454: Exploring Themes of Grief and Loneliness in a Neo-Noir Speculative Novel — Interview

Today, Lori is interviewing Jinwoo Chong. They’ll be talking about themes of loss and disconnection and how they relate to his book Flux.

Jinwoo Chong is the author of the novel Flux, coming March 21, 2023 from Melville House.

His work has appeared in The Southern Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, The Florida Review, CRAFT, and Salamander.

He received the Oran Robert Perry Burke Award for Fiction from The Southern Review and a special mention in the 2022 Pushcart Prize anthology, as well as recognition from The Sewanee Review, Tin House and Zoetrope: All-Story.

He received an MFA from Columbia University and is an editorial assistant at One Story.

You can find him on his website or follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

 

In this episode Jinwoo Chong and Lori discuss:

• Immigration as synthesis.

• What it means to blend speculative fiction and neo-noir genres

• How the immigrant experience helped to shape his book.

 

Plus, his #1 tip for writers.

For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/454