# Event Details - **Event Name**: Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for a release event with award winning writer Rachel Khong, discussing her new short story collection MY DEAR YOU.About this EventModerating this discussion is New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.Can’t make the event? ACCESSIBILITY:Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator.ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by Mar. 26 to request.Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com---------------------------------------------------------------------From the author of New York Times bestseller Real Americans, a brilliant short story collection about love, life, and the anguish of becoming oneself in a time when it’s so easy to be someone elseThe characters in My Dear You find themselves facing extraordinary choices in scenarios that range from the everyday to the absurd: The U.S. government injects all citizens with a drug that makes them see everyone else as members of their own race and gender. God does away with humans in favor of something much better. A woman adopts a cat who conjures the ghosts of her ex-loves. A factory worker decides to befriend a sex doll she is tasked with selling.These stories go deep beneath the surface, touching on the particular awkwardness of dating in your thirties and asking: What does it mean to be an Asian woman in America? Or an American? Or a human? Along the way, the characters stop to consider interventions from the supernatural, the earthly, the robotic, and the immortal.Playful, profane, and yet enveloped with profound compassion for life, however you define it, My Dear You takes on dating, marriage, and the pressures of having or not having children; intimacy, memory, race, and capitalism; living, dying, and being dead. At their very core, they are tales of love in its many forms: being in love when you’re not supposed to be, or not being in love but wishing you were; failing at dating apps or finding yourself in weird but wonderful lifelong friendships; struggling in heaven to remember your loved ones.Ranging from the sinister to the tender, these witty and expertly paced stories will have you laughing out loud one minute and reaching for your best friend the next. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/a8a9c3d0-ec67-11f0-9466-69fb9030cfbe-rimg-w495-h740-dc141a30-gmir.jpg Photo credit: Andrea LoRachel Khong is the author of Goodbye, Vitamin, winner of the California Book Award for First Fiction. Real Americans, her second novel, was a New York Times bestseller. In 2018, Khong founded The Ruby, a work and event space for women and nonbinary writers and artists in San Francisco’s Mission District. With friends, she teaches creative writing as The Dream Side. She lives in Los Angeles. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/a8dc1e70-ec67-11f0-a075-5dd995e599df-rimg-w555-h740-dc161616-gmir.jpg Mary H.K. Choi is the New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact, Permanent Record and Yolk. Her fourth novel, Pool House, is slated for release on June 9, 2026. Her writing has been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, New York and GQ. Previously, she was a culture correspondent for Vice News and has written comic books for Marvel and DC. She is currently developing her books for film and TV from New York, where she lives. Learn more about her at choitotheworld.com and @choitotheworld on all social, as well as Maryhkchoi.substack for her newsletter. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/rachel-khong-mary-hk-choi-my-dear-you/100001979263240633 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 13.61, max: 35.66, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Strand Book Store - **lat**: 40.73325150000001 - **long**: -73.99095319999999 - **full address**: Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events1/banners/426ab86d1380832525bc3e5bc54c873c1956a07b93cbfd1029f6ed31fb050630-rimg-w1200-h628-dcdf1830-gmir.png?v=1767859100 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You being held? - **A:** Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You takes place on Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Thu, 09 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, New York, United States. - **Q**: How much do tickets cost for Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You? - **A:** Ticket prices for Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You range from USD 14 to USD 36 depending on the ticket type. This is a high-demand event - early booking is strongly recommended. Here's a full breakdown of available ticket types:Ticket TypePriceAvailabilityGeneral Admission + Copy of MY DEAR YOUUSD 36 + USD 4 fee + USD 3 taxAvailableGeneral AdmissionUSD 14 + USD 3 fee + USD 1 taxAvailable - **Q**: Who is organizing Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You? - **A:** Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. Choi: My Dear You is organized by The Strand Book Store. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at The Strand Book Store's events? - **A:** Attendees have given The Strand Book Store a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. The Strand Book Store has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Rachel Khong + Mary H.K. 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