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Franny Zhang

Franny Zhang is a fiction writer in Boston. She handles various communications for MIT and has previously worked for Beacon Press. In addition to her own short stories, she is currently writing a libretto based on several Chekhov stories for Guerilla Opera. She has read at KBG Bar’s Lit Journal Reading Series in NYC, held residencies at Art Farm and Mise-En Place, and her short fiction has appeared in The West 21st Review. Her background also includes an MFA from Columbia University and a BA in Psychobiology from Swarthmore College.

By Franny Zhang

Consolation

by Franny Zhang

A woman came up to me on the sidewalk and told me she knew what my secret was. Which one? I asked. The woman said her name was Harriet. She’d lived on my street when I was a child, but she didn’t expect me to remember her. I didn’t contradict this claim, choosing instead to

Spring 2019

An Interview with Serina Gousby

by Franny Zhang

Thanks so much for taking the time to talk to me! I’m really interested in getting your perspective as a young writer of color who’s deeply involved in the Boston literary community. To that speak to that, you’re the Development Assistant & Boston Writers of Color Group Coordinator at Grubstreet. Can you tell me a

Winter 2018

An Interview with Tenzin Dickie

by Franny Zhang

First, let me say that I’ve admired your writing for many years, and I’m excited the rest of the world is getting a chance to see more of your work. For example, in 2017, you edited an anthology of stories titled Old Demons, New Deities: 21 Short Stories from Tibet, which was the first English-language

Winter 2018

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