In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González introduces the five debut authors featured in “First Fiction 2024”: ’Pemi Aguda, author of Ghostroots (Norton, 2024); Jiaming Tang, author of Cinema Love (Dutton, 2024); Michael Deagler, author of Early Sobrieties (Astra House, 2024); Yasmin Zaher, author of The Coin (Catapult, 2024); and Gina María Balibrera, author of The Volcano Lovers (Pantheon, 2024).
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