Publications
My debut novel, Doll Parts, is out now from Sourcebooks (August 26, 2025).
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Recent Fiction
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"Woody Guthrie is My Grandfather": South 85
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"Baby, Mama, Coffee, Nipple": Louisville Review
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"Last Call": New Ohio Review
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Other works in previous issues of Pank, Iron Horse Literary Review, and The Baltimore City Paper.​
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Selected Non-fiction
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Book Review, The Sound of Holding Your Breath by Natalie Sypolt: Still, the Journal
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"Vibes Can't Make a Book, but They Can Help Find Readers" Writer's Digest Online
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"The 5 a.m. Writer's Club": South 85
Selected Interviews and Appearances
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"Writing What Haunts Us: Penny Zang on Friendship, Loss, and the Making of Doll Parts," Thriller Thursday
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Q & A: Penny Zang, Author of Doll Parts, Nerd Daily
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"Penny Zang's Doll Parts: Dark Academia, Sylvia Plath, and Complicated Female Friendship," Bookwild Podcast, Episode 302
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"Penny Zang: Unfinished Business," Literary Mama Podcast
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Mourning Pages: a Substack newsletter about grief, writing, and motherhood. But mostly lots of loss with some humor and book recs mixed in.
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