by Terry Hong
“I think of an image, an event, a line, and I just go from there. I never have outlines. I never know where it’s going to go. The story reveals itself to me little by little.” Continue reading
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FAMOUS ADOPTED PEOPLE, A Story “In My Bones”: Q&A with Alice Stephens
by Terry Hong
“I was concerned the hegemony of American influence was changing the way the world thought, looked, and shopped.” Continue reading
Everything Here is Beautiful: Q & A with Mira T. Lee
by Terry Hong
I wondered if my cast of characters might feel off-putting to publishers, too bizarre or unconventional, and if it’d be easier if their cultural backgrounds were removed from the equation [but] my agent and editor never once saw my characters’ backgrounds as anything but enriching to the story. Continue reading
Café Leila & Beautiful Ruins: Q&A with Donia Bijan
by Terry Hong
“For too long I’ve been preoccupied with ‘belonging’ . . . I realized what really matters most is that which keeps us grounded.” Continue reading
Q&A with Don Lee: False starts, being radical & letting go of the small stuff
by Terry Hong
“I was trying to be subversive in not mentioning any character’s ethnicity … that’s how endemic the whole ethnic literature box was back then, this expectation that any Asian American story deal with discrimination or identity or diaspora. It’s still like that in many ways.” Continue reading
Q&A with Vanessa Hua: On Secrets and the Long, Long Process
by Terry Hong
“Stories are more entertaining, more compelling when examining those behaving badly.” Continue reading
Q&A with Vu Tran
“With a novel, the end felt so far off, always beyond the horizon, and that was a terrifying feeling. Eventually, I had to teach myself to be okay with that, to turn the uncertainty and fear into a productive state of mind.” Continue reading
