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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Book Chat: Home & Queer Writing â "Ghost Town," with Kevin Chen
Description: In this episode, our host, Ti-han, invited Taiwanese Queer author, Kevin Chen, to talk about his LGBTQ novel, Ghost Town (Europa Editions, 2022) 鏟ĺ°ćš and its fever worldwide. In our conversation, Kevin shared with us how he first âcome outâ as a gay writer in Taiwan in the 90s, and how his writings was influenced by key Taiwanese LGBTQ authors and continue to be shaped by his migratory experiences in Berlin. He also told us how he thinks translation and the transability of a literary work can be useful in terms of authorsâ impacts on society. If youâre a fan of Kevinâs writi...