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Podcast: New Books in East Asian Studies
Episode: Fiona Sze-Lorrain, "Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories" (Scribner, 2023)
Description: Dear Chrysanthemums: A Novel in Stories (Scribner: 2023) jumps from character to character, location to location, time period to time period. Two cooks working for Madame Chiang-Kai Shek. A dancer, exiled to Shanghai’s Wukang Mansion. Three women, gathering in a French cathedral, finding strength in each other decades after the protests in Tiananmen.These six interconnected stories make up this debut novel from accomplished poet and translator Fiona Sze-Lorrain, who joins us today, sharing on what guides her when she’s writing, and the importance of the number six in this debut.Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a fic...