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In this personal essay from The New Yorker, novelist Yiyun Li writes about adjusting to cultural differences when she first comes to the United States.

yiyun-li-a-clean-well-ligAustin WoernerMarch 12, 2020Yiyun Li, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about culture, Chinese writers in English

盛可以，《怀乡书》

A book of illustrated miniature essays, each about an object or practice related to life in a rural village.

sheng-keyi-huai-xiang-shuAustin WoernerNovember 11, 2019Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Sheng Keyi 盛可以, Writing about objects, Chinese, WOC190

E. B. White, "Here is New York"

E. B. White’s classic essay published in 1948, one of the most famous literary essays about New York City.

white-here-is-new-yorkAustin WoernerOctober 31, 2019Literary journalism, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, E. B. White, Writing about places, WOC190

汪曾祺，《多年父子成兄弟》

wang-zenqi-duonian-fuziAustin WoernerOctober 19, 2019Annotated edition, Wang Zengqi 汪曾祺, Chinese, Character profiles, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction

张爱玲，《公寓生活记趣》

Eileen Chang on the pleasures of apartment living. A lesser-known personal essay by the famous author, set during wartime Shanghai.

eileen-chang-gongyu-shengAustin WoernerOctober 19, 2019Annotated edition, Eileen Chang 张爱玲, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about places, Chinese, WOC190

朱自清，《背影》

zhu-ziqing-beiyingAustin WoernerOctober 19, 2019Annotated edition, Chinese, Memoir, Zhu Ziqing 朱自清, Creative Nonfiction, Character profiles

蔡崇达，《皮囊》

cai-chongda-pinangAustin WoernerSeptember 25, 2019Annotated edition, Chinese, Cai Chongda 蔡崇达, Memoir, Character profiles

Yiyun Li, "The Man Who Eats"

Novelist Yiyun Li writes about her grandfather, his times, and his relationship with food.

yiyun-li-the-man-who-eats, character profilesAustin WoernerJuly 10, 2019Yiyun Li, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Character profiles, WOC190

Scott Russell Sanders, "Buckeye"

Sanders writes about the special relationship between his father and the fruit of a local tree.

scott-russell-sanders-bucAustin WoernerJune 12, 2019Scott Russell Sanders, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Writing about objects

Yiyun Li, "Orange Crush"

Author Yiyun Li recalls her first encounter with a Western luxury product in 1980s Beijing.

yiyun-li-orange-crushAustin WoernerJune 11, 2019Yiyun Li, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Writing about objects, WOC190

Peter Hessler, "River Town"

Rivertown is Peter Hessler's memoir of living and teaching in rural Sichuan province as a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1990s. It is one of the most widely read accounts in the English-speaking world of living in China as a foreigner.

Hessler - River TownAustin WoernerAugust 5, 2018EAP101, EAP101 Fall 2019, Peter Hessler, Literary journalism, Creative Nonfiction, Memoir, Writing about language learning

Yiyun Li, "Listening is Believing"

A short personal essay in which author Yiyun Li describes her childhood in 1980s Beijing and the origins of her desire to study English.

Li - Listening is...Austin WoernerJune 1, 2018EAP101, EAP101 Fall 2019, Creative Nonfiction, Yiyun Li, Memoir, Writing about language learning

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