Karen Ma
Karen Ma is a New York-based writer and film scholar specializing in Chinese cinema and literature. Raised in Hong Kong and Japan, she is the author of the novel Excess Baggage (2013) and a book of interviews with young Chinese film-makers, China’s Millennial Digital Generation (2022). Her articles have appeared in NPR, PRX’s The World, South China Morning Post and The Japan Times, among others. Ma is a lecturer of Chinese language and film and gives frequent talks on China’s film trends.