch

Reading Envy

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021


Lindy joins me to talk books, where we discuss Canadian lit, vignettes and white space in writing, and what really makes a monster.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 226: Cucumber Sandwiches Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:  You're Eating an Orange. You are Naked. by Sheung-KingEveryone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka GalchenThe Centaur's Wife by Amanda LeducThe Seed Keeper by Diane WilsonWhat Willow Says by Lynn BuckleOther mentions:Shadow Giller PrizeHow to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham ThammavongsaGiller PrizeKuessipan by Naomi FontaineTournament of BooksA Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiJeanette WintersonAtmospheric Disappearances by Rivka GalchenThe Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey DragerDisfigured by Amanda LeducLitFest AlbertaThe Fabulous Zed Watson! by Basil Sylvester and Kevin SylvesterBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer2019 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal report about Indigenous childrenWhen the Light of the World was Subdued.... edited by Joy HarjoThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonBeneath the Rising by Premee MohamedAnd Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyn SaucierCome Together, Fall Apart by Cristina HenriquezRelated episodes: Episode 095 - Lose the Outside World with Lindy Pratch Episode 124 - Mush Creatures with Lindy PratchEpisode 159 - Reading Doorways with LindyEpisode 196 - Miscommunication with Lindy Episode 221 - Joint Poetry Readalong with Book CougarsEpisode 223 - Cicada Season with Rachel Mans McKennyStalk me online:Lindy Reads and Reviews (blog)Lindy on Twitter Lindy is @Lindy on LitsyJenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Follow ShadowGiller on Twitter All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Reading Women
Interview with Pik-Shuen Fung

Reading Women

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 40:27


In this week's episode, Kendra talks with Pik-Shuen Fung about her book, Ghost Forest, which out now from One World. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books MentionedGhost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung Pick-Shuen Recommends A Feather on a Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi About the AuthorPik-Shuen Fung is a Canadian writer and artist living in New York City. She has received fellowships and residencies from the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Kundiman, the Millay Colony, and Storyknife. She has an MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Brown University. Ghost Forest is her first book. Website | Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio
[Full episode] Janicza Bravo, Isaac Brock, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Karen Kain

q: The Podcast from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 65:12


Director Janicza Bravo talks about turning a viral, stranger-than-fiction Tweet thread into the film Zola. Band leader Isaac Brock discusses Modest Mouse's seventh studio album, The Golden Casket. Souvankham Thammavongsa on her award-winning short story collection, How to Pronounce Knife. Karen Kain reflects on her career as principal dancer and artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada.

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Selected Shorts
Word Power

Selected Shorts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2021 59:00


Guest host Dylan Marron presents three works that demonstrate the power of words.  In “The Dancing Mind,” the late Toni Morrison talks about why writers love their craft, and readers love their creations.  Joe Morton is the reader.  In Canadian poet and short-story writer Souvankham Thammavongsa's story, “How to Pronounce Knife,” one word links two cultures.  It's performed by Deborah S. Craig.  And Ian McEwan's “My Purple-Scented Novel,” is a satirical tale about  two authors and one masterpiece, performed by Denis O'Hare.  Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Tricycle Talks
Inside Tricycle's Summer 2021 Issue

Tricycle Talks

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 66:35


In the latest episode of Tricycle Talks, editor-in-chief James Shaheen sits down to talk with four contributors to Tricycle’s Summer issue out this May. First up are psychotherapist Mindy Newman and translator and musician Kaia Fischer. Together over the past year they have presented a series of teachings from a newly translated Tibetan sutra. Through their collaborative writing practice, Mindy and Kaia have been able to explore psychology and scriptural exegesis, Buddhist storytelling, and guru devotion in the Tibetan tradition.  Poet and short story writer Souvankham Thammavongsa is a rising star in the literary world. Born in a Lao refugee camp in Thailand and raised in Toronto, Thammavongsa is known for her nuanced reflections on immigrant and refugee experiences. In this episode, she joins us to talk about her family’s history, the power and limits of language, dislocation, and loss—themes woven throughout her short story How to Pronounce Knife, which appears in the current issue.  In his feature article, “The Land of Many Dharmas,” Kenneth Tanaka, a Jodo Shin Buddhist priest and professor emeritus of Buddhist Studies at Musashino University in Tokyo, discusses how, for the first time, Buddhists from virtually every tradition can be found living side by side in North American cities. He explores America as a site of unprecedented religious pluralism and asks what this means for the future, especially in light of the recent wave of anti-Asian violence. Also in this issue: Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles—the editors of the anthology Black and Buddhist—discuss what the dharma and the experience of Black people in America can teach us about the nature of suffering and freedom; scholar Donald S. Lopez writes about how, for most of its history, Buddhist teachings have had little to offer social activism; and the photography of Burmese artist Nge Lay captures the collision of Myanmar’s past and present.

