Singapore's 'Sarong Party Girls' with Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York-based journalist and author of
Sarong Party Girls (William Morrow, 2016) as well as A Tiger In
The Kitchen: A Memoir of Food & Family (Hyperion, 2011).


She was a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, In Style
magazine and the Baltimore Sun. Her stories have also appeared in
The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Washington Post, Bon
Appetit, among other places.


In this episode, she talks about the glitzy and morally
complicated world of Singapore's Sarong Party Girls as well as
her career in journalism and how she's learned to appreciate her
culture.


This episode was recorded at Lesley University during Cheryl's
guest author visit for the 2019 summer MFA in Creative Writing
residency. Faculty and fellow author Tony Eprile speaks with
Cheryl. For more information, visit our episode page.