I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in terms of voice - their humor, their fatalism, their... well, that over-used term 'magical realism.' It's a wonderful… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama.… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects.… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
Music is very influential to my writing, as are theater and film. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a Filipino mother and a father who was Scotch Irish-French; you know, white American hybrid. And I also have on my father's side a great-great-grandmother who was Chinese. So, I'm a hybrid. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
Writers and scholars have emerged in recent times (some familiar, some new) to continue to challenge the notion of a literature that encompasses the… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
I love writing dialogue, and I think a lot of my writing is visual and very cinematic. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough. — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
