Interview with Lian Low

Jinghua Qian, Liminal, January 2022

I recall Dorothy Tse reflecting that there’s a perception in the West that Asian writers are expected to write about identity, or about place. However, she believes that to really gain insight into another culture, readers can’t just read 'realistic stories' but also need to read stories through their form. This insight resonates deeply with me, because in terms of my current work, I don’t see a divide between literary and genre. Writing spec fic and horror connects me to a sense of who I am, my roots and psyche where the world of the real and the world of the unreal isn’t so binary.