Wei Tchou

Little Seed (A Strange Object, May), a memoir that combines the mythology, bond, hurt, and lore of one family with detailed passages about ferns (their pinnules, petioles, and spores) to create an experimental portrait of what it means to be—Chinese, a sister, a daughter, a Westerner—and what it means to tell a story of self that leads back to one’s roots, those distant, childhood memories, while also growing and going away, experiencing new life. Agent: Jenny Stephens of Sterling Lord Literistic. Editor: Jill Meyers. First Lines: “At the time of my brother’s first psychotic break, I knew nothing about ferns but that I had one and it was dying. I watched its seashell leaves wilt. They were jade, then chartreuse, then cream and sienna, like a stained pillowcase. I couldn’t…

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