Bookends with Mattea Roach

Why this Pulitzer Prize winner is done with writing books

Tessa Hulls won a Pulitzer Prize for her first book. So why is it also her last? Tessa’s graphic memoir, Feeding Ghosts, unravels the stories of three women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, her mother and herself. It’s an emotional, complex and beautifully illustrated book that took Tessa almost a decade to produce. This week on Bookends, Tessa tells Mattea about following her family ghosts across the world … and why her next step will look a little different. 

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Listen to Mattea's interview on Gays Reading here: https://www.gaysreading.com/

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