Christine H. Lee is the author of a memoir (Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember from Ecco/ Harper Collins), which was featured in Self magazine, Time, The New York Times, and NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Guernica, The Rumpus, The New York Times, and BuzzFeed, among other publications. Her novel is forthcoming from Ecco / Harper Collins. She is an editor at The Rumpus.
When we read books, we look for ourselves.
If we don’t see a character that resembles us, we look at thematic elements and situations and feelings that bond us to the narrative, or for familiarity in the landscape, whether it be objects or hobbies we love. In finding a connection, we then develop empathy for the myriad things that do differ from our lives. This is how narrative works. Narrative burrows into our mind through an emotional door and an excellent story, and sometimes, ensuing insights stay with us for a lifetime.
Fiction by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
Fiction by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee