4 Quotes & Sayings By Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Benjamin Sriduangkaew is a Thai-born, US-raised writer, editor, and translator. Her work has appeared in outlets such as Vice, The Rumpus, Black Warrior Review, MAKE, and the anthology 'We Are Everywhere', among others. As a writer she explores issues of race, sexuality, gender, and class through her fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel 'The Orchid House' won the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction Read more

She is currently working on her second novel 'Little Bones' (forthcoming from Little A Books), as well as her first collection of short stories 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' (forthcoming from Ecco Press).

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What is it that you long for best, that clenches teeth and claws over the ventricles of your heart? Benjanun Sriduangkaew
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What if I said I wanted a friend?' The ship crouches among the fresh-cut stalks. 'Or a lover? That's how you make a person, yes? By affection and intimacy. By touches like knives in a salted bed. Benjanun Sriduangkaew
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What do you do with humans? You eat from them just a little, if they are delicious. You delight in their flesh sometimes, if they are not tedious. Benjanun Sriduangkaew