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English Department\u2019s Betsy Huang interviews science fiction author Ted Chiang, who wrote novella upon which film is based<\/p>\n \r\n\r\nFrom the film review in Worcester Magazine<\/em>: “‘Arrival’ begins with the mini-biography of a mother and daughter relationship, from the girl’s birth to her untimely death as a teenager. Pay attention to it. Beginnings and endings in this film are flexible constructs; time bends and memories seem unsure of themselves. What seems straight and true at the outset will be less so as the story unwinds.”\r\n\r\n

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Betsy Huang, associate professor of English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nOne person paying particular attention is Betsy Huang<\/a>, associate professor of English<\/a> at Clark University. In 2013, Huang interviewed author Ted Chiang<\/a>, who wrote the award-winning novella, “The Story of My Life,” upon which “Arrival” is based. As Huang notes, “The story offers a sophisticated thematization of the intersections of linguistics, memory, narrative, and … aliens.” At the time of the interview, Chiang was in negotiations to option his science fiction story into a film, yet despite his busy schedule he sat for two lengthy Skype conversations with Huang that resulted in a two-part article<\/a> published in The Asian American Literary Review<\/em>.\r\n\r\nIn March 2014, Huang and fellow members of Clark’s Science Fiction Research Collaborative<\/a> brought Chiang to campus as the inaugural speaker in the collaborative’s speaker series.\r\n\r\n“Arrival” has earned Golden Globe nominations for its star Amy Adams<\/a> and for the score’s composer Jóhann Jóhannsson<\/a>. The film, which was released in November, is also being touted as an Academy Award contender.<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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