“Unveiling the Unseen: Teresa Wong Explores the Extraordinary Depths of Everyday Life in Her Graphic Memoir”
LL: Right, what rises to the top.
TW: I thought that’s really interesting. I’m not sure that would work for everyone, but it makes sense to me. There were scenes from my memoir that have stayed with me for 20 years, and those are the things that your book will hinge on. I mean, I absolutely ended up working on a project for a long time. The other drawback is it will, you know, kind of drive you insane too.
LL: Now, so much of this book is other people’s stories, and trying to find them, trying to get them. You had this beautiful quote, “How can you ask anyone, especially your mother, to revisit their most traumatic experience and make a vivid, coherent story out of their pain?” And every nonfiction conference always has sessions on the ethics of writing about other people, and everyone makes their own decisions. But I was just curious, how you dealt with that very question that you wrote out.
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