Ai Jiang

Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer and an immigrant from Fujian. She is a member of HWA, SFWA, and Codex. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, and Uncanny, among others. She is the recipient of Odyssey Workshop’s 2022 Fresh Voices Scholarship and the author of Linghun. Find her on Twitter (@AiJiang_) and online (aijiang.ca).

What Language Do You Think In?: On Being Lost in Translation

Ai Jiang

The topic I’ve chosen isn’t one that can be fully explored within the brief span of this essay alone, but I will endeavour to broach it anyhow, because it’s something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. The idea of language itself is something I’m always trying to tackle as a writer, but I’m still having difficulties grappling with it when it comes to publishing and writing fiction, both how it has the power to alienate us and also bring us together.