From the Archive: Esmé Weijun Wang

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Esmé Weijun Wang's debut novel The Border of Paradise was one of my favorite books of 2016. A multigenerational epic centered on an interracial family, the Nowaks, this book touches on so many profound topics, from mental illness to intergenerational trauma to culture clash to the very question of what it means to be a family, all done in stunningly beautiful prose. Esmé and I had a great conversation about her book in the first segment, and in the second segment we chatted about our favorite social media platform: Twitter.

(This episode was originally released on September 14, 2016. Conversation recorded July 19, 2016.)

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Show Notes:

• Esmé Weijun Wang
• Esmé Weijun Wang - The Border of Paradise
• Esmé Weijun Wang - The Collected Schizophrenias
• The Rawness of Remembering guided e-course (33% off with coupon code GOODBYE2020)
• Esmé Weijun Wang - With Love and Squalor (e-letter)
• Heather Havrilesky - Ask Polly
• Esmé Weijun Wang - “You Are Not Lazy”
• Esmé Weijun Wang - “I’m Chronically Ill and Afraid of Being Lazy” (elle.com)
• Esmé Weijun Wang - “Why My Novel Uses Untranslated Chinese” (lithub.com)
• Junot Díaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Transcript Episode Credits

• Editing/Mixing: Mike Sakasegawa
• Music: Podington Bear
• Transcription: Shea Aguinaldo