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Lee is a prolific and celebrated writer, editor, teacher, and radio personality who writes in an array of genres, including the literary crime novel, YA fiction, film criticism and poetry. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe End of East\u003c/em\u003e (Knopf 2007) illuminates the Chinese Canadian story in Vancouver. She followed this with a Young Adult novel, \u003cem\u003eShelter\u003c/em\u003e (Annick Press, 2011), and another for adults, \u003cem\u003eThe Better Mother\u003c/em\u003e (Knopf, 2011), a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award and praised for its “straight-ahead page-turning brilliance.” Her literary crime novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Conjoined\u003c/em\u003e(ECW press, 2016), was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and has been praised for its “complex, refreshing and relevant departure” from the expectations of the genre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLee’s writing and editing projects also include \u003cem\u003eChinese New Year\u003c/em\u003e; a book of film criticism called \u003cem\u003eGentlemen Of The Shade: My Own Private Idaho\u003c/em\u003e (ECW Press, 2017); and \u003cem\u003eWhatever Gets You Through\u003c/em\u003e, a collection of essays by writers who have survived sexual abuse (co-edited with Stacey May Fowles, Greystone Books, 2019). Lee also edits fiction for Wolsak \u0026amp; Wynn, teaches fiction at The Writers’ Studio Online at Simon Fraser University, and co-hosts the literary podcast \"Can’t Lit.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, Lee is also a popular CBC Radio personality: she has been a regular contributor on The Next Chapter and Definitely Not the Opera, and a frequent co-host for the Studio One Book Club. 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For further questions and/or requesting permission, please contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:cdnlit@ualberta.ca\"\u003eCentre for Literatures in Canada\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Series or Event Name"]},"value":{"en":["Inside the Bag: CLC Reading Series","Fall 2020: CLC Reading Series"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eJen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver\u0026rsquo;s East Side, and currently lives with her son in North Burnaby. Lee is a prolific and celebrated writer, editor, teacher, and radio personality who writes in an array of genres, including the literary crime novel, YA fiction, film criticism and poetry. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eThe End of East\u003c/em\u003e (Knopf 2007) illuminates the Chinese Canadian story in Vancouver. She followed this with a Young Adult novel, \u003cem\u003eShelter\u003c/em\u003e (Annick Press, 2011), and another for adults, \u003cem\u003eThe Better Mother\u003c/em\u003e (Knopf, 2011), a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award and praised for its \u0026ldquo;straight-ahead page-turning brilliance.\u0026rdquo; Her literary crime novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Conjoined\u003c/em\u003e(ECW press, 2016), was nominated for the International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and has been praised for its \u0026ldquo;complex, refreshing and relevant departure\u0026rdquo; from the expectations of the genre.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLee\u0026rsquo;s writing and editing projects also include \u003cem\u003eChinese New Year\u003c/em\u003e; a book of film criticism called \u003cem\u003eGentlemen Of The Shade: My Own Private Idaho\u003c/em\u003e (ECW Press, 2017); and \u003cem\u003eWhatever Gets You Through\u003c/em\u003e, a collection of essays by writers who have survived sexual abuse (co-edited with Stacey May Fowles, Greystone Books, 2019). Lee also edits fiction for Wolsak \u0026amp; Wynn, teaches fiction at The Writers\u0026rsquo; Studio Online at Simon Fraser University, and co-hosts the literary podcast \"Can\u0026rsquo;t Lit.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd finally, Lee is also a popular CBC Radio personality: she has been a regular contributor on The Next Chapter and Definitely Not the Opera, and a frequent co-host for the Studio One Book Club. In this podcast, Lee reads from The Conjoined as well as her forthcoming collection of poetry, and reflects on the impact of the pandemic on her writing life, the role of art and literature in these times, and must-reads of the moment.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en\"\u003eIn Copyright\u003c/a\u003e. 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The Canadian Literature Centre is based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=22.559,29.04"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Canada. Known to many as Amiskwitchi-Wiskegan, Edmonton is located on Treaty 6 territory","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=29.28,36.72"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and the Métis Nation of Alberta District 4. Like so many other live readings this year,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=36.72,43.2"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the CLC's Brown Bag Lunch Reading Series has been affected by COVID-19. Instead of our monthly","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=43.759,51.119"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"program hosting writers from across Canada at the University of Alberta, we're pleased to offer you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=51.119,57.68"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"our 2020-21 series in podcast form, delivered right to your living room or kitchen. We hope","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=57.68,65.279"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"that you enjoy this chance to connect with authors from across the country. Today's featured author","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=65.279,71.839"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"is Jen Suk Fong Lee, a prolific and celebrated writer, editor, teacher, and radio personality","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=71.839,78.08"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"from Vancouver. Lee has worked in a wide array of genres including the literary crime novel,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=78.08,84.639"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"YA fiction, film criticism, and a forthcoming collection of poetry, of which we get a sneak","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=84.639,90.4"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"preview here. She is best known for her novels The End of the East, a story of the Chinese Canadian","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=90.4,96.879"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"community in Vancouver, The Better Mother, Shelter, and The Conjoined. Her novels have been praised for","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=96.879,104.16"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"their emotional power and page-turning brilliance and nominated for several prestigious awards.