KUOW Book Club's September pick: Seattle author Daniel Tam-Claiborne's debut novel Katie Campbell September 01, 2025 / 9:00 am

The KUOW Book Club is reading " Transplants " by Daniel Tam-Claiborne this month.

The novel follows two young women — one Chinese and one Chinese American — on a university campus in rural Qixian, where they're both met with hostility. Together, they learn what it means to be their truest selves in a world that doesn’t know where either of them belongs.

It's an exploration of race, love, power, and freedom. Over the course of a year, the two central characters navigate themes that will feel prescient today, including migration and identity, and the complexities therein.

Tam-Claiborne is well-known in the Seattle literary community, serving on the board

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