The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker Han Ong Reads “I Am Pizza Rat”
Oct 16, 2023
Listen to Han Ong, MacArthur Fellowship and Berlin Prize recipient, author of plays and novels, as he reflects on aging, family, publishing, attending a controversial production, and complicated relationships and caregiving.
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Caring for Aging Father Anecdote
- Han Ong shares a personal story about caring for his father and attending a class called Falling Naturally.
- This class helps elderly people learn to fall safely and regain confidence after falls.
Boone's Two-Person Mentality
- Boone, an African nurse from Cameroon, talks about his experience with being two people mentally.
- He explains how in Africa you must get up immediately after falling due to danger from the sun and people.
Father's Social Life & Protests
- Han Ong describes attending a Japanese restaurant with his father and his father's pride in not needing a cane.
- The father joins a Gilbert and Sullivan group despite political protests over racial representation in the plays.