Archive - Fiction snack with Vanessa Fabiano

Miss Liu's Gracious Ballet School Nr 2

Madame Schkaff refused to acknowledge either the Japanese or the war.

11 hrs ago •

Vanessa Fabiano

July 2025

"Chinese on the Beach" Goes to Bornholm

This September I'm kicking off a mini book tour with a launch event at Bornholm Culture Week. I’ll be talking writing, China, and the roaring 90s with…

Jul 23

June 2025

The Conversations of Ettore Scola

Notes from the archive

Jun 25

We're in the land of disease, man. The Americans are freaking out, stocking up on food.

Jun 11 •

Vanessa Fabiano

May 2025

The Gang of Four

They felt invincible for hours, ready to take on armies, slaughter enemy soldiers in the thick of a blizzard -- they were the blizzard.

May 23

The Sad Sad Ballad of Sing Song Ping

And there it is, the sad beginning of a sad sad end!

May 6 •

Vanessa Fabiano

March 2025

Monkey Business

Notes from the archive

Mar 26 •

Vanessa Fabiano

Miss Liu's Gracious Ballet School Number 2

But the opposite happened too. Once in a while a child arrived possessed of the raw talent to eclipse years of soul-deadening students.

Mar 14 •

Vanessa Fabiano

February 2025

Fish in the Bowl

Now in the midday sun she was wrinkling her nose and watching me intently for clues. Was I angry? Was I going to cause trouble?

Feb 12 •

Vanessa Fabiano

January 2025

American cartoonist

She said she was in Shanghai to draw a cover for the New Yorker.

Jan 17 •

Vanessa Fabiano

November 2024

Nov 27, 2024 •

Vanessa Fabiano

Debut story collection coming in September 2025

"Chinese on the Beach" forthcoming from bilingual boutique publisher Ybernia Press

Nov 11, 2024 •

Vanessa Fabiano

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