Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence & Grief w/ VICTORIA CHANG

The Creative Process · Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Tech, Sustainability · Nov 5, 2026 · 1h 11m

“What do you do now that your parents are both gone? And what’s left, and what are you supposed to do with the rest of your life? And I think that whole book was an exploration of those ideas and thinking through that. I think a lot of my books and works are me sort of thinking through things that I’m experiencing, and I think I came out of that book thinking, “Oh yeah, I’m supposed to live.” And I had to remind myself after they died, like, who am I without them? You know, I’m walking on this earth, I’m maybe walking an inch above the earth now, and I think it’s because all of that burden…