The chapter delves into the speaker's journey from journalism to creative writing, reflecting on their initial views on writing shaped by immigrant parents and the pursuit of a 'legitimate' career. It explores their shift towards creative writing, the influence of past jobs on their growth, and the changing perspective on personal taste in art as a journey of curiosity rather than self-definition.
Rachel Khong is a journalist and author whose latest novel is Real Americans.
“It's about the ways in which we miss each other as human beings and can't fully communicate what it is like to be ourselves. … And I think that's what makes it so interesting to me, to work on a novel and to spend so much time trying to get down on the page what it feels like to be a human being who's alive. … I think the effort itself is what human relationships are.”
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