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=104.16,110.08"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Her crime novel The Conjoined has been described as a complex, refreshing, and relevant departure","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=110.959,116.959"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"from the expectations of genre. Many listeners will also know Lee as a popular CBC radio","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=116.959,124.72"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"personality. She's a regular contributor on The Next Chapter and Definitely Not the Opera,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=124.72,130.32"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and a frequent co-host for the Studio One Book Club. Lee reads to us and reflects on writing","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=130.32,136.96"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and reading during the pandemic from Vancouver.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=136.96,140.0"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Canadian Literature Centre's Brown Bag Lunch Reading","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=145.199,149.679"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Series, which is now a podcast. How exciting that I get to do a podcast. That's a joke,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=149.679,155.279"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"because I already do a podcast. Hello, everybody. My name is Jen Suk Fong Lee,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=155.279,160.639"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and you may know my work from my three novels, The End of the East, The Better Mother,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=160.639,164.88"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and The Conjoined. These are what I call my Chinatown trilogy. All three are set in Vancouver's","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=164.88,172.32"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Chinatown, which in many ways could be the Chinatown in any major city across the world.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=172.32,176.72"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"If there's anything I've learned from my travels over these years is that pretty much every major","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=176.72,183.36"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"city's Chinatown shares very many characteristics, which I love. 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Sometimes people ask me why I decided to set most of my fiction in Chinatown.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=189.119,197.52"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/29","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It was always really important for me to ground my novels in that setting, which is where","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=198.72,202.88"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/30","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"my family has its origins, and it's sort of where I feel most at home writing about. 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Row houses stuffed full of quaint wooden details and wireless technology.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1051.85,1058.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/184","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nothing a welfare or disability check could possibly pay for.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1058.85,1062.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/185","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Nothing changed, except there was now silence where her mother's wobbly alto should have been.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1062.85,1067.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/186","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Jessica called down the stairs.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1067.85,1069.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/187","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Dad, do you need some help?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1069.85,1071.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/188","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"No, I'm fine. I'm just getting ready to deal with the freezers. What kind of meat do you think I'll find in there?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1071.85,1076.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/189","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Well, I'm afraid to guess.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1076.85,1078.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/190","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Me too.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1078.85,1079.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/191","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you want something to drink? 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I assume many, because dogs are the best.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1481.85,1486.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/271","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I have a dog currently named Rosie, a little rescue from Mexico,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1486.85,1491.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/272","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"but my dog before that was named Molly, and she was a big shepherdy rescue also,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1491.85,1496.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/273","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and I got her in my 20s, and she died, I guess it was three years ago now,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1496.85,1505.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/274","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and it was one of those things where I really felt like I'd lost a partner.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674#t=1505.85,1510.85"},{"id":"https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1823/collection_resources/86402/file/174674/transcript/78879/annotation/275","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"There was a lot of grief. 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