Hiatus Replay: Sui Sin Far — Mrs. Spring Fragrance with Victoria Namkung

Send us Fan MailWE'RE BACK WITH A NEW EPISODE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2023. In this week’s episode, Amy and Kim have a conversation about Sui Sin Far and her wonderful short story collection, Mrs. Spring Fragrance (1912), with journalist and author Victoria Namkung, who has her Master’s Degree in Asian American Studies from UCLA. Sui Sin Far, the pen name of Edith Maude Eaton, was a journalist and writer of Chinese and British descent who moved to the U.S. and began writing articles about what it was like to live as a Chinese woman in a white America. Learn more about Eaton and find out why, if you haven’t already, you should find a spot on your bookshelf for the still-very-relevant Mrs. Spring Fragrance. Discussed in this episode: Victoria Namkung These Violent Delights by Victoria NamkungThe Things We Tell Ourselves by Victoria NamkungSui Sin Far’s Mrs. Spring FragranceAnne Boyd Rioux in Episode 11Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Original Fairytales of The Brothers GrimmA Japanese Nightingale by Onoto Watanna (Winifred Eaton)Becoming Sui Sin Far: Early Fiction and Travel Writing by Edith Maude EtonNisei’s Daughter by Monica SoneLois-Ann YamanakaDiana ChangJessica HagedornBharati MukherjeeAsian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People by Helen ZiaSupport the showFor episodes and show notes, visit: LostLadiesofLit.comSubscribe to our substack newsletter.Follow us on instagram @lostladiesoflit. Email us: Contact — Lost Ladies of Lit Podcast