Ha Jin — Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast, Season 5, Episode 3
In this special episode, taped live at the Miami Book Fair, novelist Ha Jin joins hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new novel, A Song Everlasting, which explores the ways in which politics and art are intertwined from the point of view of a Chinese singer who makes his home in the U.S. After talking about the current tensions between China and Taiwan, Jin describes how the U.S. has had a negative influence on this conflict and depicts China as a strong but rapidly declining force. Then he speaks about how, like his main character, Tian, he believes that producing genuine art is the best way an artist can leave a lasting political influence.
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Social Media (Hosts)
V.V. Ganeshananthan:
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Whitney Terrell:
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Instagram ➜ instagram.com/wsterrell9
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