Comments on: This week’s podcast: You need to read Chang-Rae Lee http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/ Personal blog of Jessica Zafra, author of The Collected Stories and the Twisted series Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:35:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: stellalehua http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-72047 Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:35:46 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-72047 No answer to the poll here, but I’m so glad that I got to hear this interview with Mr. Lee. There are so many moments that I could pick out as my favorites (Exeter’s creative atmosphere, having family in Korea, not writing in coffee shops, etc.) but there’s just something organic about the way he discusses his life as a writer.

I even felt like he got to answer my question about Korean culture quite positively, without getting all precious about it. (Hindi katulad ng ibang “batikang” manunulat na nakilala ko noong nag-aaral pa ako ng Literaturang Ingles sa kolehiyo. Siguro kung nagpaka-mataas siya tungkol doon sa assimilation/globalization/”Gangnam Style” ek-ek ay baka hindi ko matiis ang panayam na ito.)

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By: jaime http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-72030 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:00:38 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-72030 1. 92% to please the parents, 8% to feel responsible

2. In high school, he wrote a story about a kid who is lonely and away from home; the kid is writing a story to his friend. Chang-Rae Lee and the people he showed it to were moved by the story.

3. Diego Rivera, the mural painter

4. When you start to repeat yourself. When you have covered everything you need to cover.

5. a very good, very comfortable chair

6. For Aloft, he got a note from a black female bookseller in the south of the US. She mentioned that she didn’t know how the book did it, but she felt like she was Jerome Battle (the protagonist). He thought that it was a wonderful comment because it had something to do with the character’s essence and not his cultural background.

7. Writing satisfies some urge he has for creation and it gives him a way to think about the world privately.

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By: huge_fox http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-72006 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:38:35 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-72006 1. To please the parents (92%), and to have sense of responsibility (8%)

2. Back in high school (in Exeter), he wrote a story about a lonely kid, who is away from home and is writing to a friend. This is really emotional for him as the story really reflects himself, but when people read and moved by it, that’s when he realized that this is it, he could be a writer.

3. He compares it to murals, like that of Diego Rivera’s.

4. When he write a scene that is similar to the scene that he was written before, that’s when he become aware that he already covered that and a cue to end the story.

5. A good comfortable chair.

6. From his 3rd novel “Aloft”, he was given a note by a black female bookseller from American south, telling him that she feels that she’s Jerry Battle (the protagonist). This made him realized that the essence and spirit of Jerry Battle really lives and speaks to everyone no matter what’s the cultural or racial background.

7. To satisfy the urge.

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By: rusticrouge http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-71993 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:49:08 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-71993 1. He wanted to please his parents and feel responsible.
2. He wrote a story about a lonely kid away from home writing a letter to his friend.
3. Diego Rivera.
4. He knows when a novel is finished when he starts to repeat himself.
5. A very good chair.
6. His favorite compliment was when a bookseller told him that she felt that she was Jerry Battle in Aloft.
7. He writes because it satifies his urge for creation and it gives him a way to think about the world privately.

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By: sunflowii http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-71986 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:31:39 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-71986 1. To please his parents and to feel responsible
2. About a lonely kid away from home and writing a letter to a friend
3. Diego Rivera – a mural
4. When you start repeating yourself
5. Good chairs
6. Reader was a black female bookseller in the South who wrote that she feels like she is Jerry – character from his 3rd novel
7. Because it satisfies some urge for creation and it allows him to think about the world.

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By: nativereader http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-71978 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:53:33 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-71978 1. He got a job on Wallstreet to please his parents (and to feel responsible).
2. He wrote a short story in high school about a lonely kid who was away from home and writing a letter to his friend.
3. Diego Rivera
4. “You know when a thing is finished when you start to repeat yourself”
5. “Very good chairs”
6. “I don’t know how this book did it but after reading Jerry Battle’s story, I must say that I feel that I am Jerry Battle.”
7. It satisfies the urge he has for creation. It gives him a way to think about the world privately.

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By: makarena http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-71966 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:35:08 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-71966 1. “92% to please the parents, and 8% to feel responsible”
2. He wrote this one story in high school about a lonely kid who’s writing a letter to his friend.
3. Diego Rivera. He said it’s like making a mural.
4. When he starts repeating himself (i.e., a similar scene)
5. A very comfortable chair.
6. A female bookseller from the South of America wrote to him and said she feels like she is the character in the book (Aloft).
7. For the creative surge. He said writing gives him a way to think about the world privately.

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By: scientist http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2012/10/15/this-weeks-podcast-you-need-to-read-chang-rae-lee/comment-page-1/#comment-71960 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:05:07 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=21156#comment-71960 1. He got a job on Wall Street because, coming from an immigrant family, he felt that he needed to please his parents and also to feel responsible.

2. While in Exeter, he wrote a story about a lonely kid away from home writing a letter to a friend. It moved him as well as the people he showed it to.

3. The muralist, Diego Rivera.

4. He knows a novel is finished when he starts to repeat himself. That means he has covered everything he wanted to.

5. A very comfortable chair.

6. A bookseller from the South told him that she felt that she herself was Jerome Battle, the protagonist in Aloft, his third novel. That made him feel like he had done his job.

7. He writes because writing satisfies his urge for creation, and it gives him a way to think about the world.

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