Most of the constraints are internal: the constant questioning of yourself as qualified to write about these topics, about this history, the feeling of whether you dare to criticise and express ambivalence about your own culture. Were there any particular constraints you overcame in achieving this? Queerness isn’t just the act of expressing your sexuality. I wanted to explore how queerness makes you see and understand the world in a particular way, how it makes you feel in relation to other people, how it causes you to move through the world differently. I wanted to depict all that interiority, the experience of being Asian, which can be something to be proud of-but at the same time can come with shame, ambivalence, even outright rejection. It was important to me to show characters shaped by a culture and worldview-and the ways in which that culture is processed through individual perspectives that have been formed by personal history, personality, social pressures, trauma.
But as a member of the Asian diaspora, you definitely notice when stories present an aesthetic as opposed to a culture. There’s a long history of western SFF taking inspiration from Asia, from Blade Runner and Star Wars to your secondary-world-but-actually-Japan feudal sword fantasies. Ok, She Who Became the Sun has been lauded for both its queer rep, but also for bringing east-Asian stories and history into the western fantasy perspective. Just for a bit of fun, could you describe your book in five words? Books like The Poppy War also paved the way, for which I’m extremely grateful.
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Not at all! I had a lot of luck with the timing, the book just coming out when there was a rising interest in Chinese fantasy due to the popularity of various TV series and translated webnovels. Thanks for picking She Who Became the Sun for a readalong! Really hope it was enjoyable.įirstly congratulations on the huge success of She Who Became the Sun! Did you expect to have such a great response? Welcome to the Hive Shelley! We’ve been hosting a readalong of She Who Became the Sun so it’s a great opportunity to interview you! She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her family. In 2017 she was awarded an Otherwise (Tiptree) Fellowship for a work of speculative narrative that expands our understanding of gender. Her debut novel She Who Became the Sun owes more than a little to all three. Named after the Romantic poet, she was raised on a steady diet of Greek myths, Arthurian legend and Chinese tales of suffering and tragic romance. Greer fell to the Rebels, 90-57, last week.Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian-Australian former diplomat and international development adviser who spent nearly a decade working on human rights, gender equality and LGBT rights in Southeast Asia.
The Yellow Jackets will be in action Thursday night as they travel to Byrnes High School for a 7 p.m. “A lot of guys filled roles for our victory like Parker Long, who had a great first half.” “It was a great win for our team,” Miller said. Greer High School Boy’s Basketball Coach Greg Miller was pleased his team’s play. Landon Moss led the Warriors with 17 points. Sophomore Cameron Woodruff led the Yellow Jackets with 17 points, while Senior Malik Archibald added 10 points. However, Greer had an offensive explosion in the second quarter as the Yellow Jackets scored 24 points to take a 30-17 lead at Halftime. The Yellow Jackets (2-2) trailed 11-6 at the end of the first quarter. GREER - After going 1-2 in a pre-season tournament last week, the Greer High School Boy’s Basketball Team opened its regular season with a win Tuesday night as the Yellow Jackets defeated Spartanburg Christian Academy, 68-38, at Greer High School.
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