Red Fern Book Review
The Midnight Library, Klara and the Sun and Hamnet

Red Fern Book Review

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 22:48 Transcription Available


Join host Amy Mair as she explores three novels by English authors: The Midnight Library, Klara and the Sun and Hamnet. The Midnight Library is reminiscent of childhood classics A Wrinkle in Time and The Phantom Tollbooth. Klara and the Sun is a sci-fi exploration of memory, machines and loneliness while Hamnet explores the connection between the death of Shakespeare's son and the making of Hamlet.  Amy also investigates book matching making service Page 1 Books.Books and Resources:Page 1 BooksThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigKlara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroMunro Books, Victoria, B.C.How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham ThammavongsaGone Girl by Gillian FlynnHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellI am, I am, I am by Maggie O'FarrellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFollow Red Fern Book Review:Instagram: @redfernbookreviewFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/redfernbookreview/

Books and Boba
#135 - How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Books and Boba

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 56:22


On this episode, we discuss our April 2021 book club pick, How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa, a collection of short stories centering on the perspectives of the Laos diaspora. Souvankham's stories offer us a glimpse into a community whose stories often get forgotten in the greater conversation of Asian representation.*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba May 2021 pick is  The Silence of Bones by Jane HurThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

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The Cove Collective Podcast
Book Discussion: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Cove Collective Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 18:17


In this episode, we're discussing READ EIGHT of the Cove Collective Book Club: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa. This collection of short stories has a theme of disconnection with each story focusing on characters struggling to find their way in unfamiliar countries and cultures. We discuss our different takeaways from the book, the themes throughout the short stories, and how immigrants are treated by North American society.Purchase our “Forgotten Black women writers & storytellers” PDF hereFollow us on InstagramPurchase our 30-day JournalCheck us out on Twitter

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Books and Boba
#134 - Author Chat w/ Mia P. Manansala

Books and Boba

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 58:06


Author Mia P. Manansala joins us on this episode to chat about her debut novel Arsenic and Adobo. A cozy mystery featuring Filipino food and murder! Follow Mia at @mpmthewriter and pick up her debut novel Arsenic and Adobo on sale May 4, 2021!*Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba April 2021 pick is  How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham ThammavongsaThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

Social Sport
Episode 56: Indra Hayre, diversity & inclusion consultant, model, and founder of Inclu-SKI-vity

Social Sport

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 48:58


Indra Hayre is a Vancouver local, born and raised in the suburbs but has spent her adult life in the city and its' mountains. She works full time for Arc'teryx and is a freelance Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Model on the side. She advocates for diversity and inclusion in all aspects of life, and in 2020, founded Inclu-SKI-vity. Through Inclu-SKI-vity, she elevates the voices of traditionally marginalized groups in the snow sport community through sharing interviews. Additionally, she creates programming geared to breaking down barriers to entry for marginalized folx, focusing on creating psychological safety and subsidizing costs. Discussed in this episode: --6:20: the ski community was built upon wealth and money --Psychological safety --12:35: Financial barriers to entry in skiing --Good gear auction --Colour the Trails --Indigenous Women Outdoors --16:47: gender and race power dynamics in sport industries (ski shops, bike shops, etc.) --20:13: the beginning of inclu-SKI-vity --BIWOC (black, indigenous, and women of color) --34:25: straddling THE line between balance and burnout --37:08: merging diversity and inclusion work with modeling --How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa Quotes: --“I would have never thought that I wasn't good at these things until people questioned, or were surprised by, my ability. Because I was a woman, or because I was a woman of color, they unconsciously assumed my ability level and then were surprised when I surpassed that low bar they set for me. I don't think I ever thought I wasn't good at these things, or that I couldn't be good, until people were surprised by my presence and the way I took up space.” --“I never want other young Indian kids to not think that they're beautiful, or to think that they don't belong somewhere. I don't want them to think that the hair on their arms is a flaw. I want them to move through life a lot easier than I did, and I think a lot of that comes down to representation.” --Follow Indra --Follow Include-SKI-vity –Follow Social Sport: Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter –Subscribe to the Social Sport Newsletter *This episode is sponsored by OPE Running, an ethical running apparel company. Use code SOCIALSPORT at checkout to receive 15% off your order. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/socialsport/support

