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Emiko Jean - TOKYO EVER AFTER

Emiko Jean - TOKYO EVER AFTER

Emiko and I discuss her latest book Tokyo Ever After, how drafting this book helped her reconcile her own identity, her writing process and how it has evolved, why it took her a while to write this book, what a privilege it is to blend in, how her stunning cover came about, viewing stories as “windows and mirrors,” and much more.

Emiko and I discuss her latest book Tokyo Ever After, how drafting this book helped her reconcile her own identity, her writing process and how it has evolved, why it took her a while to write this book, what a privilege it is to blend in, how her stunning cover came about, viewing stories as “windows and mirrors,” and much more.

Emiko’s recommended reads are:

  1. Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
  2. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
  3. The Ones We’re Meant to Find by Joan He
  4. Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
  5. To Little Tokyo, With Love by Sarah Kuhn

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Tokyo Ever After can be purchased at the Conversations from a Page Bookshop storefront.      

 

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