Tk With James Scott

In her second novel, BURY WHAT WE CANNOT TAKE, Kirstin Chen depicts a family in China under the tightening rule of Mao. She tells James about her choice to tell the story when and how she did, along with trying to make people happy, learning to craft endings from short stories, dealing with cultural tourism, and, of course, writing in a cave in a museum. Plus, Michael Nye on the AWP conference, selling your book, scheduling your day, and writing longhand.    - Kirstin Chen: http://kirstinchen.com/ Kirstin and James discuss:  NTU-NAC National Writer in Residence in Singapore Little A  Matthew Salesses  Emerson College  Columbia University  NYU  Chairman Mao  The Great Famine  The Great Leap Forward  Drum Wave Inlet  Michelle Brower  Jamie Quatro  Zadie Smith  Vanessa Hua  The San Francisco Chronicle  -  Michael Nye: http://mpnye.com/  Michael and James discuss:  BOULEVARD MAGAZINE  NATURAL BRIDGE: A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE  University of Missouri in St. Louis  AWP Conference  Annette Bening  AMERICA