In her debut novel, Underspin, writer E.Y. Zhao brings readers into the table tennis world. In it, we follow a young prodigy who, from the ages of eight to twenty-five, was taking the sport by storm. Until he abandoned the sport and ended up dead. Zhao carefully crafts a coming-of-age that questions the pressures of ambition, the complexities of intimacy, and the haunting cost of greatness.
Prior to writing her debut, Zhao’s work has appeared i The Georgia Review, Electric Lit, and Chicago Review of Books and she hasbeen recognized by the Georgia Review Prose Prize, the Le Baron Russell Briggs Prize, and various Hopwood awards.
We caught up with the writer via email to learn more about Underspin.
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