Spite in Bloomington, MN

"A masterclass in incisive prose. Rich with unexpected turns-of-phrase and deadpan meditations, "French Turn" waltzes through parties, relationships, and quiet betrayals with a cutting eye. Thoughts we've never had the nerve to say aloud, age-old judgments we harbor toward ourselves and each other-Chapman guides us through the weeds of the human psyche with wit, wryness, and grace." ​ - Eliza Gilbert, poet ​/ "Anjeli Chapman's writing feels like cracking open a fortune cookie: imbued with the sacrality of having stumbled upon a treasure and the spectrality of words that stick, trailing behind you in their haunting magnetism." ​ - Lydia Maria Makrides, actor (Netflix's DARK)