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Vincent Chu

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in Oakland, The United States

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Contemporary

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Vincent Chu is a Bay Area writer and author of the novel NICE PLACES (Forest Avenue Press, 2026) and story collection LIKE A CHAMPION (7.13 Books, 2018). His fiction has appeared in Muumuu House, STILL Magazine, Pithead Chapel, PANK Magazine, and elsewhere. He is a Headlands Center for the Arts Affiliate Artist, Hambidge Center Fellow, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. Vincent lives in Oakland, California.

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	Like a Champion 4.50 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Vincent Chu and 2 other people liked Cal Lee's review of Nice Places: "Ooh I haven’t read a book like this in a while!! The MC gets fired/quits his job to travel for a year. Misfortune happens and he loses his passport on the way to the airport but decides to “travel” the world anyway thru social media posts. (Think eat" Read more of this review »
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Vincent Chu and 2 other people liked Mark Phillips's review of Nice Places: "This is, simply put, the best book I have read in quite some time. It’s clever, literary, satirical, artful, elegantly written — and still somehow laugh-out loud funny. I think a David Sedaris book was the last time that happened for me. The elevator" Read more of this review »
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Vincent Chu and 5 other people liked Keely's review of Nice Places: "NICE PLACES was a striking adult coming-of-age story that followed a burnt out corporate worker who embarks on an “Eat Pray Love” excursion, but ultimately experiences an unlikely adventure much closer to home. Meet Georgie Globetrotter: social media" Read more of this review »
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Vincent Chu and 2 other people liked Conor McNamara's review of Nice Places: "I highly recommend Nice Places by Vincent Chu. If you enjoy strong, complicated characters and well written, sharp prose, this book is for you. Chu is really skilled at capturing the heart-wrenching and the hilarious. Nice Places will make you laugh " Read more of this review »
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