Souvankham Thammavongsa
Auteur·rice / Author
Souvankham is the author of six books. Her short stories have won an O. Henry Prize and appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, and Granta. Her debut novel is Pick a Color.
Pick a Colour
A novel about one voice, one room, one day. A nail salon worker who has a missing finger waits for someone to notice this, and one day someone does more than notice.
01
May 2026
FRYE Jam
Discover literature at its most thrilling and engaging: readings by our guest authors, accompanied by musical improvisations from Umläb and captivating projections by Carole Deveau.
02
May 2026
Like You'd Understand, Anyway
This event will begin with a Flash FRYE reading by Natalie Rice (Nightjar, Gaspereau Press), followed by an in-conversation with Maria Reva (Endling, Knopf) and Souvankham Thammavongsa (Pick a Colour, Knopf). Join us as our guests discuss clichés, ambition, paths not taken, and entertaining loneliness.