Books: Traversing the Southern Gothic Landscape How does a Chinese American who has never set foot in Mississippi write an entire novel featuring black characters set in the Deep South during the early 20th century? Writer Bill Cheng wields a certain brand of gothic magic to accomplish this unusual feat in his debut novel Southern Cross the Dog . “You have to write toward your interests,” says Cheng in an interview with Book Page, an ...
July 4, 2013 - Hyphen Magazine