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Pick a Color

Pick a Color

Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Lit Hub Excerpts | September 30, 2025

Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more: 22 new books out today!

Lily King, Richard Osman, Ada Limón, and more: 22 new books out today!

By Julia Hass | September 30, 2025

“Life Is Awful”

“Life Is Awful”

Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Lit Hub Excerpts | March 19, 2021

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This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: <em

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How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa">This Year’s NBCC Award Finalists: How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

David Varno on One of the Finalists for Fiction

By David Varno | March 10, 2021

Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize.

By Rasheeda Saka | November 10, 2020

Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What's Real

Souvankham Thammavongsa Wants Readers to Question What's Real

First Draft Podcast">In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | August 10, 2020

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By James Tate Hill | June 2, 2020

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By Emily Temple | April 29, 2020

20 brand-new books hitting shelves today.

By Katie Yee | April 21, 2020

"A Far Distant Thing"

Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Lit Hub Excerpts | April 8, 2020

Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

Announcing the 100th Annual O. Henry Prize

Read Five of the Winning Stories

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2019

"Slingshot"

An O. Henry Prize-Winning Story by Souvankham Thammavongsa

By Literary Hub | May 16, 2019