Ask the Author: Zoë S. Roy
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Zoë S. Roy
"There’s a long story behind my protagonist. In 1993, Gu Cheng, an exiled Chinese poet in New Zealand, killed his wife, Xie Ye, before he hung himself. The death of Xie Ye haunted me, and her acceptance of her husband’s lover in sharing their lives together puzzled me, too. I imagined that if Xie Ye had survived, she would’ve been terrified by men. "
Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang at https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2019/07/...
Interview with Zoë S. Roy, author of Spinster Kang at https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2019/07/...
Zoë S. Roy
Reading enough, living your life, and imagining the life you don’t know before writing.
Zoë S. Roy
Reading and writing to understand the human.
Zoë S. Roy
Read more books.
Zoë S. Roy
Thanks so much for your interest in some of my stories, Elizabeth. Here are my answers to your inspiring questions. The idea of interacting with adults made me choose the field. My experience of teaching deepens my understanding of people, but only has a ripple effect on what I write. I think I’m influenced more by what I read in my youth. I was fascinated in the classical literature and still enjoy old-fashioned themes, such as life and death, love and hate, as well as human conditions. There are too many writers to name… Reading their stories, I imagined the lives of the characters and experiences I didn’t have. I read some contemporary fiction and am willing to get inspired. :-) I guess curiosity about other human beings is my initial inspiration for writing human stories.
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