![]() ![]() ![]() For a writer living through the terror and uncertainty of a global pandemic, in close proximity to the wildfires ravaging the American West, to correspond with a brilliant, young writer like Chang was to glimpse the possibility of a beautiful future.Īt a moment when many Americans love Ta-Nehisi Coates but have never read James Baldwin and others watch films like Crazy Rich Asians and Raise the Red Lantern without any inkling that they were born of books, it’s a delight to encounter a young writer who both knows her history and pays homage to her literary predecessors. Her responses, as richly layered as her work, often inspired more questions. She answered each set of questions swiftly, with depth, intelligence, and a sense of humor. Her emails were portals to the outside world. ![]() Like many, I was spending most of my time at home. In the spring of this year, shortly after the shelter-in-place orders were issued, K-Ming Chang and I began our email correspondence. ![]()
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