普通读者
Ep 20 番外篇:闲聊和吐槽

普通读者

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 43:12


大家好,欢迎收听普通读者。 在每一次录节目前后,我们三个主播都会闲聊一下最近读了什么书,在读什么。这一期我们录下了某一次我们的闲聊,大家可以随便听听。也欢迎告诉我们你们正在读什么书?最近有什么书值得推荐。 提到的书: 00:46 《以爱之名》姬野薰子 《82年生的金智英》赵南柱 03:33《弃猫》村上春树 05:08《廷巴克图》约书亚·哈默 07:09 Layli and Majnun, by Nizami Ganjavi 10:26 Interstellar Cinderella, by Deborah Underwood 11:48 Cinderella Liberator, by Rebecca Solnit (也是Men Explain Things To Me的作者) 13:09 Red, White & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston 13:52 The Last Bear, by Hannah Gold 动画片《百变狸猫》高钿勋 21:09 How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other, by Naomi Klein(也是No Logo那本书的作者) 22:31 The Other Bennet Sister, by Janice Hadlow 23:49 《海边的房间》黄丽群 30:35 《复眼人》吴明益 31:24 Never Have I Ever, by Isabel Yap 32:30 Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke 38:08 Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, by Alice Wong 38:52 The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, by Sun-mi Hwang 40:00《我本不该成为母亲》阿什莉·奥德兰 40:17 How to Pronounce Knife, by Souvankham Thammavongsa 41:11 Other Stories and other stories, by Ali Smith(还提到Ali Smith的《饭店世界》/Hotel World;《秋》/Autumn) 收听和订阅渠道: 墙内:小宇宙App,喜马拉雅,网易云“普通-读者” 墙外:Apple Podcast, Anchor,Spotify,Pocket Casts,Google Podcast,Breaker, Radiopublic等等 电邮:commonreader@protonmail.com 微博: 普通读者播客 欢迎关注普通读者的豆瓣: 豆瓣“普通读者播客”:https://www.douban.com/people/commonreaders/ 片头音乐credit: Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit:John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)

Writers Festival Radio
10 The Art of the Short Story with David Bergen, Frances Boyle and Souvankham Thammavongsa

Writers Festival Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 77:09


Join us in celebration of the art and craft of the short story. How do these acclaimed authors distill the human experience into such a concentrated form? How can they illumine so much of live's ambiguity with so few words? This episode features Frances Boyle in conversation with artsfile.ca's Peter Robb and Rhonda Douglas with David Bergen and Souvankham Thammavongsa. Following men and boys bewildered by their circumstances and swayed by desire, and featuring a novella about a young woman who rejects the laws of her cloistered Mennonite community, the latest from Scotiabank Giller Prize-winner David Bergen deftly renders complex moral ambiguities and asks what it means to be lost—and how we might be found:. The short stories in Here the Dark explore the spaces between doubt and belief, evil and good, obscurity and light. In Seeking Shade, the debut short story collection from poet, editor and author Frances Boyle, nuanced characters endure trauma, evolution and epiphany as they face challenges, make decisions, and suffer the inevitable consequences. Named one of the best books of April by The New York Times, Salon, The Millions, and Vogue, and featuring stories that have appeared in Harper's, Granta, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review, How to Pronounce Knife from O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa establishes her as an essential new voice.

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
First Draft - Souvankham Thammavongsa

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 52:13


Souvankham Thammavongsa is the author of How to Pronounce Knife. Her stories have won an O. Henry Award and appeared in Harper's Magazine, The Paris Review, The Atlantic, Granta, NOON, The Believer, Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018, and O. Henry Prize Stories 2019. She is the author of four books of poetry, Cluster, Light, Found and Small Arguments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Avid Reader Show
How To Pronounce Knife Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Avid Reader Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 52:48


A New York Times Editors' Choice, this revelatory debut story collection from O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa honors characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world." In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at homing in on moments like this -- moments of exposure, dislocation, and messy feeling that push us right up against the limits of language. The stories that make up How to Pronounce Knife focus on characters struggling to build lives in unfamiliar territory, or shuttling between idioms, cultures, and values. A failed boxer discovers what it truly means to be a champion when he starts painting nails at his sister's salon. A young woman tries to discern the invisible but immutable social hierarchies at a chicken processing plant. A mother coaches her daughter in the challenging art of worm harvesting. In a taut, visceral prose style that establishes her as one of the most striking and assured voices of her generation, Thammavongsa interrogates what it means to make a living, to work, and to create meaning.

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The Avid Reader Show
How To Pronounce Knife Souvankham Thammavongsa

The Avid Reader Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 52:48


Named one of The New York Times' "7 New Books to Watch Out for in April," this revelatory debut story collection from O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa honors characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world." In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's debut collection, a young girl brings a book home from school and asks her father to help her pronounce a tricky word, a simple exchange with unforgettable consequences. Thammavongsa is a master at homing in on moments like this -- moments of exposure, dislocation, and messy feeling that push us right up against the limits of language. The stories that make up How to Pronounce Knife focus on characters struggling to build lives in unfamiliar territory, or shuttling between idioms, cultures, and values. A failed boxer discovers what it truly means to be a champion when he starts painting nails at his sister's salon. A young woman tries to discern the invisible but immutable social hierarchies at a chicken processing plant. A mother coaches her daughter in the challenging art of worm harvesting. In a taut, visceral prose style that establishes her as one of the most striking and assured voices of her generation, Thammavongsa interrogates what it means to make a living, to work, and to create meaning.