Wen-yi Lee

Sep 27, 2024 | crimereads.com | Wen-yi Lee

Ghosts at their definition are an aftermath. They have always represented the unresolved, be it grief, guilt, unfulfillment, or injustice. They represent something that came before; as a result, ghosts are such powerful sites for conversations about loss: we all carry once-wases and could’ve beens. Article continues after advertisementBut a haunting specifically requires a subject; it is an interaction that makes a ghost tangible in the real world by the touches it leaves.

Aug 16, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Zen Cho |June Hur |Monika Kim |Wen-yi Lee

Reading Lists Female ghosts across Asia simultaneously embody marginalization, fearsome empowerment, and freedom from restrictive gender norms Though they’ve been icons of cinema for a while—see: Sadako, Shutter—it’s taken English literature a little longer to catch up to Asian women front and centre in stories of ghosts and horror. The prevalence of female ghosts across Asia has always interested me: how often their origin is rooted in concepts of failed femininity and spoiled maternity; how...