May-Lee Chai’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection My Hungry Ghosts

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. May-Lee Chai’s essay collection My Hungry Ghosts is an ever-smart exploration of generational trauma and racism. Megan Giddings wrote of the book: “My Hungry Ghosts is a stunning collection that weaves together memoir, history, prayer, and intuition. May-lee Chai has a poet’s control of line and image and the essayist’s ability to take complex people and situations and make it possible for readers to comfortably sit in nuance. A lovely, thoughtful book!” In her own words, here is May-Lee Chai’s Book Notes music playlist for her essay collection My Hungry Ghosts: My musical tastes were quite eclectic as I was writing the essays in My Hungry Ghosts. I listened to some Chinese…