Olivia Kan-Sperling

Olivia Kan-Sperling
OccupationsWriter, editor
Writing career
LanguageEnglish
GenresFiction, criticism
Notable workLittle Pink Book

Olivia Kan-Sperling is a novelist, editor, and critic from Massachusetts.[1] She has written for outlets such as N+1,[2] Spike Art Magazine,[3] Artforum,[4] ArtReview,[5] and Flash Art[6].

Work

Formerly at Farrar, Straus & Giroux's MCD imprint,[7] Kan-Sperling is a longtime contributor to and associate editor for The Paris Review.[8][9] She is best known for the novel Little Pink Book, published by Archway Editions in 2025, which featured in Interview,[1] BOMB,[10] and Los Angeles Review of Books,[11] among others. Kan-Sperling is half-Chinese, and identifies as wasian[1].

Bibliography

Fiction

  • Little Pink Book (2025). Archway Editions ISBN 978-1648230417
  • Island Time (2022). Expat Press ISBN 979-8985729795

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Olivia Kan-Sperling". Interview. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  2. ↑ "Toward Pop Literature". N+1. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  3. ↑ "Second Hand Lifestyles". Spike Art Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  4. ↑ "Queen of Kitsch". Artforum. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Baby Invasion". ArtReview. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  6. ↑ "Diane Severin Nguyen". Flash Art. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  7. ↑ "Five Years of MCD". Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Elegant Dirty Diary Entry". The Paris Review. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  9. ↑ "The Paris Review Has New Staff". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  10. ↑ "Little Pink Book". BOMB. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
  11. ↑ "Little Pink Book". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2026-08-12.