John talks with May-Lan Tan. We talk writing, details, sex writing, screenplay readings…May Lan is the author of the short story collection Things to Make and Break, published in the UK by Sceptre and in the US by Coffee House Press/Emily Books. Her fiction has appeared in Zoetrope: All-Story, the Atlas Review, the Reader, and Areté. She studied art in London and now lives in Berlin. She works as a ghostwriter.

Related Links

Things to Make and Break - CHECK IT OUT!

May-Lan Tan’s homepage

The Reader Berlin’s interview with May-Lan Tan

A Screenplay To Read

Recorded in front of a live audience on the terrasse of Tropez, Sommerbad Humboldthain on July 18, 2021

Thanks to Ziemowit Nowak and Torben Wessel for production and editing support.Theresa Patzschke for voiceline contribution. 
Title music: Jemek Jemowit "Meine Tabletten”, 2011