flâneur

Interview with Amy Chua — Max Raskin

maxraskin.com · 3,414 words · saved by 1 readers

Amy Chua is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Political Tribes. Contents Max Raskin: I wanted to start with talking about memoirs and mentorship. What were some of the memoirs that influenced you or that you go back to? Amy Chua: I literally have never read a memoir before. MR: Really? AC: Yes. So when I wrote Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, which I guess is a species of memoir, I didn't exactly think of it as a memoir. I obviously got this completely wrong, but I thought it was such a higher form of literature that I was doing. I love unreliable narrators. If you asked me what my model was for that book, other people would say Mommie Dearest, but it was actually Nabokov's Pale Fire. MR: Really? AC: Yes. Because I love unreliable narrators. When my editor Ann Godoff bid for it, she said to me that the genre was sui generis. But she said the best way she could describe it is as a love letter to my daughters. And I don't know if

Interview with Amy Chua Dec 1 Written By Max Amy Chua is a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She is the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Political Tribes . Memoirs & Mentorship Contents Max Raskin: I wanted to start with talking about memoirs and mentorship. What were some of the memoirs that influenced you or that you go back to? Amy Chua: I literally have never read a memoir before. MR: Really? AC: Yes. So when I wrote Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom , which I guess is a species of memoir, I didn't exactly think of it as a memoir. I obviously got this completely wrong, but I tho

related reading