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Jul 2021
40m 12s

Interview with Pik-Shuen Fung

Reading Women
About this episode

In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Pik-Shuen Fung about her book, Ghost Forest, which out now from One World.

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About the Author

Pik-Shuen Fung is a Canadian writer and artist living in New York City. She has received fellowships and residencies from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Kundiman, the Millay Colony, and Storyknife. She has an MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Brown University. Ghost Forest is her first book.

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