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Elaine Hsieh Chou

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Author of WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM: STORIES (2025) and DISORIENTATION (2022) from Penguin Press | she/her www.elainehsiehchou.com

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Jun 5

WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews! ⭐

"Chou is gifted at storytelling with a surrealistic bent ... Sharp storytelling that bends and blurs genre expectations."

Out August 19 from @penguinpress.bsky.social

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WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM | Kirkus Reviews

A clutch of stories that starkly question assumptions about our identities.

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 2d

I'm doing a special giveaway over on Instagram! Includes a signed copy of WAYRF, hat, postcard and a tote bag I designed 💿 Open until 10/11! Learn how to enter here: www.instagram.com/p/DPZ57DrgYr0/

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 8d

Los Angeles: tomorrow with @dorinnek.bsky.social!

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Wed Oct 1 @ 11 am: I'll be at USC in conversation with Dr. Dorinne Kondo, sponsored by @gssconsortium.bsky.social! Free & open to the public.

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dorinnek.bsky.social @dorinnek.bsky.social · 12d

Please join me in conversation with writer Elaine Hsieh Chou about her latest short story collection, WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM, followed by an audience Q&A.
@elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone in Las Vegas? 😊 Tonight with @tajjaisen.bsky.social!

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Fri 9/26 @ 7 pm: The Writer's Block in Las Vegas, co-sponsored by Black Mountain Institute, with @tajjaisen.bsky.social!

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 13d

I had to wrestle with mine, too! A writer's dream to hear what they hoped to create came off on the page 🫶🏼

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 13d

This is today!! RSVP for free to get the Zoom link 😊

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Sharing some upcoming events ✨

Thur 9/25 @ 6 pm ET: A virtual @aaww-nyc.bsky.social event with @deliacai.bsky.social!

RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-in...

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Mina Li (she/her) @codenameminali.bsky.social · 13d

Finished reading WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM by @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social last night. These stories are hilarious, chilling, and heartbreaking, with characters that have vulnerabilities I can understand all too well, regardless of appeal. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671593...

Where Are You Really From by Elaine Hsieh Chou: 9780593298381 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

*A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 BY LITHUB, THE OC REGISTER, THE MILLIONS AND MORE * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF AUGUST 2025 BY PEOPLE MAGAZINE * NAMED A MUST-READ BOOK BY THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS * THE S...

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 13d

Omg thank you so much, Mina!!! This means the world 💕

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Wed Oct 1 @ 11 am: I'll be at USC in conversation with Dr. Dorinne Kondo, sponsored by @gssconsortium.bsky.social! Free & open to the public.

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Fri 9/26 @ 7 pm: The Writer's Block in Las Vegas, co-sponsored by Black Mountain Institute, with @tajjaisen.bsky.social!

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 20d

Sharing some upcoming events ✨

Thur 9/25 @ 6 pm ET: A virtual @aaww-nyc.bsky.social event with @deliacai.bsky.social!

RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-in...

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you so much for having me, Brad!

brad listi @bradlisti.bsky.social · 22d

Today on the program, my guest is @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social, author of the debut story collection WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM, available from @penguinpress.bsky.social.

Official September 2025 pick of the Otherppl Book Club.

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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Andrew Higashi @andrewhigashi.bsky.social · Sep 5

Words can’t explain 🥹 We were deeply inspired by Elaine Hsieh Chou’s fireside chat for her newest novel, “Where Are You Really From,” released Aug 19. Highly recommend checking it out. She’s so personable, funny, & witty! This turned my day around entirely #booktok #sf

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Sep 5

❤️❤️❤️!!!

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tonight at 7 pm!!

Green Apple Books on the Park @booksonthepark.bsky.social · Sep 4

We have some great things coming your way in the next week, starting tonight! RSVP and find details at the following link: greenapplebooks.com/events/calen...

@elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @henricole.bsky.social @dapowell.bsky.social

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Sep 3

Tomorrow night! 🍏📚

Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

San Francisco 9/4 at 7 pm PT: @greenapplebooks.bsky.social with Ingrid Rojas Contreras! Free to attend, RSVP at the link below:

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9th Ave: Elaine Hsieh Chou with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

Oh I'm bummed to have missed you too Steve! I'm doing a free public event at USC on 10/2 but I know that can be far depending on where you're based. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send details!

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

San Francisco 9/4 at 7 pm PT: @greenapplebooks.bsky.social with Ingrid Rojas Contreras! Free to attend, RSVP at the link below:

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9th Ave: Elaine Hsieh Chou with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

Virtual 9/25 at 3 pm PT/6 pm ET: @aaww-nyc.bsky.social with Delia Cai! Free to attend, RSVP at the link below:

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[VIRTUAL] In Celebration of Where Are You Really From

Join AAWW for a celebration of Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Where Are You Really From, featuring Delia Cai!

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

Las Vegas 9/26 at 7 pm PT: The Writer's Block & Black Mountain Institute with @tajjaisen.bsky.social! Free to attend:

www.thewritersblock.org/events/47665

ELAINE HSIEH CHOU | The Writer's Block

An independent bookstore in downtown Las Vegas, offering free creative-writing classes to grades K–12.

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 31

I forgot to share my book tour info for WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM (@penguinpress.bsky.social)‬! I still have events in San Francisco and Las Vegas, as well as a virtual event with @aaww-nyc.bsky.social. Hope to see some of you there! I'll post details and links in the comments 💕

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Aug 26

@elainehsiehchou.bsky.social discusses literary community, the search for open space, and experiences of multiple realities.

Elaine Hsieh Chou on Literary Community, Identity, and Playing With Form

Where Are You Really From, Elaine Hsieh Chou’s stylistically complex story collection, offers intriguing glimpses into the ways in which we have become captive to a habit of continually evaluating …

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thank you @janeciab.bsky.social for speaking with me for @literaryhub.bsky.social! We spoke about the alternate realities of the diaspora, navigating publishing as a writer of color, when I worked as a background actor, screenwriting vs. prose and more 😊

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Elaine Hsieh Chou on Literary Community, Identity, and Playing With Form

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 21

So thrilled to see WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM on here! @literaryhub.bsky.social

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Nicholas Boggs’ Baldwin: A Love Story, Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Where Are You Really From, and Bench Ansfield’s Born in Flames all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. Brought to you by Bo…

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Elaine Hsieh Chou @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social · Aug 21

My interview for @writersdigest.bsky.social is now up! I talk about how the story collection came together, what surprised me about the process, maintaining a private relationship between you and your work, and more 😊

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Elaine Hsieh Chou: Writing Is a Private Relationship Between You and the Work

In this interview, author Elaine Hsieh Chou discusses having the space to experiment in her new short story collection, Where Are You Really From.