Winnie M Li on complicity and power in fiction

Winnie M Li is a Taiwanese-American author and activist originally from New Jersey. Her second novel Complicit is about a film lecturer in an obscure American college who once was on the cusp of a major film career. When she is approached by an investigative journalist about an alleged incident that occurred 10 years earlier, memories of youthful ambition and guilt arise.

Winnie talks in this episode about how the lure of writing about film was what compelled her to write a second (very different) novel about sexual assault. About how using the framework of the protagonist telling her story to someone else from the distance of 10 years, gave her an interesting perspective to play with. We also talk about the arts grants that have allowed her to pursue her writing.

Links

Complicit - Winnie M Li

Dark Chapter - Winnie M Li

Arts Council England Grants

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ProjectGrants

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/dycp

Winnie M Li website

Instagram - @winniemli

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