7/5/2023 0 Comments Mooncakes suzanne walker![]() ![]() ![]() Amidst the supernatural mysteries and horse demons, these are the questions Nova and Tam must answer as they discover what they mean to each other. In contrast, there is a bit of innocence to Nova: she has stayed in one place her whole life and is only now starting to wonder if she could do more. Tam is a terrible punster who has been lonely and in flux all their life in returning to the one place that felt like home, they have a chance to discover who they are and what they want. But these aspects of their identity don’t make the story. Nova is hard-of-hearing and Tam is nonbinary they each have their own form of magic. T hey are both Chinese American, queer, and from unconventional families. It’s fitting, then, that Mooncakes is a story of reunion-two childhood crushes who find each other again and find out whether their friendship could be something more. Our creative partnership became a way to keep our friendship alive and thriving, the space where we could connect across the country. ![]() Dear readers, Mooncakes began on the eve of separation, in spring of 2015, as Suzanne was preparing to move back to Chicago and Wendy remained in New York. ![]()
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