Short Story: The 27 Club
My short story “The 27 Club” has been published at Fiction on the Web.
“They say there are two types of lyricist, those who write while overlooking a phosphorescent ocean, and those who write while staring at a blank wall. I always saw myself as one of the former, but that night, as I crouched over the windowsill scribbling in the notepad where I wrote all of my completed lyrics, the neon Shenzhen skyline refused to shine behind the evening shower…” You can read the rest here.
Short Story: “Li Lei’s Big Escape”
My short story “Li Lei’s Big Escape” has been published by Collective Unrest. It is inspired by a news story I translated in 2013. The central character’s backstory is borrowed/stolen from a chapter in Xinran’s “The Good Women of China“. The premise also comes from “Mr Loveday’s Little Outing” by Evelyn Waugh.
Chinese Song: “One Fine Day”《将来有一天》
Q & A in LARB China Channel
My Q & A with author and translator Christine Ni has been published in LA Review of Books China Channel
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