Ryan Chapman is a Sri Lankan-American writer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota. His work has appeared online at The New Yorker, GQ, Bookforum, BOMB, Guernica, and The Believer. He is a recipient of fellowships from Vermont Studio Center and the Millay Colony for the Arts. He lives in upstate New York. Riots I Have Known is his first novel.
Genres: Literary Fiction
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Where You Come From (2021)
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"A Speak, Memory for 'The Garden of Forking Paths,' Stanisic's tour of his lost homeland is imbued with wit and affection. He knows stories are all we have, and that some stories can't be bound by a single ending. A marvel and a delight."
The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan Orpi, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia (2021)
Max Besora
"If Cervantes and the Monty Python guys were shoved into the Large Hadron Colliderand Earth didn’t explodewe might get something like Joan Orpí. How lucky are we to be alive! And to have Max Besora!"
New Waves (2020)
Kevin Nguyen
"New Waves is not one novel, but several: an acerbic portrait of startup culture, a circa-now account of twentysomething life in New York City, a moving exploration of grief, and a clear-eyed appraisal of race, sex, and privilege. Nguyen deserves our loudest applause."
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