Episode 53: Jen Sookfong Lee (The Sequel)

This week on the pod, writer, editor, and pop culture aficionado Jen Sookfong Lee joins Makda for her second stint on GBR, this time to discuss her new memoir SUPERFAN: HOW POP CULTURE BROKE MY HEART. The pair talk about the power of saying no, fandom in the Internet age, and the relationship between nostalgia and memory.

Jen Sookfong Lee was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, The End of East, The Shadow List, and Finding Home. Jen acquires and edits for ECW Press and co-hosts the literary podcast, Can’t Lit. Her newest book is the memoir Superfan.

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You can order SUPERFAN here and listen to Jen’s previous GBR episode here.

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