# Gods of Want: Stories

**Author:** K-Ming Chang  
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## Summary
Startling stories center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women in _"a voracious, probing collection, proof of how exhilarating the short story can be"_ (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice)—from the National Book Award “5 Under 35” honoree and author of _Bestiary_.

**Quotes:**  
**“Wise, energetic, funny, and wild, Gods of Want displays a boundless imagination anchored by the weight of ancestors and history.”** —Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of _Sabrina & Corina_ and _Woman of Light_

**Awards:** 
- WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD  
- ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Them, Book Riot.

## Stories Include
- **“Auntland,”** a steady stream of aunts adjust to American life. 
- **“The Chorus of Dead Cousins,”** ghost-cousins cross space to haunt their live-cousin.  
- **“Xífù,”** a mother-in-law tortures a wife in her house.  
- **“Mariela,”** explores bodies in a plastic shark.  
- **“Virginia Slims,”** a woman from a cigarette ad comes to life.  
- **“Resident Aliens,”** a former slaughterhouse serves as a residence to widows.

## Insight
With each tale, K-Ming Chang gives her take on a surrealism that mixes myth and migration, corporeality and ghostliness, queerness and the quotidian. Stunningly told in her feminist fabulist style, these stories peel back greater questions of power and memory.

## Links
- [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/110490/9780593241608)  
- [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593241606)