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I think being a writer is being heavily attuned to the absolute absurdity of things you take for granted, and I think that having actual parents who lived through the Cultural Revolution who are also interested in literature, they're also very attuned to those moments.

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In my mind, scatological writing is a core of the English canon.

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Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.

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While I was growing up in Flushing, Queens, we socialized exclusively with other Chinese immigrants. I was forbidden to make contact with nonapproved, non-Chinese peers outside school. That was fine with me.

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Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.

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Our culture is bloodthirsty for stories about women in pain; we hunger for women to expose their traumas and to be rescued by the love of a good man.

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Coming out of the closet doesn't always mean liberation.

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Does self-acceptance ultimately require another person, or is there a kind of love that does not dabble in the dream of a perfect twinship?

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Visibility doesn't always equal freedom.

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The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where they've selected poems by non-white poets.

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Actress

Born: June 22nd, 1987

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