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Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads "Floating"

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads "Floating"

27 min

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/03/30/floating-fiction-souvankham-thammavongsa">Floating</a>,” from the March 30, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, as well as the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Pronounce-Knife-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0316422126">How to Pronounce Knife</a>” and the novel “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pick-Color-Novel-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/0316422142/">Pick a Color</a>,” both of which were winners of the Giller Prize.

Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story “Floating,” from the March 30, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, as well as the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife” and the novel “Pick a Color,” both of which were winners of the Giller Prize.


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