Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Good-Looking”

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Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads “Good-Looking”

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Souvankham Thammavongsa reads her story from the March 1, 2021, 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.

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