"It feels like I'm giving my Mom a star," Kalia said, as she affixed a new, shiny Minnesota Book Award star sticker to her memoir. "So it's really... very, very special. Neither of my parents ever ...

On Monday, her book took home the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction at the 2025 Oregon Book Awards ceremony. Parsons’ book has earned national acclaim as well, taking readers on an exploration of a ...