Fate and Desire in Asian America
The satisfaction people take in free will comes not from their ability to choose, but from their ability to feel like they’ve chosen.
how strange it is that we are talking about a character’s agency
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
thankfulness
Tiger Writing
want
sheherself
before
feel
feeling
Mostly what people want from free will is control.
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
What Happened to Her? And the Strawberry Fieldsmother’s
Matthew Salesses was adopted from Korea and is the author of three novels, THE HUNDRED-YEAR FLOOD, I'M NOT SAYING, I'M JUST SAYING, and DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR: A NOVEL, as well as CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD. In 2015, Buzzfeed named him one of 32 essential Asian American writers. He teaches fiction writing and Asian American literature at Coe College.
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