Mia Arias Tsang Launches FRAGMENTS OF WASTED DEVOTION

Join us for a launch event celebrating Mia Tsang and her new book, Fragments of Wasted Devotion, at Hive Mind Books, 219 Irving Avenue in Bushwick. Tsang will speak about and sign copies of her book.

In this debut collection, Mia Arias Tsang explores the complexity and torture of queer heartbreak. Flash nonfiction, fragmented vignettes and personal narrative combine to tell the almost-love stories of her young adulthood. From dusty university libraries to Boston-bound BoltBuses, and the icy grief of Somerville to the smoggy shores of Venice Beach, FRAGMENTS OF WASTED DEVOTION spans a country of desire, a galaxy of yearning, and seven years of failing, losing, and finding oneself in love. Featuring original illustrations by Levi Wells.

Books will be available for purchase at Hive Mind Books the night of the event. We ask that all books signed at Hive Mind Books events be purchased from Hive Mind Books. If you already have the book, we ask that you buy something else at the store while here, if it’s within your means. Thank you for supporting an independent queer bookstore!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MIA ARIAS TSANG is a writer and freelance editor based in New York City. Her work explores themes of queer desire, intimacy, and disconnect. A Tin House Summer Workshop alum, her work has appeared in Autostraddle, Copy, Half Mystic Press, Fatal Flaw Magazine, and Broad Recognition Magazine, among others. She is the program manager at the literary nonprofit House of SpeakEasy and writes a newsletter called Overripe Peach. Her first book, FRAGMENTS OF WASTED DEVOTION, is forthcoming in February 2025 from Quilted Press. She lives in Queens with her cat, Peanut, and is currently working on a novel.ry Magazine, Poem-A-Day, The Nation, and elsewhere. She lives with her many houseplants in New York City.