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earning him the moniker Air

Pining for her magical friends and wonder filled homeland

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visceral prose style that establishes her as one of the most striking and assured voices of her generation

How to Pronounce Knife First Second she is also “the illustratingby Souvankham Thanmavongsa 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