Ling Ma

“Another self was needed to move into the future.” Author: Ling Ma Running the gambit from abusive relationships to surreal pregnancies, from secret worlds hidden in professor’s closets to intimate relationships with yetis, Ling Ma’s Bliss Montage is a psychedelic dream of melancholy and trauma, wrapped in a dispassionate voice that has seen it all before, and expects no better. While there isn’t a theme, per say, one might argue that a line of longing punctures each story: a longing to understand, a longing to be understood, a longing for justice, a longing for belonging, a longing for escape, a longing [...]