"For this new short story collection, I wanted to write a series of interconnected stories that also commented on Asia, but from a more gritty, grounded perspective (while still allowing for some fantastical happenings)."
Read the interview →Conversations about my fiction, books and influences, and the cross-cultural experience that shapes my writing. Currently featuring interviews conducted in support of China Girl and Other Stories.
“I tried to present a realistic portrait of an everyday woman in China. There’s a sadness in her situation, but also moments of connection and joy. For me, it sums up what China is about—it’s not an easy place to live, but it has a certain energy and rhythm unlike anywhere else.”
Read the interview →“My first direct contact with fiction probably came with the children’s book Goodnight Moon — my brain registered the unreality of the narrative, as we move from day to night in just a few pages, but I was inspired by its creativity, as time collapsed. I wanted to be on the other end of that exchange, constructing something that would give a reader a similar sense of ‘wow.’”
Read the interview →I join Janeane Bernstein’s podcast to talk about China Girl and my cultural/familial connections with China.
Read the essay →I chat about China Girl, culture clash and the future of China.