Featured in Sep/Oct 2026 Poets & Writers Page One: New and Noteworthy Books!
One of Debutiful’s 12 Noteworthy Debut Books for September 2026!
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“Mysore’s prose is hauntingly lyrical — hers is a voice that echoes through time . . . Mysore masterfully mirrors the looping nature of grief through her tightly controlled imagery and incantatory sentences. Taken together, her stories form a uniquely inventive collection that expands what contemporary fiction can do, blending realism and fabulism to reshape the boundaries between the living and the dead.” — Lael Flores, for the Southern Review of Books
“Here [Mysore] gives us benevolent ghosts and vicious ghosts, delivering stories with unsettled endings that feel both devastating and optimistic. The result is a collection that feels fresh and wild in its approach to themes of belonging, inheritance, immigration, family, and memory.” — Michelle Donahue, for The Common
“In these visionary stories ex-lovers metamorphose into strangling scarves and three generations of women joyfully transform into rainbow-hued squirrels; the dead refuse their deaths even as the living must fight to be alive. Every page offers something gorgeous, savage, and unexpected. Meghana Mysore is an extraordinary talent, and her work is unforgettable.” —Susan Choi, National Book Award-winning author of Flashlight and Trust Exercise
"Let All Our Ghosts Depart is a work of wonder. Kaleidoscopic and introspective, this book is a testament to the expansive and transformative power of storytelling. Examining grief and loss, loneliness and intimacy, the longings and desires of women, and the tarnished brightness of being alive, these stories are as multifaceted as memory itself.” —K-Ming Chang, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of Bestiary, Gods of Want, and Organ Meats
"Let All Our Ghosts Depart is a beautiful and imaginative collection, filled with characters who are longing to make sense of themselves, their relationships, and the losses that haunt them. With humor and insight, these stories ask us to reflect on what we owe each other and ourselves. A thrilling debut." —Marian Crotty, award-winning author of Near Strangers and What Counts as Love
“Let All Our Ghosts Depart is an extraordinary collection in its inventiveness and originality, and in its creation of distinct and unique characters. Meghana Mysore's glorious debut explores experiences of the Indian-American diaspora with beauty and precision and humor; she writes about grief and longing like no one else. A magnificent collection." —Karen E. Bender, author of The Words of Dr. L. and Other Stories and National Book Award Finalist
Listen to Meghana on Poets & Writers
Listen to Meghana on WHMP’s Talk the Talk/Writers’ Block
Read Meghana’s Q&A with Deborah Kalb
"There’s a strangeness born of real life that only fiction can reach; these haunting, wholly original stories illuminate the ways in which we both connect with and miss the most important people in our lives." —Sejal Shah, Story Prize Longlisted-author of How To Make Your Mother Cry: Fictions and This Is One Way to Dance
“In melancholic and poetic prose that reflects the characters’ psychic distance from the worlds they inhabit, the stories in Let All Our Ghosts Depart explore powerful themes through the eyes of women longing to find connection and meaning across several generations of dislocation.” —Jessie Ren Marshall, award-winning author of Women! In! Peril!
Read Meghana’s feature on Platform Magazine
Interview with Meghana at Liminal Transit Review
Interview with Meghana at Desi News
Listen to Meghana on Chirpin’ Time with Davis Shoulders
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