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Talking TaiwanEp 304 | Our Conversation on The Translator's Daughter A Debut Memoir by Author Grace Loh PrasadGrace Loh Prasad’s debut memoir, is The Translator’s Daughter. I spoke with her about how she started off writing it and how it evolved over the two decades it took to write it. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/a-conversation-on-the-translators-daughter-a-debut-memoir-by-author-grace-loh-prasad-ep-304/ A lot can happen in two decades. One by one Grace started losing her family members- her brother, mother and father. Her memoir is very much about loss, not just the loss that Grace experienced of her family members, but also her lost connection to Taiwan. When Grace was just two years old...2025-02-081h 00
Talking TaiwanEp 303 | An Excerpt from The Translator's Daughter by Grace Loh PrasadFor the first episode of 2025, we’ve decided to share an excerpt from The Translator’s Daughter, a personal memoir written by Grace Loh Prasad. Related Links: https://talkingtaiwan.com/an-excerpt-from-the-translators-daughter-by-grace-loh-prasad-ep-303/ The book opens on the eve of the Lunar New Year in February of 2000 and so it seems like the right time of year to be sharing this as we approach another Lunar New, the Year of the Snake. Here’s a taste of The Translator’s Daughter read by its author, Grace Loh Prasad, to pique your interest before we release our inter...2025-01-2606 min
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastMemoir and Imagination: Where Truth and Creativity CollideGrace Loh Prasad, Sylvia Brownrigg, Leta McCollough Seletzky, Tarek El-Ariss, moderated by Piper Kerman Moderated by Piper Kerman (Orange Is the New Black), four panelists share their process and experience of memoir as the telling of a true story, but also as a work of imagination. Our esteemed panelists, Grace Prasad (The Translator’s Daughter), Sylvia Brownrigg (The Whole Staggering Mystery), Leta McCollough Seletzky (The Kneeling Man), and Tarek El-Ariss (Water on Fire), have recently released memoirs that touch upon the authors’relationship to their parents—how they mourn them, imagine them, reconcile with them, and in the pr...2025-01-0950 min
She Rocked ItGrace Loh Prasad: How to Write a Memoir That RocksTwenty years in the making, "The Translator's Daughter" is Grace Loh Prasad's poignant and deeply personal memoir–and in this episode she reveals the real story behind sharing her own story! From pursuing her passion for writing through an M.F.A. program, to the path of publishing her book, Grace shares how her lauded memoir took shape and how others can also tap into the stories they hold inside. . Whether you're a writer, reader, or simply ready to tune into your inner voice, Grace's wisdom will surely inspire you. ____________________________________________Episode highlights:[00:00] Introduction2024-11-2738 min
Chosen TongueGrace Loh Prasad: I Don't Have Instructions for the Language I've Lost Grace Loh Prasad is the author of The Translator's Daughter (Mad Creeks Books/Ohio University Press 2024), a debut memoir about living between languages, navigating gloss and the search for belonging. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Literary hub, Longreads, Guernica, Brevity, The Offing, Oldster Magazine, and elsewhere. A member of the Writers Grotto and the AAPI Writers' Collective Seventeen Syllables, Prasad lives in the Bay Area. We discussed Grace's experience of living Taiwan as a young child and losing a mother tongue. She also reflected on the challenges of navigating between languages and cultures and the search...2024-09-0132 min
This Mama Is Lit!Grace Loh Prasad: Heritage and Home This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit literarymama.substack.com2024-07-3129 min
HTI Open PlazaThe Translator's DaughterIn this episode of OP Talks, Rev. Dr. Tony Tian-Ren Lin, talks with writer Grace Loh Prasad about her debut memoir The Translator’s Daughter (Mad Creek Books/The Ohio State University Press, 2024) and her life as the daughter of professor parents in Taiwan during the era of White Terror. Prasad’s father, a polyglot who was the first Taiwanese PhD graduate from Princeton Theological Seminary, translated for the United Bible Societies. Her mother descends from the first Christian Convert in Taiwan. Prasad talks about living in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States, and being a “third culture kid,” her aste...2024-07-3158 min
CrosscurrentsDental visits, dance classes and mental health / New ArrivalsFrom dance classes to dental programs, nonprofits are using familiar settings to bring mental health support to Chinese American seniors. Early intervention is helping elders and their families recognize and address mental health issues. Then, we’ll hear from Oakland author Grace Loh Prasad about her new book.2024-05-2921 minCrosscurrentsDental visits, dance classes and mental health / New ArrivalsFrom dance classes to dental programs, nonprofits are using familiar settings to bring mental health support to Chinese American seniors. Early intervention is helping elders and their families recognize and address mental health issues. Then, we’ll hear from Oakland author Grace Loh Prasad about her new book.2024-05-2921 min
The Academic LifeThe Translator's Daughter: A Discussion with Grace Loh PrasadToday’s book is: The Translator’s Daughter: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books, 2024), by Grace Loh Prasad, which is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an “accidental immigrant.” The family did not know when they would be able to go home again. This exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native T...2024-05-2353 min
New Books in LiteratureThe Translator's Daughter: A Discussion with Grace Loh PrasadToday’s book is: The Translator’s Daughter: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books, 2024), by Grace Loh Prasad, which is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an “accidental immigrant.” The family did not know when they would be able to go home again. This exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native T...2024-05-2353 min
New Books in BiographyThe Translator's Daughter: A Discussion with Grace Loh PrasadToday’s book is: The Translator’s Daughter: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books, 2024), by Grace Loh Prasad, which is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an “accidental immigrant.” The family did not know when they would be able to go home again. This exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native T...2024-05-2353 min
New Books in Asian American StudiesThe Translator's Daughter: A Discussion with Grace Loh PrasadToday’s book is: The Translator’s Daughter: A Memoir (Mad Creek Books, 2024), by Grace Loh Prasad, which is a unique immigration story about the loneliness of living in a diaspora, the search for belonging, and the meaning of home. Born in Taiwan, Grace Loh Prasad was two years old when the threat of political persecution under Chiang Kai-shek’s dictatorship drove her family to the United States, setting her up to become an “accidental immigrant.” The family did not know when they would be able to go home again. This exile lasted long enough for Prasad to forget her native T...2024-05-2353 min
New ArrivalsGrace Loh Prasad finds her way back to Taiwanese identity in memoirGrace Loh Prasad finds her way back to Taiwanese identity and heritage in her memoir. It also explores the primacy of language and being able to access a sense of belonging.2024-03-2602 min