Now Playing: Book Launch for Monkey Around by Jadie Jang

Celebrating the book launch of Monkey Around, the debut novel by Claire Light (writing as Jadie Jang). Guest performances by Barbara Jane Reyes, Paul Flores, and Jackie Wong. Recorded on 8/5/21.

About the Book:

Barista, activist, and were-monkey Maya McQueen was well on her way to figuring herself out. Well, part of the way. 25% of the way. If you squint. But now the Bay Area is being shaken up. Occupy Wall Street has come home to roost; and on the supernatural side there’s disappearances, shapeshifter murders, and the city’s spirit trying to find its guardian. Maya doesn’t have a lot of time before chaos turns up at her door, and she needs to solve all of her problems. Well, most of them. The urgent ones, anyhow. But who says the solutions have to be neat? Because Monkey is always out for mischief.

Jason Bayani