Side Streams
Forthcoming from Little, Brown on March 30, 2027
At once a queer coming-of-age story, an exploration of art and friendship across decades, and a poignant consideration of diaspora, return, and what it might take to start again.— Eliana Ramage, author of To the Moon and Back
Majeed's shimmering, love-soaked rendering of the Bay Area soars; a novel to cherish and remember.— Sarah Thankam Mathews, author of All This Could Be Different
Yasmin Adele Majeed weaves desire, art-making, and noticing itself into this Bay Area immigrant community in prose so tender I felt as though I’d known these characters for years.— Nishanth Injam, author of The Best Possible Experience
Only one book in and Majeed is already an essential voice.— Anthony Marra, author of Mercury Pictures Presents
A sweeping yet intimate debut novel that explores family secrets, the bonds of friendship, art’s power to impact communities, and more.— Daphne Palasi Andreades, author of Lucid Dreams and Brown Girls
This astonishingly beautiful and layered portrait of community heralds a bright new voice in fiction.— Elaine Hsieh Chou, author of Where Are You Really From and Disorientation