Yiyun Li

novelist and short-story writer

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Beijing born Yiyun Li is a novelist and short story writer, and a 2010 MacArthur Foundation fellow.

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Novelist Yiyun Li shares her journey as a writer and how the subtleties and joys she’s found in writing, storytelling, books, and gardening have helped navigate the profoundest of…

Novelist Yiyun Li on how storytelling, books, and gardening help overcome grief and loss

Novelist Yiyun Li shares her journey as a writer and how the subtleties and joys she’s found in writing, storytelling, books, and gardening have helped navigate the profoundest of…

from Life Examined

In Yiyun Li’s Where Reasons End, a mother discovers a place where she can talk to her son who committed suicide.

Yiyun Li: Where Reasons End

In Yiyun Li’s Where Reasons End, a mother discovers a place where she can talk to her son who committed suicide.

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Yiyun Li, a celebrated Chinese American author and MacArthur “Genius” fellow, has thought a lot about how depression and suicide affects a family.

In ‘Where Reasons End,’ conversations about life and death, and the danger of perfectionism

Yiyun Li, a celebrated Chinese American author and MacArthur “Genius” fellow, has thought a lot about how depression and suicide affects a family.

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