Ling Ling Huang on Speculative Fiction, Identity, and the Dark Side of Beauty

From Natural Beauty to Immaculate Conception, we talk about fiction, friendship, and the power of art to say the unspeakable.

This week on Sick Sad Lit, I talk with Ling Ling Huang, author, violinist, and literary shapeshifter, about speculative fiction, heartbreak, and the freedom of creative duality.

We discuss:

• Writing identity in a commodified world

• The sinister shimmer of the beauty industry

• Technology, transformation, and speculative fiction

• The grief of friendship loss (with my own personal story I haven’t shared before)

• How music, motherhood, and empathy shape creative expression

🎧 Listen to Sick Sad Lit below or wherever you get your podcasts.

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