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Jean Chen Ho, the Mary Routt Chair in Writing for spring 2023, spoke to Aspen Public Radio about Fiona and Jane, her novel-in-stories. “All the things . . . we’re used to seeing that dramatize a stereotypical immigrant story . . . I didn’t feel like I needed to cover that ground,” Ho said. “I wanted to write a book that was about friendship and identity.”