 Before she came to town, I talked to her about the book, a novel she says had once had the considered title, Suey, as in Woo Pig Suey. That was the title, the working title in my brain for maybe two years. But then when it came time to put it into the world, whenever I would say Suey to people, they would say Shuey, Suey. They couldn't get it right away.