“Whenever I’m writing, I’m really just sort of responding to questions that I’m asking, so it’s both reflecting and kind of shaping my life at the time.” In this Green Apple Books event, Lisa Ko reads from her latest novel, Memory Piece (Riverhead Books, 2024), and discusses the importance of writing about friendship, art-making, and collective history in a conversation with R. O. Kwon.
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