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Apr 20, 2026 1 hr 3 min

First Draft - Rachel Khong

from First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Hosted by Mitzi Rapkin

Rachel Khong’s first novel Goodbye, Vitamin, won the 2017 California Book Award for First Fiction, and was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist for First Fiction. Her second novel, Real Americans, was a New York Times bestseller. She was the managing and executive editor of Lucky Peach magazine and edited a cookbook called All About Eggs. In 2018, she founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission district. Her new short story collection is called My Dear You.

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