Tag: interview

  • An Interview with Julie Koh

    An Interview with Julie Koh

    Lychee Lui sat down with Julie Koh, the author of Capital Misfits and Portable Curiosities, to discuss writing inspirations, the self-help genre, K-pop and Hollywood film scores.   Who are your biggest writing inspirations?  There have been too many to name here. In the early years when I was aiming at writing dark bedtime stories…

  • In Conversation with Suzanne Millar, Director of Jatinga

    In Conversation with Suzanne Millar, Director of Jatinga

    By Courtney Thompson Jatinga is inspired by the daughters of sex-workers in Kamathipura, Mumbai’s oldest and Asia’s second largest red-light district. But the world premiere of the bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company production won’t be held anywhere near the its namesake, the small Indian village of the same name, but on the other side of the world,…

  • In Conversation with Miles Merrill: Chicagoan, Performing Writer and Creative Director of Word Travels

    In Conversation with Miles Merrill: Chicagoan, Performing Writer and Creative Director of Word Travels

    By Zara Khan and Jordan Daly   Miles Merrill is many things. A writer. A performer. A performing writer. An African-American. A mentor. The Creative Director of Word Travels in Sydney.   He brought poetry slams to Sydney, and his work touches on society, class and race and has been performed worldwide. Tharunka caught up…