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Poetry was my dirty little secret when I was a fiction writer at Iowa, and then fiction became my dirty little secret when I started writing more poetry and working for 'Rookie'.

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With nonfiction, I had to learn how to be a clear communicator, but it was also a relief to be able to articulate some of my political ideas and beliefs. I also try to do that in my fiction, but I'm more interested in asking questions that lead to more questions, mysteries that lead to more mysteries, rather than immediate answers and solutions.

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Sometimes I worry that people who read my fiction think that I am making some kind of thesis statement.

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It's very Western to idealize a kind of love that does not come with any expectations, that still permits both the giver and recipient to be completely free.

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I wish it wasn't so natural for me to dwell on the past.

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I'm always interested in what is seen as obscene or profane or unfit.

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I don't think I can ever write about young kids anymore. I completely shot my wad there.

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The reader who likes my stories, I think they would see the violence on the surface, but I think they would also see a deeper violence - the one that's not as showy or as immediately arresting, but kind of the more unsolvable violence that lurks underneath.

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That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'

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Even when I speak English to my parents, I'll say an English word differently to my Chinese parents and friends than I do to my English-speaking friends - you know, I'll pronounce 'McDonald's' differently, because it feels right, and that's what I'm used to.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Actress

Born: June 22nd, 1987

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