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Yiyun Li, "A Clean, Well-lighted Place"

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