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Tessa Hulls won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book. Her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts unravels the stories of three women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, her mother and herself.
Tessa's grandmother was a journalist in Shanghai during the communist takeover of China. She wrote about her experience in a memoir, which Tessa had translated to English. In the memoir, Tessa discovered a woman determined to take control of her own narrative, and to achieve the kind of spotlight that Tessa now finds herself in.
She tells Mattea Roach what it's like to find out you're a Pulitzer Prize winner ... and why her award-winning first book will also be her last.
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Tessa Hulls won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book. Her graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts unravels the stories of three women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, her mother and herself.
Tessa's grandmother was a journalist in Shanghai during the communist takeover of China. She wrote about her experience in a memoir, which Tessa had translated to English. In the memoir, Tessa discovered a woman determined to take control of her own narrative, and to achieve the kind of spotlight that Tessa now finds herself in.
She tells Mattea Roach what it's like to find out you're a Pulitzer Prize winner ... and why her award-winning first book will also be her last.
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Find us at: cbc.ca/arts
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CBC Arts on Instagram: instagram.com/cbcarts
About: Welcome to CBC Arts, your home for the most surprising, relevant and provocative stories featuring artists from diverse communities across Canada. Our job is to fill your feed with the disruptors and innovators changing how we see the country through movement, images and sound — and to inspire you to join in too.
