My Articles
A Dream in a Spark
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Shackles of Orthodoxy
Originally published on Xianease magazine, edited by Tim King. My paternal grandmother just passed away when I was starting this article (may she rest in peace). Being away from home and having to deal with work, I could not go home to pay my respect. Cold as it may sound, I have two jobs that I can’t just leave without a moment’s [...]
Shane
Friendship in an Alien Place
Originally published on Xianease magazine, edited by Tim King. “…[It] is about six people in their 20’s who hang out at this coffee house. An afterhours insomnia café. It’s about sex, love, relationship, careers… a time in your life when everything is possible, which is really exciting and really scary. It’s about [...]
Shane
This Is Also XI’AN
Originally published on Xianease magazine, edited by Tim King. In the last two days, I’ve come across two different young girls around the age of eight peeing underneath a tree on the side of the road of a popular area, one even at an intersection. I don’t want to stereotype the incidents because I know they are not common in all parts [...]
Shane
The Reading Booth
Originally published on Xianease magazine, edited by Tim King. From March 10th to the 13th (I later learned that the actual time is longer, and this is only the time for the provincial library), a cultural phenomenon landed in a few places throughout Xi’an, in the form of “reading pavilions.” People come to these booths to do recitations [...]
Shane