"In our undocumented existence, it was unsafe for me to be fully honest about myself and my reality with any other real person. Fictional characters thus formed my safe circle — the place in which I was safe to be my full self. Overnight, I also saw all my loved ones and family disappear, and I didn’t know whether I would ever see them again. The characters of these books filled that void of loneliness, and in their presence I learned that it was natural to be scared sometimes, or lonely. They also taught me the power of storytelling, and of words."
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Qian Julie Wang
Qian Julie Wang (Chinese: 王乾) (born July 24, 1987) is a Chinese American writer and civil rights lawyer. She is known of her memoir Beautiful Country, which was published in 2021.
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