Tastes Like Seeing God

Coming on February 2, 2027

The Bear meets Real Americans in this coming-of-age story that’ll make you hungry—for food, for life, for forging your own path

“A canon-expanding odyssey of place, taste, and the infinite space a heart can hold. . . Tam’s prose is epic and irreverent; Tastes Like Seeing God is a delight.”

—Bryan Washington, National Book Award finalist and author of Palaver and Memorial

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Nina Michiko Tam is a Japanese- and Chinese-American writer who was born and raised on the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i.

Tastes Like Seeing God, her debut novel, is forthcoming from Viking/Pamela Dorman Books in 2027.

Nina graduated from Yale Law School in 2022 and now works as a civil rights lawyer in Houston, Texas.

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Literary: Danielle Bukowski, Sterling Lord Literistic

Film/TV: Dana Spector, CAA

Book out in just about six months so here’s the official author headshot! Photo by @another_c_in_the_fish
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First pass pages and life lately 💕
Still aglow from this day, the best of days, the best of people. So lucky to be surrounded by those we love and to have dined and wined and danced @another_c_in_the_fish 💛 Venue: @thirdsbk Photographer: @baileyqphoto Florals: @firecrackerfloral
Taking public transit to the best party of our life @another_c_in_the_fish Photographer: @baileyqphoto Florals: @firecrackerfloral HMU: @_sarahahn
Celebrating AAPI Month with some of my favorite Asian-American author reads that I happen to have in gorgeous hardcover 💛
Cheers to the most beautiful Hill Country wedding celebrating @zo__ed and Brian, we love y’all and the beer burros!
AAPI month hallelujah, reading three great books hallelujah, hawai‘i vibes for novel two hallellujah 🏝️
god bless texas, @fresaschicken, @tacojointatx