Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society-she has money, education, a killer golf handicap, and invitations to some of the most exclusive parties of the Jazz Age. Astonishingly crafted.'- Kirkus Reviews, **starred review**

Magazine | Library Journal | Culturess | Book Riot | Parade Magazine | Kirkus | The Week | Book Bub | OverDrive | The Portalist | Publishers WeeklyĪ Best of Summer Pick for TIME Magazine | Book Riot | The Daily Beast CART captions and ASL interpretation will be available.A Most Anticipated in 2021 Pick for Oprah Magazine | USA Today | Buzzfeed | Greatist | BookPage | PopSugar | Bustle | The Nerd Daily | Literary Hub | Ms. *This event will be live-streamed on Zoom. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and the Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy. These days, she lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. Her short story, “Neither Witch nor Fairy” was on the 2014 Otherwise (formerly Tiptree) Award Honor List. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Uncanny Magazine, PodCastle, Lightspeed, and Fireside. Nghi Vo is the author of the The Chosen and the Beautiful (her first novel) and the novellas The Empress of Salt and Fortune and When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (Tordotcom, 2020). Order a fiction subscription by June 2nd to get this book. Books Are Magic’s Monthly Magic Book Subscription sends a new, hardcover, carefully curated book each month in your choice of 6 different genres. The Chosen and the Beautiful is Books Are Magic’s June fiction book subscription pick. Kuang, an award-winning author of the Poppy War trilogy, and a translator and scholar. Nghi will be joined in conversation by R.

This queer, speculative Great Gatsby retelling remixes and reinvents a classic, “subvert and expand the possibilities of an American story” (K-Ming Chang). In June, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop joins Books Are Magic to celebrate the launch of Nghi Vo‘s highly anticipated new novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful.

The chosen beautiful