“Unearthing Shadows: Kim Liao Reveals the Haunting Secrets Behind ‘Where Every Ghost Has a Name'”
KL: The ghosts evolved as time went on! Much like how in the book, there were forces beyond my control to discover the story and find people and artifacts and texts that would bring me to my family, the writing process eventually brought me circling closer and closer around these questions of legacy and memory and commemoration.
Also, since this book is about a generation that has largely passed on, there are a number of people in the book who were alive when this project began and who died before it was completed (many over the age of 80 or 90!). So there is an effort there too to honor their lives and sacrifices and contributions. My dad passed away before I could show him the book, so he’s the one I think about the most with these themes.
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