Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty of the form is that one must create an entire world in five to 30 pages,… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is in competition with another Chinese-American woman writer of the same generation. A writer friend of mine… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
The big issue was cutting. I finally cut as much as I could, about a fourth of the story, and actually liked it. — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
I think when we engage in language we are engaging in something that is specifically and primally human. — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
Well, as a short-story writer, I don't think there are any weaknesses to the genre itself. I guess I would say that the difficulty… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
Be wary of feeling as through there is not enough room at the table. Oftentimes a female Chinese-American might feel as through she is… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
“She did not want to say it, because it made no practical sense, but in the end she went to Japan for the delicate… — ZZ Packer Copy Share Image
