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• Thank you to Alexandra Grabbe for this review in Heavy Feather Review.
• The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern has been longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award! 
• I'm ecstatic that Honest Dog Books has selected Leah Fern as their January Pick of the Month in fiction!
• If you want to feel loved, The Seattle Times and Michelle Bear, owner of Edmonds Bookshop, recommend reading The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern.
• I'm feeling "warm and swoony" to be one of Washington Independent Review of Books' "7 Most Favorable Reviews in November 2022."
• I wrote an essay for Orion, a publication I've loved for a long time.
• Honored to be on this Washington Independent Review of Books list of 51 Favorite Books of 2022.
• I loved being in conversation with tarot reader Cecily Sailer, hosted by Malvern Books.
• Thanks to Mike Maggio at the Washington Independent Review of Books for this terrific review.
• The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern makes Bookworm's 2022 gift guide. 
• I explore my relationship with oracle cards on Literary Hub.
• Thank you, Jana Siciliano, for this stellar review on bookreporter.com.
• I write about carnival magic in "Consigning the fun-house image of myself to the past" in The Boston Globe.
• I write about 7 books starring characters with rare abilities on Electric Literature. 
• I answer seven questions in this interview on bookreporter.com. 
• Head on over to Writer's Digest, where I give 7 writing tips that also apply to life.
• Happy to have been on this podcast on the New Books Network.
• Thrilled to be in great company on Lambda Literary's list of "October’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature."
• Proud to have this sparkling review by Laura Moreno in the BayArea Reporter.
• Buzzfeed names The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern as one of the "Best Books Releasing in October."
• I wrote a "Letter in the Mail" for The Rumpus and answer some questions about writing here.
• So happy to have this Leah Fern playlist on Largehearted Boy's wonderful blog.
• Here's an interview on Writer's Digest.
• You can read an excerpt of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern on Nerd Daily.
• Here's a beautiful reveiw of The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern by Donna Meredith at the Southern Literary Review.
• Thanks, CrimeReads, for naming Leah Fern one of "October's Best Debut Novels."
• The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern makes the LGBTQ Reads roundup. 
• The New York Times calls The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern "an imaginative debut" on this newly published list.
• CrimeReads lists The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern as one of their most anticpated books for fall, calling it "a beautiful, haunting tale."
• The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern is in good company on Margaret Kingsbury's list on BuzzFeed: "The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Coming Out This Fall."
• Poornima Apte at Booklist gives The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern a starred reveiw.
• A glowing review and 5/5 stars for The Strange Inheritance of Leah Fern from Michelle Anne Schingler at Foreword Reviews.
• Mopsy Strange Kennedy reviews Let the Tornado Come in The Improper Bostonian.
• Let the Tornado Come is listed as one of Book Riot's "Must-Read" books.
• PsychCentral reviews Let the Tornado Come: "Chin's prose is lush and meditative... The complex construction of the memoir could have failed in lesser hands than those of Chin ... but their ultimate synthesis is remarkably effective."
• Oprah.com picks Let the Tornado Come as one of their "powerful stories to pass onto a friend": "There's a maturity and a wisdom to this memoir, from its braided structure that gracefully threads Chin's painful past with her present troubles, to her beautiful turns of phrase."
• Horse Nation interviews me about anxiety and the healing power of horses.
• Let the Tornado come is featured on Books for Animal Lovers.
• I speak with NAMI about anxiety and self-compassion.
• I share my story with the ADAA, an organization committed to helping people who struggle with anxiety and depression.
• Thanks to Holly Jacobson for this review of Let the Tornado Come in Dressage Daily.
• Tracie Hotchner and I talk about the healing power of animals on NPR's "Dog Talk".
• Dr. Pamela Brewer and I talk about fear and compassion on MyNDTALK.
• Ru Freeman asks me some powerful questions in this Huffington Post interview.
• My in-studio interview with Sheilah Kast airs on WYPR, Maryland Morning.
• Publishers Weekly calls Let the Tornado Come "luminous ... a haunting yet hopeful saga that shows how trauma and fear can transform themselves into enduring strength."
• Let the Tornado Come is featured as an ELLE Readers' Prize Pick for August.
• My NPR Interview with Meghna Chakrabarti becomes Radio Boston's most popular story for a week.
• Let the Tornado Come makes The Boston Globe Bestsellers list!
• The Boston Globe reviews Let the Tornado Come.
• The story of my return visit to adolescent treatment center goes out on the Associated Press wire, including The Washington Post.
• I chat with Marilu Henner on the Marilu Henner Show."
• I chat with Bill Kenower on Author2Author"!
• Let the Tornado Come is featured in several summer reading lists, including The Boston Globe's "Summer Reading Suggestions," Kirkus Reviews' "10 True Stories Perfect for Summer Reading," Flavorwire's "10 Nonfiction Books That Will Make You Smarter," and WallStCheatSheet's "10 Noteworthy Books Being Released This Summer."
• Book Reporter calls Let the Tornado Come a "powerful debut memoir," written "with a striking clarity of voice."
• Marie Claire published an adapted excerpt of Let the Tornado Come in their June 2014 issue.
• Let the Tornado Come is featured on Kirkus Reviews.
• Kirkus Reviews calls Let the Tornado Come a "lyrical debut memoir" and a "candid, graceful testimony to remarkable resilience." 
• I take the Page 99 Test.
• A fun Q&A with blogger Deborah Kalb.
• Morgtini and the big wild world reviews Let the Tornado Come: "it made me cry, laugh and sigh all in the same breath and it reminded me of the redemptive qualities of love in all of its many forms."
• Blogger Mary Gramlich reviews Let the Tornado Come.
• Massachusetts Horse says this in their June/July issue: "The language in Let the Tornado Come is beautiful, and Rita's lyricism alone makes the book worth reading. That it's a memoir of perseverance, that it speaks to all of us—riders, runaways, panickers, and indeed anyone else who's discovered that we all have the power to improve our lives—makes this a must